It was a busy political week just passed and pushes headlong into the Fall general election or beit Elections 2010.
No real surprises gays, immigrants (“illegals” how can anyone be illegal?) and Muslims are still the compassionate conservative religiosity’s piñatas of choice. Viewed from 10,000 feet it’s difficult to discern a difference between the compassionate conservative religiosities and 1930’s Nationalist Germany.
Still it is interesting that given conditions on the ground Texas Red will elect a Democrat to its governor’s office in 2010.
There are likely to be few other surprises in November 2010.
I’ve captured a few headlines and their respective links to provide a one-stop shop for your perusing pleasure.
As is my wont I’ve provided some running narrative with most, if not all, the headlines.
By the way, if the display of the blog is less than optimum it is a result of the Examiner.com’s transition process to the new and improved site.
Hasta Siempre,
More:
Texas Red: a cratered landscape of prisons, deplorable public education, lack of healthcare and politicians and majority population intent on keeping it that way (part one)
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-18764-San-Antonio-Public-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Texas-Red-a-cratered-landscape-of-prisons-deplorable-public-education-lack-of-healthcare-and-poli
Hear, hear!! Finally an elected representative who has read the Constitution and isn’t pandering to the folk with demagoguery
Bloomberg: A 'Sad Day' If Mosque Opponents Win
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/new-york-mayor-michael-bloomberg-speaks-out-again-in-favor-of-mosque-near-ground-zero/19595630
Shame on you Harry Reid! Read the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Harry really doesn’t want to have to get a real job.
Sen. Harry Reid Says Mosque Should Not Be Built Near Ground Zero
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/16/sen-harry-reid-says-mosque-should-not-be-built-near-ground-zero/
Robert Reich: Forget a Double-Dip, We're Still in One Long Big Dipper
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/forget-a-double-dip-were_b_682334.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=081610&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle
Is “w” still in office? No? you wouldn’t know it.
The Washington Independent
Oil and Gas Industry Writes Its Own Pipeline Standards
http://washingtonindependent.com/
should it really be all about the party?
Democrats uncertain about approach to midterms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/15/AR2010081503232.html?wpisrc=nl_headline
President's full remarks at White House Ramadan dinner
» Video
President forcefully joins debate, saying opposing project near Ground Zero is at odds with American values. Some Republicans have urged a halt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/08/13/VI2010081306447.html?wpisrc=nl_politics
intolerance is as American as cherry pie
Old Irish bones may yield murderous secrets in Pa.
The other immigrants, they surmise, were killed by vigilantes because of anti-Irish prejudice, tension between affluent residents and poor transient workers, or intense fear of cholera — or a combination of all three.
Now, their theory is supported by the four recovered skulls, which indicate the men probably suffered blows to the head. At least one may have been shot, said Janet Monge, an anthropologist working on the project.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100816/ap_on_re_us/us_irish_immigrants_grave_5
yale is going “w” it seems
Stanley McChrystal to Yale
Given the basis of McChrystal’s fall from glory it is amazing he’s been chosen to teach “leadership” ---at Yale. Of course he’ll be in equally questionable company including John Negroponte and Emilio Zedillo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100816/pl_politico/41101
AP IMPACT: Border Patrol sees spike in suicides
FORT HANCOCK, Texas – After a bad day on the job as a Border Patrol agent, Eddie DeLaCruz went home and began discussing with his wife how to celebrate her upcoming birthday. Then he casually pressed his government-issued handgun under his chin and pulled the trigger.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100816/ap_on_re_us/us_border_patrol_suicides_7
So when is Crump leaving? What a bigot!
There Is No Room For Illegal Immigration with Sam Crump
https://secure.piryx.com/donate/eM9jDycV/crumpforcongress/
Judges Reject Interrogation Evidence in Gitmo Cases
The government has lost eight of 15 cases [3] in which Guantánamo inmates have said they or witnesses against them were forcibly interrogated, according to ProPublica's review of 31 published decisions that resolve lawsuits filed by 52 captives who said they've been wrongfully detained [4]. Because some of the judges' opinions are heavily redacted, it's impossible to be sure there aren't more cases in which the government offered interrogation evidence collected under questionable circumstances. More than 50 such lawsuits are still pending, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court gave Guantánamo inmates the green light to challenge their detention in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
http://www.propublica.org/article/judges-reject-interrogation-evidence-in-gitmo-cases
NPR BREAKING NEWS:
guess the plaintiffs are afraid that they’ll be seduced into a homosexual relationship or marriage if homosexuals are allowed to marry pending the supremes ruling. Heaven forbid!
Appeals Court Issues Ruling On Same-Sex Weddings
Supporters argued the ban was necessary to safeguard the traditional understanding of marriage and to encourage responsible childbearing.
The federal court's decision affects whether such unions may continue in California while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban.
http://n.npr.org/NPRI/jN125087846_561273_561272_Z.htm
Public Citizen
Issue #25 • August 13, 2010
http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
Bexar County Elections 2010: so much politicking, so much money…they’ve got us by the ’nads!
http://robertruiz-respublica.blogspot.com/2010/08/bexar-county-elections-2010-so-much.html
GOP senator suggests mosque will be election issue
http://www.woai.com/news/political/story/GOP-senator-suggests-mosque-will-be-election-issue/Ihae8Oz7U0aTEk54rzeZIw.cspx
William Kunstler’s Children save money while shooting PBS film about him
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/06/18/william-kunstlers-children-save-money-while-shooting-pbs-film-a/
Teen sex not always bad for school performance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100815/ap_on_he_me/us_med_teen_sex_academics
AP-GfK polls show Obama losing independents
WASHINGTON – Independents who embraced President Barack Obama's call for change in 2008 are ready for a shift again, and that's worrisome news for Democrats.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100815/ap_on_el_ge/us_ap_poll_defecting_independents
Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100815/ts_nm/us_usa_politics_muslims
GOP picks retired general to challenge Adkisson
On July 21, former Bexar County Judge Cyndi Taylor Krier called Susan Pamerleau with a request.
Krier informed Pamerleau, a retired Air Force major general, that Republican county commissioner nominee Larry Click had unexpectedly died and asked if Pamerleau would consider taking his place
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/gop_picks_former_general_to_challenge_adkisson_100699679.html
Tea party activists rally on Arizona-Mexico border
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100815/ap_on_re_us/us_border_tea_party
Subtitle this troglodyte learns the craft of deception: frightening for its influence with other troglodytes and ability to fool the folk
Secret Recording Shows New Side of Sharron Angle
LAS VEGAS (Aug. 15) -- After weeks of bumbling from one did-she-really-say-that moment to the next, Republican Senate hopeful Sharron Angle last week showed some signs -- in answers to questions on evolution, prostitution and gay marriage -- that she may be learning the fine art of politically shrewd phrasing, and becoming a more deft and potentially formidable candidate in the bargain.
http://www.aolnews.com/politics/article/is-sharron-angle-learning-to-temper-style-in-senate-campaign-against-harry-reid/19590480
Hazing Arizona
Long before the state passed its anti-immigrant law, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was taking border enforcement into his own hands.
— By Aura Bogado
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/07/sheriff-joe-arpaio-maricopa-county-sb-1070
Troop deaths top 2000 in Afghan war
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20108161532562124.html
(From the annals of, “Do as I say, not as I do”….)
Stunning Statistics of the Week:
• Percentage of voters polled by SurveyUSA who say it is important for a candidate to commit to reducing the lobbyist influence over laws: 89 percent
• Percentage of Republicans who say it is important: 87 percent
http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
Part 3 - High Noon Geithner v The American Oligarchs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSlZHYMNWDA
Mayor_Bloomberg- on the separation of chuch and state- and the Mosque in New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQsHc1EHgQY
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