Goodbye Steve King, and Fuck You

Hooray for Iowa!

Though not re-electing an openly racist piece of shit is a pretty low bar.

c 'ya you piece of shit!!!!

Unclebaldrick said:

Though not re-electing an openly racist piece of shit is a pretty low bar.

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In Iowa, a low bar is a farm implement as well as a political requirement.

They pick a Pence clone to replace him? Hide it behind a shield of Christian morality and beat them with bibles, because that's what Jesus would do to to fornicators and sinners in the Iowa bibles.

Somewhere between Jesus helping Mary Magdalene and feeding the poor, they find a kindred soul in Steve King and Donald Trump.

Steve King is paying tribute to the Confederacy by getting his ass destroyed on his home turf.

Well done, Steve!

DCcan said:

In Iowa, a low bar is a farm implement as well as a political requirement.

They pick a Pence clone to replace him? Hide it behind a shield of Christian morality and beat them with bibles, because that's what Jesus would do to to fornicators and sinners in the Iowa bibles.

Somewhere between Jesus helping Mary Magdalene and feeding the poor, they find a kindred soul in Steve King and Donald Trump.

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You are right about that in a lot of Iowa, but a pretty good chunk of it is more reasonable. It's a split state.

Unclebaldrick said:

You are right about that in a lot of Iowa, but a pretty good chunk of it is more reasonable. It's a split state.

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Sorry, I actually meant King's district in particular. I got irritated at the whole state for one district's morality choices.
The state GOP didn't toss him out either though, so they don't get a pass.
Folks working in support industries in Iowa shouldn't get blamed for King's pork barrel politics over food stamps and crop subsidies but their politicians kept King there long beyond his time.

TacoMac said:

Steve King is paying tribute to the Confederacy by getting his ass destroyed on his home turf.

Well done, Steve!

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Felt that burn through the phone

Unclebaldrick said:

You are right about that in a lot of Iowa, but a pretty good chunk of it is more reasonable. It's a split state.

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I lived there for 40 years and got out 30 years ago. North central area, not the NE where King is from. Fortunately I can't remember a lot of it but it was cheaper to live there if you like winter 6 months out of the year and rain every other fucking day. The politics used to be more balanced back in the 70-80's but really took a shit after Fox Spews came on the air and captured the church goers. One thing is I did get a pardon from a "R" Governor for a past drug conviction. Don't know why but maybe cause he was from the same county? Don't know but it's good state to fly over. Nothing there but corn, beans, and depression.

Moldy said:

Don't know but it's good state to fly over. Nothing there but corn, beans, and depression.

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That was my recollection as well, made Ohio look good though. The Rush Limbaugh Radio show and his oxy-induced paranoia spread like a disease if you had it on 8 hrs a day at work.
New Hampshire has lots of great folks too. Can't forgive them either, they got a long way to go still.
The majority still think getting Martin Luther King Day off is punishment, call it Civil Rights Day and proud of being last.

Unclebaldrick said:

Though not re-electing an openly racist piece of shit is a pretty low bar.

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I'm not knocking it. I kind of like the sound of that.

Def a step up from re-electing an openly racist piece of shit. What with Trump coming up for election this fall.

Fogdog said:

I'm not knocking it. I kind of like the sound of that.

Def a step up from re-electing an openly racist piece of shit. What with Trump coming up for election this fall.

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By the time corona and Donald are done with them, ya never know... Add to that collapsing farm income, tariffs, bailouts go to big boys who sell to international markets, not little guys in many cases, mostly corporate farms and healthcare ain't good there either.

DIY-HP-LED said:

By the time corona and Donald are done with them, ya never know... Add to that collapsing farm income, tariffs, bailouts go to big boys who sell to international markets, not little guys in many cases, mostly corporate farms and healthcare ain't good there either.

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My healthcare is just fine. Same for about 85% of the entire population. Most farms are held by smaller landholders.

We have our problems. We'll figure it out.

Take your meds.

Moldy said:

I lived there for 40 years and got out 30 years ago. North central area, not the NE where King is from. Fortunately I can't remember a lot of it but it was cheaper to live there if you like winter 6 months out of the year and rain every other fucking day. The politics used to be more balanced back in the 70-80's but really took a shit after Fox Spews came on the air and captured the church goers. One thing is I did get a pardon from a "R" Governor for a past drug conviction. Don't know why but maybe cause he was from the same county? Don't know but it's good state to fly over. Nothing there but corn, beans, and depression.

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I’ve driven between Minneapolis and Denver a couple dozen times. It’s a great drive except for 2 things, Nebraska and Iowa.

If you believe these people can't elect someone worse than King, think again. King will probably get a cushy job in DC now, tRUmp will appoint him to some job and tell him to destroy what ever department he's headed to.

Fogdog said:

My healthcare is just fine. Same for about 85% of the entire population. Most farms are held by smaller landholders.

We have our problems. We'll figure it out.

Take your meds.

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Many people lost their jobs and healthcare, 10 of millions, red rural states have poor healthcare and many have no insurance and cannot afford the premiums. They have meat packing plants in those places too. I'm glad you are doing fine, me too.

Most small farmers who were hit by tarriffs are not compensated and all the business aid was gobbled up by the big boys, rural America is hurting more than ever.

I think you will figure the problems out too, just get rid of Trump and the GOP and you can begin, until then it's dystopia.

No meds required, but I do like to have a puff every now and again to stimulate the imagination, like many here.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Many people lost their jobs and healthcare, 10 of millions, red rural states have poor healthcare and many have no insurance and cannot afford the premiums. They have meat packing plants in those places too. I'm glad you are doing fine, me too.

Most small farmers who were hit by tarriffs are not compensated and all the business aid was gobbled up by the big boys, rural America is hurting more than ever.

I think you will figure the problems out too, just get rid of Trump and the GOP and you can begin, until then it's dystopia.

No meds required, but I do like to have a puff every now and again to stimulate the imagination, like many here.

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You don't live here. Yet you drone on and on about us. I'm just saying, our healthcare system is fine. We are not equitably using it. Again, here you are, running us down. You have no clue about what's going on. Those small farmers? They bought into Trump's rhetoric and are now paying the price for it. We'll come up with something for them once Trump is out of the way. If Trump wins, it's going to be our concern and none of yours.

You might learn if you listened. Instead you keep talking about impeaching Trump and how we have a terrible healthcare system and on and on. The manic way you post, one might think you are some russian bot instead of a real person.

Compared to the US, Canada is a mosquito. One-tenth our population in a country that is about as large as the US. GDP per capita is 15% less than the US. Total GDP ranks with Texas. That's in 2017. Just wait until the shit hits the fan when your fossil fuel industry goes tits up. Just saying, your own backyard needs attention. Take your meds. You clearly need them.

And another thing. Racism is rife in your country too.

Fogdog said:

And another thing. Racism is rife in your country too.

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Yep, but it has no political home and government policy diminishes it, it's an individual issue and a social one too, all over. I just find it interesting that it has brought America to the brink of national suicide, many Canadian and others watch in fascination and horror. The fact so many can remain deluded for so long and so intensely is mind boggling to many and inexplicable to some. Trump should have nowhere near the support he should have in a normal society, American society is damn near pathological and Donald is a symptom of a near fatal illness.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Yep, but it has no political home and government policy diminishes it, it's an individual issue and a social one too, all over. I just find it interesting that it has brought America to the brink of national suicide, many Canadian and others watch in fascination and horror. The fact so many can remain deluded for so long and so intensely is mind boggling to many and inexplicable to some. Trump should have nowhere near the support he should have in a normal society, American society is damn near pathological and Donald is a symptom of a near fatal illness.

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Yeah, but?

Dude, your population is one tenth that of ours. If you took everybody in your country and crammed them all together into an area the size of Texas, it would be very different. So, just shut the fuck up and start listening. You don't know anything about the US, have nothing to contribute about the US and from what you just said, don't even know what's going on in your own country. Just wait until the welfare funded by the Alberta oil fields dries up and it's going to get nasty in Canada. It's a good thing Canadians are so spread out.

Canada's racial divide: Confronting racism in our own backyard

Growing up in Jacksonville, Fla., Rhonda Britton experienced occasional moments of racism. As the only black girl in her junior-high class, she was once told by a white friend that she wasn’t allowed to come over and play.

But it was when she moved to Canada as an adult that she felt racism more overtly: In 2011, she discovered a historic plaque in front of her church in Halifax spray painted with the words: Fuck All Ni**ers.

It was a shock, and not the only one: She’d expected Canadians would be kinder and more welcoming than Americans.

But in Nova Scotia, where a large, historic black community has long faced racial discrimination, racist acts are both subtle and blatant.

She also found that Canadian kids didn’t learn as much about black history in schools as Americans; that news articles with black subjects were often filled with hateful online comments; and that racial profiling is common, particularly in the retail sector – in one instance, she recalls a security guard following her around a drug store while white customers faced no such scrutiny.

In her 14 years in Canada, she has been surprised not by the differences in racial tensions in the two countries, but at the parallels – even if Canadians may be reticent about acknowledging it.

“Things are more similar than we think.

I stayed away from this until now because it really isn't my business. But dude, you are as ignorant on this and just about every other subject as a Russian Bot, which I'm beginning to suspect you are.