A Civil Immigration Debate?
Is it possible to have an immigration debate without having a flame war, troll rating war, pie war, or any kind of war? Without calling people racists and bigots? Let's try!Lou Dobbs had an article on...
View ArticleScavenger Hunt Leads to Draconian Felony Charges
What is the matter with Texas? And with our society's Draconian Law and order mentality. I s this what "Zero Tolerance" leads to? (I say this as a resident of Texas.) According to CNN - LINK - 40...
View ArticleAnd the swiftboating of Edwards begins.
8 CNN stories on the Virginia Tech shooting, yet they still, bless them (snark), have have room on the front page of CNN for:Edwards campaign picks up the tab for pricey haircutsThe shooting coverage...
View ArticleStay and Fight!
This diary is a combination of a couple of comments that I have made while discussing the "collapse" of the war funding resistance.Here is the deal:You give up and go away, they win. That is what they...
View ArticleIn defense of Lou Dobbs (In his own words)
There was an diary yesterday on Daily Kos highlighting a hit piece on Lou Dobbs. I had done research that really debunked the article by David Leonhardt, and was preparing my own diary in defense of...
View ArticleFortune Magazine: Edwards Real Change - Obama, Clinton Business As Usual
Not that they are advocating for Edwards, mind you. Far from it. My translation of what they are telling all the business folks is "fight for Obama or Clinton if you want to keep your unseemly...
View ArticleTop Ten Reasons NOT to vote Hillary Clinton
I am very disheartened that Hillary Clinton in one of the two remaining choices for the Democratic nomination.So, without further ado, 10 SERIOUS reasons why Hillary Clinton should not be chosen as the...
View ArticleTax Rebates will NOT have to be paid back
Confirmation that tax rebate will not have to be paid back.There was a discussion earlier today about the rebate checks and having to pay them back or pay taxes on them in 2008 returns.The latest from...
View ArticleI was polled by a Bloomberg outfit in TX tonight
It was a long poll. It started out with questions on how I felt about the country, right track wrong track. They then went on asking about favorable, unfavorable opinions about Huckabee, McCain,...
View ArticleTexas Caucus Results NONBINDING!
From the Texas Democratic Party Precinct Convention Results "acknowldgement to view results" page:I understand these results are unofficial, and official results will not be available until they are...
View ArticleFair Popular Vote Math
In order to truly calculate a fair popular vote total, you need to adjust upwards proportionally the number of caucus votes by the average ratio of caucus goers to primary voters.I am going to try and...
View ArticleReid to Lieberman: I got your back...
Anyone hoping for a change of heart from Harry Reid in the next Democratic Congress is in for a Rude Awakening.I just read an article on CNN with a statement from Reid:"All my close votes, he's always...
View ArticleDallas Area Healthcare "Field Hearing" by Republican Congressmen
I just received a broadcast from our local party that there will be a multiple congressperson field hearing (town hall I suppose) in the Dallas area (Richardson, TX) TOMORROW.Anyone wanting to have...
View ArticleSo - How's that "lets get more Democrats first" approach working?
It isn't. We have a huge example of the problem that this approach generates here on the health care issue. We have lots of people that SAY they are Democrats, but are fighting against a key...
View ArticleWarren Buffet: We are still in a recession.
In CNBC interview:http://www.cnbc.com/...Money Quote:... But I will tell you that to any, on any common sense definition, the average American is below where he was before, or his family, in terms of...
View ArticleSay Hello to the National Police!
TSA has now migrated from the airports to the highways!http://www.newschannel5.com/...To summarize the article, TSA is now setting up shop at Truck Inspection stations and bus stops in Tennesee...Does...
View ArticleBreaking: Corbyn wins UK Labour Party Leadership Vote
From http://www.bbc.com/...Change has come to Labour party in UK, Tony Blair / New Labour soundly rejected.On first ballot:Jeremy Corbyn won with 59.5% of the vote in the first round.The other...
View ArticleMove along, nothing to see here, no agendas, hidden or otherwise, I am sure...
Picture worth 1,000,000 words?On ABC News this morning….
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