Hate and Stalking go hand in hand

My wife warned against using Photoshop because it is kind of a cop out but unless I get sponsored or Jon Stewart hires me I'm not sure how to fight all the stupid out there. I'll do my best to go where I can but in the meantime I can use the digital universe and the internet to "place" myself wherever I see stupid.

Today's project is Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shrivel--a'hem, I mean--Shirvell, who has made it his mission in life to try and bring down the University of Michigan's student body president, Chris Armstrong. He says it is not because Chris is a homosexual but because Chris is trying to advance the "homosexual agenda." I'm not sure what the "homosexual agenda" is other than trying to obtain equal rights with the rest of their fellow Americans so obviously I must be missing something.

Mr. Shrivell has even gone to the lengths of creating a blog called Chris-Armstrong-Watch and he pretty much follows this guy around and posts about all the "crazy" things this student body president is doing. Now, most people would call that a simple love crazed stalker but Mr. Shrivell uses his photoshop skills as well and puts swastikas all over pictures of Chris because Nazis loved homosexuals. I was going to provide a link to the picture I'm referring to but it looks like the enormous interest from Anderson Cooper's interview has caused his blog to be "only for invited readers" now. That was not the case this morning. This might be the first smart thing Mr. Shrivell has done in the past 6 months.

Anyway, there's really only one thing I want to point out about this situation. Yes, Mr. Shrivell has the right to do whatever he wants when he's not "on the clock" with the State Attorney General's office. Yes he has the same First Amendment rights as everyone else. So, in essence he's not doing anything illegal. But that is like your little brother holding his finger one inch in front of your face and saying, "I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!" He's right. He's not touching you but it doesn't mean you are not going to smack him in about 10 seconds. A pretty stupid thing to do for a younger brother.

And to start a blog, protest outside this kid's house, and basically use all his spare time to go after that kid does pretty much scream stalker (and maybe jilted lover? I'm just sayin'...).

It looks like Chris and the University of Michigan felt the same way and Mr. Shrivell is banned from being on campus or being anywhere near Chris Armstrong.

I think it will be just a matter of time before the Attorney General help to rid his office of stupidness and fires Mr. Shrivell. He can go work for the AFA. I'm building my list on them right now and they'll soon be guests of my blog.

My Hometown

First off, I want to explain what this blog will be about. There are a lot of stupid people in this world that, for fear of being politically incorrect, or trying to be sensitive, or show some false respect for our fellow human beings, we actually fail them by not calling them out.

To be fair I will try to show some of that respect to my fellow human beings so, as my parents used to tell me, I'm not calling said subject of the day stupid, I'm saying what they are doing is stupid. We have to have some hope that maybe if we call the stupidness to their attention that maybe they will take some time to reflect and change their stupid ways and try to be helpful in this world rather than hurtful.

This blog will obviously deal with many political issues because, lets face it, that is where most of the stupid ideas come from, but I will tackle any stupidness that I see out there and do my part to help rid the world of it. Feel free to let me know about any stupidness that I may have missed and we can tackle it together. I also will not shy away from pointing the arrow towards me if it is justified. Sometimes the lowest common denominator is like an undertow. Venturing into the world of stupidness it might be hard to not get trapped so I look to you to help me by commenting whether you agree or disagree.

Now, onto my first post referring to the picture you see (I will try to stay more current in the future but there are some recent things that have happened that I feel I must address). My old state, Arizona. I'm sure you've heard of a little law called SB1070. I won't go into details because, unless you're stupid, you know all about it. It was supposed to go into full effect at the end of July but Judge Susan Bolton, in her effort to fight stupidness, blocked the key provisions that one can definitely argue are unconstitutional.

Now, they're not unconstitutional because, let's face it, it would implore state police to racially profile and cause actual citizens to have to carry around their "papers" like Jews had to do in Nazi Germany. The provisions are unconstitutional because it is the Federal Government's responsibility to carry out immigration enforcement. If Sen. Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer were really fed up with the Feds (Fed up with the Feds - nice catchphrase) there were much less stupid ways to get the Feds involved in what they saw as a problem with illegal immigration. To try and dance around the constitution is really just a power struggle between a state and their central government.

There's a reason the Feds deal with immigration. That way there are centralized and uniformed laws dealing with the issue. Every state can't have different laws dealing with foreign policy. It just ain't prudent.

And it is hard to forget that Gov. Jan Brewer is directly linked with AZ private prisons that would directly profit from this law. When asked about this connection she just stares at the cameras with a blank face.

Now, why didn't I try to catch a picture with Jan Brewer or Sen. Pearce? Well, other than the obvious reasons of probably getting arrested for accosting them Jan Brewer is leading her opponent by 20%! Even after this performance during a televised debate earlier this month! Shame on you AZ. Seriously? You want that woman as your leader? Even if you agree with SB1070 (and if you do, I'd love to get a picture with you!) how can you take that woman seriously?! Now, I know this is a state that voted for Evan Mecham but you eventually learned your lesson and impeached him!

Please, vote for anyone other than Jan Brewer. I implore you to think for just a minute and I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion that she shouldn't be the head of anything especially the beautiful state of Arizona.

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