Steve Stockman, man of mystery locations, walked out of the State of the Union address last night.  Because he was raised in a damn barn.

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) said Tuesday night that he left President Obama’s State of the Union speech early after “hearing how the president is further abusing his Constitutional powers.”

“I could not bear to watch as he continued to cross the clearly-defined boundaries of the Constitutional separation of powers,” Stockman said in a press release shortly after Obama’s speech ended. “Needless to say, I am deeply disappointed in the tone and content of tonight’s address.”

Wait.  Wait.  If you walked out, how do you know what he said?  Steve, are you using those Superman powers of yours again?

Bless his heart, he walked out and nobody even missed him.

Thanks to Steve for the heads up.

Randy Weber is a southeast Texas Congressman is on a roll tonight before the SOTU. This used to be Ron Paul’s district.

Here’s a little better list of his tweets than the one I posted last night.

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And this morning, someone had some fun with his wiki page.  Click the little one to get the big one.

Essex, Vermont.

Police in this small town are investigating after an officer shot his own vehicle.  In cold blood.

Williston Officer Josh Hansell was handling a semi-automatic rifle when it accidentally fired during the police investigation of a driving offense on Saturday.

Police say the gun was pointing down toward Hansell’s cruiser, and that the round entered the car, damaging a floorboard and possibly the vehicle’s transmission. No one was injured in the incident.

Well, I bet the transmission would argue that with you.

Felonious Police Car

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

In a dizzying economic theory that rivals the greatest minds in this country, Louie Gohmert has figured it all out, dammit.  He has put some thought into this.

We need a flat tax so that “everyone has some skin in the game.”  (Oddly, the term “skin in the game” was invented by Warren Buffett, a liberal. )  Gohmert thinks that a flat tax of 10% is the perfect answer.

Gohmert said that he had “wrestled” with what to do with people who were so poor that they barely got by on government assistance.

“What if you’re so poor the only money you have is what the government gives you? And I’ve wondered, you know, isn’t that wasted money, you give it and you take it back? No, it gives you an investment in the country. And we need that.”

Okay, so if you’re “barely getting by” what do you do with 10% less than barely?

Y’all, really.  He said that.  Out loud.

Here’s a man who, according to his own financial filings, has a net worth of minus $150,000 and he is going to have the answer to our economic problems.  I think he’s $150,000 in debt because he can’t do arithmetic.

I think he needs to shut the hell up and get by on less instead of leaving this set to his children.  Wait, where did I hear that before?

Thanks to Irene and Kathleen for the heads up.

There will now be four (yep, 4) Republicans replying to the President’s State of the Union address.  You can use a dart board to select which one you’ll listen to.

First up, Rand Paul has a pre-recorded address,  which tells us it won’t have diddle squat to do with the President’s address because Rand Paul cannot see into the future – even though he insists he can.  He also believes wearing a small rodent on your head makes you sexy.

Congresswhiner Cathy McMorris Rodgers from Washington State will let loose her ideas on why she didn’t support the Violence Against Women Act and why she said that President Obama “rules by decree.”  She hates the Affordable Care Act.  Hates it.  Viciously.

Then you get Senator Mike Lee reading from cue cards written by Ted Cruz.  Probably in Canadian.

Florida’s own Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will deliver her own State of the Union in Spanish.  Hispanics in Texas will ask what language she’s speaking.

So, there you have it.  It takes 4 of them.

Ted Cruz announced today what he wants in the President’s speech tonight.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday called on President Obama to use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to answer questions about the 2012 attack that killed four U.S. officials in Benghazi, Libya, as well as other issues like IRS targeting and ObamaCare.

No birth certificate?  Ted, you’re disappointing your fans.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.