This week we saw two clowns back at it again; one a Democrat, the other a Republican. One in the local big tent and the other, sadly, on the national stage. Let’s start with the local buffoon.
Former Detroit City Clowncilwoman, Democrat Monica Conyers (the wife of Democratic Congressman John Conyers), has filed suit in a Detroit court for “gruesome” injuries she suffered thanks to a more famous clown, Ronald McDonald. Conyers is seeking $25,000 from a Detroit-area McDonald’s franchise owner after she allegedly cut a finger on a chair at a McDonald’s inside Detroit Metropolitan Airport on New Year’s Day.
Conyer’s attorney, Amir Makled of Dearborn, says the chair may be defective and that Conyer’s suffered an “extremely painful” cut which caused her to lose a nail. Makled says that Conyers, six months later, remains “severely injured” and, worst yet, his client suffered “extreme pain and anguish” and has lost the full use of her hand.
Aha! That’s the ticket, er, the reason for the lawsuit. See, you cannot really suffer “anguish” from a finger cut, even if you lose a nail. You suffer anguish when your child dies or you are given a terminal cancer diagnosis or nine members of your church family are gunned down by a racist psychopath.But for Conyers, her ticket to 25 large is losing the “full use of her hand.”
For Conyers, her hands have enriched her and, of course, sent her into the hoosegow. In 2010, one of the most powerful politicians in one of the then-most corrupt cities in the country was convicted of accepting bribes to alter her city council vote and support a billion-dollar sludge hauling contract for a corrupt Houston-based company. Conyers put out her hand and got the loot, only to soon find her hands decorated by two beautiful bracelets commonly known as handcuffs. She pleaded guilty and accepted a 37-month plea deal that put her in a women’s prison that had the nickname “Camp Cupcake.” Of course, when the judge accepted the plea and announced the sentence, Conyers went berserk in court and tried to recant the plea. Oh, did I mention that in addition to being a crook, Conyers is certifiable?
So, going forward, now out of the slammer, Conyers hands are very important to her when it comes to earning a living. And now those careless bastards at McDonald’s have disfigured her for life.
I hope the judge in the lawsuit throws out the case the first second possible and leaves this disgraceful woman with empty “hands.”
On to the national stage and this time it’s a Republican acting like a clown. And, it is more far-reaching, destructive and troubling than a crooked Detroit politician could conceive. In the wake of the horrible mass murder of nine God-fearing black Christian parishioners in a historically important church in Charleston, South Carolina by a deranged young white man, presidential hopeless, ah, hopeful Rick Santorum has decided his theme song will be composed of only one note: the assault on religious liberty.
As a Christian I am all for religious liberty as it is one of the great things that sets our great country apart from so many. And, I believe Christianity is being assaulted in this country and around the world. But Santorum, commenting on the dreadful carnage in Charleston could not come to grips with what every sane person in America could see: the killings were racially motivated. Pure and simple. White kid, loner, pictures of him with pro-apartheid emblems on his jacket goes into majority-black church during a Bible study and kills nine black people.
There was not an iota of evidence that the killer was trying to “assault” the parishioner’s religious liberty. No, he was there to slaughter black people. Sadly, he succeeded. But here’s how the moronic former Pennsylvania Senator saw it:
“It’s obviously a crime of hate. We don’t know the rationale, but what other rationale could there be? You’re sort of lost that someone would walk into a Bible study at a church and indiscriminately kill people. This is one of those situations where you have to take a step a back and say — you talk about the importance of prayer at this time, and we’re now seeing assaults on religious liberty we’ve never seen before. So, it’s a time for deeper reflection even beyond this horrible situation.”
In a breathtaking moment yesterday in Charleston, the family members of the victims openly forgave the accused killer as he was arraigned. They believe, in their hearts, that is what God expected from them as Christians. They are right, in my mind, but still it took a lot of guts and courage to do so. (For those saying WTF, remember that there is huge difference between forgiveness and the justice that WILL take place.)
For Santorum, I hope people will forgive them for this stupidity, ignorance, carelessness and his blind politics. However, I hope the folks in my home state of Iowa don’t FORGET this moment when the Iowa Caucuses come around next year. In 2012, Iowans narrowly gave Santorum an upset victory over Mitt Romney. This time, I hope he falls on his sanctimonious, self-righteous ass.