TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! REVEALED: KANSAS CITY 2ND DISTRICT AT-LARGE CANDIDATE JAY HODGES INKED IN TRIBUTE TO IRISH REPUBLICAN HUNGER STRIKE PROTESTOR BOBBY SANDS!!!
2nd District At-Large Council Contender Jay Hodges worked hard to achieve an impressive résumé as a policy analyst and rising star Kansas City politico but he's also a beer drinking, gun-toting dude covered in tattoos.
In fairness, it's not as tawdry as the TKC blog community would expect or hope . . .
Mr. Hodges is an amateur brewer who has been moonlighting at Boulevard for more than a few years. His friends also tell us that he's a gun advocate and CCW enthusiast . . .
But most interesting of all . . .
MOST OF HIS COLLEAGUES DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT JAY HODGES HOSTS A LOT OF INK AND EVEN TRIBUTE TO AN OLD SCHOOL IRISH HERO!!!
Remember that we noted Kansas City 2nd District At-Large Candidate Jay Hodges touting his Irish heritage as the general election moves closer.
Given the social media photo recently snagged by KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTERS, the Irish connection is something that Mr. Hodges takes seriously.
The image on his arm . . .
That's Bobby Sands - Bobby Sands was an Irish nationalist who led a hunger strike in prison in 1981. He was elected Member of Parliament during the strike and died May 5, 1981.
His hunger strike is said to have inspired Nelson Mandela and even today his legacy resonates with KC Irish locals who know their history.
Accordingly, the Irish angle is smart given the demographics of the Brookside/Waldo/South Kansas City area.
In a low voter turnout election, candidates will be pushing to differentiate themselves from the crowd and the ability of Mr. Hodges to talk beer, guns and history with constituents might be something that sets him apart from the crowd.
Developing . . .
I didn't now about the Mandela connection, nice find. Thanks for the link T.
ReplyDeleteFuck Mandela, South Africa is devolving into a black tribal dystopia that has blacks wishing for the good old days of Apartheid.
ReplyDeleteRead "Into the Cannibal's Pot" by Illana Mercer.
South Africa, like Detroit and hundreds of other cities, suffers and is destroyed by black hegemony in numbers, then in politics.
Google the "Death of Johannesburg" and check out what Mandela did for South Africa.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting that Bruce Springstench and Bono don't go down there and give concerts for the dead 6,000 white farmers who have been murdered.
I wonder if this vanilla, desperate for identity Midwestern poser has ever been to Ireland or actually knows any Irish people.
ReplyDeleteActually, Jay is anything but a "poser." He is a man with strong ethics and principles whose word is good, strong Irish traits. You don't need a trip to Ireland to confirm your heritage.
DeleteIt also doesn't appear that you have even a shallow understanding of Bobby Sands, Jay. If you did, you'd know better than to permanently associate yourself with a terrorist. Man, do a bit of research.
DeleteThe IRA regularly murdered and tortured innocents. They would use drills on the kneecaps of those they marked out as enemies. Even you must have heard of the bombings. Bobby Sands was a full-throated supporter of these tactics and was guilty of some of them himself. Did you hear a Pogues or Christy Moore song and then run down to the ink shop?
So good work. Maybe you can have it changed to Charles Manson or something. Is this the due diligence and good judgment you bring to public office?
Yikes. Get Bin Laden or Abu Nidal next. You still have another forearm to use as a billboard for things you don't understand.
What an idiot. I kind of think I'm Irish, so I will mark myself for life with the image of a figure from decades old Irish politics who I think was kewl.
ReplyDeleteDifferent strokes for different folks. I admire someone who isn't afraid to say something like this publicly and permenently. I doubt Jay did this to be "cool." Kinda like people who spell cool as kewl.
DeleteI see you flunked irony class. Also, my admiration for the bravery of public statements is based on content, not loudness.
DeleteIt's good to see Mr. Hodges endorsing the sectarian bombings, tortures, and terrorism of the IRA. If he knows he's doing it.
ReplyDeleteDid you even read the article? Do you know the Mandela associations? It would appear not.
DeleteYour tattoo is of Bobby Sands, not Mandela.
Delete"There is, of course, absolutely no mention of Bobby Sands' firearms offences, nor of his first prison sentence - for armed robbery and attempted armed robbery at two petrol stations - nor of his being found guilty, after only six months of release, of involvement in a bombing in Dunmorry and a subsequent gun battle with police."--- UK Daily Mail
DeleteJohannesburg was saved from the baboon rampage by natural selection and good conservation measures but nothing has saved it from the ruling political party in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC). The ANC is not the American movie theater chain. What we can learn from South Africa is that the baboon is not the most feral and destructive of primates.
ReplyDeleteMost tattoos are disasters, but this one truly stands out. What kind of struggle has this whitebread 'policy analyst' ever experienced that compares to the deadly complexity of Irish nationalism? Did someone bump his SUV on the way to Trader Joe's?
ReplyDeleteHow about the fact that he chose to honor someone who influenced him? Whom do you honor?
DeleteCertainly not a famous terrorist. Let's start there. Are you gonna plant bombs like Bobby, Jay?
DeleteWhy are there white farmers in South Africa? Are there black farmers in England?
ReplyDeleteWhy do the natives here live on "reservations" while the invaders pretend that this is their country?
Its pretty disgusting, really.
Read about Winnie Mandela, the wife of Nelson Mandela. Burning people alive, corruption, a trail of Suspicion and controversy with everything she touched.
ReplyDelete"the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission found that she had personally been responsible for the murder, torture, abduction and assault of numerous men, women and children, as well as indirectly responsible for an even larger number of such crimes."
I bet he's a big fan of dirty protests.
ReplyDeleteWinnie and her boys would like to "Tire" a person. That is tying them up and then putting a tire about their neck and setting it on fire.
ReplyDeleteThe joke was when Nelson and Winnie got divorced, he got the Mercedes and she got the tires.
Byron you idiot, there are black famers in the UK as a result of black African and West Indian immigration.
The indigenous peoples of South Africa were displaced and slaughtered by the Zulus. Then blacks followed, as usual, white civilization because it beat living under a tree and eating bananas. The pretense that Africa was, is or will be a wonderful place to live because of Africans is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteDisgusting, is looking at the results of what has happened in South Africa since the end of Apartheid.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me if why I loved Margaret thatcher, she said "if mr sands wishes to kill himself, let him do it". Or words to that effect.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days when we had real keaders
The more I read and learn about Hodges the more I'm convinced he's the best candidate for 2nd district at large. If Teresa Loar got a tattoo if would probably be of Ed Ford.
ReplyDelete12:23 For. The. Win!
DeleteEuropeans settled in South Africa when the area was virtually unpopulated. As Dutch and English settlers began building a prosperous nation, black Africans were attracted to the area. In time the people of European descent found themselves a tiny minority and the society they built was taken away from them by black migrants from the north.
ReplyDeleteFew black South Africans are grateful for the life enhancements they enjoy due to the innovation of white people.
You do know that there is an actual place called Ireland, right? It exists all the time, not just on St. Patrick's day. It has a rich, complicated and conflicted history and its people are not all hip wisecrackers like in the Boondock Saints.
ReplyDeleteHere's my advice. I have friends in Ulster. Look it up. If you ever go to Ireland, I'd wear a long sleeved shirt. Then you might come across as the typical ignorant Yank. At least you won't have to explain, if you can, why you have chosen to make your body a tribute to a member of an organization that cost real people their lives.
Another pro tip: don't kiss the Blarney Stone.
This is an actual candidate for public office?
Now that you mention it, much of Britain would be off the table as well. There are plenty of people there who have strong memories of the Troubles. Kind of like getting a tat of one of those Russian bozos who blew up the marathon and then heading to Boston.
DeleteIrish. What can you say about the people who invented whiskey, terrorism and dirty poetry?
ReplyDeleteActually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that separate, sancrosanct White nations will not be enough in the long run (though it would be an absolutely required first step). The White race, when a minority within a predominantly non-white society, has historically, over time, ALWAYS been eventually inundated and exterminated by the non-whites. At a world-wide level, Whites are a small minority within a vastly majority non-white population. We are, therefore, doomed as long as we remain a minority.
ReplyDeleteRealistically, then, the ONLY SOLUTION is a majority White world, completely controlled by White men. Indeed, perhaps we should go even farther. The only solution is a 100% White world, controlled by White men.
Contemplate such a world for a few minutes. It is the only answer.
An entirely white world would end up with a planet occupied by a bunch of sunburned monkeys with guns.
ReplyDeleteI don't give a shit about Bobby Sands, I care that this guy helped Sly James put his horrible policies in action for 4 years and now wants to be a pawn of Sly James on the council. He's a yes man and he doesn't have a mind or a will of his own. That's the real story of Jay Hodges.
ReplyDeleteI avenged the death of Bobby Sands tonight by eating a whole slab of Rosedale's ribs.
ReplyDeleteHey, Byron, you petulant little cunt: What's your solution? Give the Indians back their land and everyone go back to the land of their national origin? What about people with mixed backgrounds like you, dipshit: How can you go back to both Germany and the Masengill factory at the same time?
ReplyDeleteTypical simplistic, unthinking liberal vomit, spewed all over our screens once again. Back to your sheep-shagging, hillbilly.
Unionists will not give a ratsass about a Sands tat, shirt, flag or U2's Bono (Catholic) with Edge (Protestant) belting out 'BLOODY SUNDAY' .
ReplyDeleteNow, assert Robbie Keane (L.A. Galaxy forward) is better than Andy Reid (Nottingham forward) and the fisticuffs or, at least, putdowns commence.
Oh sure. The central crisis of the country's history has been completely resolved with no hard feelings! ;)
DeleteIt's the economy STOOPID. Clinton and Blair set a peace process with Sinn Fein back in the late 90's. Irish were working and going to universities in US and Europe through the 80's - 90's most returning to expand their stakes in global markets.
DeleteEconomic betterment for the Irish has soothed tensions for awhile now.
Tony O'Neill, former Irish Rugby pro saved John Kerry's in-laws' Heinz Corp. fortunes, and that is only one successful partnership of thousands in the last three decades.
'Car bombs' are served up in a crowded pub rather than Derry ghettos of late!
You know, Tony and his loyal fans can continue to pretend that Sly has been the worst and most unpopular mayor in the city's history.
ReplyDeleteBut he didn't attract a single serious opponent in his re-election bid, and won 84 percent of the primary vote.
Compare that to the last mayoral election when the truly unpopular incumbent didn't even survive the primary.
Voter apathy and hopelessness does not equal great leadership.
DeleteMeanwhile, crime is bad and getting worse. Infrastructure is crumbling. And all City Hall seems interested in is its string of pet projects.
Don't ascribe the low turnout for municipal elections just to "apathy and hopelessness". A lot of people vote with the feet. And other people could be perfectly happy with Sly, figure he was going to win in a landslide against two clowns, and don't make the effort.
ReplyDeleteAlso, don't think that low turnout for municipal elections is unique to Kansas City. It happens everywhere?
Why? Go read Tony's links to the Web pages of Heather Hall and Jay Hodges, two people whom he thinks can shake things up.
Nothing but general platitudes about "fiscal responsibility" and "working smarter."
Want to know why? Because they are at least smart enough to know that the vast majority of voters in KC are pretty happy with Sly, and if they turned their races into referendums on Sly, they'd get their butts handed to them.
You know, I truly feel sorry for people who live in Tony's bubble and buy his bullshit. They are so disconnected from reality.
But then again, I am reminded of the story of the worm who lived its entire life in a pile of bullshit and believe the entire universe was made out of bullshit.
No, the bubble is City Hall. The worms that live in it and call it home, like dear Jay, certainly have no grasp of the bread and butter issues and frankly couldn't care less.
DeleteWhat upsets you is that there are dissenting voices. The bullshit pile of City Hall loves its own stench so much that when someone points out real problems or the failure of the current administration, they're called 'haters'. City Hall and its flacks, like you, have pet rationalizations for everything--particuarly low voter turnout and a voting public that drives through crime-ridden, disintegrating streets.
But wiggle on, loyal worm! You serve your masters well.
When Jay-Jay shakes anything but his cock in a City Hall urinal, let us know.
ReplyDelete"What upsets you is that there are dissenting voices."
ReplyDeleteUpset? Me? No, I am actually laughing at Tony and his loyal band of "dissenters" because the only "dissenting voices" they hear are the ones inside their heads.
But go ahead. Follow those links to the Web sites of Hodges and Hall. If you call that "dissent" then you are even dumber than Tony.
You know what really wrong around here? People who are incapable of thinking beyond the kneejerk, "If they are an incumbent they are an asshole" without regard of who they are electing in their place.
So all we ever wind up with is another council full of even dumber assholes, because dumb shits like you don't really bother to find out what the opponent stands for. They aren't an incumbent, so that's good enough for you.
It was Anthony 'Tony' O'REILLY, not O'Neill......the Guiness families thank him also...!
ReplyDelete