I admire his “Derringers for Dildos” program to save our delicate women from degeneracy.
I googled his phone number. He seems to be a lawyer. So of course he is evil.
[QUOTE=Measure for Measure]
…and in 2006, Zirkle picked up 30 percent of the Republican vote during the primary contest against former Representative Chris Chocola (R-IN).
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Damn. Republicans (the voters, not just the polticians) ARE evil!!!
Never doubted it for a minute, though.
[QUOTE=Measure for Measure]
During the day, Zirkle works as a criminal defense lawyer: here’s his website:
http://www.tonyzirklecriminallaw.com/practice-area.cfm
He also practices family law:
http://www.tonyzirklefamily.com/practice-area.cfm
I think he has 8 law offices, or at least 8 phone numbers:
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How did a guy this stupid get admitted to any state bar?!
[QUOTE=SmartAleq]
I think that’s my favorite heading title. I have NO idea what it’s all about, but if it weren’t so long it’d make a whizzo band name!
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Are you fucking kidding me?
I’m going to brush up on my guitar skills, find a good bass player and drummer, as well as a tattooed and pierced lead singer named Snot Evil, and write some kickass metal tunes, then get us some gigs, work our way through the club scene and up the music industry ladder until we’re topping the charts, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE of naming the band Tyrant King Porn Dragon.
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]
How did a guy this stupid get admitted to any state bar?!
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Nah…too easy.
[QUOTE=2nd Law]
Apparently his big things are pornography and prostitution, specifically involving white women. I wonder how many gigs of porn he has on his home computer…
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“It’s for research, I swear, RESEARCH I TELLS YA!”
(no I will not take the $2 bet - I guarantee this guy has a serious porn habit of some kind going on…)
The ‘divorce aid’ as euphemism for ‘dildo’ thing really confused me, but I think I’ve sorted it out.
- A lawyer aids you in getting a divorce
- This guy is a lawyer
- He’s also a dildo
- Therefore, dildo=divorce aid
Is this called the commutative property of artificial penises or soemthing?
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto]
Fine to ask about qualifications in a general sense, but there are many historians without doctorates or even degrees in history. This is especially true outside of academia, where historian is assigned as a collateral duty or full-time job in military units, corporations, and nonprofit organizations.
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Different definition, different professional category.
I doubt any persons who do that sort of document-keeping, in this country at least, refer to themselves as “an historian,” as if they were on the faculty at Oxbridge.
Actually, we can’t all agree with that, because it’s wrong.
The ability to write a doctoral dissertation doesn’t get judged along with someone’s actual work as a practitioner in that field, because it is part of that work. A dissertation in history would consist of the same sort of historical research that a practicing historian would do. That’s the whole point of a dissertation in a field: its approval by the faculty is their attestation that the student of an intellectual discipline has become a successful practitioner of it. Once can become a practicing historian, mathematician, or whatever without having earned a doctorate, but it’s certainly the road less traveled.
[QUOTE=Steve MB]
Actually, his issues with women make me wonder how wide his stance is…
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Good point.
I was thinking if he really wanted to score points with the anti-prostitution message, he ought to run for governor of New York.
It would be badass to sit down with this guy and interview him. I’d make it a very professional thing, not be judgmental at all, and assure him (truthfully) that the article would not be intended to smear or undermine him but simply display his views and his political message. I think he’d probably love the free publicity, and it would give me an opportunity to write an interesting piece on a very bizarre man.
[QUOTE=The Weird One]
I love Indiana, but it’s the only place I’ve ever seen white supremacists in person - they were handing out pamphlets on a street corner across from the diner where we were having lunch one Sunday. I’ve heard from friends and family members who live/d there that it has far more than it’s fair share of xenophobic, racist nutjobs.
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Well, things have gotten a lot better in Indiana since the 1920s:
"In 1924, (Ku Klux) Klan numbers overwhelmed the state’s Republican Party and elected the governor (Ed Jackson), a majority in both houses of the legislature, and nearly all of the state’s thirteen congressmen.
For awhile there, the Indiana Klan had the most powerful state organization during the group’s resurgence in the '20s. It collapsed quickly and messily after their leader D.C. Stephenson got involved in a lurid rape case, but it was spectacular while it lasted.
[QUOTE=Measure for Measure]
…and in 2006, Zirkle picked up 30 percent of the Republican vote during the primary contest against former Representative Chris Chocola (R-IN).
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What did he run as, the Frankenberry candidate?
ETA: Apologies to Dathai Lacha for missing his breakfast food reference.
Further apologies if I spelled his name wrong and didn’t have time to fix it.
[QUOTE=eleanorigby]
I curious as to why he wants to desecrate an American monument (Mt Rushmore) with “divorce aids”–perhaps an environmental impact study should first be done. 
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No, come on, that could be really cool! Stand them all up on end, and if you have enough, they could look like four Presidential Chia Heads!
[QUOTE=Furious_Marmot]
The ‘divorce aid’ as euphemism for ‘dildo’ thing really confused me, but I think I’ve sorted it out.
- A lawyer aids you in getting a divorce
- This guy is a lawyer
- He’s also a dildo
- Therefore, dildo=divorce aid
Is this called the commutative property of artificial penises or soemthing?
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I have seen in more conservative areas dildos, vibrators, butt plugs, anal beads, strap ons, ball gags and penile restraints advertised as “marital aids”.
(ok, just vibrators and dildos. but that list was FUN to write!)
I liked the part where he compared speaking at Hitler’s birthday party to speaking on an African-American radio station (I didn’t even realize that radio stations had race, but okay.)
He seems like a very special man.
If anybody is interested in the travails of former Representative Chris Chocola (R-IN2), they can check out the listing from TPM’s search engine. This center-left website pegged him as a premier Social Security bamboozler.
Can I be an historian too? I have an AA in Liberal Arts! I got it by accident, but that’s beside the point…
He appears to be a Naval Academy grad. WTF?
He must’ve gone nuts after his service. No way could anyone this wacky get through the Academy.
http://www.tonyzirkle.com/CAMPAIGN/Tony_Zirkle_Answers_Michigan_City_News_Dispatch_Questionnaire e
Hmm. Looks like he was never commissioned as a Naval officer. Maybe a psychotic break while at the Academy?
Totally without scientific backing, I’ll nevertheless mention that I have all too ofetn observed someone “excusing” a behavior in rhetoric that it later turns out they practice or wish to practice. Borderline racists claim to deplore racism, but they “understand how people could come to think that way,” and so on. That said, note this little gem:
[QUOTE=Man obsessed with pornography and dildoes]
Who knows what toxic chemicals these women are inserting into the most intimate areas of their bodies and how many men chase children because they can not find comfort from an adult women.
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Bolding mine.
Sailboat