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Defunding public education

23 Monday Jan 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, defunding, dogma, grift, Mark Alford, missouri, Public Education, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

Go figure.

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Today from former newsreader Mark Alford (r):

[image cropped]

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
This National School Choice Week, it’s time to put power back in the hands of parents.

Parents deserve a voice on what’s being taught, school safety, and have the ability to choose the best education for their children. #SchoolChoiceWeek
School Choice Week
[….]
2:57 PM · Jan 23, 2023

“…it’s time to put power back in the hands of parents…” “…Parents deserve a voice on what’s being taught…”

Uh, school boards are elected locally.

So, what “options” do people in rural Missouri have? Ever think of that before your obviously thoughtless regurgitation of right wingnut dogma?

We have questions. Does one of the “choices” mean that people who don’t have children won’t have to pay the taxes that will go into funding this grift? Just asking.

Maroon.

Because Interstate highways spontaneously spring out of the ground?

29 Saturday Oct 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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bumper sticker, dogma, Interstate highway, Jackson County, missouri, right wingnut

Today in Jackson County, Missouri – evidently walking cross country to get somewhere is just a little too inconvenient:

“Socialism Sucks”

Someone should probably tell them.

Bad timing

24 Thursday Sep 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Governor

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absentee ballot, COVID-19, dogma, mailing, Mike Parson, PAC, pandemic, right wingnuts, Uniting Missouri PAC, vote by mail

Oopsie.

In the mail this week:

Support Governor
Mike Parson
and the rest of your Missouri Republican Team

Our Republican candidates up and down the ballot are counting on you to cast your vote this year. Liberal Democrats hope you’ll let fear stop you from voting. Don’t let the Democrats win!

Stay safe. Vote by mail.

Wouldn’t it have been easier just to wear a mask?

“…Liberal Democrats hope you’ll let fear stop you from voting…” Projection, the republican way of life.

New this year in Missouri:
Vote by mail

Notary not required for many voters

Exercise your right

Don’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop you from exercising your right to vote. If you are 65 or older, or are in an at-risk category for contracting or transmitting COVID-19, you are eligible to vote absentee by mail – without having your absentee ballot notarized.

Keep yourself safe

Voting by mail is easy, and it will help limit the spread of COVID-19. Simply fill out the enclosed application and mail it in to fulfill your duty as an American without putting your health at risk.

Help our nation recover

When you vote by absentee ballot from home and drop it in the mail, you can be confident that all ballots mailed in to your local election authority will be counted.

“…fulfill your duty as an American without putting your health at risk…” Wait, isn’t their dogma that the pandemic is “fake news” and that the risks are overblown? “…If you are 65 or older, or are in an at-risk category…” Wait, aren’t old people expendable?

Keep yourself safe while you vote

Voting by mail is convenient and safe for every voter.

Let your voice be heard by requesting and mailing in your ballot before the election.

Voting by Mail is Secure

Fill out the attached form completely and accurately

Mail in the completed form after signing and dating at the botton

Wait to receive your official absentee ballot

Dont put your health at risk.

Vote from the comfort and privacy of your own home to fulfill your civic duty and stay safe during the pandemic.

“…Let your voice be heard by requesting and mailing in your ballot before the election…” Before the election. The must really believe their voters are idiots. They may have a point there.

“…Voting by Mail is Secure…” Not according to Donald Trump (r) and his sycophant enablers.

The mailing had two Request for Missouri Absentee Ballot forms printed on it, one partially filled out with the name of a member of our household.

Paid for by Uniting Missouri PAC.

Note the conflation of “absentee ballot” and “Vote By Mail”. That ain’t the proper right wingnut Donald Trump (r) dogma.

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].

Previously:

Gov. Mike Parson (r): safety, meh, voting, meh (May 28, 2020)

“…You know, I hope people feel safe, but, uh, to go out and vote. But, if they don’t, you know, the number one thing is their safety should be number one, so if they don’t, um, then, then, don’t go out and vote. You know, you know, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard myself say that, but, but, you know if you didn’t feel safe than I wouldn’t do that…”

About that mask thing… (September 23, 2020)

Dogma

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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dogma, missouri, Pledge of Allegiance, sign

At a business in west central Missouri:

That line sounds sort of familiar. Oh, yes:

“I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

Nope, not that.

Dogma

02 Sunday Jun 2013

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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2016, dogma, Jay Nixon, missouri, president, republicans, Scott Walker, taxes, Wisconsin

Previously:

On the road to Iowa (June 1, 2013)

The Missouri General Assembly holds no monopoly on bad ideas or insanity. Travel to other battleground states and a reading of the local news about the legislature therein reveals the pervasiveness of the batshit crazy. Let’s see, defund public education, defund higher education (and limit access), attack labor and labor rights. Falling backward is a feature, not a bug.

“Wisconsin” atop the capitol dome. Sometimes referred to as “Miss Forward” (there’s another statue with

that title on the grounds – “Forward” is the Wisconsin motto). Locals would also refer to the statue as

“Miss Rennebohm” because it ostensibly gazed toward the Rennebohm Drug Store on the square.

Not quite a Libertarian paradise:

A display of republican dogma proudly exhibited on a vehicle parked on the grounds of the Wisconsin capitol.

Because government shouldn’t do anything and if we prevent it from doing anything by starving it of revenue people won’t expect anything from government. Except maybe abortion restrictions.

No Exit.

Mislabeling inside the Wisconsin capitol?

What’s the similarity between Jay Nixon and Scott Walker? Their respective political bases consider them the best republican governor their state has ever had.

What are the odds of either becoming president?

In the People’s Republic of Madison:

Hagiography in the lion’s den.

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