Mayhe is going undercover to discover the
real story of Obamas birth!!
Or maybe he left his stash at home, and he
is hoping to score!!
Or maybe, he disregarded the warnings on his
prescription bottle? People with high blood
pressure aren't supposed to take those
little blue pills, ya know...
Brian
December
30 - There's good news about American
intelligence and there's bad news.
The good news is ----
Despite former Alaska
Governor Sarah Palin's whirlwind year, Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton has edged her out for 2009's
most admired woman, according to a
recent USA Today/Gallup poll. Clinton
got 16 percent of the vote, with Palin coming in
second at 15 percent. Oprah Winfrey and Michelle
Obama took third and fourth place respectively with
8% and 7%.
In the men's poll,
Barack Obama won overwhelmingly, taking 30% of the
vote despite recent dips in his approval ratings.
The bad news is ----
Former president George
W. Bush finished in second place with 4%, topping
Nelson Mandela's 3% vote. Glenn Beck and Pope
Bendict XVI were neck and neck, both with 2 percent.
There is something so obscene and nauseous about George
Bush being in the same sentence with Nelson Mandela that
I cannot even think about it without clenching my teeth
and shaking.
On the lighter side, Bill Clinton was tied with Tiger
Woods with 1%.
December 30
- Just thought y'all might want to see a
picture of Momma with the new Houston
City Controller
Ronald Green. Congrats, Ron!
Everybody wants to have their picture taken with Momma
so we're requiring people to take a number and wait in
line. Momma is a good luck charm for politicians.
She has a knack for picking winners.
Plus, since it's the holiday season and this is my
website,
dammit, here's my favorite picture of Momma. She's
a baby momma and wearing a hat made by her grandmother.
I think it is so danged cute and Lord knows we can use
some cute right about now.
By the way, y'all do know about eating black eyed peas
and cornbread on New Year's Day, don't ya? If not,
you need to head south for the finest eating of the
year.
Well, if you go west a little bit to New
Mexico, you'll be eating posole with chile
and tamales for New Year's! Doesn't that go
great with cornbread and black eyed peas?!
does anyone out there specialize in pie for
NYE?
Sybil
Susan. Pass a fond hello to your Mother from
Bud. That baby picture is vintage “old time”
precious – my era. A postscript about
DeMint. Only his Doctor would know but I
would suggest the guy has calluses on his
sphincter. He is so full of crap – that must
be a possibility. His brain or lack of one
is another enigma.
Bud
December 30 -
Well, it appears that there's another connection between
Allen Sanford and Texas Congressvarmint Pistol Pete
Sessions - we call him Pistol Pete because he's always
shooting off his mouth.
Thanks to Alfredo for the heads-up
on this one. As you recall, Pistol Pete sent a
"I love you, Man," email to
Sanford the day he was indicted.
Why the warm-fuzzies?
Perhaps because five
years ago, in Sessions' greatest moment of
political need, Stanford and his associates
proved staunch allies.
A
Center for
Responsive Politics analysis indicates that
employees of Allen Stanford-led Stanford
Financial ranked
No. 2 among Sessions' donors during the 2004
election cycle, accounting for $24,275.
Of course, that
amount alone won't win an election. But the
Stanford donation total ranked ahead of massive
firms such as SBC Communications, Ernst & Young
and Crow Holdings, all of which have notable
presences in Sessions'
Texas District 32, situated in Dallas and
its suburbs.
So, we're changing Pistol Pete's name to Old Whore Pete.
Cripes, finding out that Allen Sanford was his economic
Godfather is like finding out that Tiger Woods is his
spiritual adviser.
December 30
- If I need a reminder that I live in Goofyville, a
couple times a month,
I visit this
site. It's the Houston Chronicle's chatty Fort
Bend "news."
I clicked on this story -
Text messages help free kidnapping victim - because
it looked interesting and, sure 'nuf, it was. It
seems that some kids kidnapped a guy, put him in the car
trunk and were going to force him to withdraw money from
his bank. Luckily, the kidnappers were idiots and
left the guy with his cell phone. He sent a text
message to a friend, who called the cops, and well ....
you know the delightful end of this story.
However, I need you to
read the comments at the end of the story. Oh.
Dear. God. Even the person trying not
to be racist is a racist. American names?
What are American names?
Like I say, triple zzz crazy.
Love those comments about the kidnapping and
text messages. Ever notice that the more
people say its not about racism it is? Do
you think they take their hoods off when
they type so they can see the keyboard
better?
Sam
About the
kidnapping: Why did he text a friend
instead of, say, calling 911? Mind you,
we had some galah here get hisself lost
and text friends instead of calling
000.
Cornbread
and black eyed peas: I think I may have
the ingreds for that. Could you send me
some genuine Texan recipes for them?
Pretty please with a cherry on top?
Jess from
Down Under
FYI, “galah”
= “doofuss”.
December 29 -
We get email edging-up on being a tad boastful about
their Senators.
Dear Susan,
There's nothing quite like a former
Republican Senator now running for
re-election as a Democrat. And Arlen
Specter knows how to milk his
opportunities. Nonetheless the result is
rather satisfying. Under the banner
"Specter Calls out DeMint" comes the
following from his campaign comedy
committee.
Senator
Specter appeared on Fox News Sunday
yesterday to discuss health care reform.
There, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) criticized
the process by which Congressional Democrats
overcame Republican obstructionism to
deliver meaningful reform to the American
people.
DeMint even criticized the health care
reform bill on the grounds that it “doesn’t
meet the goals of the president,” saying,
“We need every American to have a health
insurance plan they can afford and own and
keep.”
What DeMint failed to mention is that he is
one of the leading proponents of the
gridlock and partisanship in the U.S.
Senate. In July, DeMint talked about using
the debate over
health care reform as a political tool.
Senator Specter wasted no time reminding
him, saying:
The
process is really caused in large
measure by the refusal of the
Republicans to deal in any way. Senator
DeMint is the author of the famous
statement that this is going to be
President Obama’s Waterloo, that this
ought to be used to break the president.
Sadly, it was broadcast on Faux Gnus so the
only people who saw it are people who love
DeMint.
Don A in Pennsyltucky
(where the Senators always know which way
the wind is blowing)
December
29 - Of local interest ---
Bubba, Jr. and I were going to lunch today and this is
what we were behind at the stoplight on 762.
For those with short memories, Perry Hilligiest (red
sticker on the bumper) was the sheriff who got defeated
in disgrace for doing the wild thing with a topless
dancer who was extorting him in an arson case. And
Tom DeLay disgraced himself over greedy money issues and
had to resign.
We nicknamed this car The Shamemobile and seriously
considered being proactive by going ahead and putting a
Bob Hebert for County Judge bumper sticker on it.
Just didn't have one handy.
Karl Rove, former senior
adviser to President George W. Bush, has been
granted a divorce in Texas after 24 years of
marriage, family spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
Ah, family values at work again.
I knew all along that Bubba is tougher than Karl Rove.
Heck, Bubba stuck it out with me. And it ain't
been easy and that's a fact.
Susan - Karl
should not be allowed to get a divorce
because it would diminish my marriage.
My marriage is sacred. If we allow
Karl to get divorced, the next thing you
know anybody can get divorced. People
could divorce their dogs. Marriage is
between a man and a woman and there is no
divorce.
December 29
- Woo Woo -
Lt. Gov. Ronnie Earle? You want real reform in
Texas? Can you even begin to
imagine
what Ronnie Earle would do to the big money lobbyists
and fancy pants cronyism fellas? It won't be
pretty but it'll sure be welcome.
Ronnie is so honest that you could play dice with him
over the phone. He can stand without hitchin' and
he's tougher than a two dollar steak. He'll be a
damn fine Texas Lt. Governor.
I've already signed-up to help and pitched a couple of
dollars his way. You need to do the same.
December 28 -
Right before Christmas, a story snuck in that I almost
missed, but thanks to some faithful readers, we know
that local Super DeLux Brand Christian, Belles of
Heaven
Republican Women's Club founder, and member of the State
Republican Executive Committee Terese Raia's hooker
look-alike granddaughter may not be the heroine she
pretends.
Hannah Giles was the girl who dressed up like a hooker
to "sting" ACORN.
Congressvarmint Pete Olson gave her an award for
dressing up like a skank and violating the law.
Heck, I know a couple of other pavement princesses who
would love to be able to advertise their services as
"Congressional Award Winning." Pete might could
get a boutique industry going here on awarding sleezy
lookin' gals for breaking the law. We found out not long ago
that Giles and her white supremacist
pseudo-pimp altered the tapes of the event. And
now, it's been determined that
ACORN hasn't broken any laws.
But, Hannah
continues her scam. She wants you to send her
money for ---- I dunno what. But she wants money
and fame, dammit.
By the way, the
Belles of Heaven gave Hannah an award, too, and
Grandma continues to pimp her locally, where she
aptly said of her granddaughter,
She is a leader and not
afraid of controversy. She has not let any of this
go to her head and for her age she has a little
head, Raia said.
A little head, for sure.
Ahem. In an article about a would be hooker
you state, "A little head, for sure." Well,
I certainly hope Mama wasn't reading it.
TS
Susan, I hope your readers from foreign
states truly understand what a mean,
vindictive, and conniving person Terese Raia
is while she hides behind her riches and her
Bible. She is known as the woman who
gives Christians a bad name. You are
the only person I know who is not scared of
her. She bullied everyone into
"honoring" Hannah and now the blowback is
enjoyable.
Sugarbaby
Eminem
called, he wants his Halloween pimp
dress up clothes back.
The
people at Acorn should be fired for even
thinking that those two could be a pimp
and prostitute. I mean LOOK at the dude!
I would have fallen out of my chair
laughing when he walked through the
door.
James
I
think sugarbaby must be Terese's best
friend. The things she said about
Terese were the nicest things I've ever
heard anyone say about Terese.
Hey
Zeus
The
sign left me wondering if there were an
"Elite", or "Special", or, perhaps,
"High Class" entrance.
Where do I
begin to tell the story of how great a love can be
The sweet love story that is older than the sea
The simple truth about the love he brings to me
Where do I start?
Well, I guess we could start with the
Miami Herald this morning.
Just hours after
federal agents charged banker Allen Stanford with
fleecing investors of $7 billion, the disgraced
financier received a message from one of Congress'
most powerful members, Pete Sessions.
``I love you and
believe in you,'' said the e-mail sent on Feb. 17.
``If you want my ear/voice -- e-mail,'' it said,
signed ``Pete.''
Who says you can't buy love?
Pistol Pete Sessions, the self-righteous Texas
Republican Congressman from Dallas, is sending love
letters to Snidely Whiplash?
The
newspaper reports that Session did not respond to
requests from the media to answer questions about the
email.
That's the only smart thing he's done. What's he
gonna say? "Yep. I'm a whore."
Broken record Susan says, "We will never have
representative democracy in this country until we have
campaign finance reform. Campaign donations are
not free speech. They are, instead, legalized
bribes."
December 26
- You know, I've thought long and hard about this,
and I am of the conclusion that pure sweet
justice
is properly served when
a bomb goes off on a terrorist's winkie.
I guess those 72 virgins have nothing to look forward
to now. I cannot imagine why the news media isn't saying "winkie"
instead of "lap." I mean, talk about a deterrent:
you do this and your winkie gets to heaven before you
do. And the really bad part is that you live for
everyone to laugh at you. No, wait -- no, the
really, really bad part is that you blew up your damn
winkie.
Maybe this will make some atheists re-think
things - such a beautiful evidence that
yes! there is a God!! <LOL>
Ree
December 24 -
Christmas presents come in all sizes of packages.
This is a big one from the Federal Elections
Commission. It seems that Ted Poe, Texas
Republican Congressvarmint and Oh So Haughty Super DeLux
Brand Christian, has been accused of taking $10,000 in
illegal campaign contributions.
Apparently DHW Energy Ltd. is controlled by Don H.
Wiese. Mr. Wiese has already maxed out to Poe, so he
just went ahead and
cut about $10,000 in additional checks to Poe on the
company's checkbook.
That's illegal.
And the bow on top? Poe has some 'spalinin' to
do.
Thanks to Alfredo for the heads-up.
December 24
- Merry Christmas from me and Ole Bubba.
Step away from the computer machine and go enjoy your
in-person people.
December 23
- In the continuing War on Christmas ---
I was just listening to NPR news
interviewing Senator Lindsay Graham from
South Carolina. The Senator began by
wishing the host "Happy Holidays'". Didn't
he just defect to the enemies of all that is
right and good?
Mark in Oregon
December 22 -
Local news ----
The good news is that Mary Ward will no longer be
referred to as The Sheriff's Honey.
The bad news is that she will now be referred to as the
Queen of Bad Taste. The damn Queen, Honey.
Mary Ward, who has lost more local political races than
hell has fiddlers, announced today that she is running
in the GOP primary for Justice of Peace, Precinct 1,
Place 2, against incumbent Republican Judge Gary Geick.
Geick is in rehab
recovering from a stroke.
Cripes, Ward, you could have waited until he was out of
rehab to announce. Now half the elected officials
in the county are afraid to cough.
December 22
- She doesn't have a steer's chance in a packing
house to win, but she sure can be a fruitcake spoiler.
She's talking no property taxes, bloody revolution, and
the Texas Governorship.
If she wins, we can finance all of Texas government by
charging a dollar to get in the state and $10 to get
out.
Sweet Baby Jesus! It's an early gift...
Sarah Palin with a Texas accent!
Mickey
Susan,
You really shouldn't
do
that to us innocent folks. That woman is
bat sh*t
crazy. You're already a
no-income-tax state and this loony toon
wants to eliminate
property
taxes? And, thinks she can lower the sales
tax and be "revenue neutral?" I couldn't
finish watching her. What's in the water
you all are drinking down there?
That's it: property and guns. Yessiree.
Barbara
December 21 -
UPDATE:
Our Christmas card from President Obama and Michelle
arrived today. It sure made my dinky little cards
look pathetic.
Yeah, it's in gold on heavy stock paper. The back
says it's paid for by the Democratic National Committee,
not taxpayers.
Sarah Palin, on the other hand, emailed hers.
Class? Not so much ....
December 21 - If
you ever need to know if your soul has turned black and
evil, here's the test:
If you
pray to Sweet Jesus that something bad happens to
someone, Satan gets the mortgage on your soul.
At 4 p.m. Sunday
afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that
would effectively clinch the legislation's passage
-- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate
floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people
ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote
tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."
It was difficult to
escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to
the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd
(D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and
lay at home ailing.
Okay, so Coburn is from Oklahoma, where letters address
to Hell are delivered, but golly damn, talking that kind
of trash right here at Christmas is just wicked. If
Coburn was walking through the valley of the shadow of
death, he would fear nothing because he'd be the most
evil varmint in the valley.
Oh no,
Susan! I am sure that you are mistaken
about Mr. Coburn....I'm sure if you
asked him he would tell you that he is a
devout Christian, don't ya know.
Lord,
deliver us from this kind of evil -- we
are surrounded!!
Carolsb
I'm sure you remember that's Tom
Coburn, M.D.
Jim A
Dr. Fruitcake also advocates
prosecuting doctors that
perform abortions for
murder. I hope he and Tom
DeLay enjoy spending
eternity in the "smoking"
section with Ronald Reagan
and Dick Cheney.
Sam
Coburn is the poor guy who counseled
Ensign.The guy does not seem to have
much luck with God these days.
The C Street house seems to have
lost a few prayers.
Mary Anne
Susan,
Looks like Tom Coburn's prayer was
answered, but I bet he wishes he had
been a little more specific. Maybe
Inhofe couldn't show his face after
being virtually ignored in Europe.
USExpat
December 21 - Most of y'all have
heard me talk about Charlie Howard, one of our State
Reps from Fort Bend. Charlie is a jerk.
He claims to be a Super DeLux Brand Christian but would
steal the gold out of a widow woman's teeth. He
runs a close race with whoever the greediest man on
earth is.
I could tell you true stories about Charlie's greed
that you wouldn't hardly believe, but I think it would
suffice to say that Charlie considers himself Tom DeLay,
Jr. and brags about it.
Well, it looks like Charlie may finally be vulnerable.
He will never get beat in a GOP primary because
fruitcakes vote in the GOP primary.
But, and get ready for this, Charlie's race appears to
be a Tier Two level winnable Democratic seat.
The demographics have changed so much that polling is
going on right now to see if the State Democratic Party
should put some money and effort in this race. And
local Democrats have a couple of very qualified
candidates interested in running who are not afraid to
talk about Charlie's faults.
It's gonna get fun here locally. I can promise
that.
I am beyond thrilled that y'all have someone
to run against Charlie. The first time I
ever heard Mr. Howard speak was at that GOP
meeting in Sugar Land back in, what was it,
2004? when I was an undercover reporter for
the WMDBS. Tom DeLay was the featured
speaker, but I also had to listen to
Charlie. Talk about a 10 on the barfometer
night! He gave me the creeps, on a par with
ole Tom. Fort Bend deserves better.
Fenway Fran
December 21
- I wish to semi-apologize to you folks from foreign
states. The weather this weekend reminded me why I
live in southeast Texas - warm, sunny, and clear.
It was far too nice to come inside and turn on the
internet machine.
This week I'll be cooking, cleaning (okay, not so
much), and getting ready for my family to come for
Christmas. So, don't expect me to pay a whole lot
of attention to the website.
And those of you who are my Facebook friends know that
Bubba just got a new big screen teevee. It's very
cool. It's so realistic that you can gain weight
watching Paula Deen. We watched the Senate vote
last night and you can actually see the horns on the
Republicans.
And I want to give a shout out to my buddy Bud.
Bud is my favorite WWII vet now that Daddy has passed to
that great oilpatch in the sky. Bud is spending
Christmas in California, doing what he describes as "the
Lord's work," which means he's either organizing labor
unions or feeding the poor. His email must be down
because I haven't heard from him all week, so "Yo Bud!
Keep some of the beans on the bottom shelf so the little
guy can get to them."
The predicted snowpacolypse has indeed
arrived. It's been coming down so heavy and
fast that all the snowplows in the world
can't keep up. It's gotten so bad that Metro
has halted all buses and the above-ground
subway stations are SOL. Wish I knew how to
take a picture of the patio to send to you.
Alas.
Word is that...
Joe "The Bummer" Lieberman hot-footed it
back to Connecticut yesterday. In case
anybody wasn't sure what variety of rat fink
he truly is.
Our money’s on Perry as
the victor in the March primary, if only for the
anti-Washington sentiment swirling around the state.
But he won’t emerge unscathed. As the primary takes
its toll on his public image, doors open for the
likely Democratic candidate, well-liked Houston
Mayor Bill White, whose energy and planning
initiatives, along with his economic management,
have won him broad favor.
I could not agree more. The GOP primary will be
brutal and somebody's gonna say "bitch" and then
somebody's gonna say "fairy" and then all hell's gonna
break loose.
Parked up next to that, Bill White's calm, cool
demeanor is gonna look good.
And last night one of my personal favorites, former
Travis County DA Ronnie Earle, announced that he's gonna
run for Lt. Gov. I wanted him to run for Attorney
General but Lt. Gov will do.
December 18 -
Friday Toon courtesy of Stuart Carlson
From the
Facebook page of the ditz herself, as
reported on CNN
Also on
her Facebook page, Palin criticized the
former vice president for promoting
"doomsday scenarios": "Climate change is
like gravity – a naturally occurring
phenomenon that existed long before, and
will exist long after, any governmental
attempts to affect it."
Pain.in
is comparing apples to automobiles. Try
as I might, I have never been able to
affect gravity. And as a physics
teacher, I've tried! I am pretty sure
that I have had some effect on global
warming though, pretty much with
everything I do, starting with driving
to work everyday. I don't think this
woman every had to take a science class.
James
Susan:
I was surprised to see your blog
linking to one of my favorite
columnists, Paul Rolly, in the Salt
lake Tribune. I am originally from
SLC, and I still go to the Tribune
website on M W and F to read his
column. If you think the repub’s in
Fort Bend and TX are strange, I can
assure that they do not hold a
candle to the repub’s in Utah County
in UT. Go and read some of his old
columns to get a flavor of what I
mean.
This site has the ones for the past
three weeks listed. I am sure the
older ones are there somewhere too.
I guarantee that you will get a
chuckle out of them. It will almost
make Fort Bend look “normal.”
I, for one, did not vote for Joe Lieberman for
President, contrary to what Rahm Emanuel thinks.
I, for one, say call that little jerk's bluff.
Let him filibuster and take responsibility for killing
the first chance at changing health care in this country
since Medicare. Let him filibuster and shut down
the government - remember how well that served Newt
Gingrich.
The majority of people in this country want a public
option, but one man will stop it.
Rahm Emanuel says we have to compromise. Well,
Rahm, tell me one damn thing Joe Lieberman has
compromised on this bill. One damn thing.
The American people do not want bipartisan. The
American people want a health care bill with a public
option. It does not have to be bipartisan; it just
has to be right.
I'd go to Olympia Snowe and ask her what she wants in
exchange for her support and give it to her. Then
screw that worthless egomaniac sniveling son of a
motherless goat.
Dr.Dean wants a do-over on the health bill.
Fine. But what I want is a do-over on the
recent election of the whole Congress!!! I
want more Democrats who are reps of the
PEOPLE - not of the insurance and
other lobbies!!! That means a lot Texans
would be packing getting ready to go home!
Yeah, I'm disgusted with the lot of 'em.
Marie
Susan,
That
cartoon says it all in a nutshell!
However, I do think that you are being
far too nice in referring to Sen.
Lieberman as a "worthless egomaniac
sniveling son of a motherless goat".
There are
too many better descriptions and too
little time - the bastard!
Carolsb
Joe
Liebermann should run as a mugwump.
He's so homely and whiny that it's hard
to tell his mug from his wump.
I would hope the good people of
Connecticut would mend the error of
their ways and elect an actual Democrat,
handing Joe his wump on a platter.
EClaire.
For the
past several months I've been
hearing Obama's progressive
supporters express the opinion that
he is playing chess while everyone
else is playing checkers.
Unfortunately, I think that he's
playing Kingmaker, a game that was
loosely based upon the War of the
Roses. A partial description of the
game from Wikipedia:
The real
contest is often a contest of
diplomacy. One strong player can be
brought down by any number of weaker
players working together, and
threats, promises and agreements can
be easier ways to get the desired
results than by using brute force.
Players can trade many types of
cards, and agree on future spoils of
war or honours awarded. However, no
agreement made in the game is
binding; supposed allies can change
sides at will. The winner is often
the player who manages to
double-cross the other players just
before they double-cross him.
This
seems to fit our political system to
a tee. It looks like we’re now left
with the double crossing Lieberman
and the president who has double
crossed his supporters.
Is this
the change we're supposed to believe
in?
mw
December 15 -
I'm having feelings of DejaMoo --- you know, the
feeling that you've heard this bull before.
The City of Sugar Land is spending their tax dollars
filing a lawsuit to allow members of city council to
violate the Texas Open Meeting Act through email.
I remember the old days when commissioner's court would
violate the open meetings act in the men's restroom.
In all honesty, they probably still do.
Look, fellas, there is a reason that you must conduct
the public's business in public. Unless all your
emails are posted on the city's website, then it ain't
public.
This is not brain surgery: If you can't keep the
public's bidness public, then don't run for office.
And Good Lord, haven't you got something better to do
with tax dollars than spend it on writ twits?
I dunno, maybe it is brain surgery for some folks.
I was
amazed this morning, while listening to
NPR's Morning Edition, to hear an
interview with Paul Frommer, a USC
professor who was commissioned to invent
a language for the film Avatar.
The made-up language is Na'vi, which is
spoken by "a race of tall blue aliens."
The interview includes this:
He
recalls one memorable example: "Jim
Cameron and Sam Worthington came up
to me and said, 'We've decided that
the character Jake is going to be
recounting an incident he had where
he was bitten in his big blue butt —
so how do you say 'big blue butt?'
... I had 'big' and I had 'blue,'
but I didn't have 'butt.' "
Don't know
if you saw this or not, but I
got a good laugh out of it and think
you might also. It seems Tea Party
activists are demanding that Rep.
Tom Perriello (Democrat) of Virginia
move his home district office to a
location they consider more
favorable to them so they can have
their protests more easily. Do these
people ever think? I mean,
seriously, demanding that an elected
official move his local office so
they can have more protests about
the way he is voting in Congress? It
was on Huffington Post yesterday and
unfortunately, I was drinking coffee
as I was reading it.
Don't do that! It's very
messy spewing coffee all over your
monitor. Here's the link in case you
haven't already read it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/11/tea-party-activists-to-re_n_389085.html
Another case of "you can't cure
stupid."
Mary in San Antonio, banging head on
desk over the idiocy of some people
December 13
- Well, it's official. We will not have a
Kinky governor, unless, of course, you count the one we
have
now. Kinky Friedman announced today that he'll run
for Ag Commissioner instead of Governor. Jim Hightower,
who is actually about a foot and half taller than he
looks when you add in his intelligence and wit, is
advising Kinky on the race.
Personally, I think Kinky would be a damn fine ag
commissioner and I plan on voting for him because he
knows more about bullcrap than anybody on the planet and
Lord knows we've got our share and somebody else's.
As you know, "bullcrap" is not a dirty word in Texas;
it's an agri-business term.
Let me tell you a true story: My baby boy, Lil'
Bubba, ran into Kinky at a parade one time while Kinky
was running for Governor as an Independent. My boy
walked straight up to Kinky and asked, "How come the
party of John Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt isn't good
enough for you, Sir?"
Kinky did not have an answer. He just shrugged.
I suspect that question alone drove him to our party and
you can thank Lil' Bubba for getting us another
Democrat.
One other good thing about voting for Kinky: if he gets
caught pulling a Tiger Woods, Mark Sanford or John
Edwards, it won't even make the newspaper. Hell,
we kinda expect it.
Susan,
Im so disappointed in your
endorsement of Kinky Friedman for Ag
Commissioner. The guy may have a
somewhat amusing story and is certainly
odd and his views toward women are
questionable at best. But the office
isn't a joke. Kinky is a joke and
sometimes not a good one. We have a good
Democrat in Hank Gilbert running for Ag
Commissioner. As a city girl, I learned
SO much about agriculture during the
last state election. Hell, I even
learned to care about the office. There
are some serious safety and economic
issues that can be addressed by the Ag
Commissioner. I feel like Hank is
genuinely qualified to take on these
issues. Governor Gilbert-- No--- but he
was born to be Ag Commissioner.
Let's put together a serious slate of
Democratic candidates! Kinky had his 15
minutes.
Marianna
Dear Ms. Susan,
That's good news
about the Kinkster; Peggy Fikac today
has Jerry Patterson asking Friedman to
run against him for Land Commissioner,
in the interest of entertainment.
Patterson should be careful what he
wishes for..
Kinky shows good
sense by clearing the way for Bill
White; I know he must be smart because
he's a good writer, however, he got me
wondering once when he said he might
favor initiative and referendum for
Texas. This could be a disaster for
Texas with our propensity for
government-for-hire and manufacture of
consent.
I feel better
about him as Ag Commissioner if
Hightower has his ear. Otherwise I'd be
worried about him falling into the
clutches of Archer Daniels Midland,
Monsanto, and The Cattleman's
Association.
Rumor all over town in Austin,
probably started by you, is that
Hightower is Kinky's brain and was the
one who talked him into running.
If so, he's my boy. Hightower was
the damn finest ag commissioner Texas
ever had. The move to the ag race
proves that Kinky is teachable.
That's all we need.
R. T.
December 13 -
Okay, this is a little edgy for me, but if it kept me
laughing all weekend, you mighty enjoy it, too.
The bad news is that the Texas Riviera, South Padre
Island
is seeing a bit of a downturn ---
A Padre Island land
auction last month provided a sobering measure of
the demand for the sandy real estate long described
as the Texas Riviera.
Dozens of undeveloped
waterfront acres went up for bid and received offers
for pennies on the dollar. Some parcels didn’t
receive a bid. The auction, called off after an
hour, confirmed what many locals have feared: Padre
Island is experiencing one of the worst downturns in
years.
Some folks blame the failure of a vehicular traffic ban
on the beach. Others say it's the bad economy or
the threat of monster hurricanes.
I know the real reason.
It's right here.
South Padre Island is leaning over. No,
seriously. Pay particular attention to the real
estate lady's positive spin on this. Honey, Tiger
Woods should hire that woman for PR.
Then watch the video. NOT at work. NOT in
front of the kids. Momma, you don't watch it at
all. However, Lonnie gives some of the best color
commentary on the whole situation that I've heard in a
loooong time. Sweet Frito Pie, that man is
colorful. Enjoy!
In some respects, the
fight in Texas echoes the party's split nationally,
as Perry carries the banner for unbending social
conservatism while Hutchison offers more nuanced
positions on abortion and supports embryonic stem
cell research. She says Republicans must expand
their tent, Ronald Reagan-like.
My theory is that Kay is sitting down on her own coyote
trap and will get beat like the dickens. Then the
social conservative will think they run the GOP and
that, my friends, will be their end.
It just tickles me pink to see this race get national
attention because there's the OOPS Factor. One of
them is surely going to say or do something stoopid.
And
Rick Perry is already working on it.
We
broke the story about how Rick Perry's chairman
of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission was
soliciting money for the governor's re-election
campaign from the owners of bars and restaurants he
regulates. Perry's reaction at the time: No problem.
A Perry aide said there's nothing wrong with a state
regulator sending out invitations seeking $5,000
contributions from the people whose business he
regulates.
And then to add ink to stink, it appears that a purity
test has re-surfaced in the GOP. There's 10
questions and it pretty much appears that they want to
go back to the Bush years. However, I didn't see a
promise that you are required to take kickbacks as to
not make the Governor look bad.
Click here and it'll open in PDF format. Oh
yeah, and they still hate gays and women.
Raleigh, N.C.
-- Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell believes
in ending the death penalty, conserving water and
reforming government -- but he doesn't believe in
God. His political opponents say that's a sin that
makes him unworthy of serving in office, and they've
got the North Carolina Constitution on their side.
Bothwell's detractors
are threatening to take the city to court for
swearing him in, even though the state's antiquated
requirement that officeholders believe in God is
unenforceable because it violates the U.S.
Consititution.
You just gotta wonder why their god is so damn narrow
minded and mean. It's kinda like Verdelia says,
"It doesn't matter if you believe in God, because God
believes in you. That's why you're here."
"You just gotta wonder why their god is so
damn narrow minded and mean."
My best guesstimate is that they assume
their god is made in their image, not His.
Joyce
Councilman Cecil Bothwellmakes
me proud to be a Unitarian, just as he
is. We’ve known for years that right
wingers are intent on imposing their
religious views on the rest of us, by
force of law if necessary. What is
missed, apparently, is that so many
wingers seem to have absolutely no
frickin’ clue as to what the law
actually is. The
U.S. constitution – the
one that applies to ALL of us – says
there is no religious test for holding
public office. Seems like
conservative “strict constructionists”
ought to be able to understand those
simple words.
Dennis
December 11
- Thanks to Colin Purrington, we now have proper
textbook disclaimers for Texas schoolchildren in
cut-n-paste format.
Click the little one for the big one to open in PDF
format. It's a hoot and a half.
The Tea Party movement
is supposed to be all about keeping the government
out of your business. But if some California members
get their way, the state will force public
schoolchildren to sing Christmas carols.
The initiative has
the support of the local Tea Party Patriots
president.
"Bottom line is
Christmas is about Christmas," said Erin Ryan,
president of the Redding Tea Party Patriots. "That's
why we have it. It's not about winter solstice or
Kwanzaa. It's like, 'Wow you guys, it's called
Christmas for a reason.' "
And the best way to express Sweet Jesus' love is to be
disrespectful and mean to other people, especially
little children.
Susan,
You know
the WOC starts earlier every year.
It
finally dawned on me what those poor,
poor, helpless Christians who are
fighting the Satan kissin' athiests
and America haters at the front lines
remind me of.
They're
like the kid who suddenly realizes he's
not an only child and has to share. His
siblings were there the whole time, mind
you, but it didn't seem like
they mattered. Now all of a
sudden he only gets the remote control
90% of the time and he has to listen to
the parents talk about the other kids
and that's dangerous because his
subconscious might develop empathy
towards the other kids if he isn't
careful.
John
Hi Susan. Thank you for posting this.
I have done a fine job of ignoring this
bimbo since her story first appeared in
our local paper a few weeks ago. I
believe this woman moved here 4 or 5
months ago and she has stirred up a lot
of dust since. She fits right in with
the local "Tea Partiers" (aka birthers).
These people really look "normal" and
it's always fascinating to me how
strange (abnormal??) their thought
processes are! Just sayin!
I plan to sing my Christmas carols like
I always do - loud and a little off key,
but I don't plan to force anyone else to
join me.
OK, back to ignoring these wackos.
Sharon
You
cannot ignore this from the Houston
run-off race.
The "Christians" are endorsing the town
drunk over a qualified gay man.
The "Christians" are worried that
Houston will become another San
Francisco. Can't happen - the
weather is too bad here.
Pinky
December 10 - Well, I got my Christmas present
early --
December 10
- Okay, something you probably don't know about me
is that I'm a pretty decent cook. Bubba tells
people that if he's watching teevee and gets up to go to
the bathroom, it magically tunes the Food Network before
he gets back.
Heck, I even subscribe to the Food Network magazine.
As I was perusing this month's issue, I came across a
tear-out section that I thought you might enjoy.
It is sponsored by Viva paper towels and features
recipes from Sunny Anderson, who is no slouch in the
kitchen herself.
My eye caught a recipe for Christmas Shrimp Kabobs.
They looked pretty good and I have no idea what made
them Christmas Shrimp Kabobs instead of just regular
Shrimp Kabobs, except maybe it's because they
used
red and green peppers. Except they didn't use
green peppers, they used yellow ones. Oh well, I
guess that's why I don't have my own show on the Food
Network, even though I should because I would have used
green ones.
If you're interested in the recipes, click the little
one to get the big one.
But, it wasn't the recipe that made me get up and walk
around the room howling for a minute to remember that
being from the South is very special.
No siree, just our abundance of gulf shrimp doesn't
make us special.
It's our presentation.
"Viva Towel Tip: Place
folded Viva towels under shrimp skewers for a decorative
touch when plating."
Oh hell, just do away with
the plate and double up on the paper towels. It's
Christmas - let's splurge.
Damn, I love the South. It's the only place where
eating food off of paper towels could be considered
festive plating.
Susan-
Many thanks for the heads-up on the Shrimp
Kabobs. One of my many gifts (besides a
rapier-like wit) is some skill in the
culinary arts, so ommina try that recipe for
sure. Betcha those shrimp would taste just
as good on a 99 Cents-Only Store paper
towel, though...I'm a poor working man, so I
can't afford those Republican paper towels
:)
Kellybee
December 10 - I
have a theory. It's just a theory so it could be
totally wrong. But that never stopped me from
having theories before.
I was discussing with a friend about how some males can
get away with tootin' around, while others just can't.
Tiger Woods just lost his Gatorade account. And
then there's stuff like this --
Mark Sanford couldn't get away with it and neither could
Bob Livingston. They got beat up bad over it.
But David Letterman and Bill Clinton? Well hell,
it almost improved their reputations. I know a
whole mess of women who will admit (only to close
friends and after a few drinks) that they were upset
with Bill Clinton for messing around only because he
wasn't messing around with them.
Here's my theory.
The only men who can get away with sparkin' the samples
are men who do not take themselves too seriously.
Tiger Woods takes himself a tad too seriously.
Okay, so maybe a lot too seriously. While Bill
Clinton never pretended to be anything other than Slick
Willy. Hell, he encouraged people to think of him
as Elvis. And, dangit, after the Republicans made
such a stink over it, his popularity rating went up.
Then, and only then, did he become The Big Dog.
David Letterman - did not lose one advertiser or one
viewer. He makes jokes about himself.
Picture Mark Sanford or John Edwards doing that and then
get yourself out of a cold day in hell.
I'm certain that you can come up with a thousand more
examples of what I'm talking about, and you can probably
even disprove it. But, it's my theory and I'm
sticking to it.
Ms. Susan, I
think your theory is right on and would
offer up the C-Street residents as further
examples of men who take themselves too
seriously. There is a distinct
difference in being a serious man and taking
yourself seriously. Tiger Woods, John
Edwards, and Mark Sanford are not serious
men. Bill Clinton and David Letterman
are.
Your
commute through the state of Virginia just might get
to be a little bit easier.
Incoming Virginia Gov.Robert F. McDonnell said he
will make good on a campaign promise and reopen the
rest stops that were closed a couple of months back.
McDonnell believes he will have them open within 90
days after he takes office.
His
team is still working on the details, but an
option is to staff the sites with non-violent prison
labor.
Okay kids, go use the
bathroom that's just been cleaned by that nice
nonviolent drug dealer over there. Don't take any
free samples though!
December 9 -
Well, it appears that local Republicans are going to
have themselves a primarypalooza!
Not only will the DA's race and a couple of judges
races will be contested, but now even a
County Commissioner is being beat up on.
From Republican Steve Smelley's announcement to take on
incumbent Republican James Patterson.
“I firmly believe my
calling is to be a community service leader and my
previous years of dedicated service to the people of
Fort Bend County demonstrate my passion to help my
fellow man.
I dunno if Republicans ought to be using passion and
fellow man in the same sentence.
This will be fun to watch because they will try to
out-gentleman each other and end up with more back
stabbing than a pirate movie.
December 9
- It appears that local Belles of Heaven Republican
Women's Club member, Mouth Foaming Crazy Lady, and Oh So
Bitter Divorcee
Cynthia Dunbar has decided not to seek re-election
to the State Board of education.
According to
Harvey Kronberg ---
Republican Cynthia Dunbar,
a lightning rod for controversy on the State Board of Education for her
ultra-conservative views, appears to have told
supporters she will not run for a second term on the
board and likely will be replaced on the ballot by
Austin intellectual property attorney Brian
Russell, who currently serves on the State Republican Executive Committee.
Don't breathe too big a sigh of relief because Russell
ain't much better.
December 8
- Okay,
remember me telling you about the founder of the
Belles of Heaven Republican Women's Club, Terese Raia,
being the grandmother of Hannah Giles, the girl (I
cannot bring myself to refer to her as a woman) who
"played" the prostitute in the Acorn sting and how I,
and this is probably just me, would be embarrassed if my
precious granddaughter could pass as a pavement princess
but that Terese isn't because she flaunted it all over
town in between her fulltime job of praying out loud and
hating gay people?
Well, thank to some readers here, this story gets more
and more fun. The Massachusetts Attorney
General ruled today that nothing illegal happened,
except maybe --
The videos that have
been released appear to have been edited, in some
cases substantially, including the insertion of a
substitute voiceover for significant portions of Mr.
O'Keefe's and Ms. Giles's comments, which makes it
difficult to determine the questions to which ACORN
employees are responding. A comparison of the
publicly available transcripts to the released
videos confirms that large portions of the original
video have been omitted from the released versions.
Oh dear, oh dear -- the pretend hooker was edited.
Don't you wonder what she said? I do.
Never, ever, what any reason, trust anyone on the
right. They have no morals, ethics, or values.
They just pray real loud because the damn well need to.
December 8 - I
have a rule: I stay out of Houston politics.
I don't live there and it hacks me off when the big city
folks come out here to my area and try to tell me how I
should vote. I imagine they don't want rural me
foisting my opinion on them either. I keep up my
end of the bargain, but they rarely do. Stinkers.
However, there's been a race in the Spring Branch
section of Houston, where I was raised and Momma still
lives, that has been one of the funniest races I've had
the delight to enjoy.
Her name is Brenda Stardig and she's everything you
could want in a know-it-all Republican lady.
Rumor has it, and this is strictly rumor, that she has
a bit of a tipsy problem. Uh,
this didn't help that rumor none at all. She is in a
run-off against Lane Lewis.
The two have not debated
face to face — unless you count Lewis' version of
them shouting at each other from separate cars while
driving down Long Point.
According to Lewis, he
attended a Spring Branch West superneighborhood
meeting on Nov. 12. Attendees asked aloud why
Stardig was not present and speculated that she was
at a nearby bar.
After the meeting, Lewis
went to the bar and photographed the license plate
on what he believed to be Stardig's car, he said.
While driving home, he
said, Stardig pursued him, honking her horn,
swerving to both sides of his vehicle and shouting
questions at him. Lewis said he shouted answers
back.
“It was an irresponsible
choice that a candidate for a district race for City
Council would choose a bar instead of a neighborhood
meeting,” Lewis said.
“I've been everywhere I
need to be,” Stardig said. She would not comment on
specifics of the encounter.
“It's disconcerting that
a candidate would be following anyone,” she said.
“If someone's trying to scare me or intimidate me,
that's disconcerting.”
Brenda, Baby, if you park your car at a bar during a
debate, anyone who takes a photo of it is doing their
civic duty and God knows that should scare the peedoodle
outta you, but not in the way I think you meant.
Lord help us if she wins. A Spring Branch bar
hopper on city council would not improve the city's
image -- even over at the trailer park.
December 8
- I want to show you the saddest sign I've ever
seen.
I was at Helping Hands in Richmond this morning to
deliver a small check from our Democratic Club.
This sign was on the counter. They had people
register for toys yesterday. They opened at 10:00
and had to close at 11:30 because they were filled.
They have doubled the size of new clients from November
of last year.
If you have a few extra
dollars this holiday season, please insure that no child
goes without a toy at
Christmas. Either click the sign to make a
donation through Pay Pal or, if you're in the area, drop
off unwrapped toys at Helping Hands, 902 Collins Road,
Richmond.
These are good folks and they will spend your money
wisely.
December 7 -
Okay, so maybe this isn't the last thing Barack Obama
needs right now, but I'm dead solid certain
that
it's pretty near the bottom of the list.
My Golf Digest came today. Timing is everything,
they say.
It says, "10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger." On.
The. Front.
No, really. It does. Click the little one
to get the big one.
Okay, so I'm thinkin' maybe that one of those tips is,
"Do not let your wife near a golf club."
I also suspect that "Do not piss off your entire career
for a little sparkin'" might be on there, too. Honey, if
it ain't, it oughtta be.
Perhaps Obama should stick to getting
advice from people in politics. You
know, like John Edwards, Gary Hart, Bill
Clinton...oh wait....never mind....
James
Tiger
goes to work every day, however, his
wife flies around the world on a private
jet attending golf tournaments. :-)
Carl
#1
Tip: Mr. President, take your name
off your phone.
Elizabeth
OK one
more on the golf cover. For some reason
it reminds me of Jack Dawson up close
behind Fabrizio in Titanic during the
"I'm King of the World" scene.
"Uh, Tiger, you wanna back away from my
backside just a bit? Thanks."
MORROW, Ga. -- A man
dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia
say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying
dynamite.
Police say Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was
evacuated but no explosives were found.
Morrow police arrested 45-year-old William C.
Caldwell III, who was being held without bond
Thursday in the Clayton County jail.
He was not part of the mall's Christmas staff.
Police say Caldwell got in line Wednesday evening to
have his picture taken with Santa Claus.
Police say when Caldwell reached the front of the
line, he told Santa he had dynamite in his bag.
Santa called mall security and Caldwell was
arrested.
Caldwell faces several charges, including having
hoax devices and making terrorist threats.
Dude, if you're running around dressed as a elf, you
just gotta have something better in your bag than
dynamite.
Thanks to Kathy for finding this. It's just made
my whole Christmas season better.
December 7
- For you folks from foreign states, you'd think a
big long windy article in the New York Times about the
Texas Governor's race would be as boring as school play
your kid isn't in.
But this one just might be about the future of the
GOP and, Honey, it's about as pretty as hammered manure.
That don't make me exactly unhappy.
The article is long, it's in the Times' Magazine, but
it captures the essence of the campaign better than
anything I've read in a long time. You got mean
versus goofy.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is just mean. She mistreats
her staff, pinches people, is unburdened by a sense of
humor, and would steal the gold out of a widow woman's
teeth. She's ten acres of snakes. She's Dick
Cheney with boobs.
Rick Perry is George Bush without the intelligence.
No, seriously, he thinks Sarah Palin should get the
Nobel Prize in Thinkin' About Hard Stuff.
I want to thank Don A. for giving me the heads-up on
this one. It's a keeper.
December 6
- It is a scientific fact that John Cornyn lies so
much that he has to get his wife to call the dogs, but
now he's taken to speaking in tongues. He's just
gets carried away with himself and rattles on lookin'
for spiteful words --
Gulag? He thinks reforming health care will lead
to a Medicare Gulag?
Lord, Honey, I haven't heard that word since Elvis
died. That's a Cold War scare word.
Maybe John's regressing. Two more steps backwards
that that son of a gun will take to carrying clubs and I
don't mean the Mrs. Tiger Woods kind. I truly
believe that the Republicans are writing their health
care plan on cave walls with hieroglyphics.
(By the way, my friend John in Tennessee wondered this
morning on Facebook that if cavemen were around to use
the internet now, they'd probably use webdings to
communicate. That's been playing in my head all
day.)
December 5
- Oh y'all, look. Kay Bailey Hutchinson got a
kink in her thinkin' mechanism.
She can't seem to explain why a thing that Bush did was
dandy but if Obama does the same thing, it's unAmerican,
evil, and was born in Kenya, probably.
Texans should have to pass a test and get a license to
watch the Republican Governor's primary. Hell,
they could tax that show and I'd still take a test and
buy a ticket.
You know how the Giant Hadron Collider is going to
explain how the universe was created? Well, the
Republican primary in the Texas Governor's race is going
to explain where stoopid came from. Personally,
I'm no scientist or anything but I think the stoopid
thing is far more important.
December 4
- Let me show you something. This is a
picture I took today on Highway 59 in East Texas`.
I have no idea what they want to impeach him for, but
they are hinting that God does. And apparently God
only talks to Sarah Palin.
(Hey, we know that God doesn't talk to Mike Huckabee or
He would have told Mike about that whole Maurice
Clemmons deal.)
(And I am almost certain that God would have explained
arson to Rick Perry if they were speaking.)
I started to walk up to the front door and ask them
what impeachable offense Obama has committed. But,
when they replied, "Governing while Black," I would have
had to pitch a fit. And these people wouldn't have
understood unarmed fits.
Meanwhile, my friend Kathy found this
hunk o' nuts.
The mayor of a
suburban Memphis city accused President Barack Obama
of deliberately timing his speech about the war in
Afghanistan this week to block the airing of the
"Peanuts" Christmas television special.
According to The Commercial Appeal, Arlington
Mayor Russell Wiseman posted the statements on his
Facebook page and said the president is Muslim.
Obama is Christian.
"We sit the kids down to watch 'The Charlie Brown
Christmas Special' and our muslim president is
there, what a load.....try to convince me that
wasn't done on purpose," he wrote, according to the
newspaper.
I used to
think late night talk radio is where all the nuts went.
Sheeee ... they are are in the open nakkid now.
Susan – lots of nutcases on late night
talk radio, including the host on
CoasttoCoastAM, a program that used to
be a pretty respectable hangout for
sci-fi fans. Now it’s all right wing
conspiracy and birther nonsense. Last
night callers and host were talking
about “this president” (don’t they know
his name?) fulfilling Biblical prophecy
and bringing about the Apocalypse.
Apparently that’s why Sarah Palin says
more Jews will be flocking to Israel in
the coming months. Maybe these people
would understand the “Impeach Obama”
sign. But it is a mystery to me.
Dennis
Friend
Susan,
Until the last two or three years I've
had little occasion to be in East Texas.
I now have relatives living there and
have my own special name for the area
east of IH 35. Swiped it from Joseph
Conrad: The Heart of Darkness. I don't
know of anything that could be more
appropriate, except perhaps the Big
Thickhead.
Mickey
December 4
- Okay, cowpokes, everybody just hold up.
There's a snow storm coming and I have to protect my
tender vegetation, my pipes, and my flip flops.
Hon, I'm busy.
Susan,
DO you realize that you have had more snow
than me, who lives 20 miles south of the
Canadian border?
Maybe we better prepare for the rapture or
maybe global warming? Plastic and then
sheets should work over your plants. If it's
really cold, blankets. I think that plastic
keeps the grounds warmth in best and the
sheet or blanket keeps out the cold.
Good Luck!
Diane
Yes,
Susan, you must protect the
flip-flops. Oh, and the tender
vegetation and pipes, too. Even if
you are a day ahead of yourself.
(Last time I checked, it is still
Dec. 3, hon). My pipes are already
protected and the tender vegetation
has been covered up or moved inside.
The flip-flops are safely tucked
away and my bunny slippers are on my
feet. As you can see, I am ready for
the snow storm that is supposed to
hit here tomorrow morning. Probably
during rush hour when I'm on my way
to work. Stay warm and inside if you
can. My favorite non-blogger has to
stay well so she can continue to
make me laugh.
Mary in cold San Antonio, where at
least the furnace is working right
again
December 2
- Okay, heads up to locals.
El Jefe has done a little more nosing around about
the Teabaggers planning to make Little Baby Jesus cry at
the Christmas tree lighting in Sugar Land.
It seems that the restaurant La Madeleine is trying to
distance themselves from the Teabaggers. However,
the troopers at Daily Kos have uncovered something
very fun: A man named James Ives is the manager of
the Sugar Land La Madeleine. A man by that same
name is listed as the president of the Sugar Land
Teabaggers.
Oops. I am almost pretty darn certain that Fort
Bend Democrats will let their members know that while
Mr. Ives certainly has the right to free speech, we have
the right to spend our dollars where we want to.
Now if I wanted to get a group or
dissidents together there are a lot of
places where I wouldn’t be running into
liberals that I would go to, but that
café with it’s selection of French
Country food is not it.
I would love to see what these
teabaggers ordered? This is no meat and
potatoes joint, no chili on the menu,
and gasp! No BBQ.
However I could see Gov. Perry there
pretty easily.
Here is their dinner menu, or course
they could have met for lunch and you
can click on that on the site. And no
Senior specials that I can discern and
that group looks to me like that’s
something they would go for.
Carol
I
dare say they are going to be a
hungry bunch if they have to
order off that menu.
The last
time I checked, reading was
required to order from a menu!!
That wouldleave out 99.99 percent
of them, I'm quite sure!! Order
in French???
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- “I
just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,”
said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good
character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who
applied to the local police for a permit to buy a
pistol. The banker had told this friend of mine that
senior Goldman people have loaded up on firearms and
are now equipped to defend themselves if there is a
populist uprising against the bank.
Honey, when we come after the
gold
doubloons a handgun is not going to protect you against
our secret liberal powers. We have Super
Responsibility Women who have magical powers to take
away your yacht, private jet and ... well, that thing
you think gets bigger as you get richer but really
doesn't.
A gun permit. Give me a break. That's
pathetic.
Thanks to Deb for the heads-up on this story.
She's signing up for Responsibility Woman training, too,
over at her local cabal.
December 2
- My friend Gary sent me a great link called
Best Pills, Worst
Pills. Be very careful what you put in your
mouth. There are things that can hurt you even
worse than North Carolina barbeque.
This site lets you check out what pills you're taking,
and warns of voodoo H1N1 stuff.
December 1 -
Congresswoman
Loretta
Sanchez has a little fun with Tom DeLay with this
year's Christmas card. It's in pdf format -
enjoy.
December 1 - Jesus
loves the little children, all the little children of
the world. Red and yellow, black and white ...
oops,
not brown.
In a year when more
families than ever have asked for help, several
programs providing Christmas gifts for needy
children require at least one member of the
household to be a U.S. citizen. Others ask for proof
of income or rely on churches and schools to suggest
recipients.
The Salvation Army and a
charity affiliated with the Houston Fire Department
are among those that consider immigration status,
asking for birth certificates or Social Security
cards for the children.
Kinda makes me throw up a little, ya know? It
would water up the eyes of even a veteran angel.
Hey Christians - it's Christmas.
They are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little
children of the world. The whole damn world.
So the
Salvation Army
give immigrant children
Christmas presents, huh?
Now when they had departed,
behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to
Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the
child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and
remain there until I tell you, for Herod is
about to search for the child, to destroy
him.”
14 And
he rose and took the child and his mother by
night and departed to Egypt
15 and
remained there until the death of Herod.
This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken
by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my
son.” Matthew 2: 13-15
So,
NO PRESENTS FOR YOU, JESUS!
You just take everything that those wise men
gave you and you send it right back!
Susan – evidently the Ft. Bend Teabaggers don’t
know much about manners. Their web site lists
at least one restaurant, Candelari's Pizzeria,
as a supporter, but the management says they did
not contribute anything and want off the list.
But why would we expect manners from this
bunch?
Dennis
I'm glad to hear that Candelari's wants out.
With Fort Bend showing up at 49% Democratic in the
last election, there's not many businesses who can
lose half their customers and expect to stay in the
black.
And these Teabaggers think they know how to govern?
Hell, they don't even know how to put up a website.
I can do that, which proves it's not elementary
physics.
I have also emailed Jimmy Thompson AND
La Madeleine's AND Candelari's AND
Swinging Door restaurant. I expressed my
displeasure in no uncertain terms. I
told Mayor Thompson that although I
currently don't live in Sugar Land, this
area has been my home for numerous years
and I expect the city to disavow this
Tea Party bull puckey. Or I'll take my
shopping dollars up the road to Houston.
These people are insane.
Lefty
Susan,
Maybe it's
just me, but its seems there
is something wrong with
teabagging at a city's tree
lighting ceremony.
june
Next they'll be putting on their
website that Jesus is a Teabagger.
C.H.
Welcome to the website formerly known as The World's Most
Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.
My name is
Susan DuQuesnay Bankston.
I live in Richmond, Texas, in heart of Tom DeLay's old
district. It's crazy here. No, seriously, it's
triple z crazzzy.
I used to be an independent voter, but that all changed when
I got to know a few local Republicans. They are meaner
than 10 acres of snakes and have the ethical compass of a
bank robber.
So, I
decided that they could just Kiss My Big Blue Butt.
A lot of
what I post here has to do with local politics, but you
probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't
a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. I've
been doing this since 1992, so I'm used to it even if you
ain't.
Email me
and I'll find a place to put it if I like it.
picture of Momma with the new Houston
City Controller
Ronald Green. Congrats, Ron!
website,
dammit, here's my favorite picture of Momma. She's
a baby momma and wearing a hat made by her grandmother.
I think it is so danged cute and Lord knows we can use
some cute right about now. 
imagine
what Ronnie Earle would do to the big money lobbyists
and fancy pants cronyism fellas? It won't be
pretty but it'll sure be welcome.
Heaven
Republican Women's Club founder, and member of the State
Republican Executive Committee Terese Raia's hooker
look-alike granddaughter may not be the heroine she
pretends.
Who says you can't buy love?
justice
is properly served when
If you
He claims to be a Super DeLux Brand Christian but would
steal the gold out of a widow woman's teeth. He
runs a close race with whoever the greediest man on
earth is. 
Texas
Gov. Rick Perry joked Wednesday that former Vice
President Al Gore has “gone to hell” because of his
advocacy for climate change policy. 
have
now. Kinky Friedman announced today that he'll run
for Ag Commissioner instead of Governor. 
Island
is seeing a bit of a downturn ---
However, there's been a race in the Spring Branch
section of Houston, where I was raised and Momma still
lives, that has been one of the funniest races I've had
the delight to enjoy.
I was at Helping Hands in Richmond this morning to
deliver a small check from our Democratic Club.
It seems that the restaurant La Madeleine is trying to
distance themselves from the Teabaggers. However,
