Yeah, and that man is the wonderful Greg Abbott. A man who you'd think might be somewhat open minded about the less fortunate since he's been paralyzed since his 20's and obviously faced many challenges as a result of that. However, in the bizarro world known as Texas, he's probably even more conservative than the…

You do realize that it hasn't always been called "Perry Island," right? Just before Republican presidential primaries they painted over the original sign that called it "Nappyhead Island."

I can tell you from personal experience that there aren't a lot of rocket scientists locked up in prison.

Regardless of electability, you have to be able to get things done once you're in the office. Unless you have the back room relationships these people all have, you can't accomplish much. I've seen this argument about Texas becoming more progressive, but you have to understand that Texas is never (in my lifetime…

It's a much different environment today than it was when she was governor, but Richards wasn't a particularly powerful governor. Bob Bullock was the person who wielded the most power back then, but Lt Gov had historically been the most powerful office in the state up to then. Ann got a lot of press and was a larger…

It'd be a waste for her to be governor in Texas. It's traditionally and constitutionally a weak office, though Perry is such an insider that he accomplishes a lot for his base through back channels and the intimidation that goes with that. Besides, Texas isn't going to elect a Democrat to the governor's office, even…

Now if they can just get Lawrence Phillips and Rae Carruth transferred to the same facility as Hernandez, we've got a good start at the sequel to "The Longest Yard."

It'll include a background segment discussing his upbringing on the mean streets of Bristol.

There's was too much drama around this kid. I think they've probably rolled with it since he brought so much good press to the school, which had been an afterthought in football for a very long time. There are sanctions coming at some point that will be related to this kid's time in school. Aggy has never been good…

Lifelong Texan who remembers the good old days of Blue Dog Democrats running things. This law, like much of what Perry does, is aimed at the majority of the Texas Republican base, which is made up of a huge amount of poor and uneducated people. Perry knows that all he has to do is say things like, "This law defends…

Sounds like someone just wanted to write an epic long bitch fest about people who are different from him. I really like you Hamilton but this story is shit.

I'm with you.

Sorry, I thought you were saying a trickle down effect to the avg Joe and the fact that everyday people might do them. I guess I misunderstood.

Yeah, but we let people put crappy foods, soda, booze, and cigarettes into their bodies and those things have known adverse effects on health, including cancer. Why shouldn't we let everyone choose what they want to do with their own bodies? These are hormones we're talking about, but they're treated like narcotics.…

For a second I thought the breakup with Tim Robbins had been a little hard on Susan Sarandon.

I've always considered doing it for just a small filler tattoo.

Was just curious because a shop I've used in Houston does the same thing.

This. Ribs are the absolute worst. Worse than the inside of the arm, worse than the "ditch" (the interior bend in the elbow), worse than the stomach. I have actual muscle on my chest, but when my artist was doing work there and he'd pull the skin tight it felt like the needles were going right into bone.

May seem like a weird question, but was your old shop in Houston?

Seriously? I'm covered in the damn things and I think this is stupid. Wanna know what happens in late night tattoo parlors in party towns? Drunk kids come in, pick something off the wall, then try to get a $300 tattoo for $75. When they can't get that, they go to someone who will do it for $75 and they end up with…