Phelps Phamily Coming To Houston August 6-Let's Plan A Phundraiser

According to the Dallas Voice the Westboro Baptist Church has announced they are  coming to H-town to protest Texas Gov. Rick 'Goodhair' Perry’s 'The Response' prayer event at Reliant Stadium on August 6 sponsored by the American Family Association.    

This ought to be interesting.  Two Southern Poverty Law Center certified hate groups squaring off against each other at a GOP political event masquerading as a faith based one.  

They'll also have to perform an exorcism in Reliant Stadium when it's over.

Since we already know that Marge and company are coming down I-35 from Topeka,  I have a suggestion.   Let's do what other areas of the country do when the Phelps Phamily desecrates their city limits:  Use it as an opportunity to fundraise for TBLG causes.

Since we have a couple of months, let's pick a worthy TBLG organization in town and pledge a certain amount of money for every minute that the Phelpses are in the Houston city limits, inside Harris County or however y'all wanna do it. 

It's not only a fun way to satisfy your urge to do something to protest the Phelps Klan for taking the time out of their busy hatemongering schedule to pay us a visit, it gives us the delicious irony of using their appearance in our beloved city as a way to fundraise for organizations in the TBLG community.  

It's also potentially lucrative.  When the Phelps Klan showed up in Dallas last summer to picket the Resource Center Dallas, they raised $11,000     

So H-town, I know we can do better than Little D.  Let's get busy so we can give the Phelpses a warm welcome and raise tons of money for local BTLG causes in the process.

It Hit 40 In H-Town Today

40 degrees Celsius that is. That translates out for you non metric system peeps to 105 degrees F.

It hit 105 degrees F at Intercontinental Airport where our official NWS temperature reading comes from, and was 102 degrees F at Hobby Airport which is on my side of town.  

That 105 F easily eclipsed Houston's old record of 98 degrees F on this date back in 1977 with the hottest temp ever recorded for Houston being 109 F (43 C) occurring on September 4, 2000.  The 102 F at Hobby also easily beat the old record 97 degree F record temp on that same June 5, 1977 date as well.

And oh do I remember that 43 C day well.   Was working that September 2000 day at IAH and Madame CSR had to go on that scorching north side tarmac to hunt down and retag two bags for a passenger who switched to my flight.

Needless to say I was cursing the whole time I was searching for that bag since the ramp guys were nowhere to be found.

When I was done I had to go to the bathroom and redo my face. 

So yeah, it was quite warm here today and it's just June.  The summer temps usually peak in Houston around August, and if it's this bad now, hate to even think what they could hit later this summer.

And yes, the high tomorrow is predicted to hit 100 degrees F tomorrow.

Well, at least there's plenty of Blue Bell for me to eat

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