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ALABAMA: Radio Host Rick Burgess Calls On Officials To Turn Away Gay Couples

For those blissfully unaware, Burgess is the co-host of the nationally syndicated Rick & Bubba Show, which claims ten million daily listeners in 50 markets, most of which are in the south and midwest. Burgess last appeared on JMG five years ago when his rant about Obama's pride month proclamation went viral on YouTube. Producers of the show made that clip private after an advertiser boycott campaign against the show was launched, but the rant had already been mirrored on other channels. The above tweets, by the way, are currently at the top of Roy Moore's Facebook page.

DALLAS: Anti-Gay Airport Attacker Faces Maximum Fine Of $1000 And No Jail Time

The drunk redneck whose vicious anti-gay assault at the Dallas airport was captured on a video that rocketed around the world has been charged with misdemeanor assault and probably faces at most, a $1000 fine. John Wright reports at Lone Star Q:

According to the report obtained by Lone Star Q, the man’s name is McCleish Christmas Benham, 27. He is currently charged with public intoxication and simple assault, both class-C misdemeanors each punishable by a maximum $500 fine, but no jail time. However, if prosecutors choose to utilize Texas’ hate crimes law, they could enhance the assault charge to a class-B misdemeanor. Class-B misdemeanors are punishable by 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine per offense.

As you see by the map at the bottom of this post, Texas does have a hate crimes law that includes sexual orientation (but not gender identity). Local activists should get loud.

On the arrest report Benham's home is listed as Shelbyville, Tennessee. From the arresting officer's report on the victim:

"I identified the older white male who was the target of Benham's assaultive behavior by his DL. He was identified as [redacted]. [Redacted] told me that he witnessed Mr. Benham verbally assaulting a female American Airlines gate agent. [Redacted] said he told Mr. Benham that the police were on the way and he needed to calm down. [Redacted] said Mr. Benham called him a 'San Frisco Faggot' and then punched him in his right eye. [Redacted] said Mr. Benham then began threatening a different male passenger. [Redacted] said he warned Mr. Benham a second time to calm down because the police were going to arrest him."

The report notes that Benham continued to struggle during the attempt to handcuff him and after the officer identified himself. Only after the second officer arrived were they able to handcuff him. So why no charge of resisting arrest? Hit the link for the full arrest report.

Wonkette: Actor Paul Rudd Was Among Bystanders Who Took Down Homophobe After Assault At Dallas Airport

Wonkette reports today that actor Paul Rudd was among the bystanders that rushed to take down a drunk redneck homophobe who had just assaulted a man after calling him a "faggot." At this writing, it doesn't appear that Rudd has confirmed the story, but after watching the clip again, it does look like him. The original video of the attack now has over 1.7 million views. Dallas police have not yet identified the assailant.

(Tipped by JMG reader Joe)

UPDATE: The tweet below is from the above-linked Wonkette blogger. Some Twitter users remain convinced that it was Rudd.

UPDATE II: The actual hero has identified himself as Dallas marketing guy Ben Kravit.

DALLAS: Airport Bystanders Take Down Drunk Redneck Homophobe After Verbal & Physical Assault On (Possibly) Gay Man

This went down at the Dallas airport. Via Raw Story:

The video is dated Thursday, October 23, and shows an unnamed angry man bellowing and threatening another passenger who is wearing a jacket and a pink shirt. A tall man in a black cowboy hat approaches and asks the angry man what he’s upset about. “Queers!” the man shouted. “That’s what I’m upset about. This faggot right here.” After a tense exchange, the angry man kicks the man in the pink shirt, then slaps at him and grabs his hair. A number of people rush to intervene as the man is tacked and put on the floor. The man in the cowboy hat can be heard saying loudly, “No way! No way, you motherfucker. You ain’t doin’ that fucking shit, motherfucker.”

Handcuffed redneck: "I punched him square in the mouth in the fuckin' mouth is what I did. Because this is AMERICA. When I get up I'm gonna beat the shit out of him."

(Tipped by JMG reader Joel)

No Charges In Palin Family Brawl

Via the Alaska Dispatch:

Prosecutors won't proceed with charges in a brawl that involved several members of the Palin family, Anchorage police said Thursday. The news comes as Anchorage police released reports Thursday morning outlining witness statements in the fight. Police were called to South Anchorage regarding a brawl involving about 20 people that had broken out at Korey Klingenmeyer's house on the evening of Sept. 6. The event was a birthday party for brothers Marc and Matthew McKenna and Klingenmeyer’s son. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, Todd, and some of their children were there.

Five police officers wrote up police reports on the scene. More than 15 witnesses were interviewed, and the statements offer conflicting information regarding what happened. Overall, the accounts in the police report seemed to confirm, in broad terms, initial witness reports that surfaced before the police report's release. At least two fights appear to have broken out during the party, according to witness statements: a fight involving Track Palin, 25, and his father, Todd, and one involving Bristol Palin, 23, oldest daughter of the Palins. Seven witnesses verified Klingenmeyer’s account of being punched in the face repeatedly by Bristol Palin.

Lots more juicy details at the link.

ALASKA: Witness To Palin Family Brawl Gets Fired For Speaking To ABC News

Via Mediaite:

Entertainment Tonight producer Elizabeth Applegate tweeted that she’d spoken to Townsend this morning, who confirmed that he’d been fired specifically for talking to ABC. Weirdly enough, Political Gates reported that Thompson’s former employers, McKenna Brothers Paving, were the hosts of the party where the brawl took place. Last Saturday, many members of the Palin family attended a Wasilla party honoring the champions of the Iron Dog snowmobile race, and their presence eventually sparked a 20-person brawl — in which the Palins allegedly, wholeheartedly participated.

ALASKA: Palin Clan In Huge Brawl

This should prove fascinating. 

The details are a little sketchy, but there's enough of them, from enough different sources, that a story emerges, a story that according to the gossip Gods, looks kind of like this: There's some sort of unofficial birthday/Iron Dog-type/snowmachine party in Anchorage. A nice, mellow party, until the Palins show up. There's beer, of course, and maybe other things. Which is all fine, but just about the time when some people might have had one too many, Track Palin stumbles out of a stretch Hummer, and immediately spots an ex-boyfriend of Willow's. Track isn't happy with this guy, the story goes. There's words, and more. The owner of the house gets involved, and he probably wished he hadn't. At this point, he's up against nearly the whole Palin tribe: Palin women screaming. Palin men thumping their chests. Word is that Bristol has a particularly strong right hook, which she employed repeatedly, and it's something to hear when Sarah screams, "Don't you know who I am!"

(Tipped by JMG reader Homer)

Quote Of The Day - Uncle Poodle

"Things are changing. My husband and I live in Milledgeville because we want to be out in the country. I’m gay, but I’m as redneck as I can get, and we want to be somewhere we can fish and jump on a four-wheeler, go hog wallowing. There’s probably 40 or 50 of us gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people. Around here, they’re all open about it, everybody knows it. It’s not like there’s a gay bar here. We go to the same bars as everybody else, we’re all part of the same community. If there’s people who have a problem with it, they keep it to themselves, just like if I have a problem with them, I keep it to myself. But if you want people to accept you, you have to show you don’t have a problem with yourself and just be up front about who you are. If you do, you earn people’s respect. If everybody would just go on and do that, ignorant people couldn’t cause so many problems." - Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Uncle Poodle, speaking to the Georgia Voice.

Headline Of The Day

Details.

Matt Barber: Tambourine-Playing Beatnik Obama Wants To Destroy Military

Also, queers are going to crazy in the showers.

RADIO: Redneck Shock Jocks Go Off On Obama's Pride Month Proclamation

Pam Spaulding tips us:

The hosts of The Rick and Bubba Show, who on-air embody all of the embarrassing redneck stereotypes about southern white men, keep it real. We're talking about Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey. They broadcast on WZZK and XM Radio (Facebook page here) and call themselves the "The Two Sexiest Fat Men Alive." They went into an incredible homophobic rant about sin, adultery, fornication and everything but the kitchen sink over the fact that the President declared June Pride month.

A Facebook group calling for a boycott of the show's sponsors is here.

Welcome To America

Rex Wockner points us to this bit of holiday Americana.

Wayne Spring shot off his mouth. And then a firing squad of Saints fans shot up his 60-inch flat screen - may it rest in pieces. The Louisiana man predicted a Washington Redskins' victory over undefeated New Orleans last Sunday - and offered local fans a chance to blast his beloved television if the Saints prevailed. They did, with a 33-30 overtime triumph. Within minutes, Spring's phone was ringing madly. And then his Albany, La., driveway was filled with Saints fans fueled by vengeance and beer. "They said they were coming with guns," said Spring. "And then they were in my driveway. With guns." The executioners - most in Saints jerseys - shot his television to bits, the fusillade of handgun and rifle fire every bit as accurate as a Drew Brees bomb. "They blew it to smithereens," said Spring, who owns a pair of local trailer parks. He taped the whole thing and posted it on YouTube, where it's collected more than 150,000 600,000 viewings. "I'm not sure if I was drinking or not when I made the offer," Spring said yesterday. "But I know when they came here, some of those fellas were drinking. "Some of 'em were nine sheets to the wind."

Idiocracy, 500 Years Early

No, this is not an outtake from the best film of 2006. I doubt you'll make it past the first minute. We are all truly doomed.

(Tipped by JMG reader KatRose)

The New Redneck Anthem

Cletus and Maybelle Hillbilly of Slack Jaw, West Virginia give us their musical opinion on same-sex marriage. You just have to laugh. Note the Sarah Palin lookalike playing the teacher. Here's their site. (Warning: autoplay nincompoopery.)