Halliburton lost some radioactive nuclear waste while fracking in West Texas.

That’s kinda the trifecta of “Makes You Want To Puke:”

1.  Halliburton
2.  Missing nuclear waste
3.  Fracking

Halliburton reported it lost on September 11th.  Halliburton claims they sent out special machinery to look for it  until the machinery was needed for Dick Cheney’s heart.  The Texas National Guard also hunted.  Nada.

Well, it got found.

Thankfully, the Midland County Sheriff’s Department said that an oilfield worker spotted the radioactive rod on the ground near a highway on Friday and immediately called police. The worker recognized it thanks to fliers passed out with photos of the device.

It was only by shear luck that the worker didn’t barbeque it and call over his friends for a cookout.

Thanks to Kathleen for the heads up.

So there’s this movement in Texas, mostly among Baptists, to go right ahead and preach politics in the pulpit just daring the IRS to do anything about it.

Hell, they even send their sermons to the IRS, taunting them.

Then, if the IRS says anything, they will holler about how persecuted they are.  What is it about fundamentalist rightwing Super DeLux Brand Christians that makes them want to be martyrs?  I mean, those people ain’t happy unless they are playing victim.

They want to be persecuted. When nobody is persecuting them, they do things to beg someone to say, “Hey, you’re messing in what falls into the category of MY business.  Quit it.”  Then they just go wacko with delight that they are victims because they are Christians.

I just don’t think they like Jesus very much.

And I know they don’t like America because they don’t want to pay their taxes.

My friend Vickie Vogel of Fayette County, Texas, spent much of her time chasing political celebrities at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. She had them sign quilt blocks.

Vickie came home and pieced the signatures blocks into a quilt.

And it can be yours.

(Click the small one to see the big one.)

“Charlotte 2012″ boasts the signatures of 25 famous Democrats from elected officials to political and community activists. All signatures were gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The quilt is 100% cotton, machine pieced and quilted. It measures 45″ x 45″ and has a 4” hanging sleeve sewn to the back. Just slip a dowel or even a curtain rod through the sleeve, and it’s ready for display on your wall. The label on the back identifies all signatures.

Close up of Rev. Jesse Jackson

“Charlotte 2012” was signed by Fran Drescher, Lilly Ledbetter, Chuck Schumer, Mike Dukakis, Cecile Richards, Patrick Kennedy, John Lewis, Kathleen Sibelius, Madeleine Allbright, Brian Schweitzer, Al Franken, Barney Frank, Patrick Leahy, Julián Castro, Joaquin Castro, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Amy Klobuchar, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Howard Dean, Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Jack Markel, Sandra Fluke, Hilda Solis, and Anthony Foxx.

Close up of Nancy Pelosi.

“Charlotte 2012” was designed (from a traditional block), pieced and quilted by Vickie Vogel, a member of the Texas Delegation, who serves on the State Democratic Executive Committee of Texas.

It is more a work of art than a quilt and will be a valuable treasure for generations.

Close up of Mike Dukakis, Cecile Richards

The quilt will be sold to the highest bidder with all the funds raised going to the Fayette County Democratic Party, the Victoria County Democratic Party and the Texas Democratic Party.

Bidding ends on Monday, November 5th. Bids must be in $25 increments. To bid, click the Tell Juanita button above and send your bid along with the your name, address, and telephone number. More pictures can be provided at your request of individual signatures.

The current bid is $2,000.

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“Charlotte 2012” was designed (from a traditional block), pieced and quilted by Vickie Vogel, a member of the Texas Delegation, who serves on the State Democratic Executive Committee of Texas.

Sweet Jesus, thank you for making me a slave or else I would never have found salvation.

A Republican member of the Arkansas state senate’s self-published memoir claims that for black people in America, slavery was a “blessing in disguise,” that, if they were physically hardy enough to survive it, “someday be rewarded with citizenship in the greatest nation ever established upon the face of the Earth.”

Jon Hubbard - He Thinks

Oh, so that’s what they mean about God working in mysterious ways.

And, least you think  Jon Hubbard is just a brilliant philosopher, he has a mean side, too.

Hubbard also believes that black Americans’ lives would “be more enjoyable and successful if they would only learn to appreciate the value of a good education.”

And while he sees “the blacks” as a pressing problem facing America, the real threat, he wrote, comes from immigrants, “legal and illegal,” who will eventually have to be rounded up and killed.

“(T)he immigration issue, both legal and illegal… will lead to planned wars or extermination,” said Hubbard on page 9 of Letters to the Editor. “Although now this seems to be barbaric and uncivilized, it will at some point become as necessary as eating and breathing.”

I wonder if it sounds nicer in German.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up about things I didn’t want to know.

Dear Ms. Juanita and fellow denizens of TWMDBS,

Help!

I just arrived home to find a minute-long robocall from Callista on my answering machine.

She is offering a free copy of “God in America” if I give her all my personal information and buy a copy of “our” latest project “God in America II”.

Seems she and Newt were so touched by the evidence of God in America while on the campaign trail that they wanted to share their experiences and take a stand against the “ACLU” and “elite media”.

Do any of you have a clue how this pitch is financed?

I think anyone who can afford a sales pitch like this is pretty “elite” but then I don’t have a credit line at Tiffany’s.

Irene

Dear Irene,

I did a little research and discovered that “free”dom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

I don’t think Callista is gonna buy much at Tiffany’s anyway, Honey.  Those books ain’t exactly Fifty Shades of Newt’s Grey.

Love and Fried Okra,

Juanita

There’s a restaurant in Denver called Rosa Linda Mexican Cafe.  It is owned by a  Mormon family.  They are neither neither Democrat nor Republican, but they are American.

Mitt Romney’s campaign wanted to give an event at Rosa Linda’s but the owners said no. The son of the owner said …

“It was presented to us that (Romney) wanted to do a political stump here. (He wanted to) talk about our small business (and) because we share our religious views with the candidate and are Latinos it would be great for him to do a campaign stop,” Aguire said. “We did say ‘no’ because we are not Republicans, nor are we Democrats. We will welcome any sitting President of the United States. But, we did not want to be a campaign stop.”

I get that.

Republicans didn’t.

You know how we stopped buying food at Chick-Fil-A because they supported hate groups, which they quit doing because we quit eating there.

Well, Republicans don’t boycott.  They hate.  Deeply.

“Two people ordered $150 worth of food for lunch to be picked up today. They called later and said, ‘Oh, you’re the one who doesn’t want Romney in your business’ and they canceled their orders, even though the food had been prepared,” he told 7 NEWS.

“Since the Westword article came out, hate mail has been coming in from people across the country — people sending us death threats and people calling us telling us we are racist — that they hope we go out of business,” he said.

Republicans – you need to get over yourselves.  You do not have to act like a bunch of hooligans just because somebody says no to you.

I thought you people believed in free enterprise, freedom, and Sweet Jesus.

My mistake.

Thanks to Norma for the heads up.