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Springfield, Missouri is the third largest city in the state of Missouri; it is the county seat of Green County. According to the most recent census data, the population is about 160,000. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population of nearly a half million includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk and Webster. Springfield’s nickname is the Queen City of the Ozarks and is known as the Birthplace of Route 66 as well as the home of several universities including Missouri State University.

The proposed law now includes protections for homosexuals, as well as other citizens who lodge complaints with the city regarding “…racial, religious and ethnic group tensions, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry
and discrimination, and any breach of the peace… ” To which I say big whooping deal.

In the following video recorded last August at one of the Springfield, Missouri City Council meetings, the speaker Reverend Phil Snider, of the Brentwood Christian Church, waits until 2 and one half excruciatingly long minutes into a 2 minute 50 second speech to reveal he  supports gay rights as stated in the outset of his presentation.

Prior to providing clarification he torments us for 2 minutes 30 seconds repeating the arguments (more…)

“The League of Women Voters is withdrawing sponsorship of the presidential debates…because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter. It has become clear to us that the candidates’ organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions. The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public.” ~ Nancy M.Neuman, president League of Women Voters, non-partisan civic organization in a news release October 2, 1988

Our staff believes it is fitting to present for your entertainment the comedy stylings of the late Richard Pryor. We think the U.S. Presidential Debates are a joke! Laughable! We’ll explain further in the piece.

Richard Pryor was an American original entertainer whose comedic presentations were often controversial, sometimes social statements, most often reliably funny.

In this 1977 video of a comedy sketch from the shortlived teevee program The Richard Pryor Show, we see Richard as the first black to be elected President of the United States at a formal news conference at the White House, presumably his first meeting with the media.

*Note how skillfully Pryor responds to questions in a presidential manner saying absolutely nothing; we believe his impression of a politician is very true to life! It transcends race.*

Tonight at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York, former Massachusetts governor Willard Romney will meet the current US president, President Barack Obama to participate in the second of three presidential debates. (more…)

We believe the Prime Minister of Australia has a right to be angry. Julia Gillard, elected the first female Prime Minister in June 2010, has endured for more than two years insults, rude remarks far outside the norm of the political realm from the leadership and members of the Opposition Party.

The Australian system, though different than the one in the US is similar because it is bicameral with an executive, the Prime Minister.

We believe, like the US President Barack Obama, being the first black man to hold the office of President of the United States, being the first to achieve any high level of leadership in government or commerce has its drawbacks, not enough to cause any person to forgo the desire to pursue and be successful in an endeavor where someone who looks like you has never been before. (more…)

Randy Newman, the multi-award-winning composer and singer-songwriter has recorded a new song in reaction to the latest shenanigans of the Republican Party. “I’m Dreaming of a White President” is sung to the Christmas classic “White Christmas”.

The staff of You Think What understands and we appreciate many of the cleverly written farcical lyrics and melodies created by Newman in the past…tunes like, “The Great Nations of Europe”, or “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” from the “Toy Story” series of Disney/Pixar animated films.

Newman has joined some other popular composers like the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, or the iconic Bob Dylan, and equally prolific creator, Ry Cooder in putting pen to paper to express their political feelings…ridicule, mock, ludicrous, lampooning, being sardonic… (more…)