don't mess with Texas

For those of you that haven't read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, I highly recommend it. It's a great book, and it features one of the most unique characters you'll come across in contemporary fiction. It's definitely worth your time.

Unless you live in Galveston, Texas.

If that's the case, then I give you the immortal words of Galveston City Council Member Chris Peden. And of course, don't let the fact that he didn't actually read the book deter you from taking his advice.

“A lot of liberal do-gooders say we should take the book in its entirety . . . that’s like saying a man is a great deacon at his church, a great Little League coach, a great provider for his family, but he beats his wife. That is not a good man. The firestorm is all the liberal pacifists who are trying to make us out to be book burning, goose-stepping Nazis. That’s not the case at all. There are plenty of books without profanity we could promote.”

The only thing I could understand from that quote was that they're not Nazis. And he's right. This is a Nazi.

How bout that 'stache?