@thanatokephaloides

Fucking right-wing nut-job RePIG!

He is also a fucking Catholic hypocrite!

What year was this decided? It must be from the last century because scientists have proven that our world is heating up. For the last 5 years, this planet has been setting records for the hottest temperatures and surpasses them each year and month.

That is proven scientifically."[48] Johnson is a cosponsor of the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would block the EPA from imposing new rules on carbon emissions.

I looked up the Wikipedia article on Senator Johnson. He's a typical RePIG asshole. Some tidbits from the linked article:

In January 2010, prior to holding elective office, Johnson opposed a Wisconsin bill that would have eliminated the time limit for future child sex abuse victims to bring lawsuits while allowing an additional three years for past victims to sue.[40] Johnson testified before the Wisconsin Senate that "punishment for the actual perpetrators should be severe," but questioned whether it would be just for employers of perpetrators to be severely financially damaged or destroyed by lawsuits.[41] He added that the bill, if enacted, might actually reduce the reporting of child sex abuse.[8][40] At the time of his testimony, Johnson was on the Finance Council of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.[8][40] In June 2010 he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "I can't think of a penalty that would be too harsh for these guys"[42] and in late September 2010, Johnson indicated that the legislation would have financially crippled organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs and that the punishment for child sex abuse should be "severe and swift."[40] He also sought to address reports about his testimony, saying “I sought to warn legislators of those consequences in order to correct legislative language so that any bills that passed would punish the perpetrators and those that protect them, not honorable organizations that do so much good for our communities. We must rid our society of people who prey on children.”[43]

Talk out of both sides of your mouth much, Senator?

In a 2010 interview, Johnson called scientists who attribute global warming to man-made causes "crazy", saying the theory is "lunacy" and attributing climate change to causes other than human activity.[46] In February 2016, Johnson said "I've never denied climate change. The climate has always changed, and it always will".[47] While on a radio talk show August 1, 2015, on Racine, Wisconsin's WRJN-AM, Johnson said that "the climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."[48] Johnson is a cosponsor of the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would block the EPA from imposing new rules on carbon emissions.[49]

Methinks a few years in southern California, in the forests, would set him aright. But who the fuck knows?

Johnson is a strong supporter of gun rights. He is cosponsor of S.570, a bill that, if passed, would prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloging the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.[60] In April 2013, Johnson was one of 12 Republican Senators who signed a letter threatening to filibuster any newly introduced gun control legislation.[61] That month, Johnson joined 45 other Senators in defeating the Manchin-Toomey Amendment, which would have required background checks on all commercial sales of guns.[62]

And I'd wager no change since last night's disaster in Las Vegas, either!

Fucking right-wing nut-job RePIG!

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@Cassiodorus

In a sane country Johnson would be a janitor.

In a sane country, Johnson would be an inmate at a secure psychiatric facility, along with all his fellow sociopaths.

Janitors fill a critical need, and they also are entrusted with all manner of tools which could inflict serious harm if abused. I don't think Johnson (or anyone else as voluntarily stupid as him) can be trusted with those tools.

Our election system promotes the stupid, and so perhaps we can say that American politics is willingly stupid. In a sane country Johnson would be a janitor.

@mimi

There's a paragraph or two on the "practical" applications of the statements in the Declaration of Independence, which conservajerks glom onto and take to heart to justify depriving the not-rich of the means of existence.

One person alone vs. nature is a very different thing than one person in a society - and Heinlein knew that, but ignored it (because he had said it elsewhere and earlier).

This "gentleman" of a Senator... can he think?

Do you consider food a right? Do you consider clothing a right? Do you consider shelter a right? What we have as rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We have the right to freedom.

If I have a right to life, I have a right to an amout of food, otherwise I could starve. Even prisoners of war in camps had a right to some itsy, bitsy, shitty food. Darn it. My fathers diary about his times as a pow in Russia was full of comparisons what rations of food was given in which camp to which kind of soldiers. Officers got a little more as a pow. Still when he came back he was below 47 kg (height 1,82 meter) So, this idiot of a Senator, should use his brains or just shut up his mouth.

I have also a right to shelter. In winter I could freeze to death. Apparently the kind Senator has never seen someone who just froze to death.

You know, it's insulting to the core with what kind of bullshit your representatives can get away with. They are supposedly to represent the citizens needs and rights. None of this are they doing.