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H2O Man

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Sun May 29, 2022, 12:59 PM May 2022

Worms & Lightening Rods [View all]

"Not every man who throws worms in the water is a friend of the fish." -- Malcolm X


It's hard to find an official as repulsive as Ted Cruz, but stick with me here. Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior was James Watt. He was widely known as the most anti-environmental ever to hold that position. Although he would later deny saying it, Watt had been quoted as saying something along the lines of using up natural resources would bring about the return of Christ.

I remember watching this being reported on the news with my father. I said, "What a flaming asshole!" My father replied, "No, no. This is a tactic republicans use in a crunch. Watt is serving as a lightening rod, to keep people focusing on him, rather than more criminal things."

When Ted Cruz talks about his "one door" policy, he isn't serious. He's trying to distract the attention away from the discussion about if Amendment 2 is intended to protect the "rights" of shit-stains to commit mass-murder. He is dangling his schriveled penis like a worm, hoping to our attention on him. Cruz does not believe in the nonsense he utters.

As the Civil Rights saying from my youth noted, "Kepp your eyes on the prize."

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Worms & Lightening Rods [View all] H2O Man May 2022 OP
He's such a moron Saoirse9 May 2022 #1
It is best H2O Man May 2022 #2
Good point Saoirse9 May 2022 #3
thanks for the all-too-appropriate imagery there, H2O man librechik May 2022 #4
Perhaps a fish H2O Man May 2022 #5
Your father was a very wise man to see the misdirection for what it is Hekate May 2022 #6
Thank you! H2O Man May 2022 #8
I remember Watt. Despicable critter. spanone May 2022 #7
Watt was a shithead. H2O Man May 2022 #9
K & R malaise May 2022 #10
Thank you! H2O Man May 2022 #12
There's no "e" in lightning...and yes, the door thing is another distraction... Wounded Bear May 2022 #11
My father was one H2O Man May 2022 #14
Unfortunately, he's my senator, but he loves to insert his wiggler wherever he Can'cun! MagickMuffin May 2022 #13
Yikes! H2O Man May 2022 #15
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