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The Texas Tribune has a story this week that’ll make you shake your head so much that your ears won’t stay hooked on.

Todd Staples, aka Mr. Sleeze

Todd Staples, the barely sane Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, has taken it upon himself to provide a safe haven on a Texas government website for bigots and thugs to try to out-testosterone each other by calling for vigilante justice.

Staples has set up a special website for landowners along the border – or anyone else, even including Lou Dobbs if he wants to – to comment on a chat board.  The commenters are suggesting tiger traps, landmines, and the occasional rabid animals as a way to deter anyone from crossing the border.  They are using such literate comments as: “Killem all!!!! They are destroying or great country.”

Keep in mind that border cities in Texas are some of the safest places in the state – and far safer than Austin, for example.  And double that with the fact that the Republican controll the United States Congress – the same party Staples belongs to – is where the funds for the border are being cut.  Yet, Staples screams about the federal government being at fault, hoping that people will think that’s just Barack Obama.

“I wonder if Staples got himself some of that tiger blood,”  Juanita laughs.

“Crazy man,” she mumbles as she walks off to get a case of hair spray to start the day.