Crazy Candidate of the Day

Today's crazy candidate is North Carolina's Tim D'Annunzio.



Tim may at first seem like your typical God 'n' guns Carolina Conservative, but just wait 'till he gets to the part about the pyramid. Hang on, we'll get there.

Tim has a website for his campaign, but he also has a personal blog, which is where things get really entertaining / frightening. You can check it out here, but I'll tell you upfront, he mainly just reposts stuff from the Good Book.

Here's a typical post:

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in THE LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength

Jesus Christ Is Lord!
7 July 2010

Isaiah 24
1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

And it goes on in that vein. And on and on. Seriously, I know preachers who don't quote this much Scripture.
If you scroll all the way down to the end, it concludes:

Psalms 24

In the Name of

Jesus Christ My Lord
Thank You My Father Posted by paraclete at 9:56 AM 0 comments

That's the end. He ends with the heading Psalms 24, but for some reason, does not quote anything from Psalms 24. Just above that, he quotes 6 verses of Psalm 23, but Psalm 24? Well, I wouldn't want to get too preachy!


But he doesn't just crib from the Bible, he does talk about his personal life some. Like his grandson:

My first grandson was born on the 24th, Aidan Samoa D’Annunzio. (The name wasn’t intended to have any meaning and my son and daughter-in-law, who is Samoan, just thought it a nice name. It is.)

Yes, the child's mother is Samoan, but the name Samoa has no significance. Just a coincidence!

This whole brotherly love, Philadelphia, thing, what does it mean? I am my brother’s keeper, by choice. I have his back, Paraclete, the one who has your back.

The Constitution was written with this in mind. Its intent was a form of Government allowing liberty in all aspects of life but only properly operable when the people and the governing were bound by a higher law; a Devine [sic] law that showed all man the way and need for self governing.

Hey, you leave me outa this!

I want to point to several of the Federalist Papers. Federalist 62 will show the reliance on the logic of Natural Law, God's Law. Hamilton and Madison write that the same laws of human nature that govern a man also govern a government.

Yeah, the "laws of human nature?" Not really the same thing as God's law, or Andy Devine's law.

I am really worried for you that think this is some political or religious game with no consequences. Do you understand it is your soul that is at stake? Again, I say REPENT.

Vote for me or you'll burn in hell!

I talked to many people after the meeting and told them to be on the lookout for this SMEAR tactic in the stories these reporters filed. I read the print story on the Charlotte channel 36 web site the following day and they did exactly what I had described above. They not only did it with quotes from the meeting they also went to the letter of the 26th and printed the following.

“He also wrote, "Now do I believe that i am the messiah, you ask? I think the response proves what is true. I know that I have been anointed by God to be part of his plan to save the world."”

Is the above quote in context if she failed to print the following sentence?

I wrote:
I found the plan. Now do I believe that I am the Messiah, you ask? I think the response proves what is true. I know that I have been Anointed by God to be part of His plan to save the world.

Oh, shit! Here we go!



Oh, and also, um he thinks that God is going to drop a giant pyramid on Greenland. No, really.

Looking at these passages [Rev. 21] literally, as I and as many young Christians might, it says that the earth has passed away, destroyed, and that a new earth comes down out of heaven from God, and verse 16 describes the size being 12000 furlongs, which converts to 1500 miles, and being as high as it is wide and deep, meaning it could be either a cube or a pyramid.

I then did some calculations and realized that if it was a cube the entire earth could be replicated inside it in layers spread quite a distance apart. Being a skydiver I also speculated that you could skydive inside this thing traveling from layer to layer. (And that is so farfetched, who would be crazy enough to think you could Skydive indoors?)

Next I looked at where it could be set on the earth with the least amount of disruption. I speculated the place could be Greenland. I saw it as an ark someday being sent as a rescue to transfer humanity from a dead planet.

Wait, there's more!


That takes me to the next accusation. I said that I found the Ark of the Covenant. I said it and this is the context.

When I was first born again I was exploring and examining everything. This exploration took me in several directions and areas. First I realized there is existing evidence of a Hebrew presence on this continent many thousands of years ago.

Wait, what?

I also realized that there was an archeological record of gold other metals [sic] being mined here during the same time. The other metal is what indicated exportation to some other place because the metals being mined were never used on this continent at that time.

So some Hebrews in Arizona were mining some unnamed metal that had no use here and were exporting it to "some other place?" Have I got that right?

I also saw other evidence that indicated the possibility some American Indians were of Hebrew decent. I knew that at the time of this early interaction the Ark of the Covenant had disappeared. There had been much speculation as to where it had been taken to protect it from enemies. I speculated that the Ark could have been brought to this Continent.

So you obviously have never seen a Native American or a Hebrew. And if Raiders of the Lost Ark taught us anything, it's that the Ark wasn't brought to North America until the 1940's.

Anyway, I guess the main point is this guy's freakin nuts!


And don't take my word for it, just look up his divorce records.


Those documents contain a psychiatric evaluation that says D'Annunzio was addicted to heroin as a teenager and, at age 16, cut both of his wrists with a broken bottle. They say he joined the Army at 15 by faking his age and rejoined at 19 by using a false name.

The documents also portray D'Annunzio as a "self-described religious zealot" who once called the U.S. government the antichrist. (source)

The Problem with Bobby Jindal

So someone in Louisiana had an idea to build a barricade of rocks out in the gulf to keep the oil from coming ashore, which seemed like it might be a good idea. Bobby Jindal thought that it sounded like a good idea. So far, Jindal and normal people are on the same page. That's good.

Then, the Army Corps of Engineers said that a rock barricade would not be a good idea:

Col. Alvin Lee, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District, said the plan to barricade Pass Abel and Four Bayou Pass would do more harm than good by speeding water through other passes and possibly hastening the flow of oil into interior marshlands. (NOLA.com)

So, normal people said to themselves, "Dang, I thought that would have been a good idea. I guess I was wrong."
But not Bobby Jindal. This is where Bobby diverges from the normal people. He had his office issue this statement:

"Nobody can convince anybody in Louisiana that rocks in the water are more dangerous to the coast, more dangerous to our Barataria Bay, than oil in the water," Jindal said. "That is simply ridiculous.

"The only people who believe that are the Washington bureaucrats who don't smell the oil, don't see the oil, don't touch the oil, don't feel this oil, don't understand what this oil is doing every day when it comes in our bay, comes in our coast."(NOLA.com)

See, once someone like Jindal decides that an idea seems right, there's no convincing them otherwise.

It doesn't matter that he is in disagreement with the freakin Army Corps of Engineers, he knows in his gut that he's right. And to him, his gut is more reliable than a bunch of people who have studied engineering and maybe know a thing or two about the situation. And when he says that he doesn't believe that "rocks in the water are more dangerous. . .than oil in the water," it's hard to tell if he really doesn't understand what the Corps is talking about or if he's just being disingenuous. (my money's on the latter)

Also, the Army Corps of Engineers is hardly a bunch of "Washington Bureaucrats."

They're the guys who build stuff like this:

But anyway, the problem with Jindal, and those who think like him, is they don't listen to people who know better. They distrust experts because the experts often challenge their preconceived ideas.

For example, let's say that you a re a person who thinks like a Jindal. And let's say it's late 2000 and you're getting ready to take over as president. You feel in your gut that Osama bin Laden is just some nut in a cave who can't possibly be a serious threat. So when Sandy Berger and Richard Clarke try to tell you that bin Laden and Al Queda will be the biggest threat during your administration, you just know that they're wrong. Because you have already decided that you know better. It seems like it should be true that Al Queda is not a big threat, just like it seems like it should be true that Sadam has WMD's. And Brownie sure seems like someone who would be doing a heck of a job. And if you have that kind of mindset, you're not going to let facts change your mind, and you're sure as hell not going to let some egghead expert tell you you're wrong.

Crazy Candidate of the Day - Scary, Gun-Toting Edition

Today's crazy candidate: Alabama's Dale Peterson

He was a Marine in Vietnam, so Listen Up!!!




Funniest Line: "We're republicans. We should be better than that! Apparently, someone is a little unfamiliar with the Republican Party!

Oh, and did he mention that he was a Marine? A Marine during Vietnam?



Funniest line: "It's time. . . to step up to the political place. . ." Apparently, someone is a little unfamiliar with baseball analogies!

Well, unfortunately Dale Peterson is out of the race, so it's too late to vote for him. But that doesn't mean he has to stop making ads!



Funniest line: That dummy . . .can go back to his chicken farm." Only funny because Dale just bragged about being a farmer not 60 seconds ago. Apparently, someone is a little unfamiliar with irony!

Crazy Candidate of the Day -- Sexy Cleavagey Edition

This is Carey Torrice:






Carey would like to be re-elected as county commissioner for Macomb County, Michigan.

That's right, RE-elected.

According to her website, she is not only county commissioner, but also an actress, model, and Private Eye!

And if you don't believe that she's a real actress, she has a photo gallery of herself with famous celebrities to prove it. Like this one:

Carey meets Chelsea Handler - Photo

Carey meets and chats with the best-selling author during her book signing tour in Birmingham, MI.

You think they let just anyone wander into Borders and meet a celebrity who's there to meet people and sell books? No no my friend, that's A-listers only!

And speaking of A-Listers -- It's Frank!



Frank Sinatra with Carey











Frank Sinatra's Vegas impersonator takes
the Rat Pack Show
to MCC's Performing Arts Center







Also, she does foot modeling. Seriously, she has a section of her website dedicated to foot modeling.

Foot Modeling

Carey Torrice is also a foot model. Carey's feet are shown in Nailco's advertisements.

Why should you vote for Ms. Torrice? Well just look at her position on physical fitness!

Carey Torrice stresses physical fitness

And does she support the troops? Boy, does she!

Carey Supporting Our Troops - Photo

I am the daughter of a U.S. Marine. I fully support our men and women in uniform! Semper Fi! Plus, one of these ladies is apparently County Commissioner Carey Torrice: Carey as an official hottie at the Hottiefest Was her opponent ever named an "official hottie?" Probably not. And just check out this photo's caption: Carey Torrice on the set of a movie she filmed That's right A Movie. A movie that she filmed. You know who else was in a movie? Ronald Reagan! And he went on to be president. Just sayin'. If that's not enough to convince you, get a load of this! So all that seems kinda weird for her own campaign website, but is it really crazy? No, here's the crazy part: From the Detroit Free Press: This time, Torrice, 33, and her husband, Michael Torrice, 39, of Fraser are under investigation following a mysterious accident in which an acquaintance and fellow private investigator appeared to hurl himself at an SUV driven by Jeffery Sprys, Carey Torrice's opponent in the Aug. 3 Democratic primary, according to a May 27 police report. That night, just moments after the crash, police stopped the Torrices a few blocks from the scene. Police said they found Michael Torrice with an unregistered handgun, and the car had an unregistered license plate. Sprys has told police that Michael Torrice has been following him and going through his garbage on the curb. So please consider voting for Carey Torrice for County Commissioner this Fall. Remember. . . .

Crazy Candidate of the Day

Today's Crazy Candidate:

Nevada's Sharon Angle!



Seriously insane Nevada Tea Partier Sharron Angle is running against Harry Reid for the US Senate.

And if she can't beat him in the voting booth, well there's always another option:

“I hope that’s not where we’re going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying, ‘my goodness what can we do to turn this country around?’ I’ll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.”

Yep, like the old saying goes, if you can't beat him, call openly for his assassination!


And she knows what to do about the oil disaster in the Gulf:

QUESTION: You have been in support of onshore drilling in the United States as well as offshore drilling, are you rethinking that policy with what is going on in Louisiana?

ANGLE: No. I think that what happened in Louisiana was an accident. They're cleaning it up. We need to go forward and talk about prevention and not about whether we keep it out all together. We know that lot of the problems that have been caused for us with foreign policy and even with our own gas prices here domestically going up is our dependence upon foreign oil.

We have oil reserves and petroleum reserves that we should tap into. And that's a policy that we really need to look at as a nation. How do we deregulate enough to invite our industries to come back into the United States and quit outsourcing their business? (source)

Also, she believes that God has a plan for everyone. Unfortunately, that plan may include your being raped and impregnated,(audio) but you can't win 'em all!


And she understands about families. She has a well-though-out stance on family issues:

"Right now, we say in a traditional home one parent stays home with the children and the other provides the financial support for that family," she said. "That is the acceptable and right thing to do. If we begin to expand that, not only do we dilute the resources that are available, we begin to dilute things like health care, retirement, all the things offered to families that help them be a family."(huffpo)

Sure, it's incoherent, but what has Harry Reid ever done about the dilution of resources? Hmm?

So when you go to the polls this election season, and you live in Nevada, consider Sharron Angle for US Senate! Then hold your nose and vote for Harry Reid.