Shut Up Fool Awards-Royal Wedding Edition

Back in 1981 when Diana got married to Prince Charles, I was up at 3:30 AM so I could watch it.   Now I have the alarm clock set early so I can see Prince William get married to Kate and wish his mom was around to see it. 

It's also the last week of April and I'm just days away from the blessing of celebrating another birthday. 

It's also Friday, and you loyal TransGriot readers know what that means.  It's time to select our fool or group of fools that we'll shine a bright spotlight on their idiocy.  

Feel free TransGriot readers to nominate or bring to my attention before noon Thursday any person,. persons or group you feel is worth of a Shut Up Fool Award.

We had a large crop of court jesters who were royal pains this week.    We have a group award for Fox News once again for  everything they do to distort the truth.   Joseph Farah of Wing Nut Daily reappears this week, birther queen Orly Taitz, Charlie Sheen, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) , Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Any Holmes for trying to defend the conservafools on this birther crap, and the Republican party for trying to pimp the Kill Medicare Budget.

Honorable mention to Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern for branching out from homophobia and transphobia.  She's now adding sexism and racism to her repertoire with her stank comments about African Americans. 

But our winner for the third time in four weeks is Donald Trump.

He not only has doubled down on the bigotry and birtherism, as fast as he is becoming an icon and popular in elements of the RepubliKKKan party for it, his walling in white privilege behind is becoming just as hated in the African American community for disrespecting a president we have mad love for.

The little press conference he called in which he gleefully took credit for 'forcing the president' to show his long form birth certificate has only added gasoline to the increasing dislike we have these days for 'The Donald'.










So much for your great relationship with 'the blacks'   

Donald Trump, shut the HELL up, fool!

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Good Friday Edition

It is Holy Week, despite the spin and lies coming from the 'White' wing trying to justify their greed-is-good soak the poor and take Medicare from Grandma agenda that is inconsistent with 'Big C' Christianity..

We are just 48 hours from celebrating Easter, and even during this time of year, as Mr. T consistently reminds us, 'Fools are everywhere'.   Time to shine that TransGriot spotlight on those fools.

This week's nominees were back to back winner Donald Trump, Gretchen Carlson, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a group award for Fox News,  EQ Maryland (who is still spinning their HB 235 6loss), Charlie Sheen.

Honorable Mention goes to Gwyneth Paltrow for miserably failing once again to recognize the overwhelming smell of vanilla scented privilege and pearl clutching in her comments. 

But this week goes to Andrew Breitbart.    His lawyers would like him to shut up about fracking up in the Shirley Sherrod case since he's facing a libel suit from her.   But his conservafool arrogance won't let him and he may have just legally hung himself thanks to this contentious interview with Martin Bashir.



Shirley Sherrod's lawyers are probably getting certified transcripts for this interview as we speak.

But you know you slimed Shirley Sherrod, got caught and you're going to pay dearly for it.          

Andrew Breitbart, shut up Fool!  

 

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Tax Deadline Edition

Well, it's April 15, the day most Americans dread on the calendar because it's normally the deadline for getting those tax returns in to the IRS.     This year, you have until April 18 to file this year thanks to the District of Columbia.  

There is a holiday called Emancipation Day that is being celebrated inside DC.  It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act that President Abraham Lincoln signed on April 16, 1862. 

Since April 16 fell on a Saturday and under federal law DC holidays affect the filing date just like federal ones do, you now have three extra days to get that tax return in or stress over it.

And now let's get to our weekly business that never takes a holiday, calling out the stupidity in our midst and selecting our Shut Up Fool! of the week.

We had many worth contenders for our award this week such as Gov Chris Christie (R-NJ) ,Gov Scott Walker (R-WI) , Speaker John Boehner,  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a group award for Equality Maryland, Mitt Romney and a group nomination for Faux News.

But this week's winner is once again Donald Trump

Not content with pimping the birther crap, he now makes an  insensitive racial comment on an Albany, NY talk radio show this week. 

"I have a great relationship with the blacks," Trump told Albany's Talk Radio 1300 Thursday. "I've always had a great relationship with the blacks."

Trump said in that interview it's a "very sad thing" such a high percentage of that demographic supports President Obama, for reasons, he believes, that are largely influenced by race. The discussion was spawned by a recent poll of New York voters that found 95 percent of black voters there approve of the president's job performance. The same poll found that the president's overall approval rating in New York stands at 54 percent.

"Look at Hillary Clinton," the reality television star continued in reference to the 2008 Democratic presidential primary race. "Hillary Clinton did so much for the black population, so much and got very few votes." "Look, I tell it like it is," he added. "Then you hear a political reporter go on and say, 'It had nothing to do with race.' But how come she got such a tiny piece of the vote. It's a very sad thing."

 Because dumbazz, not only did Geraldine Ferraro and Bill ruin it for Hillary in South Carolina with their jacked up comments about then Senator Obama, we had a golden opportunity to make a dream we African-Americans have had as a people since Emancipation come true and elect one of our own to sit in the Oval Office..

By the way Donald, referring to us as 'the Blacks' is problematic, and I'm telling it like it T-I-S is to your pandering for Tea Klux Klan votes azz with the dog whistle bigoted comments.   

Donald Trump, shut the HELL up fool!