And here I thought it was just Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida that were just this kind of SPECIAL stupid.
Tongue-firmly-in-cheek, I'm starting to think Marjorie Trailer-trash Greene's (treasonous) call for a "state divorce" is a good idea. There shall just be (as in all divorces) some requirements. In THIS divorce, ALL Republicans must move to former Confederate States within two years. (MAYBE Alaska may stay Republican (and thus. "Confederate.") REASONABLE people in what will be colloquially called "The South" will not be REQUIRED to move north, but it would be in their best interests. In court, the "divorcee," the South, shall be noted to being "in rebellion against the Union," keeping the Emancipation Proclamation intact, and not allowing for future slavery Once the diametrically-opposed groups are thus sectioned off. said divorce may proceed. The Republican party will then be abolished in the "Union" states, unless a large contingent of the populace wants it to continue (which is unlikely, but possible.)
All seats in the House and Senate held by Southern states will be nullified. The South will lose 164 Electoral votes in a major election, meaning a winning candidate in the North would need just 188 electoral votes, not 270. The South will also lose 22 votes in the Senate, and I-can't-even-bothering-figuring-out however many votes in the House, (Ironically, I suppose, stripping MTG of her claim to fame.) The South shall be set adrift with no Pentagon/ FEMA/ Social Security/Medicare/ Medicaid (etc.) funding from the Union government. If the South wants their own country, they must utilize their agricultural and oil resources to fund it.
Trade, travel, and other agreements of course will be made between the Union and the Confederacy. Racist, anti-LBTGQ human-rights violations (etc.) measures in The South may, of course, engender sanctions from The Union. "Illegal" immigration from South America into the "Confederate" states will be up to The South to solve, and (in Texas) will no longer be a concern of The Union. ( For instance, if there is military tension on the Texas/ Mexican border,, Texas will be forced to bring its "well trained militia" to bear on the problem, or to hole up at the Alamo.)
Anyway, I could go on for hours about MTG's insanity, but that isn't the point of this blog post, is it? I guess the SERIOUS question at the moment is, "How stupid can you be, and still represent ALL of your constituents?" (The answer is, "WAY dumber than you might guess., and what do you mean, "ALL"?)
Back when the vaccines were first released, there was much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth over their safety. Out of curiosity, for comparison's sake I looked up the odds of being struck by lightning. In the continental US, over the course of an entire year it comes to 1,220,000-to-1. This is very close to the odds of a negative side effect from the Jannsen (from J&J) which was the only non-mRNA vaccine brought to market. (It is also the first one I received from the VA.) And the Jannsen was eventually pulled because it was "too risky." (The VA switched to Moderna for boosters, of which I've now had 3.)
I wonder how many of these slack-jawed buffoons refuse to go outside because the risk of being struck by lightning is too great?
And here I thought it was just Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida that were just this kind of SPECIAL stupid.
Tongue-firmly-in-cheek, I'm starting to think Marjorie Trailer-trash Greene's (treasonous) call for a "state divorce" is a good idea. There shall just be (as in all divorces) some requirements. In THIS divorce, ALL Republicans must move to former Confederate States within two years. (MAYBE Alaska may stay Republican (and thus. "Confederate.") REASONABLE people in what will be colloquially called "The South" will not be REQUIRED to move north, but it would be in their best interests. In court, the "divorcee," the South, shall be noted to being "in rebellion against the Union," keeping the Emancipation Proclamation intact, and not allowing for future slavery Once the diametrically-opposed groups are thus sectioned off. said divorce may proceed. The Republican party will then be abolished in the "Union" states, unless a large contingent of the populace wants it to continue (which is unlikely, but possible.)
All seats in the House and Senate held by Southern states will be nullified. The South will lose 164 Electoral votes in a major election, meaning a winning candidate in the North would need just 188 electoral votes, not 270. The South will also lose 22 votes in the Senate, and I-can't-even-bothering-figuring-out however many votes in the House, (Ironically, I suppose, stripping MTG of her claim to fame.) The South shall be set adrift with no Pentagon/ FEMA/ Social Security/Medicare/ Medicaid (etc.) funding from the Union government. If the South wants their own country, they must utilize their agricultural and oil resources to fund it.
Trade, travel, and other agreements of course will be made between the Union and the Confederacy. Racist, anti-LBTGQ human-rights violations (etc.) measures in The South may, of course, engender sanctions from The Union. "Illegal" immigration from South America into the "Confederate" states will be up to The South to solve, and (in Texas) will no longer be a concern of The Union. ( For instance, if there is military tension on the Texas/ Mexican border,, Texas will be forced to bring its "well trained militia" to bear on the problem, or to hole up at the Alamo.)
Anyway, I could go on for hours about MTG's insanity, but that isn't the point of this blog post, is it? I guess the SERIOUS question at the moment is, "How stupid can you be, and still represent ALL of your constituents?" (The answer is, "WAY dumber than you might guess., and what do you mean, "ALL"?)
Stupid is a barrel with no bottom.🤷🏻♂️
Back when the vaccines were first released, there was much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth over their safety. Out of curiosity, for comparison's sake I looked up the odds of being struck by lightning. In the continental US, over the course of an entire year it comes to 1,220,000-to-1. This is very close to the odds of a negative side effect from the Jannsen (from J&J) which was the only non-mRNA vaccine brought to market. (It is also the first one I received from the VA.) And the Jannsen was eventually pulled because it was "too risky." (The VA switched to Moderna for boosters, of which I've now had 3.)
I wonder how many of these slack-jawed buffoons refuse to go outside because the risk of being struck by lightning is too great?
Exactly. 😆