And you thought Texas was bad?

An Arizona republican, Carl Seel, recently introduced legislation that would make it a crime for a ‘person in the state illegally’ to use any public resource or facility. This would include sidewalks, roads, parks and yes, even public restrooms.

The first time, it’s a misdemeanor, but the second time it’s a felony.  So, apparently it’s okay to use public jails.

He wants to take their cars if undocumented workers are found driving on public streets, so drive on up in the yards, guys, because it’ll keep big bad Carl Seel off your butt.

And as far as not being able to use public restrooms, if somebody will get Carl Seel’s address we can all use his driveway.

You think I’m joking, don’t you?

Okay, you caught me.  I’m joking.

Use his flower bed.

Scott Walker is such a tool.

“I remember, I was a teenager, had just become a teenager and voted for Ronald Reagan — limited government, you know, smaller government, lower taxes, strong national defense. You knew what you were getting. You knew how a Reagan administration, a Reagan presidency was going to be better for you.”

Scott Walker was born on November 2, 1967.

Ronald Reagan was elected in November of 1980.

Do the math.

No, seriously, do it.

Yep, lower taxes were a big thing for me at 13.  I was paying waaaaaay too many taxes at 13.  So I insisted on voting.

Thanks to Craig for the heads up.

This morning at 3:00 am, while you were all snuggled in bed, a 29 year old woman in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was settling the score.

Yesterday evening, she went to McDonalds and placed an order at the window.  As is required by law in most states, the order got messed up and she got some scrumptious gourmet items that she hadn’t ordered.

She complained, rightly so, and McDonalds promised her a free meal the next time she visited their fine dining establishment.  And that’s when the fun began.

Hours later, the women returned to the same McDonald’s location, placed the same order, and again received an incorrectly prepared burger.

This time, the passenger began a verbal confrontation with the employee and exited the vehicle to yell and shoot one pistol round into the window of the restaurant. No one was injured as a result.

And how did they get caught?

… the women had left a phone number at the restaurant at the time of the first incorrect burger so they could be contacted about the mistake and the promised free meal.

Seriously.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

It’s Missouri so you gotta show me!

Missouri state Rep. Courtney Allen Curtis wants to give you a high-five, and he wants it to be official.

Curtis, a Democrat, recently introduced HB 1624, which reads, “The ‘high five’ is selected for and shall be known as the official state greeting in the state of Missouri.”

Curtis says that he wrote this bill in about 10 minutes so it’s not taking way from his time on more important matters.  You mean there’s more important matters in Missouri?

Curtis said his inspiration for the bill is the children and teens he works with on a regular basis. He said he wanted to use the measure as a teaching tool to showcase how legislation is created and moves through the lawmaking process.

And surely there’s another lesson here.  Ya think?

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

Texas Attorney General and Governor wannabe has found a whole new group of people to piss off.

In a recorded speech, he compared South Texas with a third world country.  And not in the good way.

In an attempt to make a new punching bag for conservatives, Abbott claims that problems with law enforcement along the Texas border “resembles third-world country practices that erode the social fabric of our communities and destroys Texans’ trust in government.”

The McAllen Monitor was the first to jump high enough to catch geese with a net.

As we have said on our Opinion page several times before, this year’s election should not fall into that traditional zone of venomous nativist rhetoric that inflames the passions of white conservatives at the expense of the state’s growing Hispanic population.

Abbott has been guilty of such practices in the past and we need to declare as a region that we are tired of having Hispanics act as the bogeymen of Texas.

You know, I heard that Abbott’s new campaign slogan is “If it Ain’t White, It Ain’t Right.”  I could be wrong about that.  But, probably not.

Thanks to Web T. for the heads up.

My pronunciation: kerrrr-ap, not another one.