What’s in a name?
I know, I know…his name is Richard John “Rick” Santorum. But ex-Senator Santorum has managed to raise my ire so much as to inspire a pun name. I hereby dub him “Dick Sans-Scrotum.” I explain:
· Another name for “Rick” is “Dick” – that’s how Richard Daley (former mayor of Chicago) is often called Dick Daley.
· “Dick” of course refers to the male sex organ or refers to a guy who is a jerk or an asshole.
· The words “sans” means “without,” therefore “Sans-Scrotum” would mean “without scrotum.”
· Put together, this name refers to a man who is “all dick but no balls.” Frequently, it is guys who never served in the military but manage to beat on war drums (like Santorum) who lack balls.
The essential Dick Sans-Scrotum
I don’t generally make a practice of punning a person’s name, especially in a sexual way. But this guy really deserves it, as I’ll make clear.
Here’s a short snapshot of the essential Sans-Scrotum:
· He was basically a professional student before becoming a lawyer;
· After 5 years of lawyering, he served in the US House of Representatives for four years;
· Then Santy served for 12 years in the Senate before his constituents bounced him out of office;
· Having a wife and six kids to feed, and a lifestyle to maintain, he decided to reinvent himself as a Conservative Champion in order to further his political career. Since he’s now 53 years old, it was either that or get back into lawyering as a washed-up political has-been.
· Besides, even if he doesn’t get the GOP nod this time around, he can ride the coattails of his fame to enrich himself for the next four years, should he decide to run again (which he will).
The following quote from Bloomberg Business Week amplifies that last point:
QUOTE*:
Since his 2006 re-election defeat, the former Pennsylvania lawmaker has gone from being one of the poorer members of the U.S. Senate to earning $1.3 million between January 2010 and August 2011. In 2007, he spent $2 million to buy a 5,000-square foot home in Great Falls, Virginia, according to property records.
Santorum’s financial rise was powered by consulting contracts with fuel producer Consol Energy Inc., faith advocacy group Clapham Group and American Continental Group, a Washington consultancy, as well as media engagements.
“If he’s claiming he’s not an insider, this is the thing that insiders do -- after public office they cash in,” said Kent Cooper, a campaign finance expert and former Federal Elections Commission assistant staff director.
:UNQUOTE*.
From Dick Sans-Scrotum’s website
I will now quote from the ex-senator’s website, interspersing those quotes with my own comments.
QUOTE:
Coming from Pennsylvania, a state with a rich heritage of hunting and fishing, Senator Santorum understands firsthand the importance of preserving our constitutionally protected rights found in the 2nd Amendment. Senator Santorum fights to preserve this tradition, and will work to ensure these rights are not infringed upon.
COMMENT:
There’s a reason I highlighted rich heritage and preserve this tradition. Is Sans-Scrotum really saying the rich heritage (of hunting and fishing) is this tradition? If I were from the great state of Pennsylvania, I would be ashamed that “Senator Santorum [came to understand] …the importance of preserving…the 2nd Amendment” because of our rich heritage of hunting and fishing. Huh? Say what?
Most of the 2nd Amendment freaks I’ve encountered believe their guns will prevent the US from surrendering its sovereignty to a UN-based New World Order. Hunting and fishing have nothing to do with this! So if Sans-Scrotum really believes in the Second Amendment as the best way to ensure our freedom, why doesn’t he just come right out and say so? Why blather on about “huntin’ and fishin’?” Unless, Santy simply doesn’t have the balls to take such a bold stand.
QUOTE:
Santorum Administration’s Response to Iran:
- Would work with Israel to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat immediately; and developing a potential plan for military action if needed.
· Any nuclear scientist proven to be working for Iran’s nuclear program would be treated as an enemy combatant.
· Help create Strike Funds to help organizers on the ground publicly protest and overthrow the regime.
· Economically target Iran by sanctioning Iran’s central bank coupled with opening all forms of energy production in the U.S effectively devastating Iran’s only economy
COMMENT:
I will restate each bullet point and follow with a comment:
- Would work with Israel to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat immediately; and developing a potential plan for military action if needed.
This makes no sense. Maybe he intended to say, “Would immediately seek to work with Israel to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat; and develop a potential plan for military action if needed.” In its original wording, one has to ask: “How could we even think to eliminate that threat immediately without having first developed a military action plan?”
Finally, does Sans-Scrotum really think we haven’t already developed at least several military action plans?
COMMENT (next bullet point):
· Any nuclear scientist proven to be working for Iran’s nuclear program would be treated as an enemy combatant.
Maybe Santy meant to write “Iran’s nuclear weapons program” instead of what I had yellowed above. Details, details…and this guy’s a lawyer? Where’s his command of the language?
If Santy means (as he wrote) to treat such nuclear scientists (even if not working on a nuclear weapons program) as enemy combatants, isn’t he equating such people with soldiers who actually bear arms against us in a declared war? I hope Santy bothers to at least inform Congress in advance before he starts bombing Iran. Heaven forbid he would actually seek a declaration of war. If he were to seek such a declaration publicly and formally from Congress, that could be persuasive enough for Iran to allow international inspectors within its borders.
A man with a brain would seek alternatives to war. But a man who’s all dick and no balls might be too afraid of seeming insufficiently macho.
COMMENT (next bullet point):
· Help create Strike Funds to help organizers on the ground publicly protest and overthrow the regime.
How would we like it if a foreign power tried that against us? The goal is supposed to be to persuade Iran to abandon any possible nuke weapons program it might be contemplating. How did regime change suddenly become the goal? The Iranian government could point to this bullet point and accuse all of its citizens on strike of being US puppets. That government could also conclude: “If Sans-Scrotum is willing to publicly state that he wants to “help [strike] organizers…overthrow the regime,” he wouldn’t be too shy about covert ops against our sovereignty.”
COMMENT (next bullet point):
· Economically target Iran by sanctioning Iran’s central bank coupled with opening all forms of energy production in the U.S effectively devastating Iran’s only economy
This is just plain stupid, since Iran doesn’t depend on energy exports to the United States. Even if we were to become totally independent of all foreign energy sources, Iran wouldn’t suffer. Sans-Scrotum is trying to inject his support for removing all barriers to our domestic energy exploitation (the environment be damned) as a flimsy part of a strategy to undermine the Iranian economy.
And then there's this to consider:
And then there's this to consider:
Besides, what if Iran would suddenly reverse course by saying:
“We hereby invoke our right to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as stated in that treaty, and start building nuclear weapons. We cite the belligerent rhetoric of politicians like Sans-Scrotum.”
In reference to my highlight above, “The [Iranian] state could legitimately leave the NPT by giving as reasons the threat to its security as undeniably confirmed in the public statements and writings of self-serving pols like Sans-Scrotum.”
Someone should ask Santy what he would do if Iran were to invoke its rights under the NPT and declare its intention to build nuclear weapons. In that case, Iran wouldn’t be in violation of international law. The question is, would Santy go along with that or would he decide to attack anyway – thereby putting the US in violation of international law?
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Steven Searle for US President in 2012
Founder of The Independent Contractors’ Party
“Considering that the US has 300M citizens, how is it the GOP can’t do better than the likes of Rick Santorum, shameless self-promoter, as a candidate for US President?” – Steve.
Contact me at bpa_cinc@yahoo.com
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