{"id":180741,"date":"2017-01-17T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/01\/17\/you-gotta-be-fing-kidding-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-17T20:13:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T01:13:00","slug":"you-gotta-be-fing-kidding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/01\/17\/you-gotta-be-fing-kidding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You Gotta  Be F%$#Ing Kidding\u2026\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; width: 330px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"186\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/a3Kl3XGy\" width=\"330\"><\/iframe><br \/><i>Musical Accompaniment by John Carpenter and Ennio Morricone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=meU2gAU7Xss\">here<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<p>One of my favorite films is John Carpenter&#8217;s magnum opus, <i>The Thing<\/i>, released in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>It is closer to the original work (John Campbell&#8217;s <i>Who Goes There<\/i>) than did the 1951 Howard Hawks film.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen it, see it.  It is an investigation of isolation, paranoia, with allusions to AIDS and sexual ambiguity.<\/p>\n<p>The movie has many classic moments, and in one, when confronted with a human head sprouting legs and walking off, and Palmer notices, and says, &#8220;You gotta be f%$#in&#8217; kidding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is an expression of horror and disgust that I have not seen equaled \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Until today \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>By me  \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Because today \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>At the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump&#8217;s nominee for Secretary of Education, announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2017\/01\/betsy-devos-will-not-oppose-guns-public\">she opposes banning guns in schools because \u2026\u2026\u2026 Grizzly Bears<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">Senator Chris Murphy who represented the district with Newtown, asked Department of Education Betsy DeVos whether she would oppose guns in public schools.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">As she did with most questions, she waffled.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">Murphy asked, &#8220;Do you think guns have any place in or around schools?&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">DeVos fell back on her usual deflection that it is for states to decide, which set Murphy off.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">Incredulously, he asked, &#8220;You can&#8217;t say definitively today that guns shouldn&#8217;t be in schools?&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">With disingenuous wide-eyed misunderstanding, DeVos replied, &#8220;I will refer back to (Wyoming) Senator (Mike) Enzi and the school he was talking about in Wyoming. I think probably there, I would imagine that there is probably a gun in the schools to protect from potential grizzlies.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">Murphy ended his questioning by telling her he looked forward to her visiting his state to discuss guns in schools with a disgusted tone. I was seriously surprised that he didn&#8217;t throw all of his papers on the floor while walking out. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I will say it again, &#8220;You Gotta be F%$#ing Kidding \u2026\u2026\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Murphy is the Senator from Connecticut, the former home of Newtown Elementry and the Newtown Massacre.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that Ms. DeVos&#8217; reception in the Nutmeg state would be \u2026\u2026\u2026 enthusiastic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musical Accompaniment by John Carpenter and Ennio Morricone here One of my favorite films is John Carpenter&#8217;s magnum opus, The Thing, released in 1982. It is closer to the original work (John Campbell&#8217;s Who Goes There) than did the 1951 Howard Hawks film. If you haven&#8217;t seen it, see it. 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