ClydeR
10-22-2014, 09:12 PM
There was a lot of cussing in political news this week. Two of these three articles from Alaska..
First
WASILLA -- At a Wasilla High School assembly Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Don Young didn’t temper his notoriously abrasive personality for his young audience.
Numerous witnesses say Young, 81, acted in a disrespectful and sometimes offensive manner to some students, used profanity and started talking about bull sex when confronted with a question about same-sex marriage.
More... (http://www.adn.com/article/20141021/young-rattles-wasilla-high-students-hurtful-remark-about-suicide)
Young started talking about suicide, mentioning the role played by alcohol and depression, several witnesses said. The school didn’t record the assembly.
But then, witnesses say, Young said suicide shows a lack of support from friends and family.
That comment stunned students and staff still mourning the loss of a student who died Thursday, staffers say.
"When I heard 'a lack of support from family' and I heard 'a lack of support from friends,' I felt the oxygen go out of the room, but I gasped as well," Spargo said. "It just isn't true in these situations. It's just such a hurtful thing to say."
Both Spargo and Swick say a friend of the victim, moved by emotion, shouted at Young, “He had friends. He had support.”
“The kid said, ‘It’s depression -- you know, a mental illness,' ” Spargo recalled. As she remembers, Young replied, “ ‘Well, what, do you just go to the doctor and get diagnosed with suicide?’ ”
At some point during the exchange, several school staffers say, the congressman also used either the words "---hole” or “smartass.”
Second
TMZ has the police audio recording (http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/21/bristol-palin-family-fight-police-audio-sarah-photos/) of Bristol Palin's interview by the police following an incident in Alaska when all of the Palins showed up in their limo at a fancy party when the homeowner had rudely invited only some of them. You can hear former Governor Palin in the background telling her to stop cussing on tape. The incident happened (http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/police-reveal-more-details-of-huge-birthday-fight-involving) a few weeks ago. You must have heard about it. There was a lot of blood, but nobody was seriously injured.
Third
There was this NSFW video (http://www.fckh8.com) for pay equality. Warning. If you listen to this at work, you'll get fired! It's a bunch of little girls cussing about wanting equal pay. It's a totally dumb request for them to make because Republicans haven't been able to repeal the child labor laws yet.
First
WASILLA -- At a Wasilla High School assembly Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Don Young didn’t temper his notoriously abrasive personality for his young audience.
Numerous witnesses say Young, 81, acted in a disrespectful and sometimes offensive manner to some students, used profanity and started talking about bull sex when confronted with a question about same-sex marriage.
More... (http://www.adn.com/article/20141021/young-rattles-wasilla-high-students-hurtful-remark-about-suicide)
Young started talking about suicide, mentioning the role played by alcohol and depression, several witnesses said. The school didn’t record the assembly.
But then, witnesses say, Young said suicide shows a lack of support from friends and family.
That comment stunned students and staff still mourning the loss of a student who died Thursday, staffers say.
"When I heard 'a lack of support from family' and I heard 'a lack of support from friends,' I felt the oxygen go out of the room, but I gasped as well," Spargo said. "It just isn't true in these situations. It's just such a hurtful thing to say."
Both Spargo and Swick say a friend of the victim, moved by emotion, shouted at Young, “He had friends. He had support.”
“The kid said, ‘It’s depression -- you know, a mental illness,' ” Spargo recalled. As she remembers, Young replied, “ ‘Well, what, do you just go to the doctor and get diagnosed with suicide?’ ”
At some point during the exchange, several school staffers say, the congressman also used either the words "---hole” or “smartass.”
Second
TMZ has the police audio recording (http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/21/bristol-palin-family-fight-police-audio-sarah-photos/) of Bristol Palin's interview by the police following an incident in Alaska when all of the Palins showed up in their limo at a fancy party when the homeowner had rudely invited only some of them. You can hear former Governor Palin in the background telling her to stop cussing on tape. The incident happened (http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/police-reveal-more-details-of-huge-birthday-fight-involving) a few weeks ago. You must have heard about it. There was a lot of blood, but nobody was seriously injured.
Third
There was this NSFW video (http://www.fckh8.com) for pay equality. Warning. If you listen to this at work, you'll get fired! It's a bunch of little girls cussing about wanting equal pay. It's a totally dumb request for them to make because Republicans haven't been able to repeal the child labor laws yet.