March Matron

In a nutshell, Ms. Davis has refused to issue same-sex marriages licenses, sighting authority from God's Law.  

The irony being:  

A) We theoretically have a church/state separation kind of a deal for JUST THIS REASON. 

B) If I remember correctly, God's Law also had things to say about women, employment, property, fabric, husbands, and Caesar.

C) Kim's history in matrimony is not exactly biblical.

Ted Cruz (political prostitute and possible Zodiac killer) 

Kim Davis (Rowan County Clerk and fashionista) 

1984 - Marries Dwain Allen Wallace (husband #1)  

1993 - Has twins out of wedlock with Thomas Dale McIntyre (husband to be #3) 

1994 - Divorces Dwain Allen Wallace (husband #1) 

1996 - Marries Joe Davis (husband #2) who adopts kids from Thomas Dale McIntyre (husband to be #3)  

2004 -Divorces Joe Davis (husband #2)  

2007 - Marries Thomas Dale McIntyre (husband #3)  

2008 - Divorces Thomas Dale McIntyre (husband #3) 

2009 - Remarries Joe Davis (was husband #2 and now husband #4) 

Don't take my word for it. 

The self-proclaimed biblical authority (Westboro Baptist Church) was happy to provide an instructional tweet: 

"Get this straight: you can NOT repent of a sin you actively live. Kim must leave that man who's not her husband." 

"God hates oath breakers." 

The best part of the American Taliban circus was an energetic humorist in Twitterland who started a satire account Next to Kim Davis as Kim's hapless coworker. 

(* Some Next To Kim Davis Tweets have been made more family friendly.)

Oh, hey. Westboro Baptist Church is here, because WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ASSHOLES HERE YET  

- @nexttokimdavis

Satire was a difficult concept for some. 

KIM, DID GOD ORDER YOU NOT TO REFILL THE XEROX TRAY, TOO? SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO GO HOME TO OUR FIRST HUSBAND 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

@nexttokimdavis‪ Your a lazy woman who don't give a crap about society. Just want a chill job?? 

- Patricia Sullivan @Texas2Love 

AND YOU DONT UNDERSTAND JOKES OR "YOU'RE" 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

You do realize this is a satire account, not the actual account of the woman in that photo, yes? 

- @Katherinelorna

While Kim sat her butt in jail for contempt of court, her attorney, Mat Staver . . .  

former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, 

founder of the legal group Liberty Counsel, 

author of Same-Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk,

happily discussed the vast and unequaled miscarriage of justice.

She’s just got this humble, gentle spirit. It is so evident from just spending a few minutes with her.  

With every day that passes irreconcilable and irreparable harm is being done.

 

@nexttokimdavis‪ how do you even get any work done there? Just about as much work as your boss? 

- @SBUX75DEVILDOG

Tough to work when ‪#KimDavis ‪@libertycounsel lawyers are stealing ALL THE STAPLES 

‏- @NextToKimDavis  

#kimdavis‪' @libertycounsel lawyers just piled ALL THE PRINTER PAPER INTO THEIR TRUNK. WTF? 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

We all agreed that if #KimDavis falls in love and wants to marry her cell mate, we'll let her, but we're going to be dicks about it. 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

I'm willing to marry an ‪@OtterPops to a Twinkie. As long as ‪#KimDavis is gone, there's no rules. 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Kim, initially a Democrat, decided to find a home with the political party of minimal tolerance.

Fun fact - ‪#KimDavis is a Democrat 

- @AlbertsonB2 

Kim Davis becoming a Republican dealing a huge blow to the intolerant homophobic religious fundamentalists wing of the Democratic Party. 

- @MichaelIanBlack 

Another fun fact - ‪#KimmDavis ATE MY OREOS. 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Illegals get amnesty. Muslims invaders get asylum. Cross dressers get "courage" awards. Christians get jail time. 

- CDM@RWSurferGirl 

AND MY OREOS. YOU KEEP FORGETTING THAT SHES AN OREO THIEF.‏ 

- @NextToKimDavis

So I guess can add ‪#ClerkingWhileChristian to the list of crimes like ‪#DrivingWhileBlack now, huh progressives? Proud? 

- Annie@bloodless_coup

You mean ‪#NOTClerkingWhileChristian. Also ‪#StealingOreos 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

This Tuesday, about 5k people said, "#IStandWithKimDavis." We've got nearly 100K who say, "#GoddamnItKim, those are MY OREOS!" 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Next to Kim Davis, in addition to noting Oreo theft, also became concerned when the overwhelming crush of media, protests, counter-protests, politicians, and lookie-loos consumed all Diet Mt Dew in the area.

Things we learned in the office this week #1 STAY OUT OF THE BACKGROUND SO NO ONE MAKES TWITTERS ABOUT YOU 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Formerly next to Kim Davis Retweeted Ron Sarver 

They had access to their own?! GODDAMN IT @libertycounsel JUST GET SOME QUARTERS 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

A pizza party and Diet Mt Dew fund was set up (seriously) and when donations started rolling in, Next to Kim Davis sent additional funds to @FairnessComp (a Kentucky LGBT rights organization).

WHY IS THE WEATHER CHANNEL HERE AND THERE'S NO PARKING AT @DunkinDonuts 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

Be back in a bit. Todd made license plates that say "DADDYBEAR" AND We're putting them on the ‪@FoxNews van LOLOLOLOL 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Conservative politicians flocked to Kentucky to make some evangelistic hay before the presidential election.  

@BobbyJindal just said that #KimDavis is the most discriminated person in America! 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

@BobbyJindal - here is a list of jobs that Christians aren't allowed to have: 1: JOBS THEY WON'T DO #CNNDebate 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Mike Huckabee and ‪Ted Cruz competed to become the head bigot . . . 

resulting in a humiliating expulsion of Cruz from victorious release from jail rally.  

(Spoiler - it works out much better for Cruz than Huckabee.)

(Schools were closed for the Huckabee rally.)

With schools called off, @GovMikeHuckabee, @tedcruz , and #KimDavis are literally making people dumber. 

‏- @NextToKimDavis

With the benefit of many legal minds, Kim Davis was released from jail and given permission to not do her job while things were sorted out. She was allocated a "darkened pout cave" to dwell in during work hours.  

HOW DO I GET TWITTER OFF MY WORK COMPUTER BEFORE #KimDavis GETS BACK?!?  

‏- @NextToKimDavis

Todd says that if #KimDavis comes out and sees her shadow, it's six more weeks of BULLSHIT. 

‏- @NextToKimDavis 

Why is everyone mad at Kim Davis? Nobody in the government does their job. 

- @TheMichaelRock

A few additional bits about the Kim Davis ridiculousness . . .

Six months before the circus, Kim Davis accidentally issued a marriage license to a transgender couple. 

Mike Huckabee, after successfully blocking Cruz from any photo opportunities, triumphantly escorted Kim out of prison to Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.   

Having fun today. Every time someone comes out of the bathroom, Todd plays Eye of the Tiger and we all cheer like crazy.  

- @nexttokimdavis  

Survivor sued Mike Huckabee for copyright infringement. 

Huckabee settled with Survivor for $25,000 and allocated the funds as a campaign expense.  

He was taken to court for campaign finance violations where he attempted to argue that his Eye of the Tiger rally was really a religious assembly and therefore could play Survivor's song under fair use. 

The court concluded that Huckabee had to refund his campaign with personal funds.  

With the help of Liberty Counsel, Kim Davis wrote a book, Under God’s Authority: The Kim Davis Story.   

Kim chronicles her dramatic encounters with furious, fist-pounding, homosexual men and the hate mail that flooded her office. 

Proceeds will go to the Liberty Counsel and not to Kentucky taxpayers, who owe $225,000 in legal fees to couples who sued for refusing to issue them marriage licenses.

A year after Kim Davis made international headlines for refusing to distribute marriage licenses to same-sex couples on the basis of religion, her hometown of Morehead, Kentucky held its first ever Pride parade. 

Update 11/12/2018
#Vote #MarriageEquality #Nexttokimdavis #Gay #God #GOP

Before Charles de Gaulle was an airport, he was a French general and politician.

Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970), was argumentative, stood 6' 5", and had a reputation for arrogance.

While being held as a POW during WWI, de Gaulle met the future commander of the USSR Red Army. They had plenty of time to develop and share military strategies.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him. - Charles de Gaulle

De Gaulle opposed the ill-fated Maginot Line, an enormously expensive fortification between the French and German border. As anticipated, Hitler circumvented the fortification by marching through Belgium into France. It took six weeks.

Anti de Gaulle propaganda, "The General-Micro"

Rather than surrender, de Gaulle became the commander of the Free French force from England. The remaining French government, eventually known as the Vichy Regime, surrendered to Germany and sentenced de Gaulle to death for treason.  

With the hard propaganda push, the Nazi-collaborating French officials created a hero in exile.

Armed French Resistance fighters read a Newspaper article titled "hope"

De Gaulle, realizing he had very little power, compensated by cultivating a demanding and pompous personality. Bolstering the resistance, he became the personification of French determination. 

Eisenhower pushed to work with de Gaulle. "It is essential to have on your side, not the local forces you wish were popular but the local forces who actually are popular."

Roosevelt disliked de Gaulle and he was excluded from the 'Big Three' Conferences.  Ongoing tension and mistrust between de Gaulle, the USSR, and the "Anglo-Saxons" lasted long after WWII.  

Originally, the Allied commanders did not believe liberating Paris was a strategic priority. 

The French Communist Party, particularly after Hitler's invasion of Russia, became very active in the resistance. De Gaulle appealed for liberation and predicted the communists would come to power without rapid intervention . . .

De Gaulle arranged for French troops only to accompany him into Paris and orchestrated the procession where he walked confidently ahead of the others. 

Vichy militia opened fire. 

Charles de Gaulle, Decolonization in French West Africa, 1944

As predicted, de Gaulle was called out of retirement in 1958 during the Algerian War. The Algerians, it turned out, did not particularly enjoy colonization. Four years earlier, the French had been rousted out of Vietnam. The Vietnamese also, it turned out, did not enjoy colonization. 

De Gaulle was elected President later that year with 78% of the vote.

He died in 1970, two weeks before he turned 80. 

Charles De Gaulle Memorial Colombey-les-deux-Eglises, France

Like most adept at politics, De Gaulle crafted a national myth with theatrics, mystique and symbolism. 

"I am trying to give France the appearance of a solid, firm, confident and expanding country, while it is a worn-out nation." "In reality we are on the stage of a theatre where I have been keeping up the illusion since 1940."

WWI soldier visits a grave

Relevance to our current political cesspool (as discussed in The New Yorker by Adam Gopnik) involves creating a myth hinging on nationalism versus patriotism:

The nationalist has no particular sense of affection for the actual place he advocates for but channels his obsessive grievances into acts of ethnic vengeance.

The patriot loves his place and its cheeses and its people and its idiosyncrasies.

I'm going to side with the cheeses.