The Mayor of Murietta, California, says his city is not responsible for the folks who showed up to turn around the busses.

Yeah, yeah, they all came from Ohio.

Mayor Alan Long explains thusly …

“I guarantee you, if a bus were to arrive at the Murietta border patrol and those aliens were here, you would see that we would treat them with compassion. And the unfortunate part is that never occurred. This is a democracy, for whatever reason, the bus was turned around,” Long said. “I can’t speak for the rest of the world that showed up on our doorsteps.”

Okay, first of all, they are not “those aliens.”  They didn’t come from Mars.   They are people.  Force yourself, Mayor Long, to use the people when discussing … oh, I dunno, people.

Second off, in a democracy, the busses would not have been turned around.  This was not democracy.  This was mob rule.

Third off, where was your behind when this happened, Mr. Mayor?  And why were you on teevee calling the transfer, “a failure of federal law” and arguing against it days before the arrival of the busses?  And why was national news interviewing your citizens saying how much they didn’t want the busses?

Whoa, whoa, Skippy, you lit the fuze.  You’re responsible for the bomb.

You can’t back this one up, Mr. Mayor, and blame the people of Ohio or Nebraska.

Y’all, not all Texans are crazy.  I know it seems that way because the ones on teevee look like they escaped from the attic.

We actually have some sane people in Texas.  Even in Dallas.

Armed with guitars instead of guns, this Independence Day, hundreds of musicians – and music fans – used satire and songs to protest the Open Carry Gun movement.

They have a Facebook page and pictures.

A guy named Barry Kooda (see what he did there?) got it all together.

I love yew, Texas.

Thanks to Grace for the heads up.

Satire is dead.  Republicans killed it.  Nah, they didn’t just kill it.  They killed it, drug it through town and then cooked it and ate it.

Many of you, like me, thought this was true because it. sounds. like. her.

It’s satire.  See?

They ruined my life.

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I hope your 4th of July is fun, safe, and filled with sparklers.

Bubba and I are taking Ben to his first fireworks show in his own backyard.

Here’s a blast from the past:  Bristol Palin, of Dancing With The Stars fame, is so pleased about the Hobby Lobby decision that she told her “fans” to go to Hobby Lobby today and send her the pictures.  She promised to post her favorites on Facebook and “other social media.”

What could possibly go wrong with that plan?

Yeah, this.

Using the hashtag #HobbyLobbyLove, real women took to Twitter and made some suggestion about what Bristol could do with her favorites.

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Sometimes The Twitter is a blast!

Thanks to Ralph for the heads up.