Stop Polluting My Culture, Mike Huckabee!
David Weigel | November 28, 2007, 2:47pm
Adam Thierer
asks a good question: How does Mike Huckabee's palaver about "the decline in the character of our society" match up with his he-man sex-and-violence endorsements?
I’m just wondering, has Mike Huckabee listened to “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” by Ted Nugent? Does he know what that song is referring to? And I wonder what governor Huckabee’s favorite Nugent album is. Is it “Penetrator”? Or is it “If You Can’t Lick ‘Em…Lick ‘Em”? Or perhaps it’s “Love Grenade”? And has the governor listened to tunes on those albums like “The Harder They Come, The Harder I Get”?
And I’m also wondering if Gov. Huckabee has watched some of those old Chuck Norris karate movies like “Forced Vengence,” “A Force of One,” or “Silent Rage”? I loved those movies as a kid, but those are the sort of flix that the FCC and many members of Congress would like to see banned from television for their “excessively violent” nature. Is the governor OK with those movies?
Finally, does Huckabee realize that Ric Flair’s claim to fame in the professional wrestling world was that he was the ultimate “cut man”? That is, Flair was willing to be one of those guys who, in just about every match, would voluntarily cut his head open with a razor blade after being thrown out of the ring. (He hid on floor and cut his head with a blade that would be hidden under the stage). My God, Flair bled like nobody else, and the blood would ultimately make his shocking white hair turn pink, ratty, and disgusting. And the fans went wild! We all loved to see the pompous “Nature Boy” bleed.
It hasn't slowed down the Huckmentum on the right: Jerry Falwell Jr endorsed him today. To be fair, he probably blames "Bound And Gagged" on the homosexual agenda.
James Kabala | November 28, 2007, 7:35pm | #
Full context:
"11 While they were listening to him speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God would appear there immediately.
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So he said, "A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
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He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins 5 and told them, 'Engage in trade with these until I return.'
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His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, 'We do not want this man to be our king.'
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But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading.
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The first came forward and said, 'Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.'
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He replied, 'Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.'
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Then the second came and reported, 'Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.'
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And to this servant too he said, 'You, take charge of five cities.'
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Then the other servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
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for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.'
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He said to him, 'With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding person, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant;
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why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.'
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And to those standing by he said, 'Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.'
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But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten gold coins.'
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'I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.'"
Actually a pretty libertarianish parable.
