Yes, Yes, I Know. Thank You For Checking.
About 11 dozen of you people have sent me this link from Jim Wright at Stonekettle Kitchen, one of the funniest and smartest people on the internet machine.
You warn me that Jim uses profanity. In Texas, we call that cussing a blue streak but I truly admire his ability to use profanity creatively. So few people can pull that off.
I am one of his many, many fans. But, thank you guys for checking to make sure I was.
And Mama shouldn’t click on the link.
1I was going to be the 133rd person (or so) to tell you about this one. I should have known better.
2https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=833869326648472&id=100000762374540&set=a.100840766618002.1846.100000762374540&source=48
3Hallelujah Brother Jim! Preach it to ’em.
4I’ve never read anything by him before. I’m in love.
5Hilarious article – the fact that public officials are stoking the fires of drooling insanity rather than telling the Jade Helm conspiracy theorists to report to the nearest mental health institute for a 72 hour psych eval is frightening.
6What’s even worse is that many of the people “leading” this conspiracy charge don’t believe it for a minute. They have simply learned that terrifying their base and giving them scapegoats to target wins elections. That constant, stoked level of fear-mongering places a big part in the deterioration of this country.
7We’ve got a guy up here named Ed Wallace who did a hell of a job skewering the legismonkeys in the Second Hand News segment of his radio show Saturday morning. You can hear his live show everywhere the Internet machine is connected. Check the link at http://www.insideautomotive.com.
8i do love Jim and have for years…he always hits the nail on the head…
Nothing like waking up in Nashville this morning, click on the news and there it is…idiots in Garland creating more hate and division….because……freedumb.
Annie, put your guns down…….it is not 1870!
9I wish the President would just withdraw all federal troops from Texas. When the economy collapses in El Paso, Abilene, Corpus Christi, San Antonio and central Texas around Ft. Hood, it will be poetic justice. There are several states that would love to have all the military bases that Texas has.
10Wonderful EPIC essay! Passing it on to my besties. (And some worsties)
11I always try to pass on the gospel according to Jim Wright. One ex-boss, who was aghast when I quit my job to become a union represented skilled tradesman at another company, suffered a Lindsay Graham sized fit of the vapors over the language. Shucks, I always give a warning before hand for those that are faint of heart. But I frequently wonder how a man, or a woman for that matter, who ascribes to rigid conservatism and the hateful outcomes so generated could swoon at a little salty language.
12I love the name of the new rwnj state: Crazy f**kistan, populated with citizens of “booger-eating stupidity. He really captured the tearing-our-hair-out frustration we feel when dealing with this mind-numbing stupidity.
13he speaks my language
14Love the man. He doesn’t mince words, it’s true. But guess I’m a bit past the stage of being shocked by a little salty language–and the truth is not pretty.
15Jim Wright: where have you been all my life? JuanitaJean, thanks for hooking us up with this foul-mouthed truth-teller.
16One of my favorites for years.
17But keep in mind he goes after some Democrats with as much fervor too. It’s just that the current Repukes are such a target rich environment.
He’s like the big toothy crocodile at the watering hole.
Imagine what a meeting between Jim Wright and Molly Ivins would be like. There’d be an epic ranting over the state of America and Texas, followed by the wildest bbq shindig this side of the Mississippi.
And Molly’s cat and Shopkat would trade notes over their owners.
18Believe I found Stonekettle Station originally thru this non-blog some years ago, and was happy to be alerted to this new posting. Jim doesn’t post that regularly, but when he does the posting is worth reading.
19In WWII, U.S. Soldiers trained for tropical jungle warfare in Louisiana so they would know what to do when they got to the actual war. The Governor of Louisiana didn’t send the National Guard down there to monitor them. He couldn’t. All those guys had been drafted into the Army to fight the damn war!
20The man is an awesome writer and a true American. Stonekettle Station is a must read.
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