Betty Brown

Or "Bet Bro" as I like to call her.

Apparently everything isn't bigger in Texas.

What is: egos, xenophobia, racism and ignorance.

What isn't: respect, understanding, intelligence, and Asian's names.

Texas Republican state lawmaker Betty Brown has suggested that Asians shorten their names to make it easier on Americans.

“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown remarked to the Texas House Elections Committee.

I gotta say, her use of "behoove" thoroughly impressed me. She has a firm grasp on English - I understand it's a rather difficult language.

She made the comment after the Chinese American representative, Ramey Ko, said some people of Asian decent had trouble voting because their legal name may differ from the English name they use on their driver's licenses.

What did she propose for Mr. Ko to do? Just start going by K?

Bet Bro of Tex, u r a huge dou-ba.

Wallgreens

Wallgreens, the pillar of respectability in the retail kingdom, has made a decision to save us all.

They have pulled "Chia-Obama" from their shelves. Oh, don't worry, you can still get a presidential chia at chiaobama.com. Just no longer at Wallgreens.

This sucks, as Wallgreens is for me, as for most, my primary destination for Chia shopping.

The company sites "getting a few complaints about the item" as its reason to discontinue sales.

Well, in such a rightous and moral environment as this, what CAN you buy at Wallgreens?

The Intelligender Prediction Test, KY Intense Arousal Gel For Her, HydroxyCut Waitloss Formula, Delux Gopher Pick-up and Reaching Tool, Urine-Gone, Marshmallow Popper Gun, Sonic Personal Sound Amplifyer (you know, the thing to spy on people talking about you!), The Liberator Sex Ramp, Pleasure Enhancer Tablets for Women, Durex Play Intimacy Kit, and, of course, brought to you by our favorite solicitor of prostitution, the ShamWow!

No Chia-Obama though. That's offensive!