In Texas Red the net result is that 23 of the state’s 32 congressional seats will be GOPer filled. This means in essence that the status of Texas Red is that of pretty much a totalitarian state since the governor’s mansion, both houses of the legislature and for most of recent history is almost the entire state supreme court are GOPer controlled.
That brings us back to the fact that aside from blogging this constant reminder in Texas Red I am voice-less. I am taxed without any viable, articulate, non-ontological vacuum representation at either the state or national level. It is yet another reminder of the reason the nation was set up as a republic and not a democracy.
For the history-ignorant Tea Partiers; that’s what the point of the original Tea Party was about giving voice to the voice-less.
The really scary part is that given the GOPer’s control of everything, (though nothing to be proud of) the prison-industrial complex, participation in healthcare and of course the apartheid public education system---GOPers just keep churning out generation after generation of egregiously mean-spirited, bigoted and racist but “compassionate conservative christians.”
Issue #39 • November 19, 2010
"Money and Democracy Update" is Public Citizen’s weekly e-newsletter about the intersection of money and politics. It is part of our ongoing campaign to track the results of—and ultimately overturn—the Supreme Court’s reckless decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allows for-profit corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to support or attack political candidates. We’ll update you regularly with select news stories and blog posts, legislative developments and ways to get involved.
Stunning Statistics of the Week:
- 308: The number of outside groups, excluding party committees, that reported spending money on this year's elections
- 166: The number of those groups that provided any information about the sources of their funding
- $266.4 million: The total amount spent by all outside groups in 2010 to influence this year's elections
- 27.1: Percentage of disclosed campaign expenditures from outside groups
The U.S. Senate should pass a version of the DISCLOSE Act following the onslaught of undisclosed corporate campaign contributions in the 2010 elections, six good government groups said at a press conference this week at the steps of the U.S. Capitol. A version that strips some of the more controversial items from the legislation and focuses on disclosure is a vital first step to protecting the integrity of American elections, said Public Citizen President Robert Weissman. Such a measure would require the funders of broadcast ads to own up to their political expenditures. At the press conference, Public Citizen also released a report showing that the amount of information available to voters about who was behind midterm attack ads was dramatically less than in previous years.
Then the emancipation proclamation thing must have just really chapped their asses…..
Anti-gay organizations spent nearly $1 million to oust three Iowa justices
Three Iowa Supreme Court justices lost their jobs in the midterms after five out-of-state organizations spent $948,355 to boot them from office. The groups’ gripe? They didn’t like a 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
Three Iowa Supreme Court justices lost their jobs in the midterms after five out-of-state organizations spent $948,355 to boot them from office. The groups’ gripe? They didn’t like a 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
http://citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
capped and gowned (twice), licensed, office holder and doubts what she’s sure of---scary lot…
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=131406084
Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas, but gaining seats difficult
Republicans have a massive advantage when it comes to control over the coming redistricting process. But after their equally large gains in the House earlier this month, adding winnable districts to the map isn't quite so easy.
Case in point: Texas.
Texas is the biggest state where Republicans hold the governor's mansion and both chambers of the state legislature, a trifecta that allows them total control of the redistricting process….
Should Republican Blake Farenthold hold his lead on Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) after a recount, Republicans will hold 23 of the state's 32 congressional districts. The remaining Democratic-held districts are all pretty blue, making it hard alter them and make them winnable for Republicans.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/mapping-the-future/gop-will-draw-the-map-in-texas.html
Latinos Feel Leaderless, Says Report
The report, "National Latino Leader? The Job is Open," was authored by Paul Taylor, Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Mark Hugo Lopez, associate director, Pew Hispanic Center, and is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, www.pewhispanic.org
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2010/11/15/latinos_feel_leaderless_says_report.htm
Texas Red’s (moral) majority don’t need no new-fangled “scientific technology” to know when a Black man or an illegal alien is guilty of something…
DNA Tests Undermine Evidence in Texas Execution
New results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence.
http://www.texasobserver.org/cover-story/texas-observer-exclusive-dna-tests-undermine-evidence-in-texas-execution
The Cole Truth
Tim Cole died because the Lubbock Police Department jumped to conclusions. It's time to know why.
http://www.texasobserver.org/culture/the-cole-truth
religion-based gangs remain true to millennias-long traditions of hate, conflict and oppression…
Religion enters fray in Texas election
Texan to lead smaller House Hispanic caucus
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111804857.html
The Bell Tolls for Waco, Caught in Election Day Seismic Shift
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/us/19ttramsey.html?_r=1
tobacco the nicotine and other addictive properties-laced drug that kills almost have a million americans and 5 million other people around the world annually is okay but don't say, "weed"... or we'll put you in prison and throw away the key.....
In a small East Texas town, one man fights for his right to medical marijuana-and suffers the consequences
http://www.texasobserver.org/cover-story/a-threat-to-society
From Texas Red: a cratered landscape of prisons, deplorable apartheid public education, lack of healthcare and politicians and majority population intent on keeping it that way…
Hasta Siempre,
George Carlin describing facts about this plutocracy/Oligarchy
The Equity Center recently released a report called “Money Does Matter”
http://www.equitycenter.org/moneymatters/Money%20Matters%20Publication.Sept%202010.pdf
http://www.equitycenter.org/moneymatters/Money%20Matters%20Publication.Sept%202010.pdf
Illusions of Justice
The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990
“However, James W. Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen offer a more complex thesis. In their book, The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990,[5] they argue that Texas' execution rate reflects the Southern "cultural tradition of exclusion," and that "[s]uch exclusion was a basic element of the legacy of slavery."
History of Slavery in Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Texas
Young Woman or Old Woman
"a new breed of Southern demagogues, intolerant and and vengeful...."
http://www.examiner.com/public-policy-in-san-antonio/a-new-breed-of-southern-demagogues-intolerant-and-and-vengeful
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
http://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People/dp/0671708635
Public Policy & Elections 2010 Post-election, apartheid America...still red after all these years....
The prison-industrial complex, aparatheid public education system, racism and Elections 2010
Institutionalized racism at the center of public education's problems
http://www.examiner.com/public-policy-in-san-antonio/institutionalized-racism-at-the-center-of-public-
education-s-problems
Institutionalized racism at the center of public education's problems (part 2)
Institutionalized racism at the center of public education's problems (part 3)
Institutionalized racism at the center of public education's problems (part 4)
Three of four inmates in America's prison-industrial complex are people of color
Texas Red: government, big business, organized religion and public policy
No comments:
Post a Comment