{"id":67575,"date":"2019-03-05T18:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T23:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67575"},"modified":"2019-03-05T18:39:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T23:39:33","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-march-4th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67575","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, March 4th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, March 4th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, pulling together material for today&#8217;s edition, we were struck by another Obama-era incongruity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Osama bin Laden\u2019s body was buried at sea within 24 hours of his death\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/05\/02\/bin.laden.burial.at.sea\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in strict compliance with Islamic law<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, with John &#8220;I&#8217;ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lost count<\/em><\/span> of how many times <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> lied to Congress&#8221; Brennan going so far as to say\u00a0&#8220;We early on made provisions for that type of burial and we wanted to make sure that it was going to be done, again, in strictest conformance.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet The Great Prevaricator, who so infamously stated&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Imam-in-Chief.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Imam-in-Chief.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Imam-in-Chief.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Imam-in-Chief-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;repeatedly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dissociated<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Muslim terrorists <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>from Islam<\/em><\/span>: &#8220;There is no doubt, and I&#8217;ve said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeatedly<\/em><\/span>, where we see terrorist organizations like al Qaeda or ISIL &#8212; They have perverted and distorted and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tried to claim the mantle of Islam for an excuse for basically barbarism and death<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So why not just dump the barbarous bastage&#8217;s body off the fantail with the rest of the garbage?\u00a0 Why go to all the planning and trouble of preparing an Islamic funeral for an apostate who perverted the prophet&#8217;s pronouncements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, consider this segment from Tucker Carlson, paying particular attention to the utter disingenuousness of the Progressive&#8217;s position expressed at around the 3:44 mark:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AS8IzSb-IrQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, if we have this right, &#8220;bipartisanship&#8221; means the Dimocrats propose enacting single-payer healthcare for all (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including<\/em><\/span> illegal aliens currently in-country and every other citizen of Central America who wants to join the party), a ban on private transactions with between individual citizens and their doctors <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> federally-funded infanticide, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span> birth&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>FYI, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THIS<\/span> is the type of abuse and usurpation which justifies revolution.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Republicans should then enthusiastically respond, &#8220;Eliminate taxpayer support for the slaughter of innocents and we&#8217;ll vote for your otherwise-unreasonable plan for granting government control over the nation&#8217;s entire healthcare system!&#8221;\u00a0 Hey, what could go wrong?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/VA-deaths-stats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/VA-deaths-stats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/VA-deaths-stats.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/VA-deaths-stats-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This is<\/em><\/span> the Liberal concept of compromise: they propose an incredibly radical Socialist policy; the GOP objects to one point, and then, in the spirit of comity and cooperation, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>surrenders on everything else<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_Sj8UNn0wQ?start=254\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re more than a little surprised Tucker didn&#8217;t pick up on this and hammer his hide to the wall. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of hammering hides to the wall, as Jack Crowe reports at <em>NRO<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/aoc-threatens-to-put-moderate-dems-on-a-primary-list-if-they-vote-with-gop\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AOC Threatens to Put Moderate Dems on a Primary \u2018List\u2019 If They Vote With GOP<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uz56r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uz56r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uz56r.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uz56r-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AOC: she&#8217;s, quite literally&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8oplQKbPuQ?start=3\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>At least as far as 2020 Republican electoral chances are concerned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/03\/democratic-party-conformity-lockstep-voting-fanaticism\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-03-03&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kevin Williamson notes, also courtesy of NRO<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, Progressives aren&#8217;t looking to limit their calls for conformity to the halls of Congress:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v4y0s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v4y0s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v4y0s.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v4y0s-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is embarrassed, to the extent that she is capable of being embarrassed, by the fact that Republicans pulled a humorous little switcheroo on her.<\/strong><\/span> House Democrats were on the verge of passing a bill that would require you to get clearance from the federal government before selling your old deer rifle to your brother-in-law for 50 bucks, and Republicans got a couple dozen Democrats to join them in support of a last-minute amendment that would have required alerting immigration authorities when those mandatory background checks turned up illegal immigrants, who are not permitted to buy firearms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Keep in mind that this was a symbolic flip of the bird to a piece of legislation that itself is a symbolic flip of the bird: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Senator Mitch McConnell isn\u2019t going to be letting any Democratic gun-grabbing legislation come to a vote in the Senate<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">So it\u2019s symbolism about <em>symbolism<\/em> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>symbolism<\/em><\/span>, but Madame Speaker <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flipped her wig, anyway<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> She called those moderate Democrats, many of whom represent districts carried by Donald Trump, in to a meeting to berate them. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Never mind the quality of the legislation, this is about party discipline: \u201cVote no, just vote no, because the fact is a vote yes is to give leverage to the other side.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is a self-proclaimed socialist who apparently is ready to move straight into the Stalinist phase of her political career<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>promising to organize purges against Democrats who don\u2019t do as she says<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">She\u2019s even calling herself a \u201cboss\u201d these days.<\/span> No doubt she\u2019s already looking for her Trotsky.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Writing in\u00a0<em>Jacobin<\/em>, a socialist magazine (100 million dead in the 20th\u00a0century, but socialism never loses its appeal to the worst), James Muldoon of the University of Exeter works to revive the thinking of the Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky, particularly the idea that \u201cdemocracy must extend beyond the state level itself.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>To extend the reach of \u201cdemocracy\u201d beyond the public sector and into the private sector amounts to the abolition of private life entirely, putting formerly private affairs (by no means limited to economic organization) under political discipline. <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">That is something <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">close<\/span> to a working textbook definition of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">totalitarianism<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The purges that Representative Ocasio-Cortez envisions for the Democratic party already are a part of ordinary life thanks to the efforts of progressives.<\/strong><\/span> If it should happen that you have a child who was once photographed standing in proximity to another child who had a look on his face that someone with political power disapproved of, there will be an organized effort to have you deprived of employment and ruined economically and otherwise by whatever means are available, as happened in the Covington affair. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The rule of absolute conformity is by no means limited to elected members of the Democratic party answerable to partisan leadership: \u201cDemocracy,\u201d as they like to call it (it is more\u00a0<em>ochlocracy<\/em>), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is to be extended into every aspect of life<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That<\/span> is the vision of the Left in 2019<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mob rule under a dollop of ideological frosting<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/shallow-state.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/shallow-state.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/shallow-state.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/shallow-state-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That a liberal political culture cannot survive enforced homogeneity is obvious enough.<\/span> The assault on free speech already is well under way, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and the Democrats are poised to impose sweeping restrictions on political communication and organizing as soon as they have the votes<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cThe personal is the political,\u201d they used to say. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">The slogan is intellectually flaccid but no less authoritarian and totalitarian for that.<\/span> Progressives, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>once<\/em><\/span> the partisans of \u201cdiversity,\u201d \u201ctolerance,\u201d and social liberalism, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have become the partisans of absolutism, conformism, and moral hysteria<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Part of that is cynical politics: It was predictable that the same people who championed toleration when they were a relatively powerless minority would discover the attractions of homogeneity as soon as they got a taste of political power.<\/span> But there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more to this<\/em><\/span> than cheap opportunism:<em> The emerging left-wing fanaticism gives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every appearance of being mostly genuine<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Genuinely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">asinine<\/span>, genuinely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dangerous<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but genuine<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Poor dopey gawping old Joe Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>apparently thinks he\u2019s going to get out in front of that parade<\/em><\/span>, <em>and that the red banners <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will be furled<\/span> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his<\/span> say-so<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He is in for a shock<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>So are the rest of us<\/em><\/span>. \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Voting<\/em><\/span> in lockstep\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t going to be enough<\/em><\/span> for these new totalitarians. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they<\/em><\/span> have in mind is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>living<\/em><\/span> in lockstep.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of America&#8217;s equivalent of Zaphod&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/me-jNCXEeXc?start=23\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Senorita&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ocasio-cortez-responds-to-criticism-of-travel-methods-while-pushing-to-address-climate-change\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ocasio-Cortez responds after report accuses her of &#8216;Green New Deal&#8217; hypocrisy: &#8216;I also fly &amp; use A\/C<\/span><\/a>&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk030119dAPR20190227104511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk030119dAPR20190227104511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk030119dAPR20190227104511.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk030119dAPR20190227104511-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>U.S. Rep.\u00a0Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u00a0responded Saturday night after a published report <em>excoriated the freshman congresswoman\u00a0for pushing her\u00a0Green New Deal\u00a0initiative <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">while still traveling on airplanes and using ridesharing services<\/span><\/em> &#8212; instead <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[of]<\/span><strong> greener travel methods such as public transportation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The piece mentioned the New York Democrat\u2019s call in January for more sustainable energy solutions: &#8220;The world is going to end in 12 years if we don\u2019t address climate change,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;But the woman who boasts of a \u201crazor-sharp BS detector\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seems to have trouble sniffing out her own<\/em><\/span>,\u201d the New York Post reported. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cSince declaring her candidacy in May 2017, Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s campaign heavily relied on those combustible-engine cars \u2014 even though a subway station was just 138 feet from her Elmhurst [Queens] campaign office.<\/span> She listed 1,049 transactions for Uber, Lyft, Juno and other car services, federal filings show. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">The campaign had 505 Uber expenses alone.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Instead of embracing cheaper, less green travel methods, Ocasio-Cortez logged 66 airline transactions during her 2018 campaign while\u00a0only using Amtrak 18 times, according to the<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/03\/02\/gas-guzzling-car-rides-expose-aocs-hypocrisy-amid-green-new-deal-pledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Cortez responded on Twitter, arguing that&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AOC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AOC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AOC.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AOC-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What we found of greater interest than AOC&#8217;s inability to recognize either the irony or hypocrisy or her position was the hopelessly inaccurate assertions offered by author Louis Casiano just a few paragraphs down:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Green New Deal is an economic stimulus package <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>designed to address income inequality, health care and climate change<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The concept \u2013 modeled after President Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s New Deal package through public works programs \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could be funded<\/em><\/span> through a 70 percent tax on America\u2019s top earners.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em>Designed to address income equality, health care and climate change<\/em>&#8220;?!?\u00a0 Make that, &#8220;<em>Designed to to transform America into another Workers&#8217; Paradise where <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span> particular animal<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/723c0016-10ca-4f5f-badb-4e1b1dead23b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/723c0016-10ca-4f5f-badb-4e1b1dead23b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/723c0016-10ca-4f5f-badb-4e1b1dead23b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/723c0016-10ca-4f5f-badb-4e1b1dead23b-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far more equal<\/em><\/span> than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>others<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As to the &#8220;could\u00a0be funded&#8221; comment, yeah, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> be funded&#8221;: when unicorns&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unicorn-fart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unicorn-fart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unicorn-fart.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unicorn-fart-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;start farting rainbows!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But if you thought The Donald and The Obamao were hypersensitive to criticism, AOC&#8217;s skin may be even thinner:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aoc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aoc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aoc.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aoc-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What if we don&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s a <em>global climate crisis <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to combat<\/span><\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, were we occupying her position, possessed of her ignorance, we might be a little testy too.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to another Kevin Williamson feature at\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, where he wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/03\/democrats-dumb-statements-taxes-kamala-harris-alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Harris, Ocasio-Cortez, Reich: Dumb or Dishonest<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/03\/democrats-dumb-statements-taxes-kamala-harris-alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\">Tales of taxation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v5153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v5153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v5153.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v5153-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>S<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>enator Kamala Harris, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Robert Reich \u2014 <em>Democrats are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">truly<\/span> testing our prowess in 2019\u2019s championship round of that peerless political parlor game, \u201cDumb or Dishonest<\/em>?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>We don\u2019t play that game when it comes to the great blithering\u00a0<em>demos<\/em>\u00a0at the center of our democracy, <em>because we already <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">know<\/span> the answer<\/em>:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stone-cold stupid<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>The American voter bears out the wisdom of the managerial proverb: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">None of us<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as dumb<\/span> as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all of us<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span> At the moment, voters are cheesed off <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because they got a tax cut<\/em><\/span> and because the federal government acted, for once, with uncharacteristic directness and speed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When the Republican tax bill lowered taxes for the great majority of taxpayers \u2014 all but about 4 million, as the hilariously named Government Accountability Office runs the numbers \u2014 the IRS got a move on and changed the withholding schedules. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>As a result of which, the people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who got<\/em><\/span> a tax cut <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>got a tax cut right then<\/em><\/span>, their paychecks getting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a little bigger<\/em><\/span> as Uncle Stupid skimmed off <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a little less<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>You can see where this is going.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>At the end of the year, <em>people who had had less money withheld in taxes faced a terrible new reality<\/em>:\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They had had less money withheld in taxes<\/span><\/em>! <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>owed<\/em><\/span> less, and they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>paid<\/em><\/span> less, and, <em>because the government did a surprisingly effective job of matching up what was withheld to what was owed<\/em>, taxpayers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>got smaller returns<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Which is to say, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they got their money right away rather than having to wait for a tax refund after making the government an interest-free loan<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Getting paid, more or less in full, right now instead of waiting months and months: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Naturally<\/em><\/span>, taxpayers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are enraged<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And naturally, Kamala &#8220;Homewrecker&#8221; Harris, Alexandria &#8220;Economically Illiterate&#8221; Ocasio Cortez and Robert &#8220;Bantam&#8221; Reich are trying to make hay on the Lowing Herd&#8217;s ignorance of how withholding works.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dumb or dishonest; we&#8217;re going with &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span>&#8220;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022819dAPR20190227094510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022819dAPR20190227094510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022819dAPR20190227094510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022819dAPR20190227094510-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mle190228c20190228025235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67467\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mle190228c20190228025235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mle190228c20190228025235.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mle190228c20190228025235-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/takes-one-to-know-one.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/takes-one-to-know-one.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/takes-one-to-know-one.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/takes-one-to-know-one-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gv022819dAPR20190228034508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gv022819dAPR20190228034508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gv022819dAPR20190228034508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gv022819dAPR20190228034508-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/9_Months20190228120449.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/9_Months20190228120449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/9_Months20190228120449.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/9_Months20190228120449-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/afb022719dAPR20190227054506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/afb022719dAPR20190227054506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/afb022719dAPR20190227054506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/afb022719dAPR20190227054506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bg022719dAPR20190227034508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bg022719dAPR20190227034508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bg022719dAPR20190227034508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bg022719dAPR20190227034508-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lb190301c20190228083619.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67448\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lb190301c20190228083619.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lb190301c20190228083619.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lb190301c20190228083619-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kim.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kim-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022719dAPR20190226054509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022719dAPR20190226054509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022719dAPR20190226054509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sk022719dAPR20190226054509-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maduro.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maduro.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maduro.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maduro-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Image-3-1-19-at-7.33-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Image-3-1-19-at-7.33-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Image-3-1-19-at-7.33-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Image-3-1-19-at-7.33-AM-300x232.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-1-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-2-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these memes forwarded by Jimmy Crilley:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image001.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image001.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image001-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image007-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image011.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image011.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image011.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image011-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v3hcu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67463\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v3hcu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v3hcu.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2v3hcu-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and a couple of very rotten apples which didn&#8217;t fall far from a very twisted tree:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itemonline.com\/news\/disturbance-breaks-out-during-execution\/article_84c46558-3bbe-11e9-99b2-e7d40bc80448.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Skirmish breaks out in witness room during Coble execution<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uzlqn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uzlqn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uzlqn.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2uzlqn-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The state of Texas has executed one of its oldest death row inmates. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Billie Wayne Coble, 70, of Waco was put to death with a lethal injection of Pentobarbital on Thursday evening at the Huntsville \u201cWalls\u201d Unit, approximately <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30 years after slaying<\/em><\/span> the brother and parents of his estranged wife.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;However, soon after his eyes closed, the process took a spin.<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> Coble\u2019s son Gordon, overcome with emotion, banged on the protective glass separating inmate witnesses from the death chamber. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Gordon and another family member, Dalton Coble, were drug out of the witness room by authorities and placed under arrest.<\/span> They are currently being held at the Walker County Jail on charges of resisting arrest.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;This is bull****, you just killed my father,&#8221; Gordon said as he was being drug out of the witness room.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;Why are y&#8217;all dragging them? They&#8217;re upset,&#8221; said Nelley Coble, who was also escorted from the witness room.<\/span> &#8220;You killed their father and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> is how you&#8217;re treating them.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whoa, Nelley: their father <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sealed his own fate<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 And frankly, were the science of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0181689\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minority Report<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> reality, we&#8217;ve no doubt Gordon, Dalton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> Nelley Coble might well already have been eliminated along with Billie Wayne.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s review the crimes for which Coble was executed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Coble was convicted of capital murder <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the 1989 slayings of his estranged wife\u2019s parents and brother near Waco<\/em><\/span>, court records show. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He had been married to his wife, Karen, for a little over a year when she told him she wanted a divorce.<\/span> They lived in the small town of Axtell, just across the street from her parents, Robert and Zelda Vicha, and down the road from her brother, Bobby.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Court testimony shows that Coble kidnapped Karen as a further effort to dissuade her from divorcing him by hiding in the trunk of her car while she was at a bar with a girlfriend.<\/span> When Karen started to drive home, Coble folded down the back seat and \u201cpopped out of the trunk with a knife.\u201d R<span style=\"color: #800000;\">ecords state that he jumped over the console, halfway into the front seat and struck the victim with the knife against her ribs.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>\u201cCoble stated that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if he couldn\u2019t have her, then no one else could<\/em><\/span>,\u201d testimony shows.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Nine days <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> Coble was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>released<\/em><\/span> from jail on bond, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he returned to Karen\u2019s house where he handcuffed her three children, tied up their feet and taped their mouths closed<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> left <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to shoot Karen\u2019s father, mother and brother as each of them came home<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Records state that Coble returned to Karen\u2019s house after the triple homicide and waited for his wife to come home from work. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He told the children, \u201cI wish I had blown you away like I intended to.\u201d<\/span> When Karen arrived, Coble came out of a bedroom with a gun and said, \u201cKaren, <em>I\u2019ve killed your momma and your daddy and your brother, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and they are all dead and nobody is going to come help you now<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Coble would leave the house with Karen and flee to a deserted field in nearby Bosque County, where he threatened to rape her.<\/span> However, shortly after dark, Coble drove passed a sheriff\u2019s patrol car, which turned around and followed them, leading to a crash.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yup: confirmed chips off an old and demented block.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, March 4th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, pulling together material for today&#8217;s edition, we were struck by another Obama-era incongruity. 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