Oklahoma.  The mean is bubbling up from Texas.

The chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party had himself a dandy idea:  a solution to the problem of feeding the hungry. Feed them to bears instead.  Or something like that.

Tomorrow he promises to make fun of the disabled.

Friday is reserved for hungry children satire.

And when people said, “Holy cow, dude, what the hell are you saying?” his response was …

“Last night, there was a post on our OKGOP Facebook page, and it was misinterpreted by many,” state Republican Party Chairman Randy Brogdon said. “I offer my apologies for those who were offended — that was not my intention.”

Randy, Randy, Randy, would you please tell me what the correct interpretation would be?

It’s a shame because he looks like such a nice guy.

That is the best picture he could find of himself.  He issued it to the public.  I wonder if he looks less like a bear himself in a bad picture.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Pete Olsen, my personal congressman, is a dolt.  Seriously.  A complete dolt.  He’s Louie Gohmert crazy but just smart enough to know to keep his mouth shut.  He took Tom DeLay’s place and saw the folly of foolishness.

But that’s all the smart he is.  He’s not even one IQ point above shuddup.

But sometimes he forgets.

One of his little minions in my county goes around saying, “Democrats put up the confederate flag and Republicans took it down.”

I don’t even know where to start.

Thanks to Austin Hat Lady for the heads up.

Our Governor Greg Abbott decided it would serve Texas well if he took a close look at SB 359.  The bill was intended to help doctors with mentally ill patients.

Intended to provide a window of protection for doctors who sometimes find themselves choosing between illegally holding mentally ill patients and letting them leave with the real possibility they might be a danger to themselves or the community, the legislation would have allowed hospitals to retain patients for up to four hours, allowing law enforcement to arrive and evaluate the situation.

This is a high standard for a very few mentally ill patients but it does serve to protect society from people fixing to go off the edge.  It was supported by every mental health advocate group in Texas.  Except one.  Just one.

A May 22 email accompanying a letter of support from doctors asks an Abbott staffer to “please remember that the veto coalition is being led by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a front group for the Church of Scientology. … Their positions are well outside the mainstream.”

Yeah, the Church of Scientology, who does not believe in mental illness, won out over the medical and mental health community.

The Governor vetoed the bill, stunning the legislature who said that the Governor expressed no reservations about the bill while it was being considered.

First the Jade Helm Crazies and now the Church of Scientology.  The come to find out, the First Lady of Texas is all Let’s Do Lunch with the Scientologists.  In a letter to Abbott’s wife …

Spiller added a postscript: “I have not forgotten about your last message. Please consider yourself invited to our office, and any event we hold, any time.” He then asks to set up an “informal coffee … with a few close friends.”

Can’t we pass some legislation about Governors with mental health problems?

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Tennessee has my favorite story of the year.

A Kingsport woman told police she was counterfeiting money because she read online that President Barack Obama made a new law allowing her to print her own money, according to a police report.

Pamela Downs, 45, of Kingsport, Tennessee, tried to pass a counterfeit $5 bill at a local grocery.  The clerk got suspicious and called the police.  Downs claimed to have received the $5 bill at a gas station a few days before.

Downs was asked by the officer if her purse could be searched, to which she agreed. Inside her purse, the officer found a $100 which was also counterfeit, according to the report. The bill was printed in black and white and the backside of the bill was upside down.

A couple of receipts from Walmart were also found inside the purse, showing Downs had purchased copy paper and a printer.

Uh oh.  Red damn handed.

Downs was then placed in handcuffs. Downs then reportedly said, “I don’t give a ****, all these other bitches get to print money so I can too.”

Yeah, the other bitches.

She then told officers she read online that President Obama had made a new law that permitted her to print her own money because she is on a fixed income, the report stated.

Thanks, Obama.

Down then signed a consent to search waiver, which officers executed at her apartment. Inside they found several items consistent with being used to print counterfeit currency including paper, scissors, glue and a printer. All the items were seized and put into evidence.

Several more counterfeit bills, both cut and uncut, were located at the apartment. Officers estimated the total to be around $30,000 to $50,000.

I’m asking you: is that just not the perfect story?  I just flat love that story.

Thanks to MB for the heads up.

Y’all, he’s stoopid.

Trump tweeted.

The troops at the bottom of the picture?  Nazis.

Really.

He deleted the tweet and blamed it on an intern!  An intern.  He has an intern tweeting for him.

Thanks to William for the heads up.

Old white people in Texas have all gone nuts.

They want to put secession on the March Republican primary ballot, along with repealing the law of gravity and making knuckled-dragging an Olympic sport.

Do they realize where their social security checks come from?

Yes, Tyler is the heart of East Texas and Louie Gohmert’s congressional district.