But will it be covered under Obamacare?

Stating that a 2016 presidential run is “on the table,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited California this week to publicize his economic policies and to advertize his success in capturing some of California’s high-paying manufacturing jobs.

Mr. Perry said that he’d learned tough lessons from his failed 2012 White House bid. But, apparently, he didn’t learn enough to keep his foot out of his mouth.

Speaking in San Francisco on Wednesday night, Gov. Perry may not have realized that he did not have the home-court advantage when he made a point of comparing homosexuality to alcoholism.

Addressing the Commonwealth Club of California, Perry said "Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not, you have the ability to decide not to do that. I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way."

So, by that logic, if you’re a gay alcoholic, you’re just 24 steps away from recovery.

It was 50 years ago today...

Fifty years ago today, on Feb. 9, 1964, via “The Ed Sullivan Show,” America met the Beatles.

Reminiscing about that day:

"Seventy-three million people were reported to have watched the first show. It is still supposed to be one of the largest viewing audiences ever in the States.
It was very important. We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential. I think that was really one of the big things that broke us - the hairdo more than the music, originally. A lot of people's fathers had wanted to turn us off. They told their kids, 'Don't be fooled, they're wearing wigs.'
A lot of fathers did turn it off, but a lot of mothers and children made them keep it on. All these kids are now grown-up, and telling us they remember it. It's like, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' I get people like Dan Aykroyd saying, 'Oh man, I remember that Sunday night; we didn't know what had hit us - just sitting there watching Ed Sullivan's show.' Up until then there were jugglers and comedians like Jerry Lewis, and then, suddenly, The Beatles!"
Paul McCartney

Anthology

 

"The main thing I was aware of when we did the first Ed Sullivan Show was that we rehearsed all afternoon. TV had such bad sound equipment - it still has today, usually, but then it was really bad - that we would tape our rehearsals and then go up and mess with the dials in the control booth. We got it all set with the engineer there, and then we went off for a break.
The story has it that while we were out, the cleaner came in to clean the room and the console, thought, 'What are all these chalk marks?' and wiped them all off. So our plans just went out the window. We had a real hasty time trying to get the sound right."
Ringo Starr

Anthology

 

"We were aware that Ed Sullivan was the big one because we got a telegram from Elvis and the Colonel. And I've heard that while the show was on there were no reported crimes, or very few. When The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, even the criminals had a rest for ten minutes."

George Harrison
Anthology

The Beatles performed five songs on their Ed Sullivan Show live debut. They sang "All My Loving", "Till There Was You" and "She Loves You", in the first half of the program, followed by "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand", in the second half.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/02/07/3273654/the-beatles-50th-anniversary-ed.html#storylink=cpy