In 2015, 2016, as well as 2017, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published profiles of U.S. Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, a former pastor who has referred to same sex marriage as “an attack upon the family”
while campaigning for office, thinks being gay is a choice, refers to
climate change a myth, spoke at length about his frustration of
endangered birds receiving more protection from the government than
fetuses, blamed the Sandy Hook Massacre on “welfare moms over-medicating
their kids to get more benefits” and in June of 2016 against a measure
that would have made it illegal for firearms transfers to people who
were suspected terrorists on the “no fly list”. His Christian principles
lead him to believe migrant children should be thrown out of the
country because in the Bible, being kind to strangers doesn’t specify
that they should be citizens of the country you live in. Seriously, this
guy is such a fanatic when he was asked about the national debt, his
solution was to pray that it gets better. He currently is pushing for
“religious freedom” legislation because he defines no being allowed to
discriminate against gay people as “being targeted for his faith”,
claiming they are the real victims in a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
situation. Lankford’s also prolifically absent in Congress when it comes
time to vote, as he missed almost 10% of them from his final term
serving in the House. Near the end of our 2015 entry about Lankford, we
noted he had found himself amongst the #47Traitors, for writing a letter
to the leaders of Iran trying to undermine the peace treaty that the
Obama administration had arranged with them, and was campaigning to push
for national “religious freedom” laws to allow for the discrimination
of LGBT citizens and prevent them from having equal rights based on the
supposed faith of who was discriminating against them. He has also voted
to defund Planned Parenthood, voted to maintain the gun rights of
people on the no-fly list so they could procure firearms for mass
shootings, voted to try and block Syrian refugees from being resettled
in the United States, and refused to consider Merrick Garland for the
Supreme Court because “he isn’t conservative enough”, waiting a year to vote for Neil Gorsuch.
Just a reminder, Lankford is up for re-election in 2020. We’ll have to
see if the people of Oklahoma get tired of him enough to vote blue, but
unless a Roy Moore saga suddenly unfolds, that seems unlikely.
At the campfire, Pete had two marshmallows on a stick to roast them and make s'mores while his best friend Austin was reading the Bible. They both had to listen to Craig and Syd having a conversation or an argument about something while Syd’s best friend Lilly drew a smiley face on her stump with a red permanent marker.
Lilly, Syd, Robert, Mark, Holly, Alex, and Sharlene were in the middle of a barefoot hike while at camp to see a bunny stopping a squirrel who was trespassing on its territory.
Syd and his girlfriend Lilly on a swing together while Alex and his girlfriend Sharlene were at the other side of the camp.
Hello I'm Nick. I'm a high-functioning autistic indie cartoonist who is a connoisseur of cartoons and music. I post my artwork featuring my cartoon bands The Red Tea Cups and The Green Fedoras along with some other stuff that I drew. The topics in my artwork range...
