.@TGowdySC stopped by today and we got a photo with my AR-15 #2A #SecondAmendment @TPPatriots @TeaPartyExpress pic.twitter.com/FhnAlyqTeW
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) April 16, 2015
Courtesy of The Hill:
Police in Washington, D.C., have been referred materials for a possible investigation into two Republican congressmen who posed for a picture with an assault rifle in a House office building.
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) last week tweeted a picture of himself and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the leader of the House's Benghazi investigation, holding an AR-15.
Having the AR-15 in the District could be a violation of the city’s strict gun laws, and the city attorney general’s office has referred the matter to police, a spokesman told The Hill.
"The matter has been referred to the Metropolitan Police Department for further investigation,” he said.
Buck said in the tweet the assault rifle is his and the picture was taken after Gowdy “stopped by.”
According to Rep. Buck the gun is inoperable, and is really only a "beautiful, patriotic, paperweight."
A useless thing that keeps bills from moving through Congress? That sounds like every teabagging Republican in the House to me.
I seriously doubt anything will happen. After all these are Congressmen and nobody expects them to understand the law.
However I finally did put two and two together and figured out why Trey Gowdy looks so familiar.
And why does the assault rifle have to be painted to resemble an American flag? That rifle should have been given to Sarah Palin! Practically everything she or anyone in her family wears (or carries) is bedazzled with some version of the flag. I personally think that the flag should not be available for such misuse - clothing, shoes, murder weapons, etc. It should only fly freely above government buildings and private homes, not be the biggest thing possible to be seen on every gas station and shopping mall from the highways. But it is especially reprehensible that the flag, or any intimation of it, appears on a gun. We should all be better than that.
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I don't like seeing it on college or pro sports uniforms either. It belongs on a flagpole, period. Some on these 'patriots' ought to be arrested for violating the flag code..let's start with Sarah!
DeleteIt is a violation of the US Flag Code to place the image of the flag on anything that is not, in fact, a flag, with the exception of "flag pins".
Delete"The Flag Code addresses the impropriety of using the flag as an article of personal adornment, a design on items of temporary use, and item of clothing. The evident purpose of these suggested restraints is to limit the commercial or common
usage of the flag and, thus, maintain its dignity."
I find it appalling when I see Old Glory wrapped around an assault rifle, on a T-shirt, or on a pair of f'in ugly high heels. And the fact the this is done by the Conservatives for the most part, is yet another stunning level of irony.
Beautiful and patriotic???
ReplyDeletePuh-leeze.
But look how big it is! Takes two hands to handle the whopper. That's why Trey's smiling.
DeleteYeah... The "useless paperweight" needs a trigger lock. Riiiight...
ReplyDeleteCombing his hair to a point really is not helping minimize the effect of his skinny pointed head.
ReplyDelete(I would make a comment relative to the serious position he has as a US representative if he had ever done something worthy of the position.)
If the AR-15 in the photo " is inoperable, and is really only a 'beautiful, patriotic, paperweight.' " -- then -- WHY IS A TRIGGER LOCK INSTALLED ON THE WEAPON??
ReplyDeleteThat's the "inoperable" part. Because Republicans have limited command of the English language and stunted cognitive skills.
DeleteYou must be one of those loving libs your failed messiah refers to.
DeleteNow, THAT would have been a perfect time for an "unloaded" gun to fire. Gowdy is strange looking. He must think that wearing a jacket two sizes too big makes him look more manly. Looove the hair do also, too.
ReplyDeleteGryphen, you have been reading my mind. Gowdy's oddly shaped head is typical of what is referred to here in Appalachia as a "wickerbill." These are folks with genetic mutations that are generally attributed to an "isolated gene pool" although this is not always the case.
ReplyDeleteWickerbills have additional physical defects such as leg & foot deformities. I have seen some individuals whose legs joins their feet in such a way that the heel portion is almost as long as the rest of the foot. Mental retardation is almost a given, and many share the same stocky or pear-shaped body type as people with Down Syndrome. Like Downs, there seems to be a correlation with older parents, but again, this is not always the case.
Working in social services for several years, I have met a number of these individuals. One of the more infamous "colonies" were the Whitakers who lived up Tommy's Creek hollow near in the (aptly named) Odd, WV. The story was that about every other year, local officials would go up there & confiscate any infants or young children they found. It wasn't quite that often, but children were routinely removed & placed into foster care.
[horrified]
DeleteWelcome to Wasilla
DeleteThe banjo picking boy is Billy Reddin, from Rabun County, Ga. where it was filmed. He was 15 when he was chosen for the part in the 1972 movie, Deliverance.
ReplyDeleteHe went on to work maintenance at Wal Mart "pickin' up trash and that kinda stuff."
Tim Burton also gave him a small part in The Big Fish. He also had a bit part on Blue Collar as (you guessed it) an inbred car mechanic who played a banjo.
He said that Burt Reynolds wasn't polite and Burt had said that all people in Rabun County, Ga. do is watch cars go by and spit.
He was born in 1956. I think he is still around. This info was written a couple years ago.
I can tell you right now that seeing Deliverance is a real mood killer for a first date.
DeleteBilly Reddin grown up (as you say, a couple years ago) http://cadesignsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/deliverance-banjo-kid-7618.jpg
DeleteTell me about it, Nefer. I went to see it with my *Mom*, because she knew Buddy Reynolds from high school & even went out on double dates with him & his then girlfriend Audrey. That Ned Beatty scene was more than embarrassing for us both.
Deleteok, slightly OT, but I was reading that that fellow wasn't playing the banjo at all. They had some other hands playing the banjo from behind and figured out how to make it look like he was doing it.
ReplyDeleteBack to topic, whenever you say "Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the leader of the House's Benghazi investigation," that implies that there were no others. Instead you should say, and all bloggers should say, "Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the leader of the House's (8th, 15th, whichever it is as I don't have time to look it up) Benghazi investigation", Or at least say the House's LATEST Benghazi investigation.
Trey Gowdy (R -3.3 Million Dollar taxpayer waste)... the amount the CONs budgeted for this year's wet dream hearings. Yes Gowdy, YOU are part of the problem.
DeleteTrey Gowdy (R -3.3 Million Dollar taxpayer waste)... the amount the Fiscal CONs budgeted for this year's wet dream hearings.
DeleteWikipedia on Billy Redden (misspelled above):
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Redden
RWNJ Jon Voight suggested untruthfully Redden was the product of an incestuous relationship, according to a statement he gave to the UK Times Online. Jackass...
Paperweight, yeah right. The gun is inoperable only because it has a lock. I'm sure it works as designed once the lock is removed. Gun laws apply even if a gun is momentarily inoperable.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gryph.
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A big butt holding a small butt.
ReplyDelete2little Dicks holding a so, so big Dick...
DeleteI thought there were strict gun laws around that place. So it IS okay to bring your guns when you go to visit their office, IF they're locked. Mmm-kay! Everybody pack up your paperweights. Don't forget to lock it.
ReplyDeleteI think we all know what would happen if anybody else pulled that shit.
The insanity that has slithered into D.C. is beyond ridiculous.
FUCK just having a Mag of bullits will get you busted. These Fucks should be held accountable to the full extent of the law. Bullies who act like 3 & 13 year olds @ a circle jerk holding the only penises they got.
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DeleteYour ... insanity that has slithered... comment triggered my first thoughts upon seeing a picture of Trey Gowdy: "Draco Malfoy of Slitherin". I think I was being kind at the time. These cretins are malevolent to the core.
PERFECT!!! LMAO.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of suit is Gowdy wearing? It's hideous.
ReplyDeleteI was going to make the same comment.
DeletePlus, a green and blue plaid suit, with a raspberry/purple colored tie. Hmmm. Goes with the pointy head, I guess.
R in NC
That suit is the kind of stuff that is left over after "75% off day" at the thrift store.
DeleteThen again, maybe we should just be happy he's not wearing the male version of $arah' s outfits. LOL
I was wondering if Gowdy was celebrating some kind of Scots ancestry. So I looked at his Wiki page. In the references, there's this:
Deletehttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/gowdy.htm
Apparently his entire family tree is South Carolina born and bred. In fact, there is a bit of INbreeding there, with "2nd cousins once removed".
So that "look" comes naturally, sort of.
Ethel at least he's not in a dress - yet - walker can help with that
DeleteI would be more than delighted if Trey "Draco Malfoy" Gowdy was caught illegally caressing an assault rifle in DC but DC gun laws don't apply to Congress so this is a non story.
ReplyDeleteHowever....Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi!
PS...love Trey's ever-evolving coifs. The pointy little head suits him well.
Sheesh
Damn, you beat me to it... I was going to say it's nice to see that the Malfoy boy is doing so well for himself here in the Colonies (but he is still clinging to the late Duke of Windsor's fashion sense with that awful horse blanket plaid suit)
DeleteOMG, he DOES look like Draco!! Bwahahahaha!!
Delete"Awful horse blanket plaid suit." Now that made me laugh out loud. It's always fun to come and play here.
DeleteGowdy has short man syndrome and pushes up his hair trying to gain height. Sorry dude, it isn't working; it makes you look ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a double comb over. I think he's thinning on top and this is his way to disguise it.
DeleteHe reminds me of the guy on SNL who had a crush on Pat Sajak. Had black hair, same style, and wore his belt up under his boobs. wish I remembered the name, but did some fantastically funny skits.
DeleteI think he looks like Boo Radley...
ReplyDeletehttp://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/tkam/images/5/56/B.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140704144809
*got that from TBogg
Psst! Pointy, is that a picture of your brother up there?
ReplyDeleteI think he looks more like an old school Slestak from the Saturday morning show Land of the Lost.
ReplyDeleteIf you hear banjo music starting, run for your life, Trey! Blush is the new Fuschia wink wink.
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