Mike “Stimpy” Stimpson: Craziest pols-Canucks or Yanks?
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The following was written on another site by former MMA contributor Mike “Stimpy” Stimpson. While Mike could use a good editor (is it OK to start a sentence with “and”) we really enjoyed his story. As a result here it is in its entirety.
Gotta hand it to you folks in the U.S. of A – your country has colorful leaders on the right. And by colorful I mean crazier than a hoot owl.
You have Huckabee, a guy who would hold up assistance to a tornado-ravaged city because he didn’t like how God was being blamed for the storm. I’m referring to the plight of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 1997, when then-governor Huckabee objected to a state bill’s use of the phrase “act of God” (a puzzling story recounted concisely here.)
You’ve got your Romney with his church’s belief in magic underwear and baptism of the dead. And your Boehner with his propensity for public mewling. And your Paul the Elder with, well, where to even begin?
Up here in Canada, our right-wing zanies rarely reach high leadership positions. But don’t let that fool you into believing Canadian leaders on the right are benign.
Conservative captains in the Great White North seem, these days at least, to be cut from the same political cloth as a Romney or a Huckabee. Granted, not the same as a Paul; but let’s face it – Paul pop and son and are batpoop crazy.
Case in point: the incumbent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.
Harper (like the current Liberal leader) wanted Canada to help the United States invade Iraq; good thing he wasn’t PM in 2003, or my country would have been part of that shameful episode.
Harper and his government have derided UN peacekeeping, which is practically a Canadian invention for the world, and pursued a more militaristic foreign policy.
Harper, while between terms in elected office, slagged Canada as “a second-tier socialistic country” and “a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term.” (Yet he has the nerve to question the Liberal leader’s patriotism.)
When he wasn’t taking a government salary, Harper headed an organization that hates single-payer public health care and despises labor unions.
Harper dismissed climate change as unproven, and he said the Kyoto Protocol was “a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations.”
He is as much a right-wing ideologue as Huckabee or Palin, but his team has succeeded in marketing him in such a way that many Canadians don’t know it or choose to overlook it. If given the opportunity, he will change my country in ways that would make U.S. neocons very happy.
I mention all this because Canada is on the verge of a national election. A vote in the House of Commons on Friday could bring Harper’s government down, triggering a May 2 balloting day.
The stakes are high because a Conservative majority, unlike the minority they have now in the House, would give Harper and his right-wing apparatchiks the power to remould Canada in the neocon image. That would be crazy bad for my country.
Thanks Stimpy. We always enjoy your fine writing and this little piece is no exception. We wish you the best at your new home.
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My pissing match with Stimpson of Facebook:
Stimpson: Hey, that link you ‘liked’ with my name in the headline is theft of my work. I didn’t give permission for anyone at MMA to reproduce it, and neither did RT7’s owner (David). Just so you know.
Me: Really. Just that I liked it? See you in court then, I guess.
Stimpson: Who said anything about court? I let you know of a situation, and hoped you might have the decency and sensitivity to remove the post from your Wall. Your reply is disappointing, to say the least.
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What’s disappointing is getting harangued and accused of a crime from someone I thought I liked. What for? Hitting a “like” button. AND true to Stimpson’s final request, I am removing the liked link from my wall.
–Collin Hinds
It is unfortunate that you were compelled to remove the link. We have no intention whatsoever of removing Stimpy’s post. After all we did our “due diligence,” and could care less about what he thinks.
Now had he reached out and politely asked us to remove it, instead of trashing my former employer, and ranting about universities that offer distance learning in an attempt to insult me, along with a few other laughable, childish Facebook attacks, we just may well have removed it.
AND I learned a long time ago, and the hard way, that one needs to be careful of the enemies one makes. I don’t think Stimpy has learned that….yet!
The reason I removed it is because I don’t particularly care to promote a guy’s writing that goes into a tizzy like a teenage girl who got ketchup squirted on her prom dress when you are telling the world that you liked his writing. F-it.
You make a most excellent point counselor. Merci….
News flash: Stimpy’s pissed. And accusing me of theft because I liked his post. It’s a tough old world that a guy gets accused of crimes for enjoying words on a monitor.
I don’t understand it. We name him prominently, provide some context and link back to him. I don’t know why he’s upset. Seems a bit passive aggressive to me.
And why was Stimpy fired? Because Ren got mad at him one time too many.
And I just don’t just don’t get it. But that may well be. Because I’m busy violating copyright law.
Incomplete sentences and sentences that begin with. And should be banned.
And the reason for this is?
My English teacher used to preach that I should never start a sentence with conjunctions like “and” “or” “but” “because”.
And that is the reason for this. Because I always did as I was told. Or, did I. But who cares.
Mine did too. But I still do it sometimes.
But I think that’s a bit rigid. And I therefore can’t support it.
And I agree with you, Greenlight.
Good point Leslie. Red. The color of Stimpy’s outfit as I recall.
And to think Germany’s Green Party is making great strides while here in the US and Canada the color of choice is Red.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha! I loved this story and love your new nickname Mr. Stimpson. My children and I enjoyed many wonderful hours watching Ren and Stimpy.
Has Stimpy quit? My granddaughter used to read his weekend Hollywood post.
Yes ole Stimpy has moved on. He has found a new “home.” Regardless the legend of The Stimpmaster will live on over here at MMA.