I Can Figure Stuff Out
It is county fair time in Texas and that calls for a float or two.
Oh, look, here’s one at the Tri-State rodeo/parade up in north Texas.
I’m going to show you several pictures, and them I’m gonna tell you something. This is a float purporting to be Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in jail.
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That is not a prison cell. That is a cage. And they damn well know it.
The float was organized by a group called Stars and Bars and rode along side the Confederate Riders of America. They said the float was strictly a political message.
And the Confederate Riders of America are shocked, shocked I tell you, that we find it racist.
It’s a damn cage.
Thanks to Paul for the heads up.
And of course the “jailer” has a trump flag as a cape. Classy.
1Deplorables.
Speaking of which, I’ve been really interested in how many people on various editorial pages have written that yes, they support Trump, but they are ordinary people and how DARE Hillary labeled them as deplorables. As I recall, Hillary said about half of Trump supporters are deplorables. Meaning the other half are ordinary people. So why have all these writers immediately inserted themselves into the deplorables column? Methinks they doth protest too much.
2It sure as he** is a cage. Living up to the deplorable label once again.
3And what do you think the kids on the left is thinking? Deplorable doesn’t do it justice.
4Sure, it’s “purely political”: Treason is political. Racism is political. And they’re both.
5Win or lose (and I hope it is the latter), Trump’s legacy is already burnished in our culture. By eliminating political correctness, we can see firsthand that the country is on a slippery slope of bigotry and racism that will impact millions for years to come.
6This just breaks my heart. Who allowed this? Are there no rules in society anymore? I’m sick.
7Elizabeth Moon, maybe we should accommodate the deplorable in the effort to roll back the calendar. Roll it back to a time when the snacilbupeR politicians would have been shot for treason for the manner in which they obstructed President Obama.
8Wow, they just cannot learn! Too damn much insufficient diversification!
9http://www.suprmchaos.com/lumpy_a-list_091316.jpg
Check this out..
10Let’s face facts, RWNJs can’t do theater. Sigh…
11Reminds me of our history of human zoos: https://www.popularresistance.org/deep-racism-the-forgotten-history-of-human-zoos/
This picture especially: http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/African-girl-in-human-zoo-e1392748580716.jpg
12Shoddy construction. Gowdy and Issa’s crack team of HRC investigators must have used their “how to build an airtight case against HRC” blueprints to build this mostrosity.
13Maggie –
Is “insufficient diversification” Science Talk for “Inbred”?
I’ll bet there’s not a single one of ’em with an even number of toes.
14They are not shocked, they are thrilled. In addition to being racists, they think they are clever. I believe a little Secret Service attention is needed…a sitting President and a Presidential candidate depicted like that is a threat.
15@Lunargent
Yep. Absolutely no identifiable differences in the mitochondrial DNA.
16I guess if there is any sign of progress it’s that they are not both hanging by nooses. I’m actually a little surprised.
17Actually, that parade is a bit beyond North Texas (thankfully) – it’s up in Iowa. Granted that the Confederate stuff would tend to make one think less of snow and corn fields, OTOH it’s a bit disturbing to see how the crazy seems to be spreading.
18BTW, I thought the background looked vaguely Amarillo-like.
So I googled 379-6699, the phone number displayed on the sign in the background. Turns out that phone number is associated with Allstate Bail Bonds located at 219 South Pierce St in Amarillo.
Just in case yall wanted to know!
19Well what can be expected from inbreds with single diget IQs?With violence preached as the norm by trump and his toadies it is only a matter of time until real violence occurs. Then trump and toadies must be held accountable and prosecuted and jailed.
20Totally off topic TX fun: https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/obituaries/2016/sep/16/howard-neal/
21Zyxomma … thanks for sharing such a great obit … a scotch drinker can’t be all bad although, at this time, he’s finished the bottle of Dewar’s for sure!!
22I wonder what the boy in the first picture thinks about that float. And I wonder if anyone on the float gives a damn about the boy.
23In the first photo it looks like a white man in an “Obama” mask. Waving to a young black boy.
Probably an image they intend, and desire to get across to the black youth of America.
Gee, what are those people in Ferguson protesting about?
24And again, proof:
Where ever thou shall go,
25What ever thou shall do,
There shall be assholes.
Confederate Riders allowed in parade? wonder if they’d let the Black Panthers have a parade entry? Yeah sure.
26Tri-State rodeo? Would those three states be Iowa, Alabama, and Mississippi? Although Indiana is certainly a possibility.
27It’s Fort Madison iowa.Check JJ’s posted link for the name of the organizer of the event. let’s give him an earful.
Silly me, I was sure it was Texas. Guess TX events are getting organized.
28Teh Gerg –
I phrases it as a missing verve from the Bible:
The Way Bad Stupid are with is always.
29GACK – us.
They are with US always!
Along with uneditable typos. Sigh.
30Socksuckers like them disgust me. They’ll have to improve significantly to be merely Deplorables.
(“Socksuckers” is not a typo. It’s what I write rather than what I really want to call them. Change the first letter.)
31Micr and y’all,
Is the pic in Amarillo or Iowa?
Amarillo.
I Binged it, and in addition to the map, they showed a pic of the corner building with the same sign.
https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?&ty=18&q=219%20S%20Pierce%20St%2c%20Amarillo%2c%20TX%2079101&mb=35.214263~-101.838603~35.206537~-101.825997&ppois=35.2104_-101.8323_219%20S%20Pierce%20St%2c%20Amarillo%2c%20TX%2079101_~&cp=35.2104~-101.8323&v=2&sV=1&qpvt=219+South+Pierce+St+Amarillo&FORM=MIRE
I had the same take, Micr, it sure looked Amarillo, particularly that “379” tel number, I had one of those in my office (10,000 of them even, AMA-Drake, plus 70-80K others).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names
After I Binged the map, and looked at the aerial view-zoomed, it was clear. I once worked just 6 blocks down and three over from that pic location (could even see where I parked at), right next to the famous Santa Fe Building, which was being renovated when I was there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Building_(Amarillo)
I didn’t know they were that rabid up there, everybody I knew was A-OK. Damn it was cold (part of the tour), SNOW too even also, then hotter than Hell; and thunderstorms that made your hair stretch out. Don’t know how anybody can live in those northern climes.
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