Bless their hearts.

You know there is a God and you know she has a great sense of humor when the poor Republicans keep having things like this happen.

The Republicans are having a retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia this week.

Reporters quickly noted that a session for lawmakers called “Discussion on Successful Communication with Minorities and Women” will actually take place in the “Burwell Plantation” room at the resort where the retreat is being held.

It turns out, according to NBC News, the room “is named after the Burwell Family, a wealthy family that owned many slaves in 18th century Southern Virginia.”

And when one reporter tried to ask the GOP leaders about the irony of that, they didn’t get it.  Which made God giggle more.

And then there’s women.

The New York Times reports the panel discussion on how to communicate with minorities and women included three white lawmakers. Walden had to note that the panel would include several women, whom he identified as “a woman from CNN” and “Sean Duffy’s wife.”

Sean Duffy’s wife?  That there is some feminist credentials, Honey.  (They won’t get that either.)

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There’s this today to print and hand to the next person who tells you that all university professors are liberals.

Professor James Tracy of Florida Atlantic University, whose motto is “Well, we never heard of you either”, has told the student newspaper that he has been called to a meeting with university big wigs over the conspiracy theory about Sandy Hook that he put on the Internet Machine in his blog called, most appropriately, Memory Hole (link removed because the site is infected with malware).

“I don’t know what there’s going to be. I don’t know if that would involve stripping me of my tenure and dismissing me, or what. That’s something that’s ultimately for them to decide.”

Last month, Tracy claimed the tragic shooting of 20 young schoolchildren in Newtown could be part of a conspiracy to push for gun control. He went so far to question whether the shooting even actually happened, or was just an invention of Obama and the media.

I am all about academic freedom, but also value mental health.  I think this guy’s hole is way bigger than his memory.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

I rest a little easier knowing that Texas is not the only place with Dewayne and Billy Bob.

In Montville, Ohio, two ole boys decided to try target practice with an AK-47 in a residential neighborhood.  They almost killed a teenager, her mother, a grandpa and a two children.  They did a microwave oven and a sofa.

The story is headlined, “Bullets strike Montville homes, narrowly miss officers as AK-47 target practice goes awry”

I underlined the good parts for you —

Montville Township police found themselves dodging bullets as they tracked down where the shots were originating.

“When I get about a half mile back in the field up on a hill, gunfire started again, and started hearing rounds go over my head,” said Montville Police Sgt. Matt Neil.

Police said the men on Windfall Road were shooting at a target in a field with handguns and an AK-47.

“They were drinking alcohol, they had some drugs on them and they were just outside, in their backyard shooting paper targets,” Neil said. “They felt because they were shooting at a downward angle, that it would have been OK.”

Bullets skipped off the ground, and carried over hills striking at least two homes police estimated to be a 500 yards from where the target shooting took place.

A mother and her daughter left the kitchen just seconds before the wall mounted microwave oven was hit.

And under the category of, “No shoot, Sherlock” comes this from one of the victims:

Kuruc, grateful no one was injured, echoed a warning Montville police are sending, “If people are going to target shoot out there, be very careful with where that bullet goes because it could have killed somebody.”

I guess they showed President Obama who’s boss, huh?

Thanks to Stan for the heads up.

And thanks to Brian for finding us this picture of the police officer who almost got hit trying to get them to quit firing.

Two men, 53-year-old Mark Bornino and 45-year-old R. Daniel Volpone, were arrested and are facing felony charges. Police seized an AK-47 with two high-capacity magazines, three handguns, over 700 rounds of ammunition and some marijuana.

The Wall Street Journal was real excited about Attorney General Abbott.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general has launched an Internet ad campaign inviting New Yorkers who feel their state’s new gun laws are too restrictive to move to Texas.

Anyone accessing a variety of media sites from Manhattan or Albany starting Wednesday may be confronted with two pop-up ads.

One reads, “Is Gov. Cuomo looking to take your guns?” Another says, “Wanted: Law abiding New York gun owners looking for lower taxes and greater opportunity.”

Paid for with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s campaign funds, the ads reference the nation’s toughest gun control law. It was signed Tuesday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The ads link to a Facebook site proclaiming, “Keep your guns, move to Texas.”

The site says Texas has no income tax and created more than 275,000 jobs in 12 months.

All New Yorkers have to give up is health care, good schools, decent salaries, low teen pregnancy rates, clean air, and a Governor who can remember three things.

By the way, I know about those 275,000 new jobs. A couple of my friends have several of them. It takes at least three to fill a gas tank.

My Governor, Rick Perry.

The Vice President’s committee was appointed in response to the tragedy at Newtown, but very few of his recommendations have anything to do with what happened there. Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. The sad young man who did that in Newtown was clearly haunted by demons and no gun law could have saved the children in Sandy Hook Elementary from his terror. There is evil prowling in the world – it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. As a free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be. Laws, the only redoubt of secularism, will not suffice. Let us all return to our places of worship and pray for help. Above all, let us pray for our children. In fact, the piling on by the political left, and their cohorts in the media, to use the massacre of little children to advance a pre-existing political agenda that would not have saved those children, disgusts me, personally.”

– Texas Gov. Rick “Oops” Perry, writing on his official state website.

I am tempted to say that prayer is Rick Perry’s only solution for any problem becuase he’s lazy, cheap, and stoopid. But, maybe he might be right. Maybe prayer does work to our advantage and makes government better. After all, he did pray to become President.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.