Juanita got an email this morning from Melissa, who is a blogger of no small fame, fretting about Rick Perry’s summer reading list.

The first book on the list, and I seriously doubt that there’s more than one, is something called Turning the Tide. According to people who have read it, and that certainly would not be me, they say it’s about : “pray that Jews worldwide will accept Him as their Savior,” and to “Pray for God’s protection against terrorism and ask that Muslims through the world will come to know Jesus as their Savior.”

The good people at the National Jewish Defense Council are rightfully concerned.  And even the folks at New York Magazine are pondering on what this stuff means.

Let me try to quell the storm without riding the thunder.

Y’all, Rick Perry didn’t even read his own book.  What makes you think he’s going to read some other dude’s book?

Second, Remember George Bush and My Pet Goat?  George was the smart one.

Numero three, Rick Perry cannot read without moving his lips and pointing at each word with his finger.  That’s tiresome work and somebody eventually distracts him with a piece of fried chicken.

We here at The World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc. are happy to be of service in explaining Rick Perry’s worldview.  It almost always includes Disneyland, with a heavy emphasis on Goofy.

Thanks to Melissa for the heads up.