Oh yeah, the Pope Hisownself is coming to speak to the Republican controlled congress on September 24th.

He will most certainly address the social issues of poverty and income disparity.

Thelma is taking wagers on which one of them will shout “You lie!” during his speech. Send her five dollars cash American money and she will put you in the pool.  In case of a tie, a panel of distinguished  judges will declare the winner by which entry had the most creative spelling of John Boehner’s name. Other quality shout-outs considered in place of “You lie!” shall be  ….

1.  Hey, Guy with  funny hat, you’re a commie!

2.  Dude, this poor people crap is a downer.  We’re waiting for you to make Citizens United a sacrament.

3.  Hey, Pope-pa-rino, Lindsay Graham is available!

4.  Come on, say Fox News is infallible, just say it!

5.  Joni Earnt is coming after you with some pliers.

Will Mike Huckabee give the Republican response, throwing some hate on Beyonce and shouting hallelujah  about grits and gravy (both of which he needs to leave alone for a while).

The best part will be when you hear, “God said I can be a living saint right now,” followed by shouts of, “Shuddup, Ted!” from Jeb Bush.”

This is gonna be fun, y’all.

Y’all, I have no idea how we got this lucky.

Guess who will be giving the GOP response to the State of the Union Address?

Joni “Make ‘um Squeal” Ernest.  I wonder she’s gonna castrate hogs on live teevee!  Hell, I’d pay money to see that if John Boehner was first in line.

I wonder if she knows it’s traditionally been the kiss of death.

More importantly, I wonder if she knows what a kiss is?

For me, radicalization started in 1964 when a high school English teacher assigned Dr King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Written in the form of St. Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth, Dr. King’s letter to white clergymen remains my favorite of his writings. It was written on scraps of paper smuggled out of the jail. Caroline Kennedy included it in her Patriot’s Handbook because of its power and simplicity.

I have been to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis twice and was deeply and permanently moved. But, it was at the National Museum at Central High School in Little Rock that my knees buckled and I was reduced to uncontrollable sobbing tears. After seeing it, I could never use the word awesome for anything else.  What those children and their parents did tops awesome.

Y’all, Louie has taken goofy to international levels.

First we noticed that he was charging his campaign account for a trip to London, including a $234.54 taxi ride.

And a helluva hotel bill.

Let’s face it, $5,000 pays for a whole bunch of porn on the hotel tv.  Or, everything in the mini-bar.

The Andaz is a five star hotel — only the best when someone else is paying for it.

Well, come to find out, Louie wasn’t advising the House of Lords.  He was … wait for it … speaking to the Cambridge Union Society.

And, Honey, they were already poking fun at him before he got there.  They posted this video.  And this Facebook page —

Louie takes London — gotta do a movie!

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

Republican State Representative Tom Miles says that since Mississippi has a state flower, a state motto, and a state bird, it should have a state book.

Needless to say, Tom Miles believes that book should be the Bible.

I can buy a ticket for that train just so long Mississippi also has a state tool.  And that state tool should be Tom Miles.  Amen.

Here’s Tom with a friend at the state capitol.  Tom swears he’s a distant cousin of Elvis.  Hell, son, everybody in Mississippi is a distant cousin of somedamnbody, most probably each other.

Thanks to AlanInAustin for the heads up.

So we’re in Glasgow, Kentucky today.

A police officer is suing a gun store.

According to a civil lawsuit filed Friday, former Glasgow police officer Darrell Smith went into Barren Outdoors back in March and asked to see a .380 caliber handgun.

He then held the gun after receiving it from under the counter. Smith began to examine the gun and then cocked it. The gun was actually loaded and fired, shooting off part of Smith’s index finger.

The officer claims he lost his job because of the injury.

There’s a video of it at the link.  The way I count it, there were 4 people downrange, one salesman at the counter, and a damn idiot holding a gun.

Something, I dunno, tells me that losing part of his index finger on his left hand when he’s obviously right handed didn’t cause him to lose his job.  However, I do believe he violated the damfool city ordinance of Glasgow.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.