Riverside County, California.

A big tough guy who wanted to show little girls that this is still America, pulled a gun on a Girl Scout selling cookie at his front door.

A press release from the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s office that the father of the girl, who is a minor, contacted authorities after he saw 59-year-old John Dodrill point the gun at his daughter while she was selling cookies door-to-door on Sunday.

“When the victim knocked on the suspect’s door, he opened the door and pointed a gun at her,” the release said.

I’m trying to think of the appropriate punishment for this but everything I can think of involves Medieval instruments and I think that’s against the law in California.

I will tell you this.  Had that happened with my daddy, they’d be calling 59-year-old John Dodrill “Limpin’ John” for the rest of his life.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Y’all have heard me talk about Fort Worth Pastor and TeeVee Evangelist John Hagee.

He’s a doozy who thinks everything is a sin except gluttony.  Well, his gluttony.  Your gluttony is probably still a sin.

Hagee thinks that Catholics allowed the wholesale slaughter of Jews and that Hurricane Katrina was God’s revenge for Homosexuality (which is believes is a seven syllable word).  He doesn’t think too highly of females (which makes you wonder about that whole seven syllable homosexuality thing) and has decided that slavery wasn’t really all that bad.

He has also decided that Dan Patrick would be a darn fine Lt. Governor for Texas.

“It has been my privilege to work with Senator Patrick over the past eight years on legislation in Austin designed to benefit the educational growth and development of Texas students. I know Senator Patrick to be a man of integrity, choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience and truth over popularity.” Pastor John Hagee

Now that right there is some holy crap.

Ethics?  ‘Scuse me, did he say ethics?  You can say a lot of things about Dan Patrick but ethical ain’t one of them.

The Home Skool PAC also endorsed him but their chalkboard slates got accidentally erased in the mail.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

Capn’ Pete Olson, my personal congressvarmint, sent out a statement after President Obama’s State of the Union address.

Now you gotta remember that Capn’ Pete is a better Christian than you are.  He’s the super deluxe brand.  He puts the saint in sanctimony.

The subject line in his email is:  “Subject: The President is Full of it”

And his closing is this do-whopper.   Click the little one to get the big one.

Full of IT.  And what would that IT be, Mr. Holier Than Thou?

Look, I talk like that all the time but I don’t claim to Super Deluxe Brand Christian status.  I’m one of those who has backsliding blisters on my butt.

Thanks to Jane for the heads up.

Remember smiley Cathy McMorris Rodgers who gave the “official” Republican response to President Obama’s SOTU?

Oh such a nice smile.  And women should always smile a lot when they are talking so they don’t seem too aggressive.  Which is my way of telling you to never trust a woman who smiles when she says something horrible or controversial because she’s trying to be loved instead of right.  A theory that Cathy sweetly proves for me.

She says she is all for equal pay for equal work.  Yep, all for that stuff.

Well, except when you want to actually do it.

But McMorris Rodgers actually voted against laws meant to address the pay disparity between men and women four times. She voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act twice, which lengthened the time for victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint. She also voted twice against the Paycheck Fairness Act….

Say cheese, Cathy.

And that is why she is a rock star.

Bill Maher is running some damn thing called Flip a District, where he and his fans will attempt to oust a sitting congressvarmint.

Lt. Col. Wesley Reed

He wants it to be someone who has a chance of winning.  While we have some excellent congressional candidates in Texas to take on Republicans, including Louie Minor in District 31 who is a real comer, the one who probably has the best chance of winning against a real certified dead solid perfect Republican son of a motherless goat is Wesley Reed.

He’s running against Ducky Jammie Boy Blake Farenthold.  Watch the You Tube at that second link.

If Lt. Col. Reed had some money, he could take this seat back.  He is an outstanding speaker, has a gorgeous family, is smart as Rice University with a 50 pound dictionary, and with just a little help, he can an will win.  He is personally a very charismatic guy with a compelling life story who is comfortable in his own skin.

So is Maher in looking in Texas, and he’s crazy if he doesn’t, this is the race to win.  And, boy howdy, the laughs Farenthold would provide!

UPDATE:  One of his volunteers sent me a better picture.  Did I mention that he’s mighty easy on the eyes, too.

UPDATE:  I just talk to Wesley.  His website will be update professionally by this Friday if not before.  It just so happens that Bill Maher is com in to Corpus Christi this weekend to do a show.  Corpus is in the district.  Wesley’s supporters are putting together a packet to give Maher.  MOSTLY, Wesley thanks you for your donations.