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  • SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 2008 6:00 AM

Asshole Fuckface Roundup #77

Saturday. This is the day the Lord set aside for good people, like myself, to point out and mock horrible people, like Steve Guttenberg. In churches and other holy sites, it is known as Asshole Fuckface Roundup day. In a perfect world, there are no Asshole Fuckfaces and the movie Twilight was never made, but the world is not perfect, so I must do what I must do. I spend the week scouring the news for the worst of the worst and then I drag them into the light for all to see. This week was a gloriously shocking week for Asshole Fuckfacery. So, put wrap yourself in your couch slipcover because this is going to be ugly.

First up, some new president Asshole Fuckfacery.

Well, it didn’t take Barack Obama long to make the Roundup, did it? This week Obama thought it would be a great idea to choose Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. Super.

Rick Warren is just one of many hateful, horrible pastors who preach ignorance and stupidity on a daily basis. Warren is from the Saddleback mega church in Orange County, California. He strongly supported Prop 8, is against stem cell research, compares abortion to the Holocaust, he just gave George W. Bush an “International Medal of P.E.A.C.E.” and has compared gay marriage to pedophilia, polygamy and incest.

Gay people are told they are not welcome at his church on his website.



There is no excuse for Obama picking this Asshole Fuckface to give the invocation. I know, he’s reaching out to people. Specifically, he’s reaching out to hateful douchebags. But Obama says Rick Warren invited him to speak at Saddleback in August, so why not have Warren speak at the inauguration? I mean, a church and America are totally the same thing. And spitting in the face of a few million supporters can only help, right?

Nevertheless, I had an opportunity to speak, and that dialog, I think, is a part of what my campaign's been all about, that we're never going to agree on every single issue. What we have to do is create an atmosphere where we can disagree without being disagreeable, and then focus on those things that we hold in common as Americans. So Rick Warren has been invited to speak, Dr. Joseph Lowery Ñ who has deeply contrasting views to Rick Warren about a whole host of issues Ñ is also speaking.



Hey, let’s also make sure to invite some anti-Semites and racists to take part in the inauguration. I mean, we need to agree to disagree about you being less than human, do we not Barack?

And for those of you morons thinking I feel betrayed by Barack Obama, you couldn’t be more off. This is why I didn’t support him strongly. He is far from a liberal. But compared to John McCain, he’s the greatest president of all time. But John McCain would have also invited Rick Warren to give the invocation, so who’s to say?

Next up, some judicial Asshole Fuckfacery.

Have you heard of the splendid Asshole Fuckface Bernard Madoff? He was the mastermind behind a massive fraud scheme, one of the biggest in history.

Madoff told senior employees of his firm on Wednesday that "it's all just one big lie" and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," with estimated investor losses of about $50 billion, according to the U.S. Attorney's criminal complaint against him.



On Thursday, Asshole Fuckface US Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein put Madoff under house arrest. Exactly how much money does one have to steal before they are placed in jail without bail? Maybe it’s $100 billion.

The couple appeared in court yesterday to sign documents to give up homes in Montauk, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, if Bernard Madoff flees. His bail hearing was postponed a second time in as many days, and he is now subject to electronic monitoring and a 7 p.m. curfew.



Oh, no. Not the houses in Montauk and Palm Beach! Why so cruel? And a 7 p.m. curfew? Why not just kill the man? Can you imagine being trapped in your penthouse around dinner time every night? It’s so horrible, I can barely read it.

This is a splendid example of everything that is wrong with our country.

Next up, some horrible corporate Asshole Fuckfacery.

In 2007, Misty Ann Weaver realized she was in a bit of a spot. Weaver was a nurse for a plastic surgeon and she had not completed some paperwork in a timely fashion. So, she took most obvious course of action: She set a fire.

Weaver admitted she set the fire to hide that she had not completed some paperwork on time for her boss, a cosmetic surgeon, and feared she might lose her job.



The entire office building sort of caught on fire and three people died of smoke inhalation. Did you notice they didn’t die from the hot, hot flames? Nope, they died from smoke. So, obviously, the insurance company shouldn’t have to pay, because, you know, smoke from a fire is now “pollution.”

An insurance company with a potential $25 million liability from a 2007 Houston office fire is claiming smoke that killed three people was "pollution" and surviving families shouldn't be compensated for their losses since the deaths were not caused directly by the actual flames.

Great American Insurance Company is arguing in a Houston federal court that the section of the insurance policy that excludes payments for pollution Ñ like discharges or seepage that require cleanup Ñ would also exclude payouts for damages, including deaths, caused by smoke, or pollution, that results from a fire.



Creative! And very Asshole Fuckfacish! The only pollution I see around here is the insurance company. Comedy! BAM! POW! SOCK! WHAM!

Finally, some awesome child rearing Asshole Fuckfacery.

I, FearTheReaper, will be a father in May. I plan on calling my child Dangerous Top Reaper, because I want him to have a great future. My thought process is similar to that of Heath and Deborah Campbell, who gave their children wonderful futures by naming them JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell and Adolf Hitler Campbell.

I totally get Adolf and Aryan Nation, but Honzlynn Hinler? Seriously? What nickname do you go with? Honz? Wrong. Just wrong.

The children’s names came to the national media’s attention because the local Shop Rite wouldn’t make a birthday cake for Adolph Hitler.

"ShopRite can't even make a cake for a 3-year-old," said Deborah Campbell, 25, who is Heath's wife of three years and the mother of the children. "That's sad."



Hmmm. You are sort of missing something there. Although, the Campbell’s seem totally reasonable.

They say they aren't racists but believe races shouldn't mix.



Good luck poking a hole in that argument.

The Campbell’s said they wanted their children to have unique names and didn't expect the names to cause problems.



It is a bit shocking. When you name your child after a man who killed 6 million people, you don’t expect all the hubbub.

Despite the cake refusal, the Campbell’s said they don't expect the names to cause problems later, such as when the children start school.



Um.

Heath Campbell said some people like the names but others are shocked to hear them. "They say, 'He (Hitler) killed all those people.' I say, 'You're living in the wrong decade. That Hitler's gone,'" he said.



No shit, bro. Hitler was so 1940s. Also, you named your son after HITLER.

"They're just names, you know," he said. "Yeah, they (Nazis) were bad people back then. But my kids are little. They're not going to grow up like that."

"Other kids get their cake. I get a hard time," he said. "It's not fair to my children.”



Exactly, it’s not fair to your children. Ahem.

Waiting.

Not fair. Children. Name.

Anything?

Hello?

"How can a name be offensive?" he asked.



Go ask Rapey McGee. His life has been a bitch.

Disabilities, the couple says, have left both out of work: Heath Campbell can't landscape or pump gas because he has emphysema, and Deborah can't waitress because she has a bad back. They live on Social Security payments.



Of course. Hitler would be so proud. Wait, maybe he is.

In the foyer, Heath Campbell, who said he has German ancestry and a relative who fought for the SS, took off boots he said were worn by a Nazi solider named Daniel.



Oh, God, make it stop.

He said Adolf Hitler, Aryan Nation and Hinler would be able to make their own decisions about race.



Well, sure. I'm not seeing anything to make me think otherwise.

And no worries, Wal-Mart made the cake.


FearTheReaper is a writer, actor and stand up comedian. Check back each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for more from FearTheReaper and read his blog, Stop All Monsters.

 

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RandomNerd

RandomNerd

I'm lost
January 2005

DEC 21, 2008 07:26 PM

MrZero said:
RandomNerd said:
The Conservatives have to be shut out, just to put the country on an even keel.


Spoken like a true fascist.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...



Look, MrZero, I understand you voted Republican, but believe me. The GOP has ruined the country the last 8 years. You can't deny it. The GOP has had all the fucking power, and ran the country into the ground.

And don't give me that fascist crap. What have the Republicans been up to for years? Throwing people in pseudo-legal prisons, hiring mercenaries (who are ruthless, and cost far more than supporting the legitimate armed forces), and doing wire-tapping.

It's over, the Republicans are out. Obama couldn't do a worse job than Bush if he tried.

Disgust, like respect, is earned. And I'm fairly disgusted. But don't worry, you won't have to argue with me any more, I'll save you trouble and put you on the ignore list.

Ferretbite

Ferretbite

Mexico
September 2006

DEC 21, 2008 11:06 PM

SuperCrunch said:
The basic precept of Christianity is that all Christians go to heaven and everyone else ends up in hell.



Are you high or just trying to be cool by making an ignorant statement followed by the "I hate Christianity" bit? surreal

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

DEC 21, 2008 11:41 PM

Roethke said:

SuperCrunch said:



The basic precept of Christianity is that all Christians go to heaven and everyone else ends up in hell. I don't really find this shocking or appalling. I'm not religious and I hate Christianity, but I don't see the point of this.

I mean, assuming that Obama isn't actually a secret Muslim, he's also supposed to believe that all Jews are going to hell.



Actually, not entirely true. Many sects of Christianity believe that Jews are still God's chosen people, and get a sort of free pass into heaven, while some believe that the chosen status passed on from the Jews to the Christians at the time of the crucifixion.



Either way, Warren's statement is hardly a big deal. People gasped? Like it's so shocking that many Christians believe that non-Christians, or Christians of a different variety than theirs go to hell? Stop the presses!

ASSH0LE

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV
June 2003

DEC 22, 2008 06:39 AM

I don't think the Mormons are going to Hell because they aren't proper Christians, I think they're going to Hell because they're always dropping all that LDS. I wonder if their dead and converted ancestors get flashbacks on planet Kolob.
surreal

jatibb

jatibb

I'm lost
February 2007

DEC 22, 2008 02:29 PM

yahdayahdayahda... my brothers name is richard fromage tibb. we only had cheese cakes at his birthday parties growing up.

Accuser

Accuser

Dana Point, CA
October 2006

DEC 22, 2008 03:26 PM

Ferretbite said:

SuperCrunch said:
The basic precept of Christianity is that all Christians go to heaven and everyone else ends up in hell.



Are you high or just trying to be cool by making an ignorant statement followed by the "I hate Christianity" bit? surreal



?

Accept Jesus or you can't be saved. The process of accepting Jesus makes you a Christian. The consequence of not being saved is going to Hell. What is in any way inaccurate about his statement?

The Bible's pretty clear on this:

John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

CoyoteMike

CoyoteMike

Iowa City, IA
May 2006

DEC 22, 2008 03:35 PM

Accuser said:

Ferretbite said:

SuperCrunch said:
The basic precept of Christianity is that all Christians go to heaven and everyone else ends up in hell.



Are you high or just trying to be cool by making an ignorant statement followed by the "I hate Christianity" bit? surreal



?

Accept Jesus or you can't be saved. The process of accepting Jesus makes you a Christian. The consequence of not being saved is going to Hell. What is in any way inaccurate about his statement?

The Bible's pretty clear on this:

John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.



Only according to a book of quotes, written by people who didn't hear them spoken.

Accuser

Accuser

Dana Point, CA
October 2006

DEC 22, 2008 03:44 PM

Also known as the only source anyone has that "documents" anything Jesus did or said. If you want to say that the Bible doesn't represent "true Christianity", you have a hell of a case to make.

CoyoteMike

CoyoteMike

Iowa City, IA
May 2006

DEC 22, 2008 03:46 PM

Accuser said:
Also known as the only source anyone has that "documents" anything Jesus did or said. If you want to say that the Bible doesn't represent "true Christianity", you have a hell of a case to make.



Which Bible and which version of Christianity is true?

Accuser

Accuser

Dana Point, CA
October 2006

DEC 22, 2008 03:51 PM

Well, none of them.

But the statement he made was about Christianity as it's practiced in the USA, so you'd be looking at the King James:

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.



Or the NIV:

John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

DEC 22, 2008 08:51 PM

_kungfoo_ said:
Well, you know Rick Warren is very smart and has figured out exactly why homosexuality is wrong; the gays don't have the right connectors:

Rick Warren said:
“I just believe it’s not the natural way. Certain body parts are meant to fit together. And that’s all I have to say about it.”



puke



Hmm. It would seem that he's not terribly well versed in teh secks; there's quite a wide variety of body parts that fit together with other body parts just fine.

Maybe someone should draw him some diagrams.

Elichrusos

Elichrusos

I'm lost
October 2007

DEC 22, 2008 09:15 PM

Necia said:

_kungfoo_ said:
Well, you know Rick Warren is very smart and has figured out exactly why homosexuality is wrong; the gays don't have the right connectors:

Rick Warren said:
“I just believe it’s not the natural way. Certain body parts are meant to fit together. And that’s all I have to say about it.”



puke



Hmm. It would seem that he's not terribly well versed in teh secks; there's quite a wide variety of body parts that fit together with other body parts just fine.

Maybe someone should draw him some diagrams.



I have a diagram for him.

MrCrisp

MrCrisp

I'm lost
August 2004

DEC 22, 2008 09:15 PM

Necia said:

_kungfoo_ said:
Well, you know Rick Warren is very smart and has figured out exactly why homosexuality is wrong; the gays don't have the right connectors:

Rick Warren said:
“I just believe it’s not the natural way. Certain body parts are meant to fit together. And that’s all I have to say about it.”



puke



Hmm. It would seem that he's not terribly well versed in teh secks; there's quite a wide variety of body parts that fit together with other body parts just fine.



i've heard the human head fits quite well in the rectum. or at least in rick warren's case.

Ferretbite

Ferretbite

Mexico
September 2006

DEC 23, 2008 09:33 AM

Accuser said:

Ferretbite said:

SuperCrunch said:
The basic precept of Christianity is that all Christians go to heaven and everyone else ends up in hell.



Are you high or just trying to be cool by making an ignorant statement followed by the "I hate Christianity" bit? surreal



?

Accept Jesus or you can't be saved. The process of accepting Jesus makes you a Christian. The consequence of not being saved is going to Hell. What is in any way inaccurate about his statement?

The Bible's pretty clear on this:

John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.



Since you chose to quote a convenient passage, I guess I should respond accordingly. Matthew 7:21 clearly states:


Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.



Which in short means that a) being a christian does not guarantee entry into Heaven, and b) it is entirely possible for a righteous person to be admitted into Heaven. There are other examples of this such as the Parable of the Two Sons, but I don't feel like quoting forever.

And that's not counting stuff like the fact that scriptures can and in fact have been interpreted in many ways as well as the change in doctrine in different variants of christianity, or the late John Paul II constantly referring to the Jewish people as "our elderly brothers" or the Vatican dogmatic Constitution (Lumen Gentium, 21 November, 1964) which states that:


Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience- those too may achieve eternal salvation



This of course isn't the be all end all of christian thinking but is pretty explicit in its statement that one does not actually go to hell just because he doesn't embrace catholicism, so to affirm that ALL christians condemn infidels to hell is pretty ignorant.

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

DEC 23, 2008 03:02 PM

SockPuppet said:

ardour said:

_kungfoo_ said:
Well, you know Rick Warren is very smart and has figured out exactly why homosexuality is wrong; the gays don't have the right connectors:

Rick Warren said:
“I just believe it’s not the natural way. Certain body parts are meant to fit together. And that’s all I have to say about it.”



puke



Heh. We should send him some videos, I'm pretty sure they find a way.



By Warren's argument, it would be easy for God to have made people so that any sex other than vanilla just didn't work. And God must have known what was going to happen, given that whole omnipresence thing.

Ergo, God deliberately gave us the possibility of other forms of sex.



And I'm afraid that goes for the Pope as well.

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