Libertarian Advocate Blowjob Award # 6 Goes to Connecticut Congressman John Larson for Being, Well, John Larson....

Congratulations John,  you're getting this award before Dannell Malloy for doing what you do best: Screwing your constituents.

A lead story out of Politico this morning covering a potential mass exodus of junior congressperps and their staffers all terrified by the financial implications of OBAMACARE, quotes Cong John Larson thus:

Rep. John Larson [CT, Dist 1], a Connecticut Democrat in leadership when the law passed, said he thinks the problem will be resolved.

“If not, I think we should begin an immediate amicus brief to say, ‘Listen this is simply not fair to these employees,’” Larson told POLITICO. “They are federal employees.”

Maybe John, just maybe, you would have found that little gem of a provision in the bill had you had the stones to put up resistance to the psychotic wicked witch of the west, then your Speaker, when she infamously proclaimed We have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it. Hmmmm???

But in some ways even more troublesome than your complete lack of gonadal fortitude in the run up to passage of that now plainly discernible fiscally catastrophic legislation, is your elitist attitude that somehow, your staffers are better and more important members of society by virtue of their status as "federal employees" than are your constituents whom you are meant to SERVE rather than screw over.

So John, enjoy your reward, you've earned it!

Libertarian Advocate Blowjob Award # 5 Goes to SecDef Chuck Hagel for confusing causation with corrolation.

From Military Times comes news of a pathetic new Pentagon witch hunt aimed at ferreting out "'degrading' images of women" in the form of sexy girls featured on beer posters or car magazine pages.

Hagel is considered by many of his former Senate colleagues as being dumber than a bag of rocks; now he's gone and provided hard evidence of his stupidity by supporting the measure that "Air Force officials said the prevalence of those items may be correlated to sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace" [Emphasis added]."

A note to Chuck Hagel: Every 1L understands that correlation is not the same as causation.
 
Here's the story in all its inanity at Military Times.

Libertarian Advocate Blow Job Award #4: Goes to Andrew "Benito" Cuomo for his complete FOOK-UP in pushing through N.Y. SAFE ACT.

The embarrassing fiasco you will read about below was bound to happen given the Rahm it Through E-Certified legislation Cuomo demanded be passed through the N.Y. State Legislature all inside of 72 hours of deliberation. What could possibly go wrong with that? Well, it's a massive embarrassment for the self-proclaimed "Progressive" Governor who has already had to back pedal the law once it was determined that it would also bar N.Y. State police from carrying more than 7 rounds in their duty magazines. 

And now for the entirely predictable total clusterfuck of incompetence in detail:

Jacobs: Wrong Person Told To Turn In Guns

Buffalo, NY (WBEN / release) - Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs says State Police now admit they fingered the wrong person, when they recommended a pistol permit suspension.

State Police had indicated a local gun permit holder used anti-anxiety medication, a situation that triggers an alert in the NY SAFE Act. The local gun owner was asked to turn in their guns at their local police department.

But now, Jacobs says troopers say they passed along bad information, and they had fingered the wrong person.

Jacobs says this error points out the flaws in the state's new gun control legislation.

Here is the release from his office:

Erie County, NY – Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs said that late today he received a call from the New York State Police informing him that they had provided information on the wrong person when they notified his office of someone whose permit should be suspended because of the new mental health provisions in New York’s SAFE Act.
"Previously we received correspondence from the State Police that a pistol permit holder in our County had a mental health condition that made them a potential harm to themselves or others, a provision in the NY SAFE Act that requires suspension of their pistol permit license," said Jacobs.
At that time as required by law, Jacobs’ referred the item and all supporting documentation to the State Supreme Court Judge in charge of issuing pistol permits. Acting on the information provided by the State Police, the judge issued a suspension of the permit pending a hearing.
"When the State Police called to tell us they made a mistake and had the wrong person...it became clear that the State did not do their job here, and now we all look foolish."
Jacobs’ believes the central reason for this error is the inherent flaws in the mental health reporting provisions in the NY SAFE Act. "Until the mental health provisions are fixed, these mistakes will continue to happen," says Jacobs.

Hey Danny Boy,  not to worry; your Very Own Libertarian Advocate Blow Job Award is sure to come very soon now.

Libertarian Advocate Blow Job Award #3: To the anonymous blog commenters who post bogus comments with links to mal-ware contaminated websites.

I've been getting a ton of anonymous "comments" of late but have resisted the mounting temptation to apply captcha bot screening technology to filter out the scammer spammer commentators. I'll hold off a bit longer at least. 

But the one below deserves my sparingly awarded and not so coveted Libertarian Advocate Blow Job Award. What won it was the spammer's link to an "anal beads" website. Where it really went, I have no idea. I didn't take the bait.

The link is dead, because the comment is just a screen capture of the originally emailed comment, so "anonymous," you'll get no traffic to your polluted page from my digs.

SPAMMERS, take a clue from this post: I WILL NEVER FOOKING PUBLISH YOUR GARBAGE SPAM COMMENTS. NOT EVER! GOT IT?????

Libertarian Advocate Blow Job Award #2 Goes to Eric Mar of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

I almost created a whole new award category for Eric Mar (the L.A. Brain-dead Douchebag Award) but in as much as Mar hails from San Francisco, I thought he could easily be shoe-horned into the Blow-Job Award for his dubious achievement in authoring San Francisco's Happy Meal Law.

It seems Mar's law will not have the effect intended, which was to compel the chain to provide more nutritious meals if those meals come bundled with a toy. Seems Micky D's lawyers have figured out how to stick it to Mar and his fellow "Supervisors" while remaining within the letter of the new law.

Today and tomorrow mark the last days that put-upon parents can satiate their youngsters by simply throwing down $2.18 for a Happy Meal toy. But, thanks to the new law taking effect on Dec. 1, this is no longer permitted. Now, in order to have the privilege of making a 10-cent charitable donation in exchange for the toy, you must buy the Happy Meal. Hilariously, it appears Mar et al., in their desire to keep McDonald's from selling grease and fat to kids with the lure of a toy have now actually incentivized the purchase of that grease and fat -- when, beforehand, a put-upon parent could get out cheaper and healthier with just the damn toy.

Hard to kill...  [Click here for the whole story]

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Messages for Mar and his legislative aides -- who are, at this moment, in a Board of Supervisors meeting -- have not yet been returned. [Ed. Note: Isn't this always the case when legislative nitwits are called to account for the results of their stupidity?]

So, Eric Mar you are now officially the recipient of the second Libertarian Advocate Blow-Job Award. Congratulations!

And the First Libertarian Advocate Blow Job Award goes to the BBC

When I lived in Washingtoon many years ago, I remember seeing one of the funniest bumper stickers I've ever seen: A Blow-Job is Better than No Job. So, remembering that sticker, I now introduce the Libertarian Advocate Blow-Job Award. BBC is the first recipient of this rather less than prestigious prize for this ridiculous piece of Schlock Journalism:

Blagojevich fundraiser Antoin Rezko jailed for fraud

 

Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's top fundraiser has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in jail for corruption.

Antoin Rezko, a former Chicago real estate developer, used his influence to secure government deals and kickbacks.

The 56-year-old also was a political fundraiser for Barack Obama during his campaigns to be senator for Illinois.  Mr Obama was not accused of wrongdoing, but his political enemies attempted to exploit the issue in 2008's election.  

'Extensive corruption'

Rezko's legal team had asked the federal judge to set him free, taking into account the three-and-a-half years of prison time he has already served.

But as she passed sentence, US District Judge Amy St Eve said: "You defrauded the people of Illinois; you engaged in extensive corruption throughout the state of Illinois."

Syrian-born Rezko was convicted in 2008 of fraud, money laundering and planning millions of dollars in kickbacks for contracts during Blagojevich's term in office.

Blagojevich was convicted this year on charges that included trying to sell President Obama's old Senate seat. He is expected to get about 10 years when he is sentenced next month.

Rezko's sentencing was postponed after he agreed to co-operate with prosecutors, but authorities say he could not provide any useful information.

Apparently, the author of this unsigned garbage story, has conveniently forgotten that now President Obama purchased a partial property adjacent to his own residential lot from Tony Rezko. The property deal enlarged Mr. Obama's lot substantially, while rendering Rezko's then split lot useless under Chicago's zoning law. 

And you think Rezko did Obama that favor for free?  Enjoy your Blow-Job Award Schmoo.