On the heels of his recent political endeavors supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama, film star Samuel L. Jackson today announced a move into local politics by entering the race for the District 8 City Council seat on the Chattanooga City Council.
The highest-grossing actor of all time, Jackson was raised in Chattanooga by his mother and grandmother and attended then-segregated Riverside High (now CSAS). Jackson is a frequent visitor to the scenic city who has occasionally been spotted at local favorites Bea's and Rembrandt's. He stated that he purchased a downtown condo nearly two years ago under an assumed name. His wife LaTanya, along with their numerous pet snakes, will continue to reside in their luxury apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
When asked whether he would meet the residency requirements to get his name on the ballot, he forcefully replied "I don't need no motherf-----g utility bills to prove my motherf-----g residency. I love Chattanooga, and I was a motherf-----g Jedi, b---h. I'd be one bad motherf----r of a City Councilman!"
This post is satire, and we cried a little bit because we had to say so.
jimi Lee on Oct. 9, 2008
I'm crying from laughing so hard,this is great!
-jimi Lee
www.indieradiochattanooga.com
PhragMunkee on Oct. 9, 2008
A Jedi for city council? Hell yeah!
Adrienne on Oct. 9, 2008
I'm printing out that picture and hanging it above my desk to laugh at on bad days.
PhragMunkee on Oct. 9, 2008
I'm with Adrienne. Think you could linky to a higher res for larger printing?
John Hawbaker on Oct. 9, 2008
I'll check with our resident photo manipulator and see if there is a higher-res version. Glad you all enjoyed this!
sandy on Oct. 9, 2008
hilarious!
introverted one on Oct. 10, 2008
I was reading this & thinking to myself how awesome that this is happening as we are gearing up to move to Chattanooga! And then I realized it was satire. That's okay! We're still comin'!
klappy on Oct. 10, 2008
i'm about to write some css to display:none; all disclaimers of satire.
would help if i could get you to enclose them all with a ...
thanks again for the laugh :)
klappy on Oct. 10, 2008
*<span class="satiredisclaimer" >...</span>
What the h*ll? on Jan. 1, 2009
He's not the lawyer, insurance agent, or go between for a land developer. Nor is he a land developer. I think we should recruit him.
Maybe the only reason he can't qualify is that he doesn't own enough properties in order to favor swap on the council or planning commission. Don't you have to have a certain number of parcels with which to spot zone, in order to have credibility on our voting bodies?
pixelguru on Feb. 23, 2009
Enough is enough! I've had it with all the motherf@#$in' satire on this motherf@#$in' blog!
Actually this was just a witty response. Please continue the satire.