Maybe it’s all in the pronunciation.

A United States Judge in Tennessee thinks it’s her job to go around around giving babies a proper name that doesn’t mess with her belief system.

A U.S. judge told Tennessee parents that they couldn’t name their 7-month-old son Messiah because the only true Messiah was Jesus Christ.

She ordered the baby’s name, Messiah DeShawn Martin, to be changed to Martin DeShawn McCullough, which includes both parents’ last name, media reports said.

So, I’m wondering if my friend Jesus Cortez should cancel his trip to Memphis next month.

We have a Judge Pope in our county, so I guess there’s more than one of them, too.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Because if you don’t, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Appearing on the Sunday talking heads, The Donald described himself as a presidential candidate in one word: smart.

Not so fast, Big D.

Speaking on President Obama and the birthers, the conversation went like this:

In an interview that aired on Sunday, ABC’s Jonathan Karl reminded billionaire Donald Trump that his false claim that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States made him appear “not serious.”

“You don’t still question whether he was born the United States?” Karl wondered.

“I have no idea,” Trump said. “Well, I don’t know. Was there a birth certificate? You tell me. You know, some people say that was not his birth certificate. I’m saying, I don’t know, nobody knows. And you don’t know either, Jonathan. You’re a smart guy. You don’t either.”

“I’m pretty convinced he was born in the United States,” Karl replied.

“Pretty! Ah! Pretty! Pretty! No! No! You said, pretty!” Trump exclaimed.

So, the next question has to be, what about Ted Cruz.  Same deal.

Yeah, but Cruz looks kinda white, you know.

Karl pointed out that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had been born in Canada and asked if that made him ineligible to be president of the United States.

“If he was born in Canada, perhaps not,” Trump admitted. “But I’m not sure where he was born.”

“Oh, he was definitely born in Canada,” Karl noted.

“Okay, well, then you’ll have to ask him that question, but perhaps not,” Trump said. “Look, that will be ironed out. I don’t know the circumstances. I heard somebody told me he was born in Canada. That’s really his thing.”

Hey, I give him extra points for knowing that Kenya and Canada are two different places.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up and John for the graphic.

While you have been vacationing this summer and enjoying the beach, dastardly forces have been at work to bring evil to a computer screen near you.

Oh yeah, Ron Paul has his own teevee channel.

Could we possibly get any luckier?

The good news is that it’s only on the internet machine and – of course – he’s charging money to see it because what’s more important than “truth”?  Money.  Which he will immediately convert into gold and store in his bunker with his three year supply of food, his third world dictator arsenal, and his autographed copy of Atlas Shrugged.

Thanks to Marge for the heads up.

You know how you make a Christmas List?  I am convinced that Republicans make a tinkle-on list.

They need it in case they forget who to tinkle on next.  First it was minorities, then young people with student loans, then it was women, and the next thing you knew a Tea Party Rally looked just like domino night over at Uncle Bub’s Assisted Living Community.  It was a bunch of ole white men, carrying their lawn chairs and occasionally drooling.

And now they are losing that!

Seniors are now much less likely to identify with the Republican Party. On Election Day in 2010, the Republican Party enjoyed a net 10 point party identification advantage among seniors (29 percent identified as Democrats, 39 percent as Republicans). As of last month, Democrats now had a net 6 point advantage in party identification among seniors (39 percent to 33 percent).

—More than half (55 percent) of seniors say the Republican Party is too extreme, half (52 percent) say it is out of touch, and half (52 percent) say the GOP is dividing the country. Just 10 percent of seniors believe that the Republican Party does not put special interests ahead of ordinary voters.

I swear by next January, Rand Paul, Louie Gohmert, and Ted Cruz will be barely distinguishable from The Three Remaining Republicans.  I kinda hope swords won’t be involved because those boys have a real hard time not hurting themselves.

On the other hand …

Thanks to Llana and Rick for the heads up.

Thanks to John A. Kwitkoski for designing this for us.

Rick Perry and Julian Castro got into a little tweet battle tonight.

Guess who won?

Thanks to Marge for the heads up.