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On this date in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”posted profiles of Josh Miller, a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and one of the biggest hypocrites you're ever going to find on the issues of government-assistance in regards to healthcare. You see, Miller managed to get himself in a drunk driving accident at the age of 22 where a pickup truck when tumbling off into a ravine that left his good friend dead, and himself paraplegic. Now, the bill for his recovery exceeded $1 million, but he got by because luckily the social safety net like Medicaid was there to catch him. And that's why it was baffling in February of 2014 to see Miller vote to block the Medicaid expansion in Arkansas, and deny tens of thousands of people the same hope that he once needed. If that wasn't enough to convince you Miller may have bonked his head tumbling down that ravine, he also is so pro-life that he supported a measure that would have required a criminal investigation whenever a mother had a miscarriage, voted for TRAP laws to attempt to close all the abortion clinics in Arkansas by deliberately enacting impossible-to-meet restrictions upon them, and is so hung up on guns that he voted to allow firearms on college campuses and inside churches (because Jesus wants people packing heat while they pray). Not to mention, Miller supports stricter Voter ID measures to combat the statistically non-existent problem of "voter fraud" that disenfranchises tens of thousands of voters, and used his paralysis as his justification, saying if he can get registered to vote, why can't naysayers?
And after trying to deny money to sick people in need by denying the Medicaid Expansion, perhaps it should be noted that Miller moved to amend Arkansas State Law so he could still keep his own government aid, even though he accepts rental payments (in other words, he still wants government assistance, even though he’s financially well off between his salary as a legislator, and what he earns renting properties). But if there was any chance that we were about to forget Josh Miller’s hypocrisy, that went out the window when he shared this delightful rant on Facebook regarding his vote against the Medicaid Expansion in April of 2016:
In the past few year, Miller has missed more votes than the average legislator in Arkansas, by far, and when he has shown up, he’s voted against legislation as extreme as a ban on abortion at 18 weeks, helped the spread of Covid-19 by voting for legislation to block both vaccine mandates as well as mask mandates, and, of course, supported a bill to try to make sure teachers couldn’t teach Critical Race Theory even though they weren’t teaching it.
There are no limits to this guy’s hypocrisy or lack of self-awareness, based on his own history. Josh Miller was re-elected in 2016, 2018, and 2020 based on the benefit that he ran unopposed. He’s not term-limited in the Arkansas Legislature until 2028, so unless someone bothers running against him, he won’t be returning to being one of the people he hates so much living off of government checks. Pity, that.
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Here's a video clip of John McCain having the exact same kind of reaction to how stupid Peter Doocy is just a few years ago.
I feel like there should be a supercut made to people reacting to stupid Doocy questions from both sides of the aisle to evidence... Peter Doocy just asks stupid f***ing questions. It's what he's paid to do, be a gaslighting little s*** for Fox News.
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I think that was a good idea. I couldn't care less about the remark, but I actually would have liked to hear his response regarding inflation. It's a topic that keeps coming up - Chuck Todd had a small panel of independent voters on his show the other day and that was one of their main concerns. It's good that he cleared the air with the reporter before people start screaming that he doesn't care about the issue.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
I understand that they are not a monolith, I meant specifically those that were mentioned here - Republican voters who deliberately vote against social policies like universal healthcare, but then apparently criticize Democrats specifically for not providing them with enough government support.
BTW, from an outsider perspective, I find Republicans more resembling of dictatorships such as those they are afraid of, then Democrats. There is nothing socialist about Democrats and if they want to restrict anyone's freedom in any way, I must have missed those news. Yet when it comes to social questions, Republicans are continually pushing for policies that restrict personal freedoms, same as governments in authoritarian regimes (left or right).
His point was that of course it's a concern for himself and the country. It's one of the things, like his Covid response, that he's most focused on at the moment. No politician in an Executive role wants a bad economy on their watch. So when a "reporter" asks a question so utterly stupid it's understandable that the first instinct of any thinking person would be to dismiss them as a serious person.
It was a low class way to handle it, and he stepped over the line, but it wasn't an attempt to dodge the issue. Anyone "screaming that he doesn't care about the issue" would have to be completely ignorant of both his work to get the economy (inflation included) back on track and the basic realities of politics themselves. Again, "it's the economy stupid". Questions like that are at best theater and at worst the utterings of a stupid son-of-a-b###h.
Watching television is not an activity.
In UK, Met Police are finally investigating whether Boris Johnson( and staff at Downing Street) broke COVID regulations by having parties at a time when that was against the law, and many citizens were paying heavy fines for similar activity.
You might think it would be a swift investigation (Boris has effectively already admitted it, with his defence being he didn’t understand the relevant law), but Met’s competence is such that will probably blunder around for months, then come to the wrong conclusion.
How regressive are Republicans? Well, in Georgia, the libertarian-leaning group of dips***s are trying to eliminate ALL vaccine requirements for schoolchildren.
ALL OF THEM. Let's open the door to having outbreaks of pertussis, measles, diphtheria and polio.
https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61178
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in August 2020, the Royal Canadian Navy replaced all 4 grades of the gender-specific title "seaman" with a gender-neutral title "sailor"
Sailor Third Class (previously Ordinary Seaman)
Sailor Second Class (previously Able Seaman)
Sailor First Class (previously Leading Seaman)
Master Sailor (previously Master Seaman)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_(rank)
Should the United States Navy start replacing Seaman ranks with "sailor"?
Seaman recruit = Sailor recruit
Seaman apprentice = Sailor apprentice
Seaman = Sailor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...enlisted_rates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_apprentice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_recruit
Perhaps the United States Air Force should also change the title "airman" to aviator?