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Andrew Card, the evil genius who created this ….

…. is now saying that President Obama is strutting too much.

President Obama has ‘pounded his chest’ too much and taken too much pride in the success of the mission to take out Osama bin Laden, according to, of all people, George W. Bush’s former Chief of Staff, Andrew Card.

“The world is a funny place,” Juanita grins, “and Andrew Card is the head clown.”

“So, if you see Andrew Card and he looks drunk, he’s not.  He’s just dizzy from all the spin.”

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Texans were served up tort reform several years ago with the promise that it would lower all our insurance bills dramatically.  Hell, if we could get some tort reform, insurance would be practically free, they said.

Didn’t happen.  Insurance has done nothing but go up, and Texans have far fewer rights in court for civil justice now.

And that is why Governor Rick Perry has declared another emergency for the State Lege.

“We’re gettin’ us some of that there emergency tort reform,” Juanita says.  “They accidentally left a loophole in the last one where people could sue if a product  caused serious bodily injury and the company  knew it was defective and did nothing about it. ”

That did not sit well with the Koch brothers.

This bill is a giant gift wrapped present to irresponsible corporations and drunk doctors.  If you sue a company and you lose or get more than 20% less than the settlement offer, you have to pay all their bills.  How many consumers can afford that?

The folks lined up to testify about this bill?

The Koch Brothers
Chevron
General Electric

I hope they can talk fast because it’s a damn emergency!  Don’t think about it.  Do it.  Fast.  Hurry.  No Dilly dallying.  The Koch brothers paid for a ticket and they want to ride to ride, dammit.

Rick Perry says so!

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My buddy Sharon found me the perfect quote.  As you know, I am not much of a Libertarian Looneytarian fan.  I often say that I, too, fell in love with Ayn Rand but like most people, got over it by my senior year in high school.

Sharon found an even better one.

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.” Screenwriter John Rogers.

Y’all, that’s good.

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The Texas Ethics Commission is supposed to watch the henhouse.  They are supposed to keep campaign finance honest.  But, the people making the laws for the Ethics Commission and funding their investigations are the very same people they are supposed to be watching.

Catch your breath, because I have to tell you that it doesn’t work.

It takes 2 to 3 years for a complaint to even be heard.  And in last session, the Texas Lege made them give back the ruler they used to slap people with.  The ruler was far too harsh.

Here’s an example of laws clearly being broken.  A secret PAC was establish to laundry money:

On Jan. 10, 2008, the PAC received a $250,000 donation from [Republican Speaker of the House Tom] Craddick’s campaign, according to campaign finance statements filed with the ethics commission. The next day, Jan. 11, the PAC made donations of $50,000 each to Reps. Kevin Bailey of Houston and Kino Flores of Palmview, who are no longer in the House, and Aaron Pena of Edinburg, who has since become a Republican.

Texans for Public Justice said Craddick used the PAC to covertly channel donations to Democrats who might be embarrassed to receive political help from the Republican House leader, who had his eye on another term as speaker.

And how did Craddick react the complaint?  He ignored it.

Aaron Pena: Ho

The fine for ignoring it?  $10,000.

That’s chump change for these boys.  They don’t even get up and offer a chair to $10,000.

“You know,” Juanita says, “it’s probably a good thing that Aaron Pena looks like he ate his brother.  That FOR SALE sign needs a lot of space on his back.

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Many of you know about newly elected Texas Republican Congressman Blake Farenthal, who got elected despite posing in  ducky pajamas with an underage girl.

Or maybe because of it, it’s pretty much anybody’s guess at this point.

Texas Governor Rick Perry is betting on the second option.

Gov. Rick Perry held an impromptu press conference just off the Senate floor early Wednesday afternoon, after spending the better part of an hour in the chamber visiting Senators.

Whilst wearing black sneakers and what appeared to be pajama pants, accompanied by the Senate’s mandated coat and tie — Perry spoke about the Senate’s budget…

Okay, I’m just suspect this and I can’t prove it but I think the little boy who got stuck with Perry’s arm around him is saying, “Dude, don’t touch me.  You look like Charlie Sheen.”

What is this – Governor Ninja?  Seriously, Rick, pajama pants and tennis shoes?  What are you doing?  Taking out the garbage?

Damn, y’all, it is so embarrassing to have the town drunk for a Governor.

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Much worse.

Bush feels Obama ignoring ex-president’s role in Osama Bin Laden strike for ‘victory lap’: source

Personally, I think Bush wouldn’t accept President Obama’s invitation to go to ground zero because it didn’t involve an aircraft carrier, a cool ride in a jet, getting to play dress-up in a costume, or a damn big banner.

That, and the fact that Bush is just goofy.