The Texas Legislature Is A Stepping Stone Of Stupidity

By Susan Bankston (aka Juanita Jean)

I went out and bought myself a Big Chief tablet and one of those big-ol’-honker pencils, because I have kindergarten work to do. I am taking names and making a list, so y’all don’t have to.

Praise be to Gladys Knight & the Pips—the Texas Legislature only gets to meet every other year, and then for only 140 days, because any more than that would singe the neck hairs off of every goat and God-fearing man, woman, and child in Texas.

Right now, Republicans hold the double-down majority in both the Texas House and Senate. That means that every day we have to haul out the Constitution of the United States of America so they can beat it with a stick while the rest of us watch and try not to get splattered by their bucketfuls of sanctimony. Since it’s the “United” part of the United States that they hate, Texas Republicans do everything they can to secede from the Union so they can bring back those wonderful Wild West days.

There was an actual bill introduced that would allow everybody in Texas to carry a gun with no registration, background check, or license. You turn 18, you get drunk, you buy a gun, and then you vote—all on the same day. I suspect that’s their plan to perpetuate the Republican Party.

Read more: http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2017/06/the-texas-legislature-is-a-stepping-stone-of-stupidity/