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Podcast: I Feel Snitty Episode 122: Choppers Without Filters Premiere Date: 3/10/21 Length: 3:43 (588 words) Link: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/choppers-without-filters/ Transcript:  Welcome to I Feel Snitty , episode 122, entitled, “Choppers Without Filters.” I’m your host, Craig Rozniecki.   In the past week, the Republican-led Arizona House passed a bill to provide business owners the right to deny any city or state regulations on mask-wearing at their establishments. Joseph Chaplik, the bill’s sponsor, had this to say about it:   “HIV was going to wipe our global destruction of human bodies with AIDS. We heard about that in the ‘80s, yet no masks were required.”   This may very well be the stupidest anti-mask argument I’ve heard yet. AIDS isn’t transferred via air or water, but through bodily fluids. You’ll never hear the following back-and-forth:   “Here, I’ll blow you a kiss.”   “No thanks. I don’t want AIDS.”   Giv...

The latest episode of my podcast ("I Feel Snitty"), entitled, "Choppers Without Filters," is now available! Here's a brief description of it: Meet Joseph Chaplik: Arizona Representative, married, two kids, and likes long walks on the beach - unless people are within breathing-proximity of each other, because that's how he thinks AIDS is spread. The episode can be heard here: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/choppers-without-filters/

There can be no mistaking it - televangelist Pat Robertson is crazier than Tom Cruise hopped up on speed while on the  Oprah Winfrey Show . He's let loose more facepalm-inducing quotes than drunken Richard Pryor-impersonating sailors have let the F-bomb slip. Robertson's latest such statement he made during a recent episode of The 700 Club , where he said this: "You know what they do in San Francisco? Some in the gay community there, they want to get people. So if they got the stuff (AIDS) they'll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring's got a little thing where you cut your finger. Really. It's that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder." Yeah, that kind of thing REALLY happens, Pat. Here's how such an event would transpire: Lance Lancestopherson (the most flamboyant gay man in the world): ::ponders to himself:: "Who should I infect today with my magical AIDS ring? It's about time I get with the program and...

While I'm not a fan of hyperbole, I think Republican Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield may very well be the stupidest politician in the country. The guy seems to play a weekly game with himself where he attempts to one-up his previous most ridiculous comment with one that reaches new heights of ridiculous even by his lofty standards. During the 2012 Republican National Convention, Campfield responded to Hurricane Isaac by writing the following in his blog - "All I can say is if this is a hurricane then East Tennessee has one about every other week. Seriously, It's not that bad. Some minor wind and intermittent light to medium rain. Nothing bad at all yet." Yes, close to a million people losing power with between $500 million and $1.5 billion in damage sounds just like an "intermittent light to medium rain" storm in East Tennessee. Next thing we know, Campfield will respond to a devastating earthquake in California by saying, "Every single d...

Since I have battled epilepsy for approximately 26 of my 30 years (who knows, perhaps longer), perhaps I'm a bit more sensitive to this condition than most other people. However, I can't for the life of me understand why some people think that seizures or epilepsy in general are funny. I can sometimes understand cracking jokes about certain conditions, such as attention-deficit disorder. I saw a t-shirt which states, "They say I have A.D.D., which I don't understand. Oh, look! A chicken!" I admit, I find that pretty funny and while I don't necessarily find the condition itself to be at all humorous, I also think it's less sensitive a subject than many other conditions, given the fact it's not going to be fatal. That's the crossing line for me between what could potentially be funny without being offensive and going a bit too far and likely hurting others' feelings due to their sensitivities on the condition. I don't hear many jokes re...