Local Politics
Today's Texas Tuesday focuses on Jake Gilbreath. It's a three-parter and does a profile, district review and has a Q&A. I don't personally agree with some of his stances on the issues, primarily the response given to the incarceration question (no comment on prison and inmate reform) and his reply to the Robin Hood tax issue seems a bit disjointed. However, being a school/property tax payer in his district (with no voice) I agree that the taxes are way too high for what the citizens are getting in return. It is, above all, important to shift the lopsided balance of power in Austin this year, especially for the lower per capita earning counties.
More Rather Local News
* Welcome to Dallas, where peace love and prosperity reign supreme where the crime rate can't be beat and the taxes outpace the nation. Where intolerance and local corruption are supported equally by incumbents from both major parties. Where you can spend a week this fall attending an anti-anti-Bush film festival and not only see red, but wear red, be red and vote red. Join us, won't you?
Elsewhere
* The NYC service industry is swiftly ramping up to support the massive influx of repressed clientele. The responsibility for the health and well being of these highly charged seasonal vacationers rests on their shoulders alone. Volunteers are needed now. Confidentiality agreement required.
* Nostradamus I'm not. But I have to say.......my Iraqi civil war comment last week, doesn't seem too far off the mark now, does it?
* Are you a religious fringe group, heavy with dogma and light on clout? Has the upswell of liberal activism and left-leaning media got you down. Feel your voice isn't as loud as it should be, even with god on your side. Rest your head, Karl Rove's given you a quick path to the Oval Office. One stop shopping for all your repressive concerns. Don't hesitate to call, night or day.
* Cognitive dissonance and celebrated intolerance on a site called Agapepress? Agape = love that is spiritual and selfless in nature.
* Kathleen Parker's stunning the masses today with her self-indulgent spew on gay marriages. Seems she's unsteady in her own relationship to the point that she fears the very fabric of the marriage will errode the minute homosexuals are not mandated into a second class status by the Constitution. She neglects, of course, to point out the 1138 perfectly good reasons the courts should allow gays to lovingly form a life long commitment supported by their government.
* I'm happy my parents weren't this bloody lazy that they'd fend me off to strangers to adjust my behaviour. When did outsourcing family problems become so popular?
* Michelle Malkin's rallying the mouth-breathers. I love her warm inclusive tone so often found amongst those blogrolled on the left column. I must have missed that point in time when objective journalism morphed into op-ed-ity.
* Dennis Prager napped through the late nineties, woke up after the 2000 election and is now scolding the media for prying into the sex lives of politicians. WTF? Does the name Gary Hart ring a bell? How about Monica? Heyzeus Kristo.
* Minimum wage earners, lucky duckies every one of them. Bruce Barlett fails to show his math. Yes, wage increases are larger percentages for someone pulling down $5.25 an hour. A 5% raise for someone making $40 an hour is almost a 39% raise for the minimum wage earner. Make the distinction on the facts of where the dollars have to go to support a family of 3 or 4 people on this type of salary and .......if it hurts too much to make the leap, compare it to the $7 an hour minimum wage. Who believes Wal-Mart would pay $5.15 to their workers if they could get away with $3?
* Um, no. No no no no no no, not quite, no way and other than sharing the same office and CIA director, no.
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