Gay people must be very different in Georgia than they are everywhere else in the world.

Being gay in Georgia must be a genetic condition that also makes you likely to cause straight people to lie to the state and cheat.

According the Republican Party Chairman in Georgia, Sue Everhart, if you allow gay couples to marry, then straight couple will pretend to be gay so that they can pretend to get married to get marriage benefits.  Seriously.

Look, this is like trying to explain Chinese algebra in French to people who speak Spanish.  I’ll just let Ms. Everhart try.

“You may be as straight as an arrow, and you may have a friend that is as straight as an arrow,” Everhart said. “Say you had a great job with the government where you had this wonderful health plan. I mean, what would prohibit you from saying that you’re gay, and y’all get married and still live as separate, but you get all the benefits?

Ms. Everhart doesn’t expand on what would keep that from happening between two straight people right now.  Maybe  gay people have mind control over straight people in Georgia.  I dunno.  I mean, you gotta admit, it’s Georgia so it wouldn’t take much.

Ms. Everhart also lacks basic biology.

“Lord, I’m going to get in trouble over this, but it is not natural for two women or two men to be married,” Everhart said. “If it was natural, they would have the equipment to have a sexual relationship.”

I’m gonna venture out there and suggest that Ms. Everhart doesn’t know much about hoochy-koochy.

Ms. Everhart cautions that she does not hate the gays.  No, siree.  She doesn’t not.  But, she is a cautious woman:

“I’m not saying that we ostracize them or anything like that. I’m just saying I’m against marriage because once you get the gay marriage you get everything else.”

Like a pony?  You mean a pony?  That’s very cool.

Personally, I’ve always wanted everything else.

Thanks to Bob for the heads up.

I know that everybody’s gonna think this is an April Fool’s joke.  It is not.  This is a Ted Cruz is a Joke.

Listen up:  if we get expansion of medicaid under Obamacare in Texas, violent prisoners will get out of jail and kill you. That day.

Ted Cruz

So if you think it’s important for the state to continue spending on public education, you should be glad that the state is not signing on to Medicaid expansion. If you want state funds to provide for our prisons and law enforcement to incarcerate violent criminals and keep them off the streets you should be glad we’re not signing up for this Medicaid expansion ….

There are 1.5 million Texans without health insurance but Ted Cruz thinks the 10% that the state will pay to help those people get healthcare will cause us to have to open the prison doors and throw our children and grandmothers at the marauding herds to protect our lives the sky is falling the sky is falling.

Study after study has shown the Obamacare will provide “substantial economic stimulus” in Texas.

How’s that for merchant of hate and fear?

Y’all, I am being totally serious.  This man has mental health issues.  Some of them don’t even have names yet.

Thanks to Brian C for the heads up.

Yesterday, the Googles honored Cesar Chavez on his birthday.

A pack of damfools, being led off the cliff of dumb by Michelle Malkin, thought it was a picture of Hugo Chavez and were outraged, outraged I tell you, that on the day of the resurrection of our Lord that Google was honoring a commie.

I suppose the real irony is that they were looking at Google when they saw the picture.  They could have looked it up.

I guess a small lesson is in order for Malkin’s minions.

Your Handy Guide to Hispanics or Can’t We Just Call Them All Pedro?

Fidel Castro is not the same person as Julián Castro.

Fidel Castro

Julián Castro

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José Cruz is not the same person as Penelope Cruz.  Jerry Garcia is not the same person as Ruben Garcia, Jr.

And then there’s this:  On February 11, the Republicans launched a Twitter account called GOPespanol, in an attempt to speak to all three GOP Hispanics, and presumably to attract more Hispanics to the GOP.

All that is just dandy, except …

Don’t get ahead of me here.

Republicans in congress are now pushing to make English the official language of the United States again.

Two Republican members of Congress have once again introduced legislation in the House and Senate to make English the official language of the United States.

Congressman Steve King (who is not the same person as Billy Jean King) and Senator  James Inhofe (who is hardly a person at all) have introduced the legislation.

Now, I’m not suggesting that there’s a message here that’s more mixed than a Betty Crocker cake or that GOPespanol is pandering but …. oh hell, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting.

And finally,

Thanks to Malcolm and Craig for the heads up.

My friend, El Grande Jefe Bob Cavnar, who is the co-founder of the Old Farts Progressive Blogger Alliance, has appeared on Rachel Maddow several times and Keith Obermann, too.

Bob has the unique ability to explain complicated energy matters in terms that even I can understand.  Bob’s a Texas oilman, and although he would deny it, a bit of a Renaissance man.

He explains fracking is not really fracking, and the unspoken harms of it.  Take some time this week to visit this article. You’ll learn something.

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North Carolina has recently become the homeland for reason and intelligence.  Their Lege is trying to make couples wait two years until they are granted a divorce.

They are calling it The Healthy Marriage Act.

During that time, the couple would have to complete courses on improving their communications skills and conflict resolution.

It would also strike from the current law …

It would also strike from the current law a provision that says “isolated incidents of sexual intercourse” don’t count against the one-year waiting period. It’s not clear if that means an occasional fling with your estranged partner does count against you under the proposed law.

Waiting periods for handgun purchases vary from county to county in North Carolina, but none are over 90 days.

Don’t want to live with an abusive man for two years?  No problem.

And in other news, Newt Gingrich will not be moving to North Carolina.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

Who is not very excited about the demeaning task of lowering his place on the food chain.

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