Twatwaffles Of The Week

And away we go..............................


First, we have a returnee to the list this week, but he only qualifies for Dicknozzle Of Douchebaggery dishonor.  Yes, Rush Limbaugh has made the wall of shame again this week.  What thoughtful, enlightened commentary has brought the Ol' Rushter this dishonor?  Well, this time, he has suggested that the riots in the UK were caused by the policies of the Democratic Party.  Yes, the Democratic Party in the US is to blame for riots in the UK. 


Limbaugh of course blames "entitlements" and "liberalism" for the unrest in the UK while totally ignoring the fact (Rush has never been terribly concerned with facts.) that the underlying causes of these riots were a police shooting, which many or may not have been racially motivated, and  the austerity and growing economic inequality in the UK.  Limbaugh also apparently doesn't realize that there is no UK equivalent to the Democratic Party here in the US.  The Labour Party comes closest, but they certainly aren't carbon copies of Democrats.  He is also, it would seem oblivious to the fact that the current government in the UK is a Torrie (conservative) majority.


Rushmiester also falsely claims that the Democrats fought against desegregation of the US military while ignoring the fact (There is that word again.) that Harry Truman a Democratic president desegregated the armed forces via Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. This action along with LBJ’s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 pushed the pro-segregation/racist Southern Democrats out of the Democratic Party and into the Republican Party where they currently reside today.


Rush Limbaugh Blames Democrats For UK Riots


Number Five:  We have a tie for fifth place this week.  Bradley Bickett and Gerald Kirby, Aurora, CO police officers, who were cited for allegedly drinking and driving and throwing trash from an Aurora Police cruiser during a ride through Goshen County,Wyoming.  Bickett was booked into the Goshen County Detention Center for charges of Driving While Impaired, Careless Driving and Speeding.  Kirby was cited for littering.


It seems these two fine members of the thin blue line were driving through Wyoming on their way to South Dakota for a funeral for a law enforcement officer who had been killed, I assume, in the line of duty when they were spotted allegedly driving at speeds over 100 mph, throwing beer cans out of the window of the cruiser, and using their emergency lights to get through traffic.  A cooler full (well, not quite full, I guess) of beer was found in the police car.


Yeah, that's great guys.  You're on your way to a funeral for an officer who gave his life in the line of duty, and you two jackasses decide to tie one on as your driving to the service.  And all the decent cops out there wonder why the public has issues with law enforcement officers..........


Police Officer Arrested For Drinking And Driving In Police Car


Number Four:  Republican Indiana State Representative Phillip Hinkle whose emails suggest that he offered a young man $80 plus tip to spend time with him Saturday night at the JW Marriott hotel.
The emails, sent from Hinkle's publicly listed personal address, ask the young man for "a couple hours of your time tonight" and offer him cash up front, with a tip of up to $50 or $60 "for a really good time."  The emails were prompted by an ad on Craigslist from a young man in the men seeking men for casual encounters section.  The details of this incident are rather salacious and may be read in the attached link.


Quite frankly, I couldn't possibly care less if this man is gay and is looking for companionship on the Internet, save two things.  First, he is married with children.  Second, he has railed against gay rights and gay marriage.  He also often spoke in favor of Indiana's thus far failed attempts to amend its state constitution to prohibit same sex marriage.  Another "family values" Republican hypocrite?  It would certainly seem so.


Anti-Gay Indiana Assemblyman Seeks Gay Sex On The Internet


Number Three:  We have a three way tie for third place this week.  Asusena Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez and Sergio Almeida who were charged with child neglect after a five year old girl was found locked in a closet.  The girl weighed 19 pounds when she was discovered.  The girl had allegedly been locked in the closet, beaten, and starved while seven other children in the house were not abused and were healthy. 


A second Dicknozzle Of Douchebaggery goes to defense attorney, Frank Kirk, who suggested that the malnourished girl only weighed nineteen pounds because of "genetics" and because her mother "has a small frame".


Week in and week out I say it, folks.  I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.


Nineteen Pound Five Year Old Found Locked In Closet


Number Two:  Former Luzerne County, PA Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. who was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in federal prison for taking $1 million in bribes from the builder of a pair of juvenile detention centers in a case that became known as "kids for cash." 


Essentially, this fine example of the judiciary sentenced juveniles who had been convicted of petty crimes to serve time in detention centers in exchange for kickbacks from the detention center developers.  Over 4,000 convictions were overturned as a result of this case. 


So again, someone in a position of authority uses his power to line his own pockets while treating some of the most vulnerable children in society.  Stomach churning, isn't it?  Let's hope this man never sees the light of day outside of a prison cell again.


PA Judge Gets 28 Years In "Kids For Cash" Case


Number One:  Edward Lay, 37, of Indianapolis who was a shooting rampage over a loud stereo that resulted in the deaths of two women and critical injuries to another man.


The victims were identified as Mary Swift, 37, of Indianapolis, and Kelly Jinks, 33. The man who was shot was identified as Ronald Kortz II, 40, of Indianapolis.  Kortz underwent surgery Friday and was listed in critical but stable condition at Wishard Memorial Hospital.


Swift, who was Lay's girlfriend, and Lay argued over the volume of a stereo.  During the exchange, Swift was shot multiple times.  Jinks and Kortz were shot when they tried to intervene. 


I don't possibly know what else can be said about this.  Such is American society in 2011.


Loud Stereo Leads To Killing Of Women


Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.