John and I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.

The Good News:  Wendy Davis ranked higher than both Ted Cruz and Angelina Jolie.  (Click the little one to see the big one.)

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The Bad News:  Rand Paul is beating her.  Go vote.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

I am just certain there’s something that Ted Cruz is good at besides being the zombie whisperer.  However, we can add another entry to the things he cannot do:  accounting.

The FEC sent Ted a letter (PDF format) saying that it’s real nice he refunded Elizabeth Wiskmann’s contribution after a complaint was filed that she over-donated to Republican causes and ran afoul of FEC regulations.

There’s only one problem.  He never reported that she donated to him in the first place.  In order to refund a donation, you would necessarily have to show that one was received, ya know.  Or, as Rick Perry would say, “Oops.”

So, we are left to wonder who else gave Ted money duly reported on the other set of books but not on the reports to the FEC?

Hummm ….

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up and John for the cool picture.

Pinelake Church in Rankin County, Mississippi, is a mega church with half a dozen campuses and 9,000 people attending every Sunday.

Last Sunday was special.  Joseph Edgar Ray’s 9mm handgun discharged while he was sitting down to worship Sweet Jesus.  A woman was hit in the leg by shrapnel when the bullet hit the concrete floor.

Pinelake Church Executive Pastor of Operations Rod Cadenhead pointed out in a statement that guns were not allowed on the property. In fact, a sign in front of the church says, “Carrying of a pistol or revolver is prohibited.”

Flowood Police Department Lt. Ricky McMillian said that Joseph Edgar Ray “had an ‘enhanced’ carry permits that allowed him to ignore signs prohibiting guns, except in some places like schools and courtrooms.”

Lt. Ricky also announced that Ray is an “upstanding guy” and that’s why he wasn’t releasing his mug shot.

Yep, Mississippi is just full of upstanding guys with enhanced carry permit just itchin’ to give you a war injury in church.

No, I’m not being sarcastic.  Mississippi is just that.

Thanks to TexasTrailerParkTrash for the heads up.

I am still overwhelmed that so many of you were so generous in funding the special project for state of the art online tools that my buddy Glen Maxey is getting off the ground.

The Maxey Happy Dance

Due to your generosity, we have been able to add even more to this super program.

So, I’m back to ask for your help again.  Not money this time.  Time this time.  We need some of your time.

If you donated, we need your help beta-testing this program before we go live.  So, sometime before the end of the year or in early January, you will get an email from Glen with instructions on how to test the program so we can work out the kinks.  Not the kinkies – we let Glen keep the kinkies.  Just the technical kinks.

We want this sucker to work like a fifty dollar hammer on a greased nail when it debuts.

If you don’t have time, no sweat.  If you do, please be looking for the email from Glen next month. If you can give it five minutes or five hours, we will be eternally grateful.

And, again, thank you for blowing my socks off with your hard earned money.  I can promise you personally that it is being spent frugally and wisely.

I’ll let you know when there’s another grassroots project that needs your help.

Y’all, I need to get to some truth here and quit coyoting  around the rim of the canyon.

East Texas Congressman Steve Stockman is truly insane.

Tom DeLay is evil.  Ted Cruz would sell his grandmother for attention. Louie Gohmert is a fox who knows what his constituents want to hear.  Joe Barton is bought and paid for.  Randy Neugebauer is whore.  Rick Perry is just dumber than bean dip.  Greg Abbott is going straight to hell.

But Steve Stockman is delusional. It’s just a matter of time before he does something that is going to get banner headlines. I mean, look at those eyes. Would you want those eyes looking at you?  No, you would not. It would creep you out. And this man carries a gun.

Rep. Steve Stockman is offering free breakfast in exchange for pro-gun conversation. On Thursday, he invited Capitol Hill staffers to join a discussion being by the  Gun Owners of America entitled, “The Fallacy of Gun-Free School Zones.”

Stockman, R-Friendswood, posted on his website about the event underneath the headline, “Grab free donuts and coffee before Obama grabs your gun!”

The Houston Chronicle is doing a big investigation around where Stockman gets his money and how he reports it.  On the surface it appears that he just makes up companies he owns and claims he has money they make but only sometimes.  The Chronicle’s story on Sunday completely detailed the financial mess around Stockman, including proof of everything.  Stockman’s only reply: the writer of the column is liberal.

The Chronicle’s story is behind closed doors to non-subscribers. But, the Huffington Post picked up some of it.

Stockman doesn’t act crazy – he is crazy.  The last time he got booted out of congress, he ended up homeless and eating out of trash cans.  Being a congressman is the only way he can make money and appear to be sane – you know, in comparison.

I’m tellin’ ya, he’s a creepy headline just waiting to happen.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.