A brand new site has popped up selling humorous conservative gear relating to President Joe Biden, ThxALotJoe.com. There are masks, mugs, shirts and posters. “Weekend at Biden’s” features your favorite Democrats, including Kamala Harris and Barack Obama propping up a half-dead looking Biden. Another saying shows Biden as the Night King from King of Thrones with his hands in the air saying “Winter is here.” PinnochiJoe displays Biden with a long nose denying the border crisis. Kamala Kameleon features the VP as a chameleon with a devastating description. The site is always adding new items. The current administration should give them plenty of material to work with.
Barry Ussery, an accountant in Georgia, started the site because he felt people weren’t having fun anymore. Last year was really tough for people due to COVID-19, and he wanted to lighten things up a bit. He dislikes how bad the dialogue has gotten. White conservative males like him are always blamed for everything. Biden’s barely been in office but he’s already been bad news with his executive actions, stopping the Keystone Pipeline, increasing gas prices and the debacle at the border. When Democrats are in office, there are considerably more claims of racism. There’s a lack of accountability; they want to blame someone else for their actions. Biden has started out bad and it’s probably going to get worse.
While Barry is a strong conservative who hasn’t been thrilled with Biden taking office, he didn’t want to be mean about it. This site seemed like a great way to start a small business. “Small business is the American way,” he says. Barry eventually hopes to retire from accounting, which isn’t always the most interesting work he says. This allows him a creative outlet. It’s a fun way to push back. If there's any silver lining from the last election, it's that we as conservatives get to make fun of their guy for awhile.
Unfortunately, he has been unable to run ads for his site on Facebook. The company rejects them for being political. He has tried to revise them with no success. At first, they refused to run an ad for his Weekend at Biden’s gear. He took out references to the election and political verbiage in his ad and they still rejected it. He blurred the characters’ faces and they still wouldn’t accept it. Based on a lot of ads Facebook allows that touch on political issues from the left, Facebook is probably discriminating against him for being conservative.
Barry said he became a conservative when he was old enough to vote. Growing up during the Reagan administration influenced him. His mom did not — she is an ultraliberal. He said they avoid talking about politics and they get along just fine. Married for over 30 years with four kids, he believes we live in the best country in the world. Yet everyone always blames the U.S. and fails to give us credit. He started a GoFundMe to raise money to leave Georgia in case Democrat Jon Ossoff won the U.S. Senate race there, although he ended up not moving after he won. When his friends proved too cheap to contribute the $5 minimum, Barry started thinking of other fund raising ideas, and ThxALotJoe.com was born.
Barry is looking forward to what his lefty friends have to say about the site. His conservative friends are already concerned the left may try to cancel him. But he wants to get a message out. He tells others not to give up hope. Stay informed and stay engaged. Don’t believe all the bad news in the media. And do what you can locally. Visit ThxALotJoe.com to see what's been added.
