{"id":24171,"date":"2017-05-07T11:17:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=24171"},"modified":"2017-05-07T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T15:17:22","slug":"how-are-mcconnell-and-ryan-remaining-upright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=24171","title":{"rendered":"How are McConnell and Ryan remaining upright?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. I saw a story in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/scientists-baffled-by-mcconnell-and-ryans-ability-to-stand-upright-without-spines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the New Yorker<\/a> regarding Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan and their ability to stand upright without a spine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/spineless-wimp.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/spineless-wimp.gif?resize=145%2C147\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many scientists are now looking into this \u201cmiracle\u201d trying to find a scientific reason for these two spineless creatures having the ability to stand upright. Here are the details from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/scientists-baffled-by-mcconnell-and-ryans-ability-to-stand-upright-without-spines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Calling it a \u201cmedical mystery of the first order,\u201d scientists are baffled by the ability of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan to stand upright without the benefit of spines. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face-300x225.png?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Doctors at the University of Minnesota Medical School, who have been studying the skeletal structures of both Republicans for months, believe that their ability to stand, walk, and even break into a brisk trot when confronted by reporters\u2019 questions is \u201cvirtually inexplicable.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>The fact that they can do these things without the aid of spines makes McConnell and Ryan anomalies in the animal kingdom,\u201d said Dr. Davis Logsdon. \u201cAccording to everything medical science teaches us, their bodies should be collapsing to the ground in two heaps.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there is a theory regarding how these two spineless creatures can maintain an upright position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>As the Minnesota scientists have struggled to solve the medical conundrum presented by the two invertebrate leaders, one theory that has gained traction is what Logsdon calls \u201cthe startled-deer hypothesis.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>Just as a deer freezes in the headlights of a car and briefly appears statue-like, we believe that Ryan and McConnell\u2019s bodies may retain their rigid structure out of terror alone,\u201d he said. \u201cIn other words, fear is performing the function that a spine performs in other people.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/danger-science.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/danger-science-300x288.png?resize=300%2C288\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/danger-science.png?resize=300%2C288&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/danger-science.png?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Calling it \u201cjust a theory,\u201d Logsdon said that the anatomies of McConnell and Ryan require further study, and that there was growing public support for both men to be dissected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that is an excellent idea. I think we should start <a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a petition at Whitehouse.gov<\/a> asking that both Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell be dissected in the interests of science. If the scientists can\u2019t determine how these two spineless politicians are able to maintain an upright posture, there are many others in the House of Representatives and the Senate that could also stand to be dissected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21766\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg?resize=500%2C282&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in the interests of science of course.<\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;large&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. I saw a story in the New Yorker regarding Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan and their ability to stand upright without a spine. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=24171\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,6,135,71,151,57,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-humor","category-just-desserts","category-news-of-the-day","category-rino","category-technology","category-the-good-idea-fairy"],"views":638,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25993,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=25993","url_meta":{"origin":24171,"position":0},"title":"The Cronybus spending bill","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"March 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. 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