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Republican Tom Cox of KS – Douche Bag Award Winner

May 7, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 835 Views 1 Comment @TomCox4KS, Adoption, Bigots, Idiots, Kansas, LGBT, Steve Fitzgerald, Tom Cox, White Supremacists

This one is just kind of outside our usual realm of notice, but we decided his action was just deplorable enough to warrant recognition with our Douche Bag of the Day award. Republican Tom Cox is a member of the Kansas house of Representatives representing the Shawnee-Lake Quivira district of good old KS, and he underhandedly changed his vote to make it possible for adoption agencies in KS to receive state funds AND discriminate against LGBT people.

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The Swiss Gun Control Argument

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 B. John 664 Views 2 Comments Guns, Military Service, Militia, Swiss, Switzerland

The Swiss argument about gun control gets bandied about with some regularity. There’s this claim that “The Swiss require everyone to have a gun,” or “The Swiss government issues everyone a gun.” Except, no they don’t. And as a matter of fact, when you look into gun violence statistics, Switzerland supports the position: “the more guns, the more gun violence.”

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That Law Wouldn’t Have Stopped….Another More Guns Argument

March 11, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 383 Views 0 Comments Gun Regulation, Guns, Mass Shootings, NRA, School Shootings, Waiting Periods

The NRA has trained well their minions. One of the most common arguments after every mass shooting is, well a waiting period wouldn’t have stopped; an age restriction wouldn’t have helped in this situation; or a determined person will get a gun. No one regulation will stop all shootings (with the clear inference that means there should be no regulations).

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Marva Johnson-Spectrum Douche Bag of the Day

December 8, 2017September 29, 2018 B. John 1215 Views 0 Comments Charter Communications, Marva Johnson, Public Education, Religious Schools, Spectrum

Marva Johnson. Here’s a name you may not know, but you’d better learn who she is, and what here (and apparently her employer’s) agenda is for public education. She also is chair of the Florida State Board of Education, appointed by Gov. Rick Scott in 2014. In addition, In March, the governor appointed her to the 37-member statewide Constitutional Revision Commission.

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N.C. Governor Pat McCrory – Douchebag of the Day

October 17, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 585 Views 1 Comment HB2, Hurricane Matthew, Pat McCrory, republicans

A couple of weeks ago, as Hurricane Matthew was churning it’s way up the east coast of Georgie and South Carolina, bearing down on North Carolina, where it ultimately did the most damage, McSquinty was doing what he does best, and whining at a party of bigots.

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N.C. Senator Phil Burger – Douche Bag of the Day

August 23, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 1358 Views 3 Comments General Assembly, NCGA, North Carolina, Phil Burger, republicans, UNC

North Carolina Senate Majority Leader Phil Burger has his knickers in a bunch because he claims Democratic faculty members at the University of North Carolina out-number Republicans by 12:1. He claims it is because of discriminatory hiring practices. People in the real world know better, so Burger has earned our Douche Bag of The Day Award.

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The 3 Musketeers of the NCGA – Douche-bag of the Day Award

June 29, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 384 Views 0 Comments Closet Case, General Assembly, HB2, NCGA, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Phil Berger, republican, Restrooms, Tim Moore, Transgender

It seems that something was finally found to put the fear of God into the members of the North Carolina General Assembly about HB2…the NBA. Never mind jobs, reputation, economic growth…no, the threat of losing the All-star game brought them around…sort of.

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Tennessee Rep. Andy Holt – Daily Douche-Bag Award

June 14, 2016June 17, 2016 B. John 521 Views 0 Comments Andy Holt, AR-15, Dirt-Bag, republican, Tennessee

For giving away not one, but two, AR-51s as a fundraiser, we award West Tennessee lawmaker Andy Holt our Douche-Bag of the Day Award for exemplary douche-baggery.

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Let’s Talk Restrooms…Or Not

March 25, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 573 Views 0 Comments Bathroom Bill, George Wallace, HB2, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Tim Moore

I’m getting tired of hearing about and talking about public restrooms. I don’t particularly like having to use them, but I’m sure thankful they’re there sometimes. I suspect most folks feel the same. But alas, the public restroom is under attack. Where once one could go for some semi-private release, it’s now a place where evil-doers and gender-obsessed perverts lurk.

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Required Campaign and Voting Changes to Save America

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 B. John 393 Views 0 Comments Dark Money, Election Day, PACs, Paper Ballots

I was recently involved in an exchange with someone in a discussion thread about elections, candidates, and what a sad state we’ve reached in this country. We seem no longer interested in extending the right to free and fair elections, but have allowed Republican controlled legislatures and Congress to withdraw that freedom. And that doesn’t even take into account the Republican Clown Car of candidates they’ve posited for President.

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Utah Tea Party Falls Off The Deep End

February 27, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 337 Views 0 Comments Al Jackson, elections, Gerrymandering, senate, Utah

Just in case you’ve forgotten, U.S. Senators were not always elected by the people. The Constitution allowed the state legislatures to determine how their states’ Senators would be chosen. In the early days after the Constitution was ratified, legislatures often chose the Senators themselves. This was changed in 1913, by the 17th Amendment, which provided that Senators would be chosen by the people in the same way the Representatives were.