Rick Perry is hilarious ... I honestly forget he's my governor sometimes, because I only watch him for the lulz. I actually saw him speak in person at SFA when he was signing his book, Fed Up! I hadn't really seen him much before then, just knew of some of his policy decisions, so I was taken aback by how hard he was trying to imitate Bush.
Paula Deen will be fine, and that's a throwaway story, but that picture of her just makes me laugh. Really does make her look like a supervillian (maybe one from Django *ahem*)
And yeah, DOMA's being struck down is a step in the right direction, but it's a battle, not a war won for those rights. Not sure how safe I'd feel having a gay wedding in OK, though. lol