December 2009
12 posts
GOP Get's Limp-Wristed Over National Security →
Apparently, Republicans can talk the talk, but unless they start supporting efforts to make our nation safer they are going to be in big trouble come 2010!
The Health Care Debate: Now it's personal.
(Originally posted last month on the now-defunct class project blog HilltopperHealthcare)
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After a long day of campaigning Sunday, I sat on my couch completely exhausted and mindlessly trolled through my Facebook friend’s status updates. Everything from “hooch is crazy” to “(name) is on Facebook via Xbox...
A South Austin Street Brawl (Or, the race for...
Incredible. In the midst of the Republican Party’s long winter of internal discontent, a challenger to longtime South Austin State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez has arisen to take on a seat that has not even had a Republican on the ballot since 1998, according to this blogs’ right-wing counterpart Blue Dot Blues. (Whose lonely subtitle is “Conservative Dispatches from Travis County, TX)
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A good theme song for any campaign staffer I have...
The Kitchen Sink: The Republican Party vs. Sanity
Political parties have been a part of the human experience is some form or fashion since two groups of people disagreed over something. Attacks and insults have flown, wars have started (the American Civil War readily comes to mind), and gridlock often ensues when parties become so ideologically bound and buried that they have no choice but to beat the old war drums to the beat of the Base, as...
"Silent Night"...or go to prison →
Wow. Tea Baggers are truly insane… not to mention hypocritical!
This is a song that will definitely make you think...
Farouk Shami: Wolf in Sheeps Clothing?
First off, I’d like to thank Mean Rachel, another Democratic blogger here in town, for the heads up on this.
Houston businessman Farouk Shami, an immigrant from Palestine, has made some waves in Texas by being the only brave soul to challenge the present front-runner for the Dem gubernatorial nod, Bill White.
On my friend Deece Eckstein’s radio show on Friday, Mr. Shami mentioned a...
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Oh Jesus, here we go again... →
Because it takes an Alaskan, folksy kinda crackpot to buy into the birther nonsense.
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Texas GOP: Our Backs Are Against the Wall →
Oh this is hilarious. I guess Republicans are getting a teensy bit nervous about how 2010 might turn out for them in Texas… just look at this page. I could go on about how silly this group is, and I probably will when I have more time on my hands, but… well, I’ll let you decide for yourselves what message this page sends.
Sort of a theme song for this blog, if you will....
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South Austin Dem vs. The Lunatic Fringe
Quite the day today! My campaign snagged an endorsement from the NAACP (thank y’all!), I had a chat with the United States Secret Service (read on for more on that conversation), I broke down and started a Twitter (thanks for the shout out Rachel!), and consumed twice my body weight in coffee.
Oh, right, you’re probably wondering about the Secret Service. Well, while at work and...