Let’s see where this train goes!
Ugh. Never really came DOWN with it, but been fighting off Con Crud for the last week. The camping trip exacerbated it some. Then, yesterday, my desktop computer died a foul death. NO worries there, got a new one in the works and I can limp along on my laptop for now, making comics. (But if you ever wanted to donate, now would be a SPECTACULAR time to throw a buck or two in the Paypal bucket below.) #Firstworldproblems
In other news… ever since they hit the media, I’ve noticed a certain aroma about this “Moms Demand Action” group. Something about them felt too familiar, too wrong. Too fake. I suspected they were a front for another anti-gun lobby. Seems I was right, surprise surprise. Smells like Bloomberg. Best part is that Brooklyn Bridge march they did, claiming that “over a thousand protesters showed up.” I’m looking through the photos, and I’m not seeing anywhere near 1000. Or even 500. Pretty sure I’m not even looking at 100 people. Just as when the Teabaggers claimed they were going to storm the capitol in the American Spring Uprising, and fewer than a hundred showed up, this rally was a crock. But the media was very quick to skewer the Teabaggers – whereas the exaggeration about the Moms March seems to be BOLSTERED by the media.
Chew on that a bit.
Doesn’t Texas expunge/seal Juvenile records upon reaching the age of 18? I believe that means that a person can legally deny having an arrest as a juvie. That said, certain agencies are able to and allowed to discover the existence of expunged records. Either way it’s not important here as simply having that in the want ad *should* clear out most if not all former juvenile delinquents. Well, at least the ones who are reformed and honest anyway.
Something I used to tell Recruit Candidates – There is no such thing as “Expunged” or “Sealed” for the Government. If there’s a record of it, Unca’ Sam can, and almost certainly will, find it.
When performing background checks for something at this level, you can be pretty much certain that any record, no matter under which seal, will be discovered.
I want to know if Mick can meet his own background check requirements…
Is there a reason you think he couldn’t? I suspect I could, and the majority of my friends definitely could. To me, the much more restrictive part is “experience in firearms sales mandatory”. I can think of people who have both sales experience and firearms experience, and I’d think they could do the job well; maybe there’s something I’m missing?
It’s quite easy to find folks that will pass those qualifications. When I was a Recruiter, a large number of them actually literally walkd in my door every week.
Of course, most walked right back out again, but hey! they met the *legal* requirements anyway, even if they couldn’t pass the tests or decided that they really *didn’t* want a blue shirt, white hat, and grey ship… 😉
I knew there was a reason I didn’t like you.
I’d already put you in the “talented, but steer clear if at the same function” list because you’re aggressively nasty and dismissive of a substantial segment of your audience, but today, well, just wow.
It’s your blog and you can say what you like, but pissing on people who are mostly on your side is dumb. Sneering at the “Teabaggers” just says “I substitute invective for rational argument and I’m PROUD of it”, while conflating the Tea Parties with the American Spring whackadoodles says “I never read anything more complicated than a bumpersticker and I’m PROUD of it.” Tea Party people don’t even litter, and when they put people on the streets in DC it was upwards of 3/4 million. I’m more of a “domestic extremist” than Tea Partiers would ever dream of being and even I wouldn’t touch that American Spring nonsense with a ten-mile pole.
I put up with being periodically pissed on from a height when you’re in a political mood because we agree on a lot and your strip is usually funny, but today’s little broadside cost you what respect I had left for you.
Oh, go fuck yourself, then.
I’M TREADING ON YOOOOOU! LOOK AT THAT! I’M TREADING ON YOOOOOOOOOOOU!
No, I have no respect for Teabaggers. None. It’s a movement that sprang up because a skeery black man was lookin’ to get his uppity ass into the White House. I’ve attended one of your rallies – it was disturbing, to say the least, and also hilarious. Yeah, right, YOU THE PEOPLE (who somehow ignore that Obama was elected by a democratic majority) are gonna TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK! Right on. I’m sure you will all RISE UP, and then sit back down after 30 seconds, sweating and shaking on your Rascal scooters.
If the Tea Party is the best revolt this country can muster, we’re all fucking doomed. You’re like muppets with no hands in them. You are people who literally wear bags of unbrewed tea on your body as a political statement, and then rail that we should take you seriously. I take you no more seriously than I take someone who staples bananas to their clothing. A bunch of aging white people throwing temper tantrums because you refuse to accept that living in a society means you have to pay taxes. Boo fucking hoo.
Right then. Have it your way. Someone told you that you were alienating a segment of your audience and you said that you completely do not care.
You have inspired this member of the Tea Party to see things your way.
I do not care to donate, and I do not care to have a link to any of your comics anymore, and I’ve been with you since the days of FLEM.
What you say about the Tea Party may be true of a tiny aberrant fraction, but that fraction quickly disowned by the rank and file. You would define us by the exception and not the rule.
At one rally I attended there was a very large black man with thick muscles holding up a sign that said, “Call me racist, I dare you.”
I loved that guy.
The average Tea Partier would get behind Ben Carson in a heartbeat.
I was crushed when Herman Cain crashed and burned.
We are not racist. We are not stupid. And in the case of at least two of us, we are not here anymore. Best of luck Mr. Grant.
> Right then. Have it your way. Someone told you that you were alienating a segment of your audience and you said that you completely do not care.
I think I’ve said repeatedly that I do not care if I alienate my audience. Publicly. Loudly.
> I do not care to donate, and I do not care to have a link to any of your comics anymore, and I’ve been with you since the days of FLEM.
If you’d been with me since FLEM, you’d know that I don’t care if I piss off my audience. But a nice try, there.
> What you say about the Tea Party may be true of a tiny aberrant fraction, but that fraction quickly disowned by the rank and file. You would define us by the exception and not the rule.
Yeah, they weren’t true Scotsmen.
> At one rally I attended there was a very large black man with thick muscles holding up a sign that said, “Call me racist, I dare you.”
I loved that guy.
“Why, I even have black friends! That’s how not racist I am!”
> We are not racist. We are not stupid.
Obviously. I’d put up hundreds more, if you like, but I think you get the point.
You are arguing against my firsthand experience with the Teabaggers. Again, I ask you, you amazing fucking patriots who OBVIOUSLY aren’t racist and CARE SO MUCH about the constitution, the deficit, taxes… where the fuck were you before 2008? Where the fuck were you? Before Obama came about, where the fuck were you? Protesting? Yelling in the street? Ready to take on the government? No. You weren’t. It took a skeery black democrat to get you off your asses. Don’t tell me the Tea Party isn’t about racism. Don’t tell me it’s not about a bunch of scared, angry white folk throwing tantrums. If all these things meant so damn much to you all along, then where the fuck were you when I was on the Dallas City Hall steps, protesting the war during W’s presidency? Where the fuck were you?
Nowhere to be found. Nowhere.
And I say again: Once Obama is out of office, the Teabaggers will disperse like a bad fart in an elevator, even if a Democrat takes office next. Why? Because you will no longer have a minority in the office, scaring the shit out of old white people.
I take your party as seriously as it deserves: Not at all.
100% with you on this!
I disagree with your assessment of the Tea Party, JLgrant. I don’t believe in taxes, it would be better if the government stayed out of that as far as I am concerned and income would also go up if taxes were lower.
Where the FUCK were you fuckers during the Bush presidency? Or even Clinton? Don’t tell me you were protesting – I protested, in the flesh, against the Iraq war, and against the war in Afghanistan. Didn’t see no fuckin’ teabaggers there.
If you wanted us to take you seriously, it’s too little, too late. Maybe it’s just coincidence that the Teabaggers became a thing only when Obama was gaining steam, and maybe it’s just happenstance that the protest signs I saw at the Teabagger protest were some of the most racist, self-aggrandizing horseshit I’ve ever laid eyes upon. Sucks to be you. Choose your horse to ride more carefully, next time.
Because the next president, I can almost guarantee, isn’t going to be black. And when that happens, the Teabagger movement will fade away to dust. You will lose most of your fellow protesters in the movement when they don’t have a nigger to hate. You will be remembered for what you are: a racist-assed group of aging idiots who banged drums really loudly and accomplished nothing, except maybe wreaking havoc on the GOP.
Loved Snooch’s expression in the last panel of today’s comic. =^o O^=
“Didn’t see no fuckin’ teabaggers there.”
Yeah, they had a different name at the time. You know when the movement started, and who started it. The prior name was “libertarian”.
…And then came the neocon fundies who were only kept out until they became the majority. The libertarians USED to pull the mic away from anyone who started endorsing candidates and R positions… “Hey, this is a TAX PROTEST, not your personal soapbox.”… But then they got overwhelmed. Hurray democracy though, right?
Talented? Not so much (imho, it isn’t the greatest looking comic in the world, nor was flem. But it is fun), more funny, and like a nice guy to drink a few beers with. And possibly get in a huge argument with.
But that isn’t the main point. Why all mad because he called teaparty members teabaggers? He actually pointed out that the media is on the anti gun side and thus biased as fuck. All the stupid bullshit later you started yourself.
For me this was interesting: http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/87474-yale-professors-surprising-discovery-tea-party-supporters-scientifically-literate/ (note I have not found nor looked for the research behind it. only read the news reports, so it might turn out to be total bullshit).
Shannon Watts also claims to receive no ‘salary’ from her activism, trying to make it seem like she’s doing it out of the goodness of her heart. She refuses to answer any questions on what other forms of compensation she may receive.
Snark Olympics as an interview process. That could get ugly in one hell of a hurry. “Ohhhhhhhhhh, and a 6 from the Russian judge. This is going to hurt him in the long program.”
I’d pay premium for seats at that event. 😀
So… Coffee of Doom meets Guns at Heart, eh?
(Questionable Content reference)
There should be a crossover! Gun people like coffee too!
I’m suddenly reminded of the Far Side cartoon where the guy holding a smoking gun among bodies is scolded “That’s it, no more caffeinated coffee for you!!!”
Oh, the terror of crossover possibilities!
Omar and Pintsize in the same room? AARRGGHHHH
Having met and hung out with Jeph a few times, the idea of this crossover is… terrifying.
OK, NOW I’m envious. 😛
(Also: PintSize with weapons… EEEEK! No, wait… [b]FAYE[/b] with weapons… OMG, EVERYONE FLEE!)
Also also: Coding fail! Everyone point and laugh! 😛
But Faye already has a brace of 44s!
And yeah, those guns are loaded!
😀
:: rimshot! ::
Terrifyingly AWESOME.
Is he hiring Omar’s replacement?
Wouldn’t it be funny if the only applicants were Tom Lynne and Archibald Q. Gunowner?
Am I the only one who thinks “Moms Demand Action” sounds like clickbait for a sleazy MILF hookup site?
With… Unattractive… “models.”
Archibald Q. Gunowner couldn’t deliver a smackdown if the target was standing under a 1,000lb weight and someone handed him scissors to cut the string. As for Tom, any smack he dishes out will lack variety. His material seems to revolve around “faggot”. Needs to switch it up some. Admittedly, bringing in a ‘Roots’ reference is interesting, but it’s kinda obscure these days. Besides, after two days of ‘faggot’ insults, I doubt Mick would hire him. Nor would Heidi; Tom would definitely make female customers feel not welcome.
Job requirements in panel 4 can negate the whole ‘customer service’ bit.
As for “Moms Demand Action” from Bloomberg’s bank account, I’m surprised you only heard that one recently. I heard that one from a liberal source over a month ago.
Oh, and in case you haven’t heard, their frontwoman used to work PR for Monsanato.
GMO food and gun control. It’s hippie purgatory.
Some of my bestest friends are hippies!!
I’m sure the Insane Moron Posse guy will apply and so will Tom.
I like your site