Y’all have heard me talk about Sheriff Goofy before.  Well, he’s retired Sheriff Goofy now.  He retired and spent all his free time getting his chief deputy elected sheriff.  The boy spent $550,000 – five time what his opponent did – and he came in third in the two man race.  Hell, he didn’t even win his parent’s precinct.  That’s almost sad.  

Anyway, Sheriff Goofy (who has the born name of Milton Wright and there is certainly evidence to the rumor that his middle name is “Not”), has decided to run for Richmond City Council.

First off, he’s so old that we have to carbon date him to figure out how many candles to put on his birthday cake.

Second off, he’s the laziest man in town.

Third off, everybody knows that he’s running to get his former chief deputy a job as the new police chief.

A local newspaper called him the Law and Order candidate.  Why?  He watches a lot of teevee re-runs?  If he is so big on law and order, how come his political signs are completely illegal?

First off, there’s no disclaimer as required by the Texas Ethics commission.

Second, since he’s not the incumbent, he is required to use the word FOR in his ads and signs.

Just let the Republicans try to take it away now.

Thanks to everybody who sent me this for the heads up!

Every time something goes in Tom DeLay’s favor, he jumps up, waves his Bible around and says that Jesus loves him real special.

Maybe not so much.

It seems that all those secret DOJ files when Tom DeLay was being investigated are now open to public inspection.  I, for one, kept wondering why every single one of his friends got indicted but Tom never did.  Now we get to find out why.

The DOJ said the public did not have a right to see the files because Tom DeLay’s “privacy interests.”  Yeah, that’s some caca del toro.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had failed entirely to justify withholding documents from its closed investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX).

A special thanks should go to CREW, the watchdogs that keep fighting.

Now this does not mean that we get to see the files tomorrow.  It goes back to district court where the Department of Justice gets to explain why Tom DeLay, public official, has a “privacy interest.” Honey, he didn’t seem too concerned about privacy when he shook his butt on Dancing With the Stars, or now that he’s showing his butt on Fox News.  How come what he did on our payroll gets to be private.

“… the D.C. Circuit said in this latest opinion, “prominent and influential public officials are subjected to the same investigative scrutiny and prosecutorial zeal as local aldermen and little-known lobbyists.”

No shoot, Sherlock.

Thanks to Alfredo at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.

Well, isn’t that special?

It seems very convenient that Hobby Lobby wants to be against contraception when it’s going to cost them money in providing health insurance.  But, oh boy!, they are all for it when it comes to making them money.

When Hobby Lobby filed its case against Obamacare’s contraception mandate, its retirement plan had more than $73 million invested in funds with stakes in contraception makers.

These include drug companies that produce drugs specifically made to induce abortions and also drug companies that make contraception and Plan B.

So …. Hobby Lobby ain’t real particular about what is inside the cup, just so long the outside is clean.

The Book of Matthew, Chapter 23

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

Hobby Lobby: We do not want to provide contraception.  We just want to make money off of it.

Thanks to David for the heads up.