Don't Mess With Texas. We Have That Covered Already...

This is what politics looks like in Texas - Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner calls a press conference.

A while back, Texas decided to offer same-sex couples the chance to get divorced. Then the logical paradox hit them and they've now quit offering annulments for marriages that don't actually exist in the first place under state law:

"Texas law, as embodied in our constitution and statutes, requires that a valid marriage must be a union of one man and one woman, and only when a union comprises one man and one woman can there be a divorce under Texas law."

Then of course, there was that 'doh!' moment last year when Texas Republicans were so hasty to craft laws banning gay marriage in advance that they accidentally banned all marriages by forgetting to specify the same sex part. Jobs? Infrastructure? Education? Nope. This is the dumb sh*t red state lawmakers prefer to waste time and money on.

If you ever wondered what would happen if you went away and left your 8-year-old in charge of the house, just take a look at what goes on in Austin. It's pretty much the same scenario. For all his 'fiscal responsibility' posing, Governor Rick Perry is currently facing an $18 billion budget shortfall (i.e., nearly the same as California for a state with only two-thirds the population). We've got activist loons dictating school text book content to make slavery more appealing and Thomas Jefferson less important. And what's the best the Dems can offer in response? A guy in a chicken suit calling out Perry for being "too chicken" to debate.

Yup. It would be hard to find a way to mess with Texas that our wise elders aren't already doing.