READY, FIRE, AIM: Pretty Damn Funny

I won’t say I’m a Christian, because some people will get the wrong idea.

I also won’t say I’m a Buddhist, for the same reason.

But if I were a Christian — not saying that I am, but if I were — I might be slightly offended by people who post images of politicians dressed up like Jesus.

Especially if those same politicians had been responsible for cutting my SNAP benefits.

Also not saying that my SNAP benefits have been cut, because I haven’t had SNAP benefits for a number of years now.

All of this depending, of course, on whether or not I have a sense of humor. Because a picture of a politician dressed up as the Messiah could be seen as blasphemous, but more likely, as pretty damn funny.  And yes, I have a sense of humor.

I see in the news that the Republican Party held a two-day convention recently in Dallas, Texas — one of my all-time favorite cities — to protest the upcoming November election. The GOP currently controls the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and Presidency, so I can understand why they might feel that we don’t really need another election.  Since everything is already under control, and moving smoothly ahead.

An election merely presents a risk of more Democrats getting elected, thus making it harder to save America.

Luckily for us, the Republicans have a great sense of humor.  Especially their leadership.

American has a very funny future ahead, so long as the Republicans stay in power.

“You know what happens if you don’t vote? You go to hell. You know that. You go to hell. Okay? You go to hell. And I don’t want that to happen to you. So please go and vote…”

I’m laughing so hard, it hurts.

You could even say that the Republicans have made a big joke out of the entire federal government.

I’m not necessarily saying that they have… but you could say that.

And the Republican National Convention last week — the first national political party convention ever held during a mid-term election — was pretty much a big joke as well. One of the most humorous moments came when the convention projected a 3-minute video that had gone viral back in 2024.

It starts like this:

And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God gave us Trump. God said, ‘I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, fix this country, work all day, fight the Marxists, eat supper, then go to the Oval Office and stay past midnight at a meeting of the heads of state. So God made Trump. ‘I need somebody with arms strong enough to wrestle the Deep State and yet gentle enough to deliver his own grandchild…’

At which point in the video, our caretaking hero is shown walking with his grandchildren, holding their hands. On a Saturday morning outing taking them to view the Reflecting Pool, I bet.

Here’s a shortened 50-second excerpt from the convention entertainment, “God Made Trump”…

I’m already hurting — from laughing — and you might be, too. So I shared just a small portion of the video. (You can see the full video on the Daily Beast, if you want to feel especially happy.)

Reportedly, the video was a satire of a 1978 speech by noted radio broadcaster Paul Harvey, entitled, “So God Made a Farmer.”

We don’t need farmers so much anymore, because stuff can be grown in Mexico. So America has been getting rid of our farm workers. Not exactly “getting rid” of them, but more like, putting them in prisons.

So many funny things going on these days.

For which I thank the Republican Party.

And God.