Category: Funny Stuff

Rock, Meet Hard Place Ep. 34

Crime, Morons & Idiots

Great Caesar’s bleeding eyeballs, how stupid can you get?

Most Democrats think that crime is a “major problem” in large cities, but they oppose sending National Guard troops to respond to the problem, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

Let me try to understand this.

Let’s leave aside the (quite-logical) assumption that Democrat government in our cities don’t really give a rat’s ass about the crime problem in their respective jurisdictions, and grant the point that they are trying to do something about the problem.

And failing.

I probably shouldn’t do this, but I’m also going to ignore the fact that the 2020 mostly-peaceful BLM demonstrations/riots led to appalling destruction of said cities, and Democrat city governments didn’t only try to quell the unrest, but basically encouraged it either by actual statements, or by inaction.

While that kind of lawlessness seems to have abated, what’s happened since is an appalling rise in violent crime:  muggings, murders, burglaries and so on have all rocketed skywards, and continue to do so.

However you frame the issue, one thing is crystal clear:  Democrat politicians can’t address the crime problem in the large cities.

What options, then, remain to anyone who actually does want to find a solution?

Well, during the aforesaid BLM riots, Trump 45 didn’t send in the National Guard, leaving it up to the local governments to deal with it.  And they didn’t.

Trump 47 recently sent in the Guard to clear up the crime problem in Washington D.C., and the city has, in the space of a couple weeks or so, become a safe place to live.  (Note that the only “opposition” to Trump’s intervention in D.C. has come from people — White Old Farts — who either don’t live there or else aren’t affected by the crime personally.  The actual — mostly Black — residents of D.C. are overjoyed that their city has become a safer place to live, and are not part of the demonstrations.)

So why, I ask, would Democrats oppose the same treatment for the rest of the crime-ridden cities?

Because it’s Trump doing the sending.  And Orange Man Bad.

Feckless fools, they are — both the Democrat politicians and their supporters.

Flaggism

Mocking Furriners, Patriotism

“Wut dat, Kim?”

Allow me to explain, via this article:

This is turning into one of the most subversive and colorful patriotic campaigns ever.  And it’s really chapping the knickers off of the pissy, prissy ‘minders’ who keep an eye on everyone and tell them how to behave.

Hundreds of flags have sprung up in towns and cities across the country, many flying from lampposts, as part of a campaign called “Operation Raise the Colours.”

Sounds all peaceful and normal, right?  Nazzo fast, Guido:

A council leader has said that some residents have been left feeling “intimidated” by the appearance of Union Jack and St George’s flags.

My heart bleeds for their tender sensibilities.  Perhaps those “residents” (none of whom, I bet, are native-born Brits) should have tried “settling” in another country, perhaps?

Just not here.

Because if they had, they’d have been confronted by this:

A California RV dealership is defiantly displaying the massive American flag that it was told to take down by local officials earlier this year — despite proudly flying similarly sized versions of the Stars and Stripes at its more than 250 other locations across the country without issue.

Camping World on Interstate 5 outside Stockton is well known for the giant Old Glory flying over its grounds — but in April, San Joaquin County Community Development ordered that it be taken down for safety reasons and lack of a permit. Specifically, they are worried about the flagpole’s foundation and its proximity to property lines and the highway in case it ever fell over.

Yeah, I’m sure it was for “safety” reasons.  Oh, and I’m a little curious how John Adams (to name just one) would have responded to the ordinance requiring a permit to fly our flag.  (I’m thinking muskets, tar, feathers etc., but feel free to correct me.)

Anyway, our intrepid business owner has told the council to take a hike:

Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World, found out about the ongoing issue and ordered the dealership on Monday to raise the flag.

Lemonis said if it were a marketing flag on the pole and not the American flag, he would consider keeping it down until it was approved.

But Old Glory stays, he said, regardless of what the county says.

“It’s symbolism about how we feel about this country. We have a lot of veterans who work for us, and a lot of veterans who shop with us,” Lemonis said.

Best part of all this?

“I happen to be an immigrant,” the Lebanon-born entrepreneur said. “I was given the blessing of being able to enter this country and become a citizen, and I’m grateful for it. It’s been part of my life since I was a little child down in Miami, Florida, where we had the largest flagpole in Miami at our car dealership.”

“Not when they sue, not when I lose, not if they take me to jail, the flag is not coming down.”

Makes you proud to be an American, dunnit?  (And by the way, if it were me in his shoes, my response would probably get me on A List faster than you could say “dog”.

Anyway, back to our article about the Brits and their flags.  Beege Welborn concludes by saying about these naughty “right-wingers” and the BritGov apparatchiks who want to pull down the national flags:

They have no clue how lucky they are that it’s only flags.

Unfortunately, the way things have become Over There, all they have is flags.

Unlike us Over Here…

Monday Funnies

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“The hell with Monday.  I’m not going out.”

And from the classics:

And in the same spirit:

And while we’re there:

So going back to our very first pic, let’s look for an alternative:

Be careful out there.

Monday Funnies

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And our classical reminder:

Before we continue, a quick note:  if you’ve seen any of the memes and jokes on these pages before, remember that I’m still using the old laptop.  So…

Let’s roll out those lazy hazy crazy days of summer again:

And if your car or something needs a “special” wash after all that, this might be a good time.