I’m with the folks at Gawker, WTF is wrong with the journalists? They couldn’t have given the woman some help pulling her dog out? It ended well, but they’re still asshats.
I’m with the folks at Gawker, WTF is wrong with the journalists? They couldn’t have given the woman some help pulling her dog out? It ended well, but they’re still asshats.
Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts:
A Week of Upchucks
By K. C. Boyd
“Pro-Life” Upchucking
Beyond Upchuck: Second child of faith-healing couple dies after no medical care
Schaudenfreude Upchuck
Dino Upchuck
And finally, heading over to the land of whack job Upchucks
I say, keep it up guys. Keep on recruiting for the bad guys while you root to undermine education, science and equal rights.
We’ll see you in 2014.
Novelist K.C. Boyd is the author of Being Christian: A Novel. According to Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “Boyd created a story so riveting that not only could I not put it down, but upon finishing it, I found myself, like an addict, craving more.
Sometimes I get so frustrated and/or disheartened and/or annoyed by some of the news stories of the day that I can’t bring myself to write about them. Here are a few recent reports that made my blood pressure hit the roof. I am avoiding delving into them at length out of concern for my physical and mental health.
Actually, I did write about one of them: Gun background check plan fails in Senate 54-46. Here are statements from NRA, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and VIDEO: #Newtown parent, Obama on failure to pass gun violence law: “Gun lobby & its allies willfully lied about the bill.”
Here are the others that drove me to drink:
See what I mean? So who’s up for a couple of Margs or a trough of wine?
Oklahoma state Rep. James Lockhart (D) emailed a colleague for help, so Rep. Mike Reynolds (R) gave him some… some… well, gave him something, but it sure wasn’t help.
Lockhart’s email, in part, via the Oklahoma Democrats site. Bolding is mine:
Basically we are doing a poor job of improving the lives of the people we represent… [M]ost people think we either don’t care about them or are unable to do something about improving their standard of living.
I am here to try to improve the quality of life of the average person in however small a way possible.
I would suggest you do the same.
Of course, anyone with a modicum of compassion would go out of their way to show how much they truly care about their constituents. A little grace and empathy goes a long way to inspire mutual respect among all citizens. After all, if they thrive, then everybody benefits: families, the state, even the public officials who represent them! There’s nothing like generosity, comfort, and good will to help those who depend on you, who trust you, to succeed and build a little self worth.
Right Rep. Reynolds?
It is not our job to see that anyone gets an education. It is not the responsibility of me, you, or any constituent in my district to pay for his or any other persons education… Their potential to benefit society is irrelevant.
Compassionate conservatism at its best. Way to go Mike!
By the way, “person’s” should have an apostrophe, Mr. Not Our Job To See That Anyone Gets An Education. Clearly Reynolds never had one.
FYI: The title of the OK Dem’s post was “REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE MIKE REYNOLDS CALLS STUDENT’S POTENTIAL IRRELEVANT.”
How’s that reachy-outy, makeovery, reinventiony thing workin’ for ya, GOP?
This may become a regular feature.
Sometimes I get so frustrated and/or disheartened and/or annoyed by some of the news stories of the day that I can’t bring myself to write about them. Here are a few recent reports that made my blood pressure hit the roof. I am avoiding delving into them at length out of concern for my physical and mental health:
See what I mean? So who’s up for a couple of Margs or a trough of wine?
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