The Texas GOP always had a bug up their butt about the Ethics Office located in Austin. They tried everything possible to get rid of this pesky over-sight until they finally got rid the office all together. Seriously, Perry did that to hide his Boss Hog antics, got sued for as well, but got his way. As usual, Perry then screwed all the other men involved.
The Texas GOP gave the ethics complaints to the domain of the Texas Rangers, who would now lead all investigation.
This has gotten Texas Attorney General Paxton in a lot of hot water.
Now Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is in hotter.
Neither can use the decades old tune of, “Them liberals in Austin are just out to get me!” That doesn't exactly work on the Texas Rangers.
This best part is Sim Miller totally lied about the time he got the “Jesus Shot” in Oklahoma.
Sid Miller: Complaints Over Rodeo, "Jesus Shot" are Harassment
One of the trips Miller took was to Oklahoma, where he received a controversial injection known as "the Jesus Shot" that is supposed to cure all pain for life.
When asked by the Houston Chronicle about the trip, Miller said he made it so he could tour the Oklahoma National Stockyards and meet with Oklahoma officials. But when those officials were contacted by the Chronicle, they said they had no plans to meet him in their state that day. Internal emails from the Agriculture Department later indicated that Miller had planned the trip around receiving the shot. After details about the trip became public, Miller said he would repay the state for the trip out of an "abundance of caution."
Miller also traveled to Mississippi in February on the state's dime. While there, Miller, who is a calf roper, participated in the National Dixie Rodeo. When asked about the trip, the Agriculture Department gave contradictory reports to media outlets.
The Houston Chronicle reported that Miller took the state-paid trip to Mississippi to participate in the National Dixie Rodeo but later repaid the state with campaign and personal funds. He told the Chronicle that the intent of the trip was to meet with agriculture officials there, making it a legitimate state-covered business trip. Miller said after those meetings fell through, he repaid the state for the trip with campaign funds because he also met with donors and advisers during that time.
Let’s unpack the antics of the leader of the second biggest agriculture state in the Union.
First, what in world is a Jesus Shot right? Prepare thy sanity.
All about the ‘Jesus Shot,’ the mysterious $300 pain drug that has a Texas official in hot water
By Kevin Roose — fusion.net/…
Yesterday, the San Antonio Express-News reported a fascinating and bizarre story about Texas agriculture commissioner Sid Miller, who is being investigated over a trip he took to Oklahoma in February of last year. The trip, which cost at least $1,120, and which Miller originally wrote off as a business expense, was described as a work visit, during which Miller met with local lawmakers and industry leaders.
But as the paper reported, the real purpose of Miller’s Oklahoma trip may have been to visit a clinic where he could get injected with the “Jesus Shot,” a controversial pain-relieving drug that is administered by a convicted felon and traveling physician known as “Dr. Mike.”
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What’s in the Jesus Shot?
Nobody knows for sure, and Dr. Mike isn’t telling. (Reached by phone on Friday, Dr. Lonegan said, “I don’t talk to reporters,” and hung up.)
Dr. Mary Schrick, who owns the clinic in Edmond where Lonegan used to work, has told reporters that the injection is a mixture of two anti-inflammatory drugs (Dexamethasone and Kenalog) and Vitamin B12, an essential vitamin that is found in fish, meat, eggs, and dairy. The shot reportedly costs about $300.
I have chronic pain. Should I get the Jesus Shot?
Well, I’m not a medical professional. But a mystery concoction peddled by an ex-felon who receives medical formulas from Jesus sure seems like something you’d want to investigate further before putting in your veins.
So this is a thing, a thing that happened. The man in charge of the Great State of Texas’s beef, our pride and joy, goes to an ex-felon quack doctor and gets a shot of unknown origins. Now why did Sim desperately need that shot of Jesus in his butt?
To calf-rope at the Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo! Sid Miller did say all his meetings with fellow Agriculture Commissioners fell apart, but much like Oklahoma, it helps to actual schedule the meetings. That is the part Sid Miller keeps forgetting to do, actually set up the meetings, and he will fire all of his staff one by one until he remembers.
One group he can’t fire is the Texas Rangers or claim victimhood on their behalf.
Miller and Paxton both have Perry to thank for that, that smiling idiot screwed them both proper, and screwed them good.
Get your popcorn ready for how this one ends.
That’s currently 2 top GOP officials under criminal investigations.