The Rude Pundit: Your State Sucks Because Your Governor and Legislators Are Dicks

[meegbear]

Yes, even with the eternal dickishness of Republican legislative behavior when it comes to abortion, which is their favoritest issue, even with the totally dickish campaign to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights, GOP governors and their lackey co-conspirators in the legislatures have found new and exciting and unusual ways to be complete wads of dick. We're talking here about spending time on shit that's absolutely worthless except as a way of announcing, "Holy Christ, we're a bunch of dicks."

For instance, up in Maine, Governor Paul LePage (a.k.a. "The Guy From Teabagville") has ordered the removal of a 2008 mural in the Maine Department of Labor building because it depicts the history of labor in the state of Maine. So it's just inappropriate. Yep, it's got cobblers, child workers, and women mill workers. It's got images of workers voting to be in unions, organizing, and marching on Labor Day. It shows women strikers, Frances Perkins, FDR's Labor Secretary, who was from Maine, and women working in factories during WWII. Finally, it has an image from a 1986 strike in the state and one that represents the passing on of the legacy of laborers.

This pissed off someone who faxed LePage, "In studying the mural I also observed that this mural is nothing but propaganda to further the agenda of the Union movement. I felt for a moment that I was in communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses." It was signed, in the spirit of open democracy, "A Secret Admirer." Because, see, apparently the Department of Labor is only supposed to exist to support corporations and business owners. Despite, you know, the name of the fucking department.

Said LePage, "I'm trying to send a message to everyone in the state that the state of Maine looks at employees and employers equally, neutrally and on balance." Of course, there being way more employees than employers, like, everywhere doesn't matter. It would have been easier if LePage had just said, "C'mon, everyone. I'm a big fucking dick. How else would I act?" And then to prove it, LePage also wants the names of all the Department of Labor's conference rooms changed because one's named for Perkins and another is named for Cesar Chavez. You can pretty much bet that, if he had the power to do so, the Edmund Muskie Federal Building would be renamed the Suck LePage's Balls Building.

Over in Ohio, which is in competition right now for America's dickiest state, the Senate there just voted to ban mention of federal stimulus funds on signs that mark construction done with federal stimulus funds. And that's fine and dandy: the Obama administration does not require such labeling of how your tax dollars are being spent to improve your roads and bridges. Of course, they also voted to allow advertising on state road signs. Classy all around.

GOP Governor John Kasich will sign the bill because he's all about the privatizing. He wants to divert funds from state liquor sales to a private not-for-profit organization called "JobsOhio," which will take the place of the state-run job recruitment office. Oh, the chairman of JobsOhio will be Governor Kasich. The money from state liquor sales, about $200 million a year, will essentially become a slush fund for Kasich. The Republican reasoning behind the elimination of the stimulus signs was that they were merely an advertisement for the successes of the Democrats. That was just too above-board a way to show job creation. It's much easier (and way more dickish) to bribe your rich friends under the table.

The fun part? You elected these dickheads, good citizens of these states, and now you've got huge buyer regret. Here's a tip: don't elect teabaggers or Fox "news" commentators.

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[n2doc]

1. The dickiest move yet is the one to strip food stamps from families of striking workers n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts

Other than RomneyObamaCare and our sometimes-not-absurd junior Senator, we've been pretty well behaved.

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[dbackjon]

4. Can't beat Arizona

Where they took away $5 million in funding for transplants - and now people are dying because they can't afford $100K out of pocket.

[localroger]

5. OH and WI: Making LA and MS look good for a change

Not that our leges aren't dickish too, but they're falling way behind.

[Demeter]

6. Michigan Teabaggers Coming Up from behind real fast

Hope we can recall Snyder in July--the man needs a reality check. (Like hockey, only more brutal).

[Dulcinea]

7. Georgia's gotta be up there.

Unemployment is over 10% here, & what are people really worked up about? Alcohol sales on Sundays!

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. I talked to my parents last night and one of the things I said....

"Well, for years we competed to see who had the batshit craziest governor (Purdue v. Bush). Now you can take comfort in the fact that there is no way your governor could begin to match Rick Scott."

[Cali_Democrat]

8. LOL

Hilarious. K&R

[roguevalley]

9. Parnell in Alaska has you all beat. His judicial committee pick is

someone who wants to jail out of wedlock sex. :0)

[Kurovski]

10. K&R (nt)

[Kber]

12. And once again New Jersey is totally dissed.

Has Christie jumped the shark already? Maybe it's just because I'm living the dream here in the Garden State, but I believe our Gov. can hold his dickish own against anyone.

(ew)

[MilesColtrane]

13. You want to talk a dick move?

The proposed law forcing women seeking an abortion in Texas to receive a sonogram in which the doctor is required to describe the fetus and play aloud its heartbeat

Now, THAT'S fucked up.