It’s, um, hot.

Casa Maha has been unaffected so far by the storms and power outages. The air conditioner is working fine, thanks. Hope all is well with you.

In other news, the allegedly nonexistent national leadership of the Tea Party is calling upon members to rev up their Power Chairs and rally against Obamacare this July 4th.

However, the National Weather Service is predicting excessive heat for most of the Midwest and the southern states — prime bagger territory — so the Koch brothers had better cough up some air conditioned buses and stadiums if they expect much of a turn-out.

The recent (and ongoing) wildfires in Colorado brought out the statism in Little Lulu, who has been screaming that President Obama and the federal government aren’t doing enough to help her. Malkin lives in Colorado and had to be evacuated, I take it.

BTW, last year Lulu’s beloved House GOP voted to cut a massive chunk of the National Forest Service budget.

Since 2010, the Republicans have cut the federal firefighting budget by more than $200 million.

The resources for fighting fires in Colorado are so bad that a delegation was formed by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R -3d CD), Rep. Cory Gardner (R-4th CD), and Rep, Mike Coffman (R-6th CD) demanding the federal government provide more funds and equipment to help fight the expanding fires.

It’s unfortunate that all three of these U.S. Representatives demanding help for their home state also voted for the Paul Ryan budget cuts which would drastically reduce the funding for the federal firefighting program. Rep. Paul Ryan claims he can meet the country’s needs by cutting back on “imprudent, irresponsible, and downright wasteful spending.” Powerfulstorms.com wonders which category firefighting fall into: Imprudent, Irresponsible or Wasteful?

To a rightie, firefighting falls into all three categories until it’s their houses on fire. Is this Imprudent, Irresponsible, or Stupid?