You know how Republicans are all pissy about hoochy-koochy, not even wanting sex education in the schools?  And the next thing you know, another Republican man gets caught doing really perverted stuff?

You know how Republicans are all pissy about voter fraud, claiming we steal elections with our massive voter fraud machine?  And the next thing you know …

Indiana’s top elections official has been found guilty of six of seven voter fraud-related charges and faces removal from office.

Of course, he’s Republican.

Yep, Indiana’s Secretary of State, Charlie White, has been guilty of seven felony charges of voter fraud.   Seven.

Just FYI:  Anything Republicans whine about: they’re doing it times seven.  Write that down somewhere so you won’t forget it.

Thanks to Bragg for the heads-up.

I have not shopped at JC Penny since I was in junior high school, but I am marching my butt to JC Penny’s this weekend and spending some damn money. I hope they have shiny stuff.

The One Million Moms organization, an extension of the American Family Association, called on members to urge the company to rethink their decision. “Funny that J.C. Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families,” reads the call to action on the group’s website. “The majority of J.C. Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there.”

And do you want to know what JC Penny said?

In an emailed statement to Yahoo Shine, J.C. Penney confirmed it “stands behind its partnership with Ellen DeGeneres.”

I think that translates, “Kiss my hiney, you hateful ole small minded floozies.”

If you don’t live near a JC Pennys, you can order online.

And, hey, they do have shiny stuff.

CNN is reporting that the Susan G. Komen Foundation is reversing its decision on Planned Parenthood.

Well done, my friends, well done.

And a special thank you to Cecile Richards for being a class act throughout this entire ordeal.  She made Texas women Texas proud.

Down in League City, Texas, which after the next hurricane will be a coastal city, the city manager, one sparkly white guy named Rich Oller, had a little slip of the tongue.

Rich Oller

He said the N word.  In a city facility.  Out loud.  And it is suspected that he was sober at the time.  Now, I know that violates no written or unwritten canon of ethics, morality, decency and intelligence in League City, but Rich Oller stepped over the line – there were people of color present.

So to keep things from getting out of hand, the League City city council goes into a back room to discuss this.   If you’ll check, the entire city council in League City is white, which might explain why the closed session was described as “long.”  The general consensus is that you probably shouldn’t say the N word out loud at work in front of African Americans while city manager.  They decided to suspend him for a week without pay.

Dennis O'Keefe

But there was one loud dissenting voice – Councilman Dennis O’Keeffe, who describes himself as, “a strong supporter of the Constitution and a National Rifle Association Life member,” which is the bellwether qualification for public office in League City.

O’Keefe was proud to tell the assembled press —

Although he voted for the suspension, Councilman Dennis OKeeffe said he disagreed with his colleagues.

“I think that language that was stated may have been a poor selection of words,” OKeeffe said.

But, OKeeffe said, he did not think it was something for which Oller should be reprimanded.

A poor selection of words.  I was wondering if Councilman OKeeffe could tell me an acceptable word for the N word.   You know, the one that imparts the mean, hateful, belittling impact of the N word.  Is there another word for that word?

But, there’s more —

“It’s an unfortunate thing that happened,” Mayor Tim Paulissen said.

Unfortunate?  No, Mr. Mayor, unfortunate is when to stump your toe or don’t win the lottery.  This falls under the category of embarrassing and disgusting.

But, the mayor did add, “city might also look into sensitivity training for employees.”

And one lone voice, Councilman Dan Becker,  suggested that “city council members also should take the training.”

Thank you, Dan Becker, for saving me the trouble of coming to League City to kick some boney white behind.

Alabama State Senator  Shadrack McGill has given me a splittin’ headache.

McGill

In the DeKalb County Times-Journal this week, McGill says that the answer to about half the Alabama legislature being under indictment for kickbacks and bribes is to pay them more.  He says that their salary of $47,500 a year makes them susceptible to taking kickbacks and bribes.

“That played into the corruption, guys, big time,” he said. “You had your higher-ranking legislators that were connected with the lobbyists making up in the millions of dollars. They weren’t worried about that $30,000 paid salary they were getting,” McGill said.

You know, I’ve heard that argument before.  And I might tend to think he’s got a point, but he steps on his dinky in the very next sentence.  He wanders off into the fact that school teachers don’t get paid much but that’s different.  If you increase a teacher’s salary, you will not get more qualified teachers.  And how does he know that?

“It’s a Biblical principle. If you double a teacher’s pay scale, you’ll attract people who aren’t called to teach.”

Oh wait, I didn’t mention that he was speaking at a prayer breakfast?  Well, I can’t imagine why I would miss that.

But, he hadn’t finished dancin’ with this brilliance yet. Speaking eloquently about teachers, McGill went on and on and on ….

“To go in and raise someone’s child for eight hours a day, or many people’s children for eight hours a day, requires a calling. It better be a calling in your life. I know I wouldn’t want to do it, OK?

“And these teachers that are called to teach, regardless of the pay scale, they would teach. It’s just in them to do. It’s the ability that God give ’em. And there are also some teachers, it wouldn’t matter how much you would pay them, they would still perform to the same capacity.

“If you don’t keep that in balance, you’re going to attract people who are not called, who don’t need to be teaching our children. So, everything has a balance.”

Except you, McGill.  You are unbalanced.

Let me get this straight:  we have to pay legislators more to keep them from getting corrupt, but we should pay teachers less to keep them from getting corrupt.

It’s Biblical.

Didn’t you just know it would be?

Thanks to Deb for the heads-up.