Oops... Worst Persons in the World Addendum...
Sometimes, you just have to admit you made a mistake. I do so here.
I started the second annual Worst Persons in the World list a few months ago, and then finished up after having strayed for a while, publishing it earlier today. Then moments later, I looked at the list...
How on earth I could have excluded William Barr is beyond me.
He undercut the Mueller investigation, gutting its findings before it was actually published.
He publicly embraced a president gone wild and promoted a unitary executive theory that states that the president can do just about anything he wants, and because he is the president, it is not illegal. That would include the famous boast about shooting somebody in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue.
He announced that Christianity is a guiding force and that Christians have been persecuted for their beliefs throughout the history of this country, and notably, in the last several years. As a result, "Christian" values that impose upon just about everybody else, are perfectly find by him, first amendment be damned.
As soon as the senate got through gutting the constitution, shredding the thought of fair and legal process, he announced that there would be no more investigations of presidents or presidential candidates henceforth without his approval. Who do you think he is thinking of? Andrew Yang?
I could go on. I believe you get the point...
Saturday, February 8, 2020
2nd annual top ten worst persons in the world -- well in the united states, but it sounded good
This one falls under the better late than never category, especially since I announced the list was just about to come out and solicited nominations about three months ago. Oh well...
Tis the season. With help from our loyal legion of followers, and simply because I can do it, the good folks here at White Fluffy Duckies, with herald trumpets blaring, hereby present the Second Annual Top (Bottom) Ten Worst Persons -- IN THE WORLD!!!... well, at least here in the good old USA...
As a reminder, last year's list was:
10. Susan Collins
9. Ryan Zincke
8. Duncan Hunter
7. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
6. Ted Cruz
5. Brian Kemp
4. Lindsay Graham
3. Sean Hannity
2. Steve King
1. Mitch McConnell
Before the big reveal, I once again note that the President is not on this list, as he remains in a class of worstness by himself, and by including him herein, I would be permanently rendering lists of this sort obsolete and even more irrelevant in the grand scheme of things than they already are.
I also note again that in whittling the list down to only ten, I know I am leaving out much deserved people, who tried their darndest to get on the list, practically soliciting inclusion from me personally. You cannot, however, include all fifty-two republican united states senators and one hundred and ninety-seven members of the House of Representatives. It just does not work in a top ten list, unless you happen to use math employed by the President, which I will not do, even if we share the same alma mater. By the same logic, the entire staff of the President at the White House cannot be included; therefore, we tearfully leave Kelly Anne Conway out once again. We note, however, in a world of alternate facts, she is at the top (bottom) of the list once again. But wouldn't you want to be a fly on the bedroom wall when she and George get into it?
But I digress...
Sooooo.... with our second annual nod to Keith Olbermann, and without further ado:
10. Betsy DeVos -- To be honest, I was not going to include Ms. DeVos here, although it does seem to me that in less than three years she has demonstrated clearly that her name and the word "education" should never be mentioned in he same sentence. It does take a massive amount of talent, however, to have a member of the president's cabinet held in contempt of court, not once, not twice, but on sixteen thousand counts. Aside from the punishment of being included on this list, Ms. DeVos is going to be asked to write "I will not be in contempt of court" on the blackboard sixteen thousand times, assuming she knows where the blackboard is located in the classroom, is not offended by holding a piece of chalk and knows how to spell "contempt".
9. Jodi Ernst -- This is by popular demand. How on earth a woman can approve of defunding planned parenthood, sponsor legislation that denies a woman the right to choose, cannot bring herself to pass any kine of legislation controlling the ridiculous explosion of weapons in the hands of those clearly unqualified physically or emotionally to own one, let alone an arsenal is beyond me. She has solidified her stance, however, by being the first to call for the impeachment of Joe Biden, who has not even been nominated to run for president, let alone be elected to the position.
8. Rush Limbaugh -- I almost gave this one a pass; however, in light of his health, this may be the last chance for him to make the list. Call this a lifetime achievement award that balances off the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hint to the president -- if Mr. Limbaugh's lifetime of bigotry and vile comments about anyone he disagrees with makes him deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, please do not consider me for the prize.
7. Steve Mnuchin -- A bastion of consistency, he refused to release the president's tax returns, claiming there was no legitimate legislative purpose in doing so, but immediately upon being asked, never mind subpoenaed, he released Hunter Biden's info. You know, the son of the guy who is running for president against his guy. Well, he is consistent. He consistently aides the guy in the oval office regardless of whether or not it is ethical or legal to do so.
6. Jim Jordan -- This one was rather close between Rep. Jordan and Mark Meadows, who according to the transcript of the closed door hearing of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch questioned the Ambassador over where she got the nickname "Masha" from, as if that established that she was a Ukranian mole for the democratic party. But Mr. Jordan, who has made it a mission in life to make very loud, abrasive and completely baseless claims about just about anyone to the left of him, which means just about everybody, and then staring blankly into space when confronted with the proof that he was once again wrong, wins out herein with his performance in the public impeachment hearings. He has a talent for making baseless allegations in the most abrasive manner and then, as noted above, staring blankly into space when confronted with the fact that his claims have already been debunked. We won't even get into the fact that he was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State for years and claims he had no idea there was a sex abuse scandal playing out under his nose nearly the entire time. Well, I guess I just did get into that. Nothing to see here.
5. John Cornyn -- This is the guy who usually is standing in the background when Mitch McConnell is at the microphone telling us why Democrats to do nothing and then explaining why he is blocking a vote on (fill in the blank), just past by the House, that happens to have a democratic majority. Senator Cornyn gets on the list this year, as well as a vote for humanitarian of the year by supporting the decision to have our troops get out of the way, thereby allowing Turkey's rampage and ethnic cleansing of the Kurds, hinting that this was perhaps a good thing. Perhaps someone should have whispered in Senator Cornyn's ear the simple fact that the Kurds were supposedly our allies.
4. Mitch McConnell -- You knew he had to be here somewhere. I'm sure Mitch is devastated that he did not repeat his championship performance of last year. I suppose he can take solace in the fact that he is part of the group that took this year's honors and led the way for the nonsense that is our elected representatives.
3. Bone Spurs, Jr. -- He is this year's best selling author, as long as the Bone Spurs Re-election Committee, the Republican National Committee and the Fox Cheerleading Network continue to shop for stocking stuffers this coming holiday season. BSJ makes the list this year, however, for repeatedly wondering in public how an underqualified, apparently uninterested and completely idiotic son of a politician can land a cushy job on an international corporate energy board simply by being the son of that politician.
2. Rudolph Giuliani -- 'nuff said...
1. with a nod to all the congressmen and senators who are listed above -- EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS. Yes, I said that I could not include every single one of them, but then again, with the exception of Mitt Romney, they all showed a complete lack of spine, morals or whatever it takes to be a decent human throughout the impeachment fiasco. I would also note that this is my list, so if I want to ignore my own rules, it's still my list. Go make your own. That said, even Mitt did not vote for a conviction on teh obstruction of congress count. Hey, he announced he would not comply with a single subpoena and then he did not. I agree here that no witnesses or documents were needed on this count. By definition, this is obstruction of congress. Not a single GOP legislator or senator agreed. We will now all reap what they have sown.
Can't wait til next year...
Tis the season. With help from our loyal legion of followers, and simply because I can do it, the good folks here at White Fluffy Duckies, with herald trumpets blaring, hereby present the Second Annual Top (Bottom) Ten Worst Persons -- IN THE WORLD!!!... well, at least here in the good old USA...
As a reminder, last year's list was:
10. Susan Collins
9. Ryan Zincke
8. Duncan Hunter
7. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
6. Ted Cruz
5. Brian Kemp
4. Lindsay Graham
3. Sean Hannity
2. Steve King
1. Mitch McConnell
Before the big reveal, I once again note that the President is not on this list, as he remains in a class of worstness by himself, and by including him herein, I would be permanently rendering lists of this sort obsolete and even more irrelevant in the grand scheme of things than they already are.
I also note again that in whittling the list down to only ten, I know I am leaving out much deserved people, who tried their darndest to get on the list, practically soliciting inclusion from me personally. You cannot, however, include all fifty-two republican united states senators and one hundred and ninety-seven members of the House of Representatives. It just does not work in a top ten list, unless you happen to use math employed by the President, which I will not do, even if we share the same alma mater. By the same logic, the entire staff of the President at the White House cannot be included; therefore, we tearfully leave Kelly Anne Conway out once again. We note, however, in a world of alternate facts, she is at the top (bottom) of the list once again. But wouldn't you want to be a fly on the bedroom wall when she and George get into it?
But I digress...
Sooooo.... with our second annual nod to Keith Olbermann, and without further ado:
10. Betsy DeVos -- To be honest, I was not going to include Ms. DeVos here, although it does seem to me that in less than three years she has demonstrated clearly that her name and the word "education" should never be mentioned in he same sentence. It does take a massive amount of talent, however, to have a member of the president's cabinet held in contempt of court, not once, not twice, but on sixteen thousand counts. Aside from the punishment of being included on this list, Ms. DeVos is going to be asked to write "I will not be in contempt of court" on the blackboard sixteen thousand times, assuming she knows where the blackboard is located in the classroom, is not offended by holding a piece of chalk and knows how to spell "contempt".
9. Jodi Ernst -- This is by popular demand. How on earth a woman can approve of defunding planned parenthood, sponsor legislation that denies a woman the right to choose, cannot bring herself to pass any kine of legislation controlling the ridiculous explosion of weapons in the hands of those clearly unqualified physically or emotionally to own one, let alone an arsenal is beyond me. She has solidified her stance, however, by being the first to call for the impeachment of Joe Biden, who has not even been nominated to run for president, let alone be elected to the position.
8. Rush Limbaugh -- I almost gave this one a pass; however, in light of his health, this may be the last chance for him to make the list. Call this a lifetime achievement award that balances off the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hint to the president -- if Mr. Limbaugh's lifetime of bigotry and vile comments about anyone he disagrees with makes him deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, please do not consider me for the prize.
7. Steve Mnuchin -- A bastion of consistency, he refused to release the president's tax returns, claiming there was no legitimate legislative purpose in doing so, but immediately upon being asked, never mind subpoenaed, he released Hunter Biden's info. You know, the son of the guy who is running for president against his guy. Well, he is consistent. He consistently aides the guy in the oval office regardless of whether or not it is ethical or legal to do so.
6. Jim Jordan -- This one was rather close between Rep. Jordan and Mark Meadows, who according to the transcript of the closed door hearing of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch questioned the Ambassador over where she got the nickname "Masha" from, as if that established that she was a Ukranian mole for the democratic party. But Mr. Jordan, who has made it a mission in life to make very loud, abrasive and completely baseless claims about just about anyone to the left of him, which means just about everybody, and then staring blankly into space when confronted with the proof that he was once again wrong, wins out herein with his performance in the public impeachment hearings. He has a talent for making baseless allegations in the most abrasive manner and then, as noted above, staring blankly into space when confronted with the fact that his claims have already been debunked. We won't even get into the fact that he was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State for years and claims he had no idea there was a sex abuse scandal playing out under his nose nearly the entire time. Well, I guess I just did get into that. Nothing to see here.
5. John Cornyn -- This is the guy who usually is standing in the background when Mitch McConnell is at the microphone telling us why Democrats to do nothing and then explaining why he is blocking a vote on (fill in the blank), just past by the House, that happens to have a democratic majority. Senator Cornyn gets on the list this year, as well as a vote for humanitarian of the year by supporting the decision to have our troops get out of the way, thereby allowing Turkey's rampage and ethnic cleansing of the Kurds, hinting that this was perhaps a good thing. Perhaps someone should have whispered in Senator Cornyn's ear the simple fact that the Kurds were supposedly our allies.
4. Mitch McConnell -- You knew he had to be here somewhere. I'm sure Mitch is devastated that he did not repeat his championship performance of last year. I suppose he can take solace in the fact that he is part of the group that took this year's honors and led the way for the nonsense that is our elected representatives.
3. Bone Spurs, Jr. -- He is this year's best selling author, as long as the Bone Spurs Re-election Committee, the Republican National Committee and the Fox Cheerleading Network continue to shop for stocking stuffers this coming holiday season. BSJ makes the list this year, however, for repeatedly wondering in public how an underqualified, apparently uninterested and completely idiotic son of a politician can land a cushy job on an international corporate energy board simply by being the son of that politician.
2. Rudolph Giuliani -- 'nuff said...
1. with a nod to all the congressmen and senators who are listed above -- EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS. Yes, I said that I could not include every single one of them, but then again, with the exception of Mitt Romney, they all showed a complete lack of spine, morals or whatever it takes to be a decent human throughout the impeachment fiasco. I would also note that this is my list, so if I want to ignore my own rules, it's still my list. Go make your own. That said, even Mitt did not vote for a conviction on teh obstruction of congress count. Hey, he announced he would not comply with a single subpoena and then he did not. I agree here that no witnesses or documents were needed on this count. By definition, this is obstruction of congress. Not a single GOP legislator or senator agreed. We will now all reap what they have sown.
Can't wait til next year...
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