Campfield = Plagiarizing Hack

WHEREAS, Stacy Campfield passed this drivel off as his own work,

WHEREAS, Roger Abramson's sharp eye points us to the original source of Campfield's "creativity",

WHEREAS, the brilliant and lovely Brittney Gilbert brought it to our attention,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE that Representative Stacey Campfield is recognized as the blight on the 18th district that he is.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Tennessee strongly condemns plagiarizing hacks.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Tennessee recognizes the word "Campfield" to be used as a verb, meaning "to screw up incessantly due to sheer nuttery and/or a lack of intelligence", with alternate definition "to pass someone else's work off as your own".

More On Campfield

I think everyone who reads this blog knows by now that I'm nofan of Stacey Campfield's. I think he's a fine example of what happens when you vote for a Freeper.

Thanks to Kleinheider at Volunteer Voters, I saw video of Campfield being treated a bit more roughly than I would have imagined on the floor of the House. I'm relatively neutral on the bill Campfield was proposing--- I'm certainly not a big fan of legislators sticking their own names on anything that sits still too long, but I can think of about fifteen thousand legislative priorities I would place ahead of it. So I can certainly relate to the representatives that kept asking "Are you getting constituent calls about this?"

But Representative Ben West carried it to a new level when he made a motion to have the bill voted on in Savannah's town square on July 4th.

That kind of behavior has no place on the floor of the legislature.

There is a time and place for that kind of display of disrespect. The time is now, and the place is here. For if we allow legislators to just goof on Stacey Campfield at will, what will those of us with functioning brain stems do on our blogs? Are they not playing in our sandbox at that point?

The Golden Campy Award Goes To...

... who else?

The namesake of this award, Stacey Campfield (Who earned such an honor by outdumbing The Decider) is the best person to break this award in.

Not for his spirited defense of Terry Frank, although it certainly is deserving. Nor is it for his wish to give a death certificate to every aborted fetus.

No, he wins it for the Wife Beater Protection Act. In Campy's Perfect World, if someone files for an order of protection and the order is denied, the person who filed the petition should be responsible for the legal bills of the person they filed against.

This could be devastating to women of limited resources whose abusive husbands have the means to hire good attorneys.

Campfield is pushing for that as part of a legislative agenda that reduces the court system to a gambling parlor. To file anything in court, you would need to be prepared to pay the other party's legal fees if you lose--- Something that would kill any litigation against a corporation for product liability, harassment, or workplace injury unless the case was so tight that there was no way to lose--- And when a David files against a corporate Goliath, there's always a way to lose.

Update:

(Hat tip to R. Neal at Knox Views. I got "Wife Beater Protection Act" from the lady that emailed me a link to the bill last night. Turns out she got it here. )

The Golden Bushie Award For Accomplishments in Assclownism...

... goes to Representative Stacey Campfield, whose recent efforts could very well earn him the right to have this award renamed in his (dubious) honor.

He laments the return of the term "baby killer" into the American lexicon while conveniently sidestepping of the fact that it's the rightwing, anti-choice dragoons that have brought it back (Anyone heard it used in any other capacity lately?).

And of course, as documented here, he recently tried to put over the myth that Partial birth abortion is legal in Tennessee, despite the passage of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003, which actually made it illegal in all 50 states [Note: At the same time, he made me feel wholly justified in my blog post about it by feeling the need to remove my much nicer comment from his blog]

But now, he has descended into not just right wing dogma--- But right wing dogma that no one with sentient brain activity can actually buy into.

Is the left so invested in failure that they will do any thing or say any thing to demean the president or our troops? Will they take glory in every misstep? Every Death? It is beginning to appear so.

First, I wouldn't exactly define attempts to prevent future American deaths sacrificed in a cause that helps this country in no way as taking "glory". Personally, I'm pissed off about every one of those deaths. Had any of the president's supporters used any deductive reasoning whatsoever, the most dangerous thing our soldiers would be facing (Outside of Afghanistan, anyway) would be undercooked food at the mess hall. For while a soldier must be prepared to sacrifice his life, we have a responsibility to never throw it away on WMD snipe hunts.

What is this glory and who really revels in it? Is it "the left", as you seem to label all but the persistently vegetative rightwingers that want to keep throwing American lives down the drain? Or is it Mr. "I'm a war president"?

This nation has been failed. Honest and sober assessments regarding war strategy have been met by simpleminded dogma such as "I'm the decider". The counsel of the Iraq Survey Group has been met with--- Well, not much of anything.

So no--- I will not hide my loathing for a president that thinks the best thing to do about the American lives he's already thrown away is to throw away more. It's not hard to find the "alternative plan" you asked about. There are many out there, and a more logical one could be devised by asking questions of a Magic Eight Ball.

So you, for your lack of legal knowledge, your abortion hackery, and your mindless repetition of talking points that still don't make sense even when smarter people than you try to advance them, are the winner of the Golden Bushie.

Has Tennessee Seceded From The Union Again?

I just wanted to check after reading this drivel from Representative Stacey Campfield:

Is a death certificate worse then [sic] the fact that partial birth abortion is legal in Tennessee? If you had a choice to end one or the other, what would you put your effort behind stopping? Have you?

Now, the last time I checked, Tennessee was still a part of the United States of America, right? Granted, I had a few beers last night, but I didn't think I was out that long.

So, unless we have, in fact, seceded, then we are still subject to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban of 2003, are we not? I think most people that have so much as a glancing familiarity with law are at least vaguely aware of its passage, although I could be wrong. I would certainly expect more out of an elected official.

Campfield Part II

After seeing my post about Rep. Campfield's insane idea to issue death certificates every time there's an abortion (Has he given any thoughts to what name to put on them?), my good friend The West Tennessee Liberal sent me a clip of our new state song.

Enjoy!

Because Every Sperm Is Sacred, Rep. Campfield.

Sometimes, you just read something that leaves you laughing uncontrollably.

The Bush Administration's rationalization of... Well, anything.

The phrase "Poo Poo Platter" on a Chinese restaurant menu.

Or, for me, it was the post "Compare and Contrast" by the lovely Brittney over at "Nashville Is Talking".

It seems that State Representative Stacy Campfield's bill to require a death certificate to be issued every time there's an abortion has actually shown not only the state how foolish he can be--- But even the national blogosphere has picked it up.

I want to like your bill requiring that death certificates be issued for aborted embryo-Americans, but I don't see the logic behind it. Why limit it to the aborted? Don't miscarried embryo-Americans and blastocyst-Americans deserve death certificates too. And what about those little snowflake-Americans? Shouldn't the little frozen bastards get death certificates when someone drops their petri dishes? - Jesus General

Personally, I think Campfield's bill demonstrates not just a fanatical devotion to one issue--- But it also demonstrates a lamentable lack of ambition.

I mean, why stop there? Why not issue one for every spermatazoa spilled in a way that's not conducive to insemination?

We could require last rites to be administered every time a thirteen-year-old spanks the monkey. The crime scene tape industry would benefit big time-- They could develop and market crime scene tape small enough to wrap around condoms and Kleenexes.

But hey, don't think all the legal burden is on men too. What about women that allow unfertilized eggs to die every month? Yes, part of the new monthly ritual can be calling the coroner out to process the paperwork.

Okay, everyone sing the new state song with me!

Every sperm is sacred...
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.