I have tried to shuddup about George W Bush with the eternal hope that he’ll just go the hell away.

For the most part, it’s been working.

But dammit, he went to New Orleans to celebrate Katrina.

That’s like killing somebody and then showing up at their funeral with a plate of muffins and a nice potato salad.

Two thousand people died.  Doctors and nurses were deserted in the New Orleans parish hospital with sick people and no electricity, food, or water.  The horror of that place still keeps me up at night.

But, hell, let’s celebrate!

I was on the other end.  I volunteered to help when people arrived from New Orleans with only the sweaty clothes on their backs.  Houston took them in.  I held the hand of an 83 year old woman who had been separated from the rest of her family.  She didn’t know if they were dead or alive.  She didn’t know if they were in Houston or Raton Rouge.  She thought her husband had died in New Orleans but she didn’t know for sure; maybe he was just lost.  Mostly she was worried about her granddaughter with asthma.  She asked me to pray with her.  Her prayer was that the Lord take her home, to his house.

George W Bush can go to hell.

Jeb Bush is running a TV ad touting his ability to handle hurricanes.  The ad features him standing next to Mike Brown, aka Helluva job, Brownie.  Holy cow.

I apologize for the rant but Lord help me, I hate that man.  I hate him.  I saw what he did to people.  I saw what he did to this country.  I just hate him.

Rick Perry in South Carolina at the God Rally.  Listen to him say, “Load Up!” and “What are you willing to die for?” and then call for Christian soldiers.

With half a decent lawyer, we could have him committed.  It’s 2 minutes and 18 seconds of loco eyed crazy.  Stay with it until the end but turn down the sound a little because he’s foaming at the mouth screeching.

Okay, I saw another Trump bumper sticker.  Youngish guy, tall, shaved head, immediately lit up a cigarette when he walked out of the store.  Click the little one to get the big one.

It’s in his back window.

Here’s something else on my mind.

Fort Bend County, where I live, has been named the most diverse county in America.

We have 6 district courts and 4 county courts at law.  Of those 10, none are minorities and only 2 are women.  All are Republicans.  (Note: We do have a Judge Morales but he’s only Hispanic at election time. The rest of the time he calls himself an Italian.)

So, one of the judges resigned for health reasons.  And who does Governor Greg Abbott appoint?  A white male assistant DA.  A highly qualified Asian American female applied for it but nooooooo, we are going for a world record of white boys.

I’ve asked a couple of the judges if they can understand why an African American female might think that maybe she won’t get a fair shake when the district attorney and the entire judiciary is white.  They look at me like I’ve lost my mind.  “We’re fair judges,” they respond.

Hummm … I keep going, would you feel the same way if you were accused of a white collar crime and all the judges and DA were black?  The response I get?  “It wouldn’t bother me, as long as they are qualified.”

Geezeee, the word “qualified” didn’t come up until I said black.

And no, let me assure you, you would not feel okay about it.

I will put my soapbox up now.

South Dakota Republican State Representative Roger Hunt has a solution for all your gender related confusion.

The proposal from Rep. Roger Hunt, R-Brandon, would rely on official birth certificates and visual inspections for determining gender rather than allowing people to decide and declare their gender on their own.

“This is South Dakota. We haven’t adopted the East Coast culture. We haven’t adopted the West Coast culture. We maintain our own culture,” Hunt said.

I dunno.  How ’bout instead, we check you for turquoise shirts?

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

New Mexico Republican Secretary of State oversees elections and campaign finance and has the role of state government ethics regulator.

So what better person to spend money from her campaign account at casinos?

Republican Secretary of State Dianna Duran has been indicted for embezzlement from her campaign account.

According to the complaint, Duran withdrew a total of $147,641 in 2013 and $282,807 in 2014 at Buffalo Thunder Casino, Camel Rock Casino, Casino Apache, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Ohkay Casino, Ruidoso Downs, San Felipe Casino and Sandia Casino from her personal accounts.

The largest chunks of the withdrawals, totaling $95,700 in 2013 and $150,256 in 2014, were at Sandia Casino.

The New Mexico Attorney General is a Democrat.

So, Republican Secretary of State Duran is yelling, “Political!”

Well, in the strictest sense, it probably is.  If the Attorney General had been a Republican, we never would have heard about this.  I can damn promise you that.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

I just can’t stop laughing.  It’s a Texas thing.