Mitch McConnell's powerful asshole...or something

For a team that has been pretty futile over the past 130 years or so, the Philadelphia Phillies have had a great many Hall of Famers and near electees over the years. Jim Bunning , now Shadow-Sith Emperor of the Congress, is one of them. Playing for basically lousy teams, he had a 16 year major league career, a no-hitter for Detroit, a perfect game for the Phillies, and was a factor in the '64 pennant race that saw the Phillies choke badly in the last month. His record wasn't wonderful; he looks like a forerunner to Jamie Moyer -- better fast ball, probably not as smart, lot more egotistical but got a decent record pitching for generally lousy teams. Fast ball pitchers are more easily understood than control aces like Moyer. Unlike Moyer, who gets better when things get tough, Bunning gets pissy...ego writ large.

None of which makes him anything less than a totally senile asshole. I love people who screw over their own folks for small minded "principle" where principle is ego only. Bunning is un-re-electable, and is retiring, unhappily. Mitch McConnell probably avoids dark streets back in the Bluegrass state because this asshole is running loose and free. He might throw a fastball at his head...I also like it when Catholics reveal themselves as heartless bastards.

When I left Ginormous, it wasn't entirely my idea. Timing was off, frustrated and pissed off as I might have been. State of California had problems figuring out that I was entitled to unemployment. We survived, and eventually things worked out because Mrs AXE has a good job, we have savings and investments, I have a military pension and retiree health care and we stayed calm and patient. Well, if I'm a laid off manufacturing worker or executive assistant some place who needs the unemployment check and COBRA subsidy desperately to survive, I suggest they remember who threw them into the maw of the kraken, so to speak. Send the medical and food bills and rent and mortgage overdue notices to Senate Majority Leader McConnell and cc Senator Bunning and Michael Steele...

Seriously, anyone who is out of work anywhere who votes Republican in the 2010 election; anyone who needs assistance to pay for health care or who can't get it because of cost or pre-existing conditions or whatever, anyone who has family who are in these situations is too fucking dumb to live; they're definitely too dumb to vote. Like people who wave "Support the troops!!" banners and then bitch about the cost of the VA (or about a returning soldier getting bumped to First Class or so many other trivial simple acts of kindness), they need to have their ass kicked.

Shame is not possible with these folks. McConnell's finger-waving whining about time because the President actually had something to say and said it in the forum he called is trivial and might even be seen as a sign that McConnell was trying to demand the constitutional equality of the branches. However, the President of the United States is equal to the Congress and the Senate...be that argument as it may, Bunning's temper tantrum and refusal is a sign of a callousness and lack of humane responsibility. Yeah, Christianity...and, something I never thought would ever cross my mind while pitchers and catchers and position players are getting ready, GO METS!

Comments

[Crusader AXE]

Mr. Fun and Mrs. AXE, both serious Phillie Phanatics, demanded that I remind everyone of the outstanding people who have played ball for Philadelphia...Pete Rose, for example. Len Dykstra, the poor man's Bernie Madoff.

Bunning was an excellent pitcher; he's simply a lousy human being.

[Mr.Fun]

yeah well you just cheered for the Mets, dude. that's awful.

[Crusader AXE]

Bunning's fault, dude. And, as a lifelong Yankee fan with fondness for the Cubs, Cardinals and Mariners, my Bronx cheer for the Mets will soon be overtaken by events. Probably when the Mariners win the first two games of the season behind Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez. How's Pedro doing?

[Mr.Fun]

HAHA

I have no idea what is up with Pedro. he's a welcome addition to the Phillies. . .anytime!

[generic cialis]

Given a set of three points in coordinate frame A which are not
co-linear, and the same three physical points in coordinate frame B,
generate a transformation matrix to convert between frame A and frame
B.

[coach purses]

Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.

[Peter]

Right on!! McConnell is most definitely an asshole! He's also a liar and a hypocrite who pretends to be working for those that elected him, when he's actually working for those that got him elected!

[chanel Purses]

which are another example of what some people call the "lexicalist hypothesis", a view that has occasionally -- but erroneously -- been inferred from some previous writings of mine. Since my linguistic creativity is infinite, I can categorically state that there aren't templates of any sort.