A freekin’ total idiot.

Thanks to Alacrity Fitzhughe for the heads up.

Governor Rick Perry has vetoed the Lily Ledbetter Act for Texas because he is without a doubt the most worthless festering piece of arch conservative woman hating slime on the face of the damn earth.

May God have mercy on his prissy pants soul.

The sumbitch vetoed 24 bills and completely defunded the public corruption unit in Texas.  He’s running for President on the backs of women and children along with the support of crooked politicians.  He’s trying to out-Cruz Ted Cruz.

The Quorum Report has brought us gleeful news today. Remember how I told you about how Rick Perry was trying to force the beleaguered Travis County DA to resign so he could appoint one of his buddies to the job who would then shut down public integrity investigations of his other buddies?

Well, it appears that I’m not the only one who thinks that is extortion.

The campaign finance watchdog group Texans for Public Justice announced today that it has filed an official complaint with the Travis County District Attorney and County Attorney, asking them to look into whether Gov. Rick Perry broke the law in threatening to veto funding for the Public Integrity Unit unless Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg resigns her job.

Texans for Public Justice sent a letter contending that Rick Perry broke the damn law with that little stunt.

They say the Governor engaged in official oppression, coercion of a public servant and abuse of official capacity. In Texas, that’s called Tuesday.

I want y’all to meet Ralph Hall, a genuine 90 year old congressvarmint from Texas.

You’ve never heard of him because by the time he arrives at work, it’s closing time.  Also, he’ not terribly smart.  He chairs the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and is just damn amazed at them new fangled microwave ovens.

Well, the other night Ralph wandered into an LGBT event, ordered a drink, and stayed around a while before noticing that he was AT A FREEKIN’ GAY BAR

GOP Rep. Ralph Hall, a DOMA supporter, wandered into Victory Fund Pride reception. He seems to be lost. twitter.com/JustinCSnow/st…

— Justin Snow (@JustinCSnow)

I just happen to be in San Antonio this week.

There are certain cities that seem to belong to all Americans – New York, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, and San Antonio are a few of them. They are cities unlike any others – they are anything but generic.

I was born in Houston and love it, but my heart lives in San Antonio. It is diverse, colorful, happy, hot, and loud. San Antonio is a 12 year old boy. The Air Force does basic training here and it is a very popular place for military retirees. But the city is dominated by young people because a dozen universities are here.

One of my sons went to college here. My sons are 5th generation Texans. His roommate, Miguel Tapia, was a 6th generation Texan. “I didn’t cross the border,” Tapia said, “the border crossed me.”

So, when a gifted young man of Hispanic background was the victim of obscene racist slurs for simply singing the National Anthem at a Spurs game, I was sickened.

Today I got to be a witness to this city, with class and grace, respond.

Sebastian, thank you for singing at the Spurs game again tonight. Thank you and this city for responding to hate with courage, class, and kindness.

I love yew, San Antonio.

State Rep. Ken Fredette of Maine, USA, decided to explain his vote on whether or not Maine should except money from Obamacare for Medicaid on his brain. Or maybe lack thereof.

After explaining that he knew the name of the book “Men are from Mars and Women are From Venus or Some Such Crap” but had no idea what they meant, he kept digging …

Because if you listen to the debate today, in my mind — a man’s mind — I hear really two fundamental issues. From the other side of the aisle, I hear the conversation being about ‘free. This is free, we need to take it, and it’s free. And we need to do it now.’ And that’s the fundamental message that my brain receives. Now, my brain, being a man’s brain, sort of thinks differently, because I say, ‘Well, it’s not — if it’s free, is it really free? Because I say, in my brain, there’s a cost to this.'”

He later apologize for being “inartful” with his remarks that men are innately smarter than women because it’s easier to fool women.

Oddly enough, every damn economist who has penciled the numbers says we’ll save a truckload of money enacting Obamacare.

So, the only thing that appears to be free is Mr. Fredette’s date night.