Oops, Donald Trump continues to be the absolute worst: he’s going to name Rick Perry to the Department of Energy, even though Rick famously couldn’t remember the name of the department in a debate a couple of years ago. Back then, being a dunce was seen as a liability. Ah, what simpler, more innocent times they were.
As head of the Department, Rick will oversee the development of nuclear weapons, so don’t make any long-term plans.
Under the Obama administration, the department was led by Steven Chu, a guy with a Nobel Prize, and Ernest Moniz, a professor from MIT. In all likelihood, Perry will simply use the department as a means to enrich the energy industry cronies who’ve bought his allegiance. He’ll be working for a president he previously called “a barking carnival act” and “a cancer on conservatism.”
And of course, Rick isn’t fond of queer people, like just about everyone else in Donald’s incoming administration. He said that being gay was like being an alcoholic; he supported the arrest of queer people for having sex in their own homes; he said that when the Boy Scouts barred gay members it was like taking a stand against slavery; and he is of course opposed to gay marriage.
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There’s not much that he can do about LGBTQ equality at the Department of Energy. But he will certainly be a miserable boss for queer employees. Happy 2017!
1EqualityUSA
I can see Rick Perry singing, “The Lonely Goatherd.” Gives new meaning to, “strings attached.”
[Rick Pery:]
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd’s throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Queertiers:]
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay
[Rick Perry:]
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
[Jason Chaffitz:]
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Ted Cruz:]
Men in the midst of a table d’hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
[Newt Gingrich:]
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
[Carly Fiorina:]
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Rick Perry:]
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Maria and the Children:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Rick Perry and the GOP house:]
Ummm (ummm) . . .
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
[Rick Perry:]
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
[Rick Perry:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo
[Ted Cruz:]
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
[Rick Perry:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Queertiers:]
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Rick Perry and the Koch brothers:]
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
Soon the duet will become a trio
[Rick Perry:]
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
[Rick Perry and the Queertiers:]
Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay
[the voters:]
HOO!
NateOcean
He’s a dummy.
Mack
Seems that Trump is appointing someone to each department who wants to eliminate that particular department. Going to be an interesting 4 years.
bobbyjoe
The department that oversees nuclear weapons in our country will now be headed by Rick Perry.
Sleep well everybody! Happy holidays! Stock up your fallout shelter!
captainburrito
With him in charge that department will be as good as eliminated. Perhaps he will deploy those weapons in response to the war on christmas…
Horse Lips
I’ve lived in Austin (not Texas) for 34 years and rumors have flown that entire time that Perry is gay. I’ve heard numerous first hand accounts of him trying to pick up guys on the jogging trail. It’s not even a big secret around here. Not that we want him in our tribe. Of course, it’s all ok with the repubs and long as he keeps hating the gays in public.
Mere words can’t tell how much I detest this deplorable man.
Sluggo2007
@1EqualityUSA: Got a lot of time on your hands?
1EqualityUSA
Sluggo2007, I work twelves, so my days off are plentiful, and you?