The Supremes have turned down taking up the Oklahoma undamnconstitutional law that forces a woman to look at an ultrasound of a fetus prior to having an abortion.

The decision Tuesday leaves intact an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that struck down the law on the basis that it ran counter to the top court’s precedent on abortion restrictions and placed an unconstitutional burden on abortion rights.

It marks the second time in just two weeks that the top court had rebuffed a chance to review an Oklahoma court ruling that struck down a restriction on abortion.

Hey Oklahoma, kiss my big bus butt.  You lose, you rightwing losers.

Odds are pretty good that I won’t like anything else The Supremes do this year so maybe we should at least celebrate that.

Thanks to Maggie Mc for the heads up.

I hardly know where to start.

Barry Smitherman was a Rick Perry discovery.  Perry appointed him to the Public Utility Commission and from there to the Texas Railroad Commission which regulates not railroads, but oil and gas.   We suspect that Perry thought the Railroad Commission Chairman drove the trains and blew the whistles.  And, to be honest, Smitherman is perfectly qualified for that job.  Oil and gas, not so much

Now Barry is running for Texas Attorney General.  If you go to his website, you are greeted with an angry black man who wants to take away your freedom.

He says he’s sued Obama seven times.  What he doesn’t say is how many time he’s lost.  That would be seven.

But that’s just the basement.  Barry has built himself a whole tower of ignorance.

Barry believes, and strongly announces, that aborted fetuses would have voted Republican.  Since polling data was unavailable at press time, Barry offers this evidence.

“What we’ve seen in our state is that Republicans are more pro-life than Democrats. Let’s hypothetically ask an unborn child: ‘Here’s the Republican position on life, here’s the Democrat. If you’re born, which way would you vote?'” Smitherman told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

“I think they vote Republican,” he added. “To me it was pretty simple.”

Then he defended a group called “Crusaders for Yahweh” when complaining that the Southern Poverty Law Center’s materials should not be used in Texas classrooms when discussing To Kill a Mockingbird.  Of course, Crusaders for Yahweh is a well documented racist group.  Barry says he didn’t know that, which is not surprising considering the list of things Barry doesn’t know.

Barry doesn’t believe in climate change.  And he has proof, dammit.

“Climate change is, in my estimation, not an issue associated with co2 and greenhouse gasses,” he said, referring to carbon dioxide emissions.

Meanwhile, Smitherman’s ready with a comeback for critics who blame climate change for Superstorm Sandy and other recent weather catastrophes.

“You’re talking to a guy from the Texas Gulf Coast where we get hurricanes a lot,” Smitherman said. “But, if you’ve noticed, we’ve not had a bad storm in the last couple of years.”

So there’s that.  No hurricanes in Barry’s backyard in Austin, no problem.

He also retweeted a list of U.S. Senate Republicans who voted for an ultimately unsuccessful federal gun control bill next to the word “Treason” and a noose.

He now says he didn’t see the noose. No kidding, he said that.  Didn’t see it. Slipped his eye site.  Click the little one to see the big one and make a note somewhere of the first thing you see.

And he gleefully announced that if the United States collapses, Texas can survive on its own.  Just ask the fetuses.

Thanks to Maggie for the heads up.

A man in Maine shot off his face while jacking around with a .270-caliber hunting rifle.  You might want to write this down somewhere:  Do not clown around with a .270 caliber hunting rifle.  It should be like a plastic bag and have a warning on it – “This is not a toy.  Keep away from idiots.”

Dale Poulin, 31, of Ash Street, was visiting friends at 218 College Ave. around 9 p.m. Wednesday and exchanging hunting stories when he went outside and brought in a .270-caliber hunting rifle. At one point, Poulin put the barrel of the rifle under his chin and pulled the trigger, said Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey.

Yes, there was alcohol involved.  What are you?  Stupid?

And then in the understatement of the year, Police Chief Massey says —

Massey said the accident illustrates the dangers of improperly and unsafely handling firearms.

But let’s not stop there.

“Guns and alcohol – they just don’t mix,” he said. “Dangerous combination.”

Ya think?

Thanks to Jean for the heads up.

Attorney General and Governor Wannabe Greg Abbott is always carrying around one of those Come and Take It flags.  He even had a contest on his Facebook page to win ten of them.  I suspect he buys them in bulk.  (Click the little one to get the big one.)

Well, I think we misunderstood what he means by using that flag.  We thought it had something to do with the battle of Gonzales during the Texas revolution.

Apparently not.  During the historic drought in Texas, Greg Abbott came and took, alright.  He came and took ground water.

With what has been described as the worst drought in recorded history punishing parts of Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott found a way to keep watering his yard without risking fines or incurring huge monthly bills: He drilled his own well.

Now his lawn is green, and there are no pesky city watering restrictions to worry about.

I will admit he’s not the only stinkin’ rich, self-involved, narcissistic son of a motherless goat in the fancy pants neighborhood he lives in who does this.  Ben Crenshaw and Mack Brown also do it.  But, that don’t make it right.  And they’re not running for Governor.

Yes, digging these wells does impact group water resources negatively.  And yes, in Texas you do own the water under your land.  You also own all the oxygen over your land but if you got a big oxygen sucking machine and put it on your lawn, it’s gonna hurt your neighbor’s oxygen levels.  Same deal here.

Watering livestock is one thing.  Your lawn is another thing.  A whole ‘nother thing.

Gregg Abbott:  He’s gonna Come and Get Your Water.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Tomorrow Facebook will be full of people posting their “Thank you veterans” to their timeline for all their friends, and most likely few veterans to see. As a veteran, I can tell you that we really don’t want “thank you’s”. We want cash.

The reason we want cash is because we as society have decided to pay the people who are ready to give their lives for our safety and freedom near poverty levels while we pay our professional athletes, who basically play children games for our amusement, millions. We do this through our elected representatives who set military pay. And we should be ashamed.

So instead of participating in the usual “I support the troops” circle jerk to make yourself feel good about yourself, find a veteran and give them cash. If you really can’t spare any cash, give them stuff. It’s veteran’s day after all, so logically you should be giving veterans presents. At the very least, give them a hug. But make it a big hug.

For Rick Perry, shutting down the government wasn’t enough.  No, sireee.

In an interview that aired on ABC’s This Week, Perry insisted to reporter Jeff Zeleny that he “certainly enjoyed” Cruz’ 21-hour Senate speech attempting to defund the Affordable Care Act.

NOT Clark Kent

I think he especially enjoyed the Dr. Seuss part, the only thing he understood.

But Rick Perry, a man with a plan, has his solution.

“It would have been wiser for us to have laid the wood to the president — so to speak — in the sense of being able to call him out on this, let it become an issue of, ‘Mr. President, you own this,’” Perry explained.

Yeah, nobody even mention the President’s name when talking about the Affordable Care Act.  No, wait.  Maybe I have that wrong.

“Laid the wood to the president”?  Well, I suspect Rick Perry could just headbutt the president and accomplish that.

Thanks to TexasTrailerParkTrash for the heads up.