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“So, the Republican Chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee is wondering whether or not the Governor approves of using the rainy day fund to do piddlin’ stuff like educating children or feeding grandma in the nursing home,” Juanita begins this morning as we arrive for morning coffee time at the beauty salon.

“They hold a a hearing, and ask the Gov or his staff to come chat about how we’re going to pay for … well, pay for Texas for the next two years.  Which seems like a reasonable request.”

“The Gov disconnected the phone in his office and is probably playing computer games and smokin’ cigars,” she reports.

“Rick Perry has no clue how to pay for Texas, but he’s real good at smokin’ cigars and hiding out.  Hell, we should have just elected Kinky Friedman.”

“Rick’s newest reason for not using the rainy day fund in the midst of this thunderstorm came within the last few days.  Rick now says that we need that money in case of a natural disaster, you know, like Japan.  Be afraid, Bubba!  Be very afraid!”

“Yeah,” she adds, “we need that money to get the DPS Troopers out to help like they did last Saturday.  Those boys know trouble when they see it.”

“The truth is that Rick Perry follows the demands of his teabagger overlords and the rest of the time, well, he lives under a bridge.”