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formatting is goofy for the last week of the month.
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Yep -
Sheriff Dufus was on teevee tonight. Ya
know, they say that he's so thick headed that
you can whack him upside the head and he won't
holler till three hours later. By the way,
you'll also get to see County Judge Bob Hebert.
Hint: it wasn't a MENSA meeting. Neither
of these guys ever set foot in a real college,
and it shows. Why did Hebert agree to be
interviewed if he didn't have "the facts"? Hey
Bob, see that phone on your desk? Call the
county attorney for a clue. Cripes, what a
bozo.
January 30 - My friend Suzy just sent me
the coolest set of pictures, with the comment, "Compare
the two administrations take on women's issues."
30 Jan 2009 13:40
My friend Suzy just sent me the coolest set of
pictures, with the comment, "Compare
the two administrations take on women's issues."
Obama
signing the Lilly Ledbetter Act for equal pay
for women ---
January 30 - Okay, so pretend I'm some rich
person with a quarter of a million dollars sitting
around useless who wants to do something nice for
the police. And pretend that I don't want to
exclude anybody in my mission so I will include all
the police in my county, which would include the
sheriff's department, four constables, and several
city police departments.
And I would want to include all kinds of police -
like patrolmen, detectives, jailers, dispatch
operators, bailiffs, undercover drug dudes, you know
- everybody who contributes to our safety and puts
their lives on the line for us. Since I'm such a
nice person with no alterative motive, I would not
want to demean any of those people by forgetting
about them.
And pretend that I want no haze over my
kindness so somebody might think the police are
taking bribes.
And pretend I really wanted to make a
difference in their lives - give them something that
would last forever.
And pretend that I wouldn't do this on the same
day that the sheriff announces that his chief deputy
is going to run for sheriff.
Well,
this is not the way I'd do it.
Hey, does anybody know if this is even legal?
I mean, how do we know it's really anonymous? And
how do we know it's not from the Juan Valdez Drug
Cartel?
This is kinda creepy, if ya ask me.
30 Jan 2009 07:23
January 30 Okay, so pretend I'm some rich person
with a quarter of a million dollars sitting around
useless who wants to do something nice for the
police. And pretend that I don't want to exclude
anybody in my mission so I will include all the
police in my county, which would include the
sheriff's department, four constables, and several
city police departments.
And I would want to include all kinds of police -
like patrolmen, detectives, jailers, dispatch
operators, bailiffs, undercover drug dudes, you know
- everybody who contributes to our safety and puts
their lives on the line for us. Since I'm such a
nice person with no alterative motive, I would not
want to demean any of those people by forgetting
about them.
And pretend that I want no haze over my
kindness so somebody might think the police are
taking bribes.
And pretend I really wanted to make a
difference in their lives - give them something that
would last forever.
And pretend that I wouldn't do this on the same
day that the sheriff announces that his chief deputy
is going to run for sheriff.
Well,
this is not the way I'd do it.
Hey, does anybody know if this is even legal?
I mean, how do we know it's really anonymous? And
how do we know it's not from the Juan Valdez Drug
Cartel?
This is kinda creepy, if ya ask me.
January 29 - Our friend
Bob Dunn tickled us this morning with this
picture on his website ---
29 Jan 2009 16:07
January 29Our friend
Bob Dunn tickled us this morning with this
picture on his website ---
With the comment
--- "LET US PREY - A group of about 30 black
vultures has been roosting along the Brazos River in
Richmond for the past several nights. Early this
week they've been observed circling the courthouse,
an action about which readers probably should reach
their own conclusions."
I almost never watch hardball but some stars musta
lined up just wrong today because I did and it was a
mighty unpleasant experience, as your Mr Armey put
on a most disgusting display of piggery as I've ever
seen. I cannot believe how condescending and rude
he was to Joan Walsh from Salon. Matthews FINALLY
made a weak move to reign him in at the very end of
the segment. God Bless Bob Herbert from the NY
Times who was the first guest in the next segment.
He wouldn't answer Matthews' question until he told
everybody in America that Dick Armey owes us all an
apology. Even though everybody over here is just
about reduced to a barter economy, I'm going to go
out and pay actual money for a NY Times the rest of
the week just to help cover Mr. Herbert's salary.
Your friend in MS,
Emily
Susan,
There is someone who is trying to take over the
reins from Tom Delay, (I believe but you are the
expert).........it's Sarah Palin! It was reported
on my radio that she is organizing a PAC for
republicans who want to run for office.
Isn't that how Hot
tub T. got started in the influence game???
Sybil
I'm sure everyone else read your
words exactly as you intended them,
but my brain just doesn't work right
some times (a blessing and/or a
curse) so I just wanted to thank you
for the chuckle you inadvertently
gave me as I processed a mental
image of you with "flip flops
covering my delicate hibiscus"
(Please don't tell Bubba. He'd kill
me)
As for what you were talking about,
you should have seen us scurrying to
throw jackets on and slam the big
overhead doors shut at the Stafford
Ice House when that first blast of
20 degree colder wind blew in around
5:45.
A proposal by
California's governor to include golf in a
series of tax increases has angered duffers
and, apparently, thrilled headline writers.
Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger wants to add taxing a round
of golf to a series of new service fees to
close a nearly $42 billion budget deficit,
the Associated Press reports.
By the way, Arnold also wants to tax auto
repairs, veterinary care, amusement park and
sporting event admissions, as well as appliance
and furniture repairs.
So under Republican rule, they wrecked the
economy so you can't buy anything new and they
tax you when you get your old stuff fixed.
Arnold wants to tax baseball. That alone
is proof he could never be President.
January 26 - It's a great day to be a
Democrat.
Here in Texas, we're gearing up for a
Battle Royal between Gov. Rick Perry and Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchinson to see who gets to live in
the Gov Shack. That one will involve pitching,
hair pulling, and lots of witchery. And then
whatever Kay does.
As if that's not enough fun to watch
Republicans draw blood on each other, we get to
see
Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh sumo wrestle.
Ya know, between Bill's gambling problem and
Rush's drug addiction, those two boys put
together almost make a whole college
fraternity.
28 Jan 2009 16:15
Well, Bubba and I can
forget the downsizing idea. Fort Bend County
home sales, including single-family, townhouses and
condos, totaled 9,369 for 2008, according to figures
compiled by the Texas A&M Real Estate Center.
That translates to a
13.5% drop in sales compared with the 10,825 homes
sold in 2007 - and a 15% drop compared to record
home sales of 11,015 in the county during 2006.
and it appears to be growing ---
Compared with the
same month in 2007, July 2008 home sales were
off 6.7%; August 2008 sales were off 13.5%;
September’s were off 18.7%; October’s were off
20.5% compared to the same month a year ago; and
November’s were off a whopping 30.5%.
Anybody got any
idea what we can do with all those slabs and roads
to nowhere?
A Republican
senator is trying to muscle Atty.
Gen.-designate Eric H. Holder Jr. into
promising not to conduct "witch hunts"--
code language for criminal prosecutions --
of intelligence operatives who engaged in
torture during the Bush administration. It's
an outrageous demand, and it would be
unethical for Holder to accede to it.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who insisted on
a delay in a committee vote on Holder's
nomination, wants Holder to say "what his
intentions are toward our intelligence
personnel who were operating in good faith
based on their understanding of what the law
was."
John Cornyn:
1/2 politician, 1/2 male leather fringe model,
100% evil. And, he's got it floored in neutral
again.
I think it's darned time for some of you
foreign states to start pulling your load. I
know Illinois is doing their part, but where is
Nevada or Vermont or North Dakota? Huh?
I think it works like this: I
think
the GOP sends out an email asking for someone to
step forward and be willing to say things that
are dumber than bean dip to keep the cameras off
the rest of them while they steal us blind. I,
of course, cannot prove this theory. But, you
gotta admit - it's ready to wear.
Then someone from Texas sticks up their
hand and volunteers because Texas is so big that
people have had to do outrageous things to get
attention since grade school, so we have
practice at it. I guess that's why it's mostly
Texas supplying the country with folks willing
to try to scratch their ear with their elbow on
Meet the Press.
Okay, and Alaska. Alaska is helpin'.
But where's Oklahoma? And Florida -
Florida has been slacking off lately. Where's
Maine? Come on, people, step up to the plate
and start swinging.
A Republican senator
is trying to muscle Atty. Gen.-designate Eric H.
Holder Jr. into promising not to conduct "witch
hunts"-- code language for criminal prosecutions
-- of intelligence operatives who engaged in
torture during the Bush administration. It's an
outrageous demand, and it would be unethical for
Holder to accede to it.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who insisted on a
delay in a committee vote on Holder's
nomination, wants Holder to say "what his
intentions are toward our intelligence personnel
who were operating in good faith based on their
understanding of what the law was."
John Cornyn: 1/2 politician, 1/2 male leather
fringe model, 100% evil. And, he's got it floored
in neutral again.
I think it's darned time for some of you
foreign states to start pulling your load. I know
Illinois is doing their part, but where is Nevada or
Vermont or North Dakota? Huh?
I think it works like this: I
think
the GOP sends out an email asking for someone to
step forward and be willing to say things that are
dumber than bean dip to keep the cameras off the
rest of them while they steal us blind. I, of
course, cannot prove this theory. But, you gotta
admit - it's ready to wear.
Then someone from Texas sticks up their hand
and volunteers because Texas is so big that people
have had to do outrageous things to get attention
since grade school, so we have practice at it. I
guess that's why it's mostly Texas supplying the
country with folks willing to try to scratch their
ear with their elbow on Meet the Press.
Okay, and Alaska. Alaska is helpin'.
But where's Oklahoma? And Florida - Florida
has been slacking off lately. Where's Maine? Come
on, people, step up to the plate and start
swinging.
Hi, Susan, we all should encourage
Sarah Palin by all means, she is the
perfect representative of the GoPerv
party, and will continue to keep its
values on public display. I will
sign up at once.
Ruth
Where did you get that picture of
Cornyn?!?! I think I love you.
Male fringe model --- bwahahahah.
January 28 - Step one:
sign-up for emails.
Step two: sit back and giggle as hilarity
ensues.
I give it two years, tops, before it
becomes as dead and non-functional
as Tom DeLay's website and Tom DeLay's ....
well, I better not go there.
January 27 - Okay, so it's 80 degrees
here today, but will get down to 29 degrees
tonight.
That means I was outside today in my favorite
pair of cut-off jeans, a tee-shirt and flip
flops covering my delicate hibiscus for a
freeze. There's something wrong with that.
It's only going to get in the low 50's
tomorrow, but it'll be back at 70 degrees by the
weekend. I love Texas - you can run both the
air conditioner and heater in the same day.
A proposal by
California's governor to include golf in a
series of tax increases has angered duffers
and, apparently, thrilled headline writers.
Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger wants to add taxing a round
of golf to a series of new service fees to
close a nearly $42 billion budget deficit,
the Associated Press reports.
By the way, Arnold also wants to tax auto
repairs, veterinary care, amusement park and
sporting event admissions, as well as appliance
and furniture repairs.
So under Republican rule, they wrecked the
economy so you can't buy anything new and they
tax you when you get your old stuff fixed.
Arnold wants to tax baseball. That alone
is proof he could never be President.
January 26 - It's a great day to be a
Democrat.
Here in Texas, we're gearing up for a
Battle Royal between Gov. Rick Perry and Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchinson to see who gets to live in
the Gov Shack. That one will involve pitching,
hair pulling, and lots of witchery. And then
whatever Kay does.
As if that's not enough fun to watch
Republicans draw blood on each other, we get to
see
Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh sumo wrestle.
Ya know, between Bill's gambling problem and
Rush's drug addiction, those two boys put
together almost make a whole college
fraternity.
January 27 Okay, so it's 80 degrees here today,
but will get down to 29 degrees tonight.
That means I was outside today in my favorite pair
of cut-off jeans, a tee-shirt and flip flops
covering my delicate hibiscus for a freeze. There's
something wrong with that. It's only going to
get in the low 50's tomorrow, but it'll be back at
70 degrees by the weekend. I love Texas - you can
run both the air conditioner and heater in the same
day.
A proposal by
California's governor to include golf in a
series of tax increases has angered duffers and,
apparently, thrilled headline writers.
Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger wants to add taxing a round of
golf to a series of new service fees to close a
nearly $42 billion budget deficit, the
Associated Press reports.
By the way, Arnold also wants to tax auto repairs,
veterinary care, amusement park and sporting event
admissions, as well as appliance and furniture
repairs.
So under Republican rule, they wrecked the
economy so you can't buy anything new and they tax
you when you get your old stuff fixed.
Arnold wants to tax baseball. That alone is
proof he could never be President.
January 26 - It's a great day to be a
Democrat.
Here in Texas, we're gearing up for a Battle
Royal between Gov. Rick Perry and Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchinson to see who gets to live in the Gov
Shack. That one will involve pitching, hair
pulling, and lots of witchery. And then whatever
Kay does.
As if that's not enough fun to watch
Republicans draw blood on each other, we get to see
Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh sumo wrestle.
Ya know, between Bill's gambling problem and
Rush's drug addiction, those two boys put together
almost make a whole college fraternity.
That early picture of the Boner
looks like its become a US Postal
Stamp. But, as you know, you have
to be dead to be issued a stamp.
His hair is just another funeral
home do-over!!
It's a great day to be a Democrat.
Here in Texas, we're gearing up for a Battle
Royal between Gov. Rick Perry and Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchinson to see who gets to live in the Gov
Shack. That one will involve pitching, hair
pulling, and lots of witchery. And then whatever
Kay does.
As if that's not enough fun to watch
Republicans draw blood on each other, we get to see
Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh sumo wrestle.
Ya know, between Bill's gambling problem and
Rush's drug addiction, those two boys put together
almost make a whole college fraternity.
Perry vs. Hutchinson --
That will be the Hair Battle
Big Hair vs Goodhair.
Mike
It's shaping up to be a
titanic battle of
Newtonian mechanics.
When the unstoppable
force of Kay Bailey's
notebook hits the
immovable object of
Rick's coiffure, the
laws of physics will be
suspended until the
recount is complete.
USexpat
January 26 - We get
inquiring email.It's a great day to be a Democrat.
Here in Texas, we're gearing up for a Battle Royal
between Gov. Rick Perry and Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchinson to see who gets to live in the Gov Shack.
That one will involve pitching, hair pulling, and lots
of witchery. And then whatever Kay does.
As if that's not enough fun to watch Republicans
draw blood on each other, we get to see
Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh sumo wrestle.
Ya know, between Bill's gambling problem and
Rush's drug addiction, those two boys put together
almost make a whole college fraternity.
Perry vs. Hutchinson --
That will
be the Hair Battle
Big Hair vs Goodhair.
Mike
It's shaping up to be a titanic
battle of Newtonian mechanics.
When the unstoppable force of
Kay Bailey's notebook hits the
immovable object of Rick's
coiffure, the laws of physics
will be suspended until the
recount is complete.
Dear Susan,
Can you ask Juanita Jean this question
for me? As hair professional, I'm sure
that she already knows the answer.
Over the years, I've noticed that
politicians, like televangelists, can't
handle going bald. They come up with a
variety of ways to disguise this including
the plugs used by Senators Proxmire and
Biden (now VP of course). But most of them
just go to phony route -- because they are
almost all phonies anyway. But that brings
me to my question.
Is that a toupee that Rep. Boehner
sports or is it just a hideous comb over?
Don A. in Pennsyltucky.
Dear Don,
Juanita
says, "In my professional opinion, there are
three words to explain Boehner's hair:
Plaster of Paris."
Susan
January 26 - You know how KBR (Halliburton) has
a bad reputation of ripping off taxpayers?
Well, it's because they have to give so much money
to Dr. Republican Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert.
Hebert picked up $2,500 in the past six months from KBR.
You know, while they were laying-off people.
"Dr." Hawg Hebert, who is sitting on $30,000 in his
campaign warchest, only brought in $3,500 this reporting
period, another all-time low.
Hebert gave his money to charity so he can look
like a generous person, which he is not. And the rest
he gave to Republican political candidates.
Have a look-see at Hebert's report this time. (It
opens in a PDF)
January 26 - Okay, I know I don't get out near
enough but when I do, I'm amazed.
Six thousand years from now, when the future folks dig
up the remains of our society, can you even imagine what
they'll think of the top of the new Memorial Hermann
Hospital on I-10? I'm thinking they're gonna figure
that the dohickey on top is some sort of mumbo-jumbo
medical device or that a two-story lunar rover was
enshrined on top of a bland building. That, or it was a
shrine to the constipation gods.
Little would they know that it's just a big ole
waste of medical money and a heap of powerful ugly.
January 25 - Carl Whitmarsh, the Godfather of
Houston area political communications, had a birthday
party yesterday. The place was packed and the company
was great. Happy Birthday, Carl ---
With as much fun as was had by all, you owe it to
us to do this more often!
January 24 - Okay, this is pretty cool.
It's a high resolution of the inauguration. If you
were there, you can probably find yourself.
If you weren't there, you absolutely have to go
enlarge it to see Dick Cheney. Sweet Mother of Creepy -
he looks just like Dr. Strangelove. It's like he was
trying for it.
And what the dickens curled up and died on Daddy
Bush's head?
And it appears that Clarence Thomas slept through
the whole thing - kinda like he did law school.
January 23 - I'd like to be funny about this but
it's just too danged scary. You could be next.
It's another massive black eye for Fort Bend County
Assistant DA
Mike Elliott in his attempt to criminalize his
political enemies.
This is the second time in a year that charges have
been dropped against politically motivated cases that
Elliott brought to indictment.
It's one of those "you can beat the rap but you
can't beat the ride" things. His enemies, all perfectly
innocent people, have an indictment on their records
coupled with the expenses of having to hire a lawyer.
Elliott is strutting around the courthouse proud of
himself for hurting good people who just happen to get
in his political conquest way. Needless to say, he's a
short guy with a bad temper.
And, I think it's pathetic that the prosecutors are
blaming the dismissal of the case against Jamie Roberts
on the death of the complainant. There was never a case
to begin with and they know it.
The elected District Attorney John Healey is cowering in
a corner somewhere, terribly afraid of Elliott himself.
Besides, he's so busy fooling around with Elizabeth
Howard and a video camera,
making an attempt to become "Hollywood John" that he
has no idea what's going on.
When incompetence and thugery reach $50 a barrel,
we need to sell the DA's office give everybody in the
county a million bucks.
This little light of
mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
Let it shine.
However, it seems to me that newly elected County
Commissioner Richard Morrison
has a big ole light.
Concerned over the
possibility of violating the
Texas Open Meetings Act, new Fort Bend County
Precinct 1 Commissioner Richard Morrison has ordered
his staff not to attend Thursday meetings held to
discuss Commissioners Court agendas.
The meetings have
been attended by top staffers for county
commissioners for more than a decade, are run by a
member of County Judge Bob Hebert’s staff, sometimes
include staffers for other departments and, on
occasion, a commissioner or other elected official.
“I have questions
from my constituents whether it violates the Open
Meetings Act,” Morrison said of the meetings. He
said he’s ordered his chief of staff, James Wenzel,
and other staffers not to attend, “to avoid any
appearance of impropriety.” When those staffers
worked for Morrison’s predecessor, Tom Stavinoha,
they attended regularly.
Poor Ole Richard doesn't understand the Texas law
of "But we've always done it that way."
Susan,
I believe the Thursday meetings prove that
our county is being run by mid-level
bureaucrats. Commissioners seem almost
proud that none of them attend the meetings
where decisions are actually made.
County
commissioners are simply bank deposit
machines for developers and no-bid vendors.
Their jobs are part-time at best and
irrelevant at worst. Morrison, it seems, is
the first to recognize it without wanting to
join in.
Now if
Morrison could get the county away from the
EDC, I will believe he's Superman.
Ray
January 23 - Okay, here's the beginning of what
you've been waiting for --- the super-secret county
commissioner campaign finance reports!
They are super-secret because you can only view
them during regular business hours in a darken backroom
of the hidden election office in Rosenberg. There are
no windows in that office and only one door. It's like
entering a Stephen King novel.
Other counties and political entities across this
state make their elected officials file electronically
and post them online, but our Republican dominated
Commissioners Court had determined that your best
interest are served if they hide their campaign finance
reports.
And now you're going to learn why they are
super-secret.
I'm scanning them one at a time and I have -- I
dunno, let's just call it a semblance of a life --- so
it'll take me a while to look them over and post them.
And yeah, I'm gonna pick on the Republicans.
Mainly just to hear them squeal like the big old hogs
that they are. They'll holler that I'm not being fair.
Hey, Idiots, you have the votes on the court to make
these reports public. Democrats don't. So, either make
them public or have a Republican website post the
Democrats. This is my ballgame. I paid for these
reports. I pay for this website. If you don't like it
get your own damn website.
Let's start with everybody's favorite Super DeLux Brand
Christian and Money Grubbin' Hog, Andy Meyers.
This will open in a PDF format.
Since Andy finally decided to fill in the blank
that tells us how much cash American money he has on
hand in his campaign funds, we can reveal the deep dark
secret that he has $62,446 and no sense, I mean no
cents.
He grubbed $11,000 tax-free money this past six
months, an all-time low for Andy. That tells us that
either county vendors are getting fed-up with having to
support his fancy lifestyle or that times are bad, even
for Republicans.
He paid his son about $3,500 over the past six
months for "campaign consulting." Nice work if you can
get it. But, feeling less generous toward others, he
paid $182. at CVS pharmacy for "Christmas Gifts for
Office Staff." Goodness sake, do condoms and cough
syrup cost that much?
And, of course, there's all the gas money and
repairs on his "campaign truck."
And there's $750 in legal fees to Dean Hrbacek,
infamous body snatcher. I suspect those fees are
for negotiations to the
Texas Ethics Commission. You're very welcome, Dean.
I haven't had time to check all the math - there's
always adding and subtracting mistakes in Andy's math.
I just wanted to give you a look-see before the weekend.
Key Republicans
delayed a vote on Wednesday on the confirmation of
attorney general nominee Eric Holder in part over
concerns that he views Bush administration
interrogation practices as torture.
Sen. John Cornyn,
R-Texas, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, said he wanted to know more after Holder
sidestepped questions about whether he intends to
prosecute officials who condoned or carried out the
interrogations.
"He's been very
ambiguous," Cornyn told reporters. "We need more
clarification."
So, here's the
deal. John Cornyn lets me do to him anything I want to
within the guidelines of the Bush administration for
merely 24 hours. If he says it was fine and dandy, then
I lose and Holder gets kicked out on his rump.
However, if at any time during that 24 hours, John
Cornyn thinks he's being treated unfairly or - God
forbid! - even tortured, then I win and he has to shut
the hell up for 4 years.
Come to think of it, if I win, everybody wins -
America, the Senate, and even Texas.
John Cornyn is such a weenie. First he holds up
Hillary's nomination, and then the next day he votes for
her. Anybody in the mental health field will tell you
that's a clear sign of an impotent man. No, seriously,
men with real power don't need to pull stunts like
that. Look it up.
I have to
admit I agree with Cornyn on this:
Asked if he wants specific
guarantees that certain officials
would not be prosecuted, Cornyn, a
former Texas attorney general, said,
"I want some assurance we aren't
going to be engaged in a witch hunt.
That would be unfair."
But it
doesn't mean I don't think he's being a
total jerk.
It's been 10
long years since we've seen a witch hunt
and to be honest I wouldn't want to see
another one. But if in the course of an
investigation evidence of crimes are
uncovered I do not understand why
charges should be preemptively
dismissed. That is called justice. A
witch hunt would include accusations for
legal conduct, such as sexual relations
between consenting adults, in the
absence of any evidence of crimes
committed.
Brian
Dear
Susan,
Corny remains a coward, a weenie,
and a water-carrier for the unlamented
former President what's-his-name. What
he seems to be saying is that he wants a
free pass for everyone in the
administration of what's-his-name and
former Vice President
he-who-must-not-be-named. With thinking
that is typical of Corny John, he fails
to realize that he's basically saying
that he's pretty sure that there were
crimes committed but he doesn't think
that they should be prosecuted. There
is a huge difference between the Starr
witch hunt (which spent forty million
dollars or so and ended up doing nothing
more than giving Bill Clinton the
finger) and a criminal investigation
like the one's Mr. Fitzgerald ran
against Scooter and Blowdryovich. I'm
trying to remember anything that Corny
did when he was Texas Attorney General
that even comes close.
Don A in Pennsyltucky
January 22 - Okay, I've got a couple more days
work to finish up the loose ends on the Inaugural Ball
thingy, and then I'm gonna start entertaining myself
here again on this dandy little website.
For those of you hungry for local campaign finance
reports, I'll order them today and go pick them up and
pay for them tomorrow. Then there's the whole scanning
and uploading thing, so it'll probably be this weekend
before I get them posted. Sorry about the week delay
but your county commissioners have been delaying this
for twenty years so give me a little slack, okay?
January 21 - Those of you who heard that I
started thinking I was a cross between Ginger Rodgers
and Aretha Franklin last night and dang near killed
myself and a couple of other people on the dance floor
last night, have been told an abominable lie. Okay,
maybe not abominable. Okay, okay, maybe just a mild
exaggeration.
Our ball was ... well, a ball.
I will spend today uploading pictures and
delivering auction items to people, so you'll probably
get ignored. However, I might, just might, give you a
link to the pictures so you can see the best danged
party we've ever seen in these parts.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says
Hillary Rodham Clinton will not be confirmed as
secretary of state Tuesday because of a single
senator's objection.
Reid spokesman Jim
Manley said Republican John Cornyn of Texas has
indicated he will block a move to confirm Clinton by
an unanimous floor vote later in the day.
But Manley also said
there would be a roll call vote Wednesday. And he
predicted that "she will receive overwhelming
bipartisan support" at that time.
What does he hope to
accomplish other than embarrassing Texas now that Tom
DeLay resigned from that specific job?
Somebody
needs to ask Cornyn what he thinks about Tom
Delay's foreign gifts. Tommy had no problem
taking money from Russians and Chinese and
changing Legislation to help them. Maybe Tom
should do a stretch at Gitmo for treason. It
would be worth it to keep it open just for
him.
They are always the pot calling the kettle
black.
Cheers,
Robin
John
Cornyn is a big ole jerk? You left out
"exceedingly stupid" in that description.
Mike
Tom's
stature is assured in the Party Of Delay
through the tactics of Norm Coleman and John
Cornyn. Cornyn's latest move to block the AG
position without blanket immunity for
torturers is revealing in it's desperation.
Stating that it would be wrong to those who
authorized torture methods because they
were acting in good faith under
authorization from the White House brings to
mind the much mocked excuse of WW2 Germans
who claimed they were just following orders.
I'm hoping against hope he gets slapped down
over this.
Brian
If you
don't already read this site, here is one
article about Cornyn's REAL connections and
why he is being such a jerk lately,
read this.
Keep on dancing!!
Marie
January 20 - Yes, that was me on Channel 13 News
last night and this morning. They saw the entry about
our yardsign and came to interview me and ole Bubba
about it. It was a load of fun!
My community is full of good folks, but we have our
share of Tom DeLay diehards, who tend to be very bitter
people.
For example, a mother taking her kiddos to school
this morning in Sugar Land passed this - an American
flag covered in black cloth.
God bless America.
January 19 - Well, apparently we do have a
homeowner's association. And they are big ole giant
racists.
Bubba and I had some errands to run today and we
get home to find some dude on our front porch. He was
giving our handyman Bennie a hard time about where we
were. Bennie, who has worked for us for 30 years, said
that was highly classified information and he could tell
him but then he'd have to paint him.
About that time, Bubba and I pull into the driveway
and Bennie points at us, displaying his semi-magical
ability to make us appear.
The dude came running over to the car shaking his
finger in Bubba's face. Now, I need to tell you that
happened only because Bubba was sitting down. People
who see Bubba standing don't do that because Bubba
played college ball and can still throw a tackle. And
he looks like it.
But, the dude was plenty hacked-off about our
yardsign. And he wanted people in 7 zip codes to know
it.
First thing we know, this dude is bellowing and
flailing like a burro on locoweed that we are the most
evil people on the planet because Texas is a Republican
state and how dare we have an opinion other than his.
He starts yelling about how Obama is a terrible
thing and when that just made us laugh, he starts using
the N word very loudly and saying, "That Muslim n____
needs to get gone."
That did it.
Bubba told him to get his finger out of his face
and get the tarnation off our property. I jump out of
the car, ask Bennie to call the police, and begin taking
pictures of the dude with --- you guessed it -- my
iPhone. Apparently, an iPhone is not only a great toy,
it's a wonderful crime fighting instrument.
So, this guy starts acting like the little girl he
is and runs for his car. However, his mouth does not
have a "off" position and he keeps hollering the n word.
I kindly informed him that we are Christians and do
not allow nasty talk like that on our property.
Good golly, he found the off button on his mouth
for 5 full seconds. He then informed us that he, too,
was a Christian and a better one than us. Apparently
because he uses the N word and tresspasses on other
people's land.
I told him that I would pray he finds love and
peace in his heart, but to tell you the truth, I was
scared to death. My "homeowner's association" is out of
control and very hateful.
Here's a picture of him and if he comes back, I'll
put his name, license plate number, and which species of
woodland aquatic mammal he most smelled like.
I gave the police better pictures, but now listen
up - everybody be real sweet to this dude unless he
messes with me again and then y'all can call him names -
like "nincompoop" or "knucklehead."
January 18 - Okay, so Bubba went all over town
looking for
white plastic flowers for some dandy yard art, but
we live in a small town and he couldn't find enough.
So, by the way, if you're ever in need of white plastic
flowers in a quantity to spell out O-B-A and the first
part of an M, Bubba is the man to see. He can make you
a deal on them.
Anyway, Bubba did not want to be outdone by some
amateur in Bubba, Jr's hometown, so he spent the better
part of yesterday driving to East China or somewhere to
find this thang - and a thang it is! - to hang in our
front yard.
Thank God we don't have a homeowners association
because Bubba refuses to live somewhere where
somedamnfool thinks it's their duty to tell you when
your porch light is out or what color you can paint the
washer and dryer on your front porch.
However, even if we did have a homeowner's
association, and there is that distinct possibility now
that Bubba has gone and done this, Bubba would put this
out anyway and pay the darn fine because - listen up -
yard art is a serious matter not to be tinkered with in
these troubling times.
Obviously, he did not take the challenge lightly.
He says he'll take it down on Wednesday. Unless
one of the Republicans who lives on street complains,
then it'll stay a week extra.
Bubba says he had to look at that damn "We Support
President Bush and our Troops" sign across the street
for two blasted years until the silly thing fell apart
or, more likely, committed suicide in shame, and he
still harbors a deep resentment about that.
He says this doesn't come even close to settling
the score, but it's a good start.
And now y'all know why I've stayed with Bubba for
38 years. There's a lot of entertainment in that man.
And thanks to Hal for helping him hang it without
ending up in the emergency room.
January 17 - Okay, campers, it's Saturday on a
cold weekend, you're still in your jammies, and you
ain't got nothing better to do than read this thing I'm
fixing to share with you. Even if you don't read this
until Monday at work, you still ain't got nothing better
to do.
This is a pdf of a document from the State Commission on
Judicial Conduct, issued last month about the Republican
Chief Justice of the Texas 10th Court of Appeals, which
is located close enough to Waco to legally house the
insane and feeble minded.
Tom Gray, the chief Justice in question, is
vicious, clearly nuts, and has himself a kink in his
thinker mechanism, but he's also admitting to being a
criminal, breaking and entering other judge's offices.
This is four pages of dandy reading, and you're
gonna thank me for bringing it to your attention. So,
here ya go,
Crazy Republican Judges at Work and Play in Texas.
Enjoy!
And here's some photos of Judge Gray at work and
play and
doing God only knows what in other judge's offices.
Thanks to Wright N. Justice for the heads-up.
Oh, no! Not
the dreaded public admonition! I'm certain
this will compel Judge Gray to issue
reasonable opinions in all cases coming
before the court, and to treat his fellow
justices and the court staff with complete
respect.
January 16 - Okay, so in this one little way,
I'm gonna kinda miss this guy.
It's
a whole list of George Bush's attempt to keep
English from being the official language of the office
of President.
January 15 - Well, ain't this dandy? Another
non-anonymous Democratic blogger in Fort Bend --- newly
elected
County Commissioner Richard Morrison. Little Bubba
worked real hard in Richard's race and is pretty excited
about seeing him blog.
I'm proud of Democratic bloggers in Fort Bend.
None of us are anonymous. Both the Republican bloggers
are. And that pretty much explains the Republicans, the
Ku Klux Klan, and Joe Bob's International Theory of
Poopie del Pollo.
January 15 - The Texas Senate blew up yesterday
and a smoky sight it was.
It seems that David Dewhurst has finally figured
out that he's never gonna be Governor, so he decided to
be Tom Craddick instead.
The Senate Republicans, and a swarmy bunch they
are, wanted to change the voting rule for redistricting,
and voter ID bills so that they could remain in charge
by requiring
fewer votes on those issues.
Democrats, however, said
the battle over a political issue “sets a bitter and
partisan tone” for the Senate at a time when the
House has elected a new speaker to heal that body’s
partisan divisions.
“Those who cannot win
otherwise will win by changing the rules,” said Sen.
Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo.
The one Republican who
broke ranks and opposed the change, Sen. John Carona
of Dallas, said it “sends a terrible message” at a
time when voters are crying out for bipartisanship.
Democratic senators
offered amendments to allow similar treatment for
bills on other hot-button issues, including property
tax cuts, insurance reform, college tuition rates
and health care for veterans and children. The
amendments failed in votes that split along party
lines.
Okay, so cutting property taxes, health care for
veterans, college tuition, and issues that truly hit
Texans were far less important than keeping Granny who
doesn't have a driver's license from voting.
They are dumber than a sack of hammers. No,
seriously, look at that picture. You'll see Dan Patrick
in there.
However, what happened in Texas
pales in comparison to Tennessee. The Democrats
there, one vote short of a majority, outfoxed the
Republicans and put their own Republican in as Speaker.
After reading this article, it becomes abundantly
clear that you don't have to pull a fast on Tennessee
Republicans. Pulling a slow one will do.
January 13 - Texas Republican Congressvarmint
Ted Poe, who is Mr. Self-Righteous Hisownself, has a bit
of cleaning-up to do
in his untidy office --
Selling inauguration
tickets isn't illegal, not yet anyway. But it was
still embarrassing for one former congressional aide
who now works at a powerful lobbying firm when she
was caught this week trying to sell tickets to
Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony
for big bucks.
The former aide is
Gina Santucci, who now works as
associate general counsel at BGR Holding, the
lobbying, public relations and financial advisory
firm formerly known as Barbour Griffith & Rogers,
founded by current Mississippi Gov. Haley
Barbour and veteran GOP political
strategist Ed Rogers.
Until recently,
Santucci worked as legislative counsel to
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), whose office received
its share of inaugural tickets on Tuesday. Santucci
was on the congressman's distribution list, Poe's
office acknowledged when contacted by the Sleuth.
But Santucci
apparently had no intention of going to the
inauguration herself. Her entrepreneurial spirit
took over, and she headed straight for Craigslist,
where she listed four of the highly coveted tickets
to Obama's inaugural ceremony and fetched a speedy
offer from someone willing to pay $875 a piece.
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that a Republican
would display such greed and irreverence for American
institutions. Especially one associated with
Bible-thumping Poe.
And, I gotta tell you, the "I made a mistake"
defense is wearing thinner than a bride's nightgown.
(Thanks to Alfredo for the heads-up.)
January 12 - Most of y'all know that Bubba, Jr.,
lives in newly blue North Carolina. He says that since
he got there, North Carolina turned blue and Elizabeth
Dole got the boot. He's taking credit for both.
He cannot take credit for this house in North
Carolina, but he can take credit for sending me the
picture. Click the little one to get the great big one.
Dude. That's cool.
I'm gettin' me some plastic flower to piss off all
the neighbors!
January 12 - Y'all, there is a very scary bill
in the Lege.
Some damfool wants to make English the official language
of Texas.
Holy suffix-droppin' drawl, Cowboy, what the fool
tarnation is this guy thinkin'?
I have often said to Yankees who have asked me to
repeat something, "I speak Texan. That's a lot like
English."
We can't be forced to speak English in Texas. And,
dammit, that should be codified into law or something.
The only people who would be allowed to talk are people
from England or New Hampshire or some other horribly
dreary place. We don't need to be encouragin' that.
Those people would melt or be blinded by sunlight in
Texas.
"Y'all, I'm fixing to stir up a mess of collards
'fore I get tuckered out" ain't English, but people in
Del Rio or Lubbock or Nacogdoches would all know what
I'm talking about.
I live in Southeast Texas so that means I can get
myself in trouble in three languages - Spanish, English,
and Cajun. If you live in Houston and you can't speak
all three, you ain't gonna eat out much. My friends in
central Texas have to speak a little German, and when I
go to Rosenberg, I speak Tex-Czech-Mex.
The supporters of the bill say it is meant to help
people assimilate. Assimilate? Honey, I'm a fifth
generation Texan and I still don't speak English real
good. As far as I'm concerned, assimilate rhymes with
fornicate, which means they can go screw themselves.
(Sorry, Momma, but this is life or death.)
I seriously doubt you could find "scamper juice" in
the English dictionary, but you can't describe a honky
tonk without those words. Or how am I going give
directions to people on the telephone without asking,
"Where yat?"
How will I know the size of something if I can't
use "bigger'n?"
Most importantly, The River I live on ain't named
in English. Am I supposed to pretend it's the
Mississippi instead of Los Brazos del Dio? And will my
sons answer to something other than Mijo? No recipes
will be exchanged if they start with a roux? Well hell,
if a recipe don't start with a roux, a pan of boiling
oil, or a big ole fire, then I can't make it.
This is bordering on felony stupid.
I seriously doubt this bill will pass because
there's still a couple of members of the Lege who love
Texas, but if it does, I will be perfectly delighted to
see all members of the Lege be required to spend the
session talking like Shakespeare. That would be worth
the price of admission.
Your take on the proposed bill? LOVE
IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT (your take, not the
bill!) A couple of years ago I was in
Austria and was approached by a women
who inquired "Do you speak English?" (we
had been singing in Latin) well my
reply was "Not really, I'm from Texas."
She was nonplused for a moment and then
"bust" out laughing. She was from
Virginia and wanted to know more about
our choir. Susan, your web site is just
great, keep it up. I am a 74 year old
second generation Texan and for a while
known to my acquaintances as the "last
liberal while male in Dallas county!"
Thank God that has changed a little but
of course not nearly enough.
Now ya'll
take keer 'cause ahm fixin to have
"dinner." (i.e. lunch north of oh
someplace)
Jerry
Duncanville
You came
real close with big ole, but to Texas
speakers 'round here that's jist one
word: biggo, as in "she lives upair in
that biggo yeller house."
Talkin' Texas got me a great experience
in Greece. A nice lady came up to me an'
said "whirr yew frum?" I replied "ah'm
frum Dallis; whirr yew frum?" Turned out
she wuz only frum Okahoma Sitty, but
it was kind of nice to hear something
similar to the mother tongue so far away
from home.
Your fan in Wimmerley
January 12 - What did I do this weekend?
What Hal
said.
And, ho boy, it was fun! Kolaches, barbeque, Dorothy
from Bastrop (one of my very favorite people), a trip to
Austin on a beautiful day, and the Obama Store - a
darned near perfect Saturday.
And for the record, they are champagne glasses, not
wine glasses. It's so much more classy to be known as a
champagne-o than ... well, you know.
And yes, we will auction some of them off at our
Fort Bend Inaugural Gala. Later on I'll post some
picture of the super deluxe very cool Obama coffee mugs
I bought.
In his final days as
House speaker, Tom Craddick escaped what might have
been severe Capitol culture shock – plummeting from
a plush, newly renovated, historic apartment behind
the House chamber to a meager underground office
that amounts to a closet.
But, as they've done
for most of his tenure, his Republican friends in
the House came to his aid at the last second, made
sacrifices, created a new rule, and yanked him back
from the precipice.
I swear, Craddick
has some sort of gree-gree mumbo jumbo witch power over
stupid people that causes them to live to satisfy him.
No, I'm serious, you can look it up.
January 11 - I've got some high hopes for newly
elected Democratic County Commissioner Richard Morrison.
Mainly because he's going to propose ethics reform
on the court in an attempt to get Commissioner's Court
out of the back pocket of county vendors and developers
and into the front yard of voters and citizens.
He's also asking a lot of questions about the Texas
Open Meetings law.
It's about damn time.
Campaign finance reports are due on the 15th of
this month. To be honest with you, I'm gonna be busy as
grandma with one hoe and eight snakes until the 20th.
However, after that, I have time to get bored.
And when I get bored, I get mean. So, I'll spend
my hard-earned money to go buy the campaign finance
reports and post them here because that's the only place
you'll ever see them.
I am that damn mean.
And I am also mean enough to file complaints with
the Texas Ethics Commission if they don't follow the
law. None of their Mommas raised them well so that job
has fallen on me.
As I reported
previously, the Bush Administration, in a typical
demonstration of pettiness, denied an early move-in
to the Obamas so their girls could start school in
Washington on January 5. The excuse was that Blair
House was "booked" for other guests. Not
surprisingly, it turns out that this was horse
hockey.
And Bush's poor delusional father thinks Jeb could
be elected President.
I think I may have mentioned to y'all before that
my favorite toy ever is my iPhone. It's even better
than Barbie and more fun than my first hula hoop.
Bubba accuses me of showering with my iPhone.
That's not true - I put it on the counter outside the
shower just in case I might need to check something
while shaving my legs. You never know.
Anyway, Cooter Joe showed me something really cool
for my iPhone. It's a countdown of the days and seconds
until Bush is gone from office. It's kinda like the Jim
Hightower countdown thing over to the right there, but
the one on my iPhone actually ticks off seconds.
I check it three or seven times a day and sigh
heavily. It's not moving fast enough.
January 8 - Okay, a great big giant Thanks! to
those of you who scored for tickets for volunteers. We
have some elderly folks where $35 for a party is not in
the budget. Thanks to you guys so far, nine of them
will get to go. Damn, I love Democrats.
Something else has been bothering me lately. I saw
on CNN that 27% of the American public think Bush has
done a good job. Are there that many CEO's know don't
know anybody who's in the military, on Medicare, or live
in New Orleans?
January 7 - If you live anywhere around me and
want to celebrate the inauguration in style, boy howdy
do I have an Inaugural Ball for you!
It's gonna be at the country club and it's gonna be
fancy. We have a live band, the famous "Special Menu"
jazz and dance band, and a string quartet to welcome you
at the door. We also have a 60 inch tv if you want to
see what people are doing the DeeCee. We've got a
professionally made Inaugural banner and a life size
Barach Obama and Joe Biden for you to have your picture
made with. We've even got memorabilia for sale -
cheap! We've got food and a cash bar.
Honey, we're your one-stop celebration-shop.
But, most importantly, we have the largest
collection of celebratin' Democrats in a 15 zip-code
area! Come be part of it!
Or, if you're just a generous soul, donate a ticket
for me to give one of our volunteers who's been a victim
of the Bush economy. That would be real sweet of you.
January 7 - An email that expresses my thoughts
exactly ---
Poor
Nadine has just been evicted from her
Capital apartment...after she went to
all those expensive plans. Now, she'll
have to live like the rest of us with no
servants, cooks, and security detail.
Annette
Let's all have a moment of silence for Nadine's
brass toilet.
Seven current or former officials accused in FBI
allegations.
It happened in Florida, in a rural county.
Here, county commissioners take their kickbacks in
campaign donations. Let's see if they have the decency
to endorse some ethics pledges this year. Anybody want
to make a bet?
Ann Coulter was
scheduled to appear on the "Today" show Tuesday
morning to promote her new book, "Guilty." But it's
now been canceled, according to her website.
Coulter wrote: "TODAY SHOW AND TODAY SHOW FOURTH
HOUR: CANCELLED!"
"I guess this ends
the 'they just want to get ratings' argument about
liberal media bias," Coulter wrote underneath.
So now we can add something else to Ann's big list
besides her Adam's Apple - her freekin' ego. So now we
know why the Middle East erupted - to bounce Ann of
teevee.
By the way,
Harry Smith took her on and, bless her heart, she is
totally unencumbered by reality.
January 5 - Oh, rats.
The guy
who inventedHawaiian
shirts
died right before Christmas.
Those of you who know us, know that Bubba has the
largest collection of Hawaiian shirts in the State of
Texas. He even has, of course, three Democratic
Hawaiian shirts.
So, to honor the sad passing of the guy who
invented the best thing since blue jeans, our friend
David has declared that this coming Friday is Everybody
Wear Your Hawaiian Shirt Day.
Don't forget.
January 5 - The "clean" coal plant within 10
miles of my house down on Smither's Lake. Click the
little one to see the big one. --
And commentary from Clay Bennett --
This URL shows a TCEQ "event" - the only
one recorded between Dec. 1 and Jan. 5 in
Fort Bend County. It happened Jan. 4 at, of
course, the W.A. Parish plant.
I don't know if this is what you saw, but
there you go.
Bob
January 4 - Well, my mind's made up.
It looks like we finally have an opportunity to
oust Crappy Craddick as Speaker of the Texas House.
A newcomer to the Texas political scene, San Antonian
Joe Straus, a Republican, seems to have broken away
from the PAC when the eleven Anybody But Craddick (ABC
Republicans) endorsed him.
And then today, my favored candidate for speaker,
Senfronia Thompson withdrew her name from consideration
and endorsed Straus. She says she figures he's the best
of the GOP bunch and "Might be the beginning of
something different." I don't know much about Straus,
but I trust Senfronia's judgment.
On abortion, Straus says,
"As you know I
believe in the sanctity of life. I am consistent
with existing restrictions on abortion including
parental notification/parental consent. I believe
exceptions should exist for rape, incest and harm to
the life of the Mother. That said, I fervently hope
abortion is the rarest medical procedure conducted
in 2009 and beyond.
"In terms of the work
before us in the Texas House, I will look to elected
House Members for thoughtful policy guidance on this
important subject."
Well, at least
that puts him one step ahead of two of our Reps from
Fort Bend. Hell, even our Democratic Rep supports no
abortions, nobody, no way. Which is kinda odd since she
supports killing innocent people by withholding medical
research. She's a nut.
It will be almost - not quite, but almost - as good
to see Craddick go as seeing Bush go.
Of course, both of them are so delusional that
they're liable to proclaim themselves Head of State for
Life at the last minute, so keep your powder dry.
January 3 - When you buy a dictionary this year,
you'll notice that they've changed the definition of
gall.
You'll now find this: "When a woman who only owns one
dress and has hair so damaged that it belongs in the
cattle feeder on the ranch, attacks a woman's dressing
style,
that's gall."
It's also Ann Coulter's ability to be so
intellectually ridiculous as to now qualify her for a
position as a circus sideshow.
More details of Ann
Coulter's next book, Guilty: Liberal "Victims"
and Their Assault on America are out revealing
how Coulter slams Michelle Obama for her style while
applauding that of Cindy McCain.
Coulter wrote,
"Her obvious imitation of Jackie O's style - the
flipped-under hair, the sleeveless A-line
dresses, the short strands of fake pearls -
would have been laughable if done by anyone
other than a media-designated saint."
Girl, get a damn mirror. You need a good
moisturizer, a cheeseburger, and some damn sunshine
before you become a fashion critic. Hon, you might
notice that flowers wilt as you walk by.
There are
many who claim that Ann Coulter was
originally born a male and had the sex
change operation. Notice her enlarged
Adams apple. There is even a group of
cross-dressing entertainers who claim
that she /he used to have an act at one
of the clubs.
Wanda
Hey
Susan!
I've heard that rumor about (M)ann
Coulter as well. I hope it's true. Not
because I think we should mock people
for their lifestyle choices...but
because then we can be sure s/he won't
breed!
OK, back to the salt mines for me!
Neon Susan
QUIZ TIME!
Q.
Of the two images below, which one is
more likely to actually scare a crow?
Hint: notice there are no birds sitting
on Image B...
Kellybee
January 3 - John Cornyn is threatening to
filibuster the seating of Al Franken. There is a simple
explanation for this seemingly bizarre behavior ---
... Cornyn, a Republican
from Texas and the chairman of the National
Republican Senatorial Committee, to threaten a
filibuster to block Democrats from seating Franken
before an official certificate is signed by Ritchie
and Pawlenty.
Ya see, we don't have any problems in Texas, no sireee,
that he can focus his attention on, so he has to find
something to do. So, kind man that he is, he's decided
to fix Minnesota.
God forbid he should threaten to filibuster until
Texas veterans get all their benefits, or that millions
of Texans are without health insurance.
He's so slick he can't keep his socks up and he
spends his time playing politics instead of representing
the folks who sent him there. Question: did he learn
nothing from Tom DeLay?
What a nincompoop.
January 2 - There something about a good Paul
Krugman column that effects me like a James Taylor song
- it makes me want to stand up, grin, and dance.
Seriously, just try to sit still when James gets to
going on "Steamroller
Blues," or while
you read this sucker. Same deal - get up and dance
time.
I'd excerpt it here but there's no one "good part"
to cut out. It's a doozy and it'll make you want to
dance - hammer meet nail.
Krugman is the finest progressive voice out there,
and nobody loves America more than he does. Treat
yourself to
what's wrong with the GOP.
Witnesses told police
Zavala had entered the Lowe’s store at 28005 U.S. 59
in Rosenberg, and started walking out with a “heat
bond seaming iron,” then “threatened the store’s
employees with a hammer when questioned about the
item,” the spokeswoman said.
“Zavala was then seen
running across the parking lot at Highway 59 and
into a fast food restaurant, where he hid in a
bathroom stall,” the police department said in a
statement. “Zavala was found in that stall by
Officer J. Becerra and taken back to Lowe’s where he
was identified by witnesses.”
He was flushed out by police?
Everything got ironed-out once the heat arrived?
January 2 - Ya know, I've been pondering.
Maybe, just maybe, it's not that I detest Republicans.
It's that I detest bullies.
And they appear to be one in the same.
Tom DeLay, the Darth Bully, is back in the news wrecking
the Third Court of Appeals in Texas. His friends and
fellow thieves, John Colyandro
and Jim Ellis, have had their case tossed around like a
beach ball at a concert, thanks to the GOP dominated
Third Court.
Shenanigans done right out in public (by habit,
mostly) by the Republicans on the Court, including
claiming that it might well be illegal to take a cash
bribe but checks are fine, have caused one of them to be
defeated this year, which is a good sign.
I did get a kick out of what Democratic Judge Diane
Henson wrote about the case ---
"One might also question why, if Justice Waldrop's
lack of bias or partiality is so obvious, a 38-page
opinion, including personal attacks on dissenting
justices, was necessary to explain why the motion to
recuse was denied," she wrote.
Personal attacks, Judge
Henson? You wonder why the Republican Boys on the court
have to include personal attacks against the Democrats
on the court? Hon, they learned it from Darth DeLay.
Simply put, they are bullies and damn proud of it.
It's habit, mostly.
January 1 - Bubba went to the swearing-in today
at the courthouse.
He got this shot of Constable Ruben Davis and our
newly elected Democratic County Commissioner Richard
Morrison.
Democrats now have a foot in the door in Precinct
1, thanks to Richard's hard work.
January 1 - This time a year ago, I posted this
picture to wish you a Happy New Year.
Our suggestion worked, and people had enough. So,
this year our sign is revised ---
Happy New Year, Y'all.
Dear Susan,
Here in Pennsyltucky, the good luck for New
Year dish is Pork and Sauerkraut. Today
there's a community party featuring good
luck dishes and we're bringing Hoppin' John.
The ham hocks simmered all yesterday
afternoon. The black eyes were set in to
soak overnight. Today we combine them
according to the recipe we got from Lucy
almost 30 years ago.
Lucy was from
Mississippi but she said that the recipe
came from Charleston SC. We've made Hoppin'
John a staple in our house and we always
remember Lucy[1] who would make it for the
community Super Bowl party. After that we'll
probably trek on down to the Cafe which is
going to put in a TV for the special
occasion of the Rose Bowl wherein the local
favorite Nittany Lions will take on the
Trojans from USC. If it goes to OT like the
Alamo Bowl did this year I'll call it a good
game.[2]
I wish Odetta had made it through and gotten
her wish to sing at the Inauguration this
month. I'd have really liked to hear her
sing for President Obama the way she sang
for Dr. King. Woody Guthrie's "This
Land is Your Land" would have been a great
choice. I've felt for many years that April
4, 1968 was the day the music died, not
February 3, 1959. When Dr. King died, the
power of music to change the world faded to
the point where "singing Kumbaya" is now
used as an epithet. Could they have said
that about "We Shall Overcome"?
So here's to a hope-filled 2009 and let us
resolve to continue the struggle. The
Repugnicants are sure to do everything they
can think of to block progress. There's not
a fire hot enough to burn away all of the
evil that Hot Tub Tommy, Man on Dog
Santorum, Eye of Newt Gingrich and their ilk
have done to our republican form of
government so we all have to pitch in with
scrub brushes and soap and do what we can to
make it clean again.
Don
[1] Lucy and her baby died tragically when
the pickup caught fire and she couldn't get
the baby out fast enough. Every parent needs
to practice getting everyone out of the car
as fast as possible. When our
first child was born we could get her out of
the car seat in the back of a 2-door car in
under 30 seconds which probably wasn't fast
enough but we never needed to find out.
[2] Generally I hate college OT games
because the OT part is boring but the 4
quarters leading up to the extra periods is
usually worth it.
--
We’ve had a 25-year experience with
market-worshipping, deregulating,
privatizing, trickle-down policies, and it
has ended us up with the greatest economy on
earth staggering, and with the greatest
amount of inequality since the Great
Depression.
Welcome to the website formerly known as The World's Most
Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.
My name is
Susan DuQuesnay Bankston.
I live in Richmond, Texas, in heart of Tom DeLay's old
district. It's crazy here. No, seriously, it's
triple z crazzzy.
I used to be an independent voter, but that all changed when
I got to know a few local Republicans. They are meaner
than 10 acres of snakes and have the ethical compass of a
bank robber.
So, I
decided that they could just Kiss My Big Blue Butt.
A lot of
what I post here has to do with local politics, but you
probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't
a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. I've
been doing this since 1992, so I'm used to it even if you
ain't.
Email me
and I'll find a place to put it if I like it.
And I would want to include all kinds of police -
like patrolmen, detectives, jailers, dispatch
operators, bailiffs, undercover drug dudes, you know
- everybody who contributes to our safety and puts
their lives on the line for us. Since I'm such a
nice person with no alterative motive, I would not
want to demean any of those people by forgetting
about them. 
think
the GOP sends out an email asking for someone to
step forward and be willing to say things that
are dumber than bean dip to keep the cameras off
the rest of them while they steal us blind. I,
of course, cannot prove this theory. But, you
gotta admit - it's ready to wear.
That means I was outside today in my favorite
pair of cut-off jeans, a tee-shirt and flip
flops covering my delicate hibiscus for a
freeze. There's something wrong with that.
That means I was outside today in my favorite pair
of cut-off jeans, a tee-shirt and flip flops
covering my delicate hibiscus for a freeze. There's
something wrong with that. It's only going to
get in the low 50's tomorrow, but it'll be back at
70 degrees by the weekend. I love Texas - you can
run both the air conditioner and heater in the same
day. 
"Dr." Hawg Hebert, who is sitting on $30,000 in his
campaign warchest, only brought in $3,500 this reporting
period, another all-time low. 
Six thousand years from now, when the future folks dig
up the remains of our society, can you even imagine what
they'll think of the top of the new Memorial Hermann
Hospital on I-10? I'm thinking they're gonna figure
that the dohickey on top is some sort of mumbo-jumbo
medical device or that a two-story lunar rover was
enshrined on top of a bland building. That, or it was a
shrine to the constipation gods. 
The elected District Attorney John Healey is cowering in
a corner somewhere, terribly afraid of Elliott himself.
Besides, he's so busy fooling around with Elizabeth
Howard and a video camera,
Let's start with everybody's favorite Super DeLux Brand
Christian and Money Grubbin' Hog, Andy Meyers.
However, if at any time during that 24 hours, John
Cornyn thinks he's being treated unfairly or - God
forbid! - even tortured, then I win and he has to shut
the hell up for 4 years.
This is a pdf of a document from the State Commission on
Judicial Conduct, issued last month about the Republican
Chief Justice of the Texas 10th Court of Appeals, which
is located close enough to Waco to legally house the
insane and feeble minded. 
Okay, so cutting property taxes, health care for
veterans, college tuition, and issues that truly hit
Texans were far less important than keeping Granny who
doesn't have a driver's license from voting. 
said
basement
It's gonna be at the country club and it's gonna be
fancy. We have a live band, the famous "Special Menu"
jazz and dance band, and a string quartet to welcome you
at the door. We also have a 60 inch tv if you want to
see what people are doing the DeeCee. We've got a
professionally made Inaugural banner and a life size
Barach Obama and Joe Biden for you to have your picture
made with. We've even got memorabilia for sale -
cheap! We've got food and a cash bar. 
shirts
A newcomer to the Texas political scene, San Antonian
You'll now find this: "When a woman who only owns one
dress and has hair so damaged that it belongs in the
cattle feeder on the ranch, attacks a woman's dressing
style,
Tom DeLay, the Darth Bully, is back in the news wrecking
the Third Court of Appeals in Texas. His friends and
fellow thieves, J
