Obama at California Climate Summit

A Promising Beginning...

President-elect Barack Obama has made the closing of GITMO a top priority. It will be one of the first things on his agenda.

BREAKING: Note found on Straight-talk Express...

Wassup?

Dear Republican Friends...this one's for you

Divine Intervention

Democratic volunteers in Brown County are calling people who voted in the Democratic primary to remind and encourage them to get out and vote. But they are getting a lot of dickweeds who rudely tell them they are Republicans who would never vote for a Democrat.

As suspected, a lot of Republicans followed Rush Limbaugh's command to vote in the primaries for Hillary. I guess they voted for Hillary. A few Republicans I know voted for Obama, because they believed a black man could never win the presidency.

I guess it's hard being a Republican bigot in these confusing times. They didn't have a candidate of their own that they really liked. So their predicament was, should they cross over to vote for Hillary to keep a black man out of the race, or should they vote for Obama because America will never elect a black man.

I don't think Obama would stand a chance of winning if Bush and the Republicans hadn't made such a holy mess out of nearly everything. So I guess it was fortuitous that we re-elected that moron and allowed him to run the Ship of State aground.

Because of that seemingly foolish decision in 2004, we are now on the verge of electing a man who will become one of our greatest and most beloved presidents.

It almost makes me believe in divine intervention.

Found this note to Joe the Plumber from McCain on HuffPost..

Just click on it to make it bigger...

That One!!!

John McCain has got to be the rudest person ever to run for president. In the first debate, he refused to even look at Barack Obama and this time he actually pointed to him and said, "THAT ONE"! Someone in McCain's campaign should level with him and tell him that he is not winning friends or votes with his disgusting manners. After the debate, Obama went to shake his hand and the Maverick pulled a fast one and pulled his hand away and pointed to his wife, Cindy--redirecting him.

See for yourself:



I told my husband, this debate looked like one between Barack as Frank Sinatra and McCain as a crotchety Mr. McGoo.

All I can say is, "congrats Senator Obama, you win again."

While Palin Piles On, people register to vote...

Yesterday was the last day to register to vote in Texas before the November election. Susy Young, Brown County Voter Registrar made it a special day. She invited the public to sign up to vote at the Annex and enjoy a nice lunch. Gobs of people took her up on it and many new people will take part in the election for president. That's such a good thing!

At the same time citizens were signing up, Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was busy bad mouthing Barack Obama. I guess the McCain campaign just doesn't get it. People are worried about the economy, the wars, their jobs, healthcare, etc. and more. They are not interested in hearing about something someone did when Obama was in second grade.

If you watched the "debate" last night, please read...

I think someone on dailykos worked this flow chart out. It looks right to me.

Some Republicans Gambled Your Money...

Yesterday's financial bailout vote failed. I can certainly understand why some were reluctant to pass it. Every Representative is up for re-election in November. They all were flooded with phone calls and letters and emails telling them how the people back at home feel about it. But, the weird thing is that some Republicans said they were all ready to pass it until Nancy Pelosi, the Leader of the House, spoke. They claimed it changed their vote! Please take the time (16 minutes) to watch and hear the vote that cost you gobs of money. I've posted it to the right. Those Republicans who said they changed their vote because of this should be VOTED OUT OF OFFICE!

The Debate: A Contrast between Past and Future

I must admit that last night's debate kind of surprised me! After it was over, I turned the television off, not wanting to hear the pundants tell me what I just watched. This morning, I feel GREAT!

Both men represented their stance perfectly. I am happy that America finally got to see the differences between the two. I am even more confident than ever that those who want more of the same will vote for John McCain, while those who want change will vote for Barack Obama.

I've read where churches in 20 states will preach tomorrow telling their people to vote for John McCain. They believe that by disobeying the law in large numbers, they will be protected from the IRS taking away their tax exempt status for bringing politics into their churches. I'm hoping that people will walk out when their preachers tell them who to vote for. It is insulting. What do they know that you yourself can't figure out on your own? NOTHING! And, believe me when I say that if the preachers were telling everyone to vote for Obama, I'd feel the same way--Thanks, but no thanks! Anyone who votes a certain way because someone told them to, has no business voting at all. Your choice for President should reflect your personal aspirations for our country.

This is the 21st century. Let's get on with it.

What a great meeting!

Yesterday evening, The Brown County Democratic Party held its monthly meeting. Our guest speaker was Susy Flores, President of the local chapter of LULAC. Ms. Flores spoke as a citizen and not as a representative of LULAC. She was wonderful! She voiced all the concerns that each of us share about our nation's future. We all agreed that Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden are best suited to lead our country back on track.

There is a tremendous interest in this election. So many people came to our meeting that once again, it was standing room only. Friends from all over the county attended. It was a wonderful experience.

Starting October 1, our headquarters will be open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Please come in for a visit. Campaign materials will be available.

Long time no see, my friend...

I'm sure Senator McCain is hearing that on the floor of the Senate (if he actually finally got on his plane and headed toward the eye of the storm). It's been since April 6 that he has been at his post.

I'm wondering if he called a staff meeting on his Fast Talk Express bus, to get a consensus of all the lobbyists working on his campaign on what they would do, since all of them are partly responsible for getting us into this mess.

I guess John McCain doesn't realize that presidential debates have historically gone on through wars and all manner of crisis. I can't understand how he has come up with the idea that his "leadership" is required this late in the process. Nothing has changed since the crisis was first reported, except that McCain's poll numbers are dropping like a lead balloon.

Sorry, no can do...

Democrats, if I ran the world, I would not bail out the moguls who historically privatize profits and socialize losses. Bernie Sanders, the lone Independent in the Senate recommends that instead of throwing all these billions and billions of dollars to save these reckless companies, we should tax incomes of the rich. He recommends that for couples "earning" $1 million per year or singles making $500k should be taxed 10% for the next ten years. His plan would solve it all.

I ask you, where were these greed-mongers when it comes to stepping up to the plate to keeping jobs here in America? In pricing middle and low income people out of a college education? When it comes to paying females the same wage paid to males for the same work? When increasing minimum wage? When making it damn well impossible to unionize in the workplace? When it comes to affordable health care? I'll tell you where! They were out yaughting, or jet-setting to some fancy place that most of us will maybe only see on television, or yuking it up at their cocktail parties. I'll tell you where they weren't -- not in our corner!Why should we pay one thin dime to help them?

What if the people turned off FOX News...

I turned on FOX News yesterday just to see what they had to say about the financial collapse on Wall Street. Guess what I learned: Debra Winger and Richard Gere may get back together again for a movie; O.J. Simpson is on trial once again...Then a John McCain commerical came on. It showed a dark black Barack Obama looking fierce. In the background was John McCain's voice warning me that this black man had the audacity of calling a white woman "Sweetie." OH MY GOD!!! I was so AFRAID!!! NOT!!!

If you ask around Brownwood who people plan to vote for, the answer is McCain. If you ask why, you are reminded that Barack Obama is a muslim. Words have not been invented that you could say to make these people understand that he is NOT a muslim. If you ask what they like about John McCain, they don't know.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, FOX should be required to have a permanent warning running on the bottom of the screen that says: WARNING: FOX News makes you STUPID.

I’m Crying for My Country Today

Here it is, September 11; seven years ago 3,000 of our countrymen were murdered practically before our very eyes. It was a day that changed everything…for a while.

I’m crying today, not just for the stupendous loss of innocent life of my people on that day. I’m remembering the silent thanks to God we gave for our loved ones, and neighbors, and all our countrymen. It caused us to pause and take stock of our lives.

It was one of those rare times in history when great suffering brings with it the opportunity for great blessings.

Today, I watch on television, people gather at ground-zero in New York and on the mall in Washington to give remembrance to their brothers and sisters who died then. I turned my television off. I don’t want to risk hearing the blasphemy of people chosen as our leaders steal the focus from our loss and use it as rationale and fodder for vengeance.

Our country has made some bad turns these seven years. I don’t really blame the people. For the most part, we are honest. But, we are lying to ourselves about who we are now as Americans. We have lost our way. The tragedy of 9-11 has spawned an evil War on Terror that is based on half-truths and lies. If the lies were dollar bills stacked one on top of the other, they would soar far past the tops of the Twin Towers. Until we come to grips with them and examine where they have taken us, nothing will change.

There is another day that stands out for the world, March 7, 2003. We know it as Shock and Awe. Since that day, hundreds of thousands of innocent people have been killed, with our blessing, in retaliation of the 3,000 killed here. How does that happen? It happens when good people make bad choices. It happens when we put our faith in people we trusted with our votes to lead our country, the country that is in our mind’s eye, the one that is the beacon of hope to the world of how life can be.

Yesterday was a prime example of how far we have fallen. The fake outrage word of the day was lipstick.

If we choose our leader by how he brings us all together, we won’t go wrong. If we are honest with ourselves, Barack Obama will be our next president.

What's Wrong With this Picture?

I saw Joyce Kaufman, WFTL-AM right-wing radio host being interviewed this morning on C-SPAN. She was in D.C. for the yearly gathering of hate radio conservative talk show celebraties. California’s Roger Wedgeworth, famous for his extreme distaste for all things democratic, is the instigator. Greta, the C-SPAN host, asked Kaufman if the group was here to have a protest. The woman said, “Oh no. We’re going onto the floor to lobby Congress.”

During the political conventions these past two weeks, peaceful war protesters from all over the country were herded into fenced cage-like areas far away from the convention goers. Black-clad police, reminiscent of Nazi Germany, kept the people at bay with threats of tear-gas and arrest.

I can’t help but see the irony of these two items. In America today, peaceful assembly is pushed to the side and treated like anarchy while people who make their living stirring strife between families are greeted with open arms onto the floor of the people's House of Representatives.

Where's Sarah?

The Repubican Party has decided to keep Sarah Palin under wraps until "it is in our interest to bring her out," according to party operatives. They say she is uncomfortable doing interviews with the media that she feels have mistreated her.

I say, Ms. Barracudda, you'd better grow yourself a tough hide PDQ. In two months, you are asking the American people to make you their Vice President. We need to hear you in your own words. You did a great job delivering that acceptance speech written even before you were a gleam in John McCain's eye. But, we already know what Mike Skulley wrote for your mouth to provide red meat to the party faithful.

Hope to hear from you soon. The clock is rapidly running down.

Just say NO!

I just got home from spending a boat-load of money at the Brownwood, Texas Wal-Mart. While I shopped for the week, I left my car in their auto section for a new battery. As I exited the auto shop, I was overcome with a crushing headache. It was not a migraine, or a brain tumor, or even a painful sinus attack. No. It was a wall of hatred blaring from a tent in the parking lot. The source was the bloated, big-mouthed, voice of rural America’s favorite blow-hard—Rush Limbaugh. Yes. Hate radio is alive and well here in the heartland.

Since I had forced myself to watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Republican Convention this week, I was already filled with adrenalin. Hearing Mr. Oxycoten feeding my low-information brethren the right-wing daily talking points was overload. So I decided to do something about it.

The tent housed several pairs of gigantic speakers and a table covered with electronics. A man wearing mirrored sunglasses worked the booth. I asked him if the area is part of Wal-mart. He said, yes. I told him that I have a problem with Rush Limbaugh being blasted at a Wal-mart where I spend thousands upon thousands of dollars annually. “Oh, yeah?” he said incredulously. He removed his glasses in a manner meant to intimidate me. I said, “Yeah. Hate radio makes you stupid and that’s the last thing we need around here. I intend to complain to the Manager about it as soon as I get home.”

Please. The next time you walk into a store where you spend money or a public place that your taxes pay for, and FOX News or Hate radio is subliminally eating away the brains of our citizens, COMPLAIN!!! Let’s take back this country before it’s too late.

Pit Bull with Lipstick or Barracuda?

Last night at the GOP convention, the plan was to introduce to the Republican base, Sarah Palin, John McCain’s off-the-cuff running-mate selection. Her speech was to be preceded by a short movie introduction. Unfortunately, that 9-11 gas-bag, Rudy Giuliani, ran on too long and so the movie had to be shelved.

Anyone with access to a television, radio, or newspaper already knew some disturbing things about Mrs. Palin. It is the stuff that sit-coms are made that this particular woman was picked to be a heart-beat away from the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. It would be hilarious if it weren’t so perilous. Her speech had been written long before anyone knew the candidate would be a woman. It was a very harsh, masculine attack rant chock-full of vitriol and lies. Very talented Republican speech writers crafted it and retro-fitted it so that it would appear to be the thoughts of Sarah Palin. A surprise glimpse of her true nature peeked through. Her delight was genuine when she employed the most cynical, cruel, sarcastic affectation when delivering attacks on the Democratic candidates. Her slam at organizers was one that earned Barack Obama another most generous donation from me personally and I’m sure hundreds-of-thousands of others.

Her speech was wildly popular with the small, all-white, upper-middle class older “religious” audience. It will have no affect on those undecided voters. It is still the same old Bush/Chaney administration, but with different faces.

Sarah Palin boasts that her nickname is The Barracuda.

barracuda: one that uses aggressive, selfish, and sometimes unethical methods to obtain a goal

WOW! McCain Picks Anita Bryant ahh Sarah Palin for VP.

Want AD (as appeared in the not-so-liberal press)

GOP Seeking:
A gun-toting, bear-killing, oil-drilling, gay-hating, grudge-carrying, ex-beauty queen soccer mom to fill VP position for a major world power. Extra points if you are currently under investigation for abuse of power. Job duties include appearing at funerals, lite voting, and being available when the President’s heart stops beating. No experience necessary.

Choose One: HOPE or FEAR

A friend went to her doctor in Brownwood yesterday and thought to bring some reading material to pass the time in the waiting room. She had her library book by Vincent Bugliosi. Her doctor was curious and asked her what it's about. She told him it is the author's case showing that our soon-to-be ex-president could and should be tried for murder as a result of his actions against innocent people in Iraq. He seemed quite surpised and asked if she is supporting Barack Obama for president. She said, of course. He then asked her, "AREN'T YOU AFRAID OF THE MUSLIMS?"

I'm tempted to make an appointment with that doctor and bring along some reading material of my own. Maybe something like the Office of Management and Budget Report from the US Government. He can see some REAL things to be afraid of. Then, when he asks me if I'm for Barack Obama, I too will say Yes. When he asks me, "Aren't you afraid of the Muslims?" my answer will be, "Muslins? Are you kidding me? I'm afraid of 4 more years of this country swerving into a cavernous ditch! I'm afraid of no healthcare. I'm afraid for America's reputation abroad. I'm afraid for our broken education system. I'm afraid of our stupid obsession for other people's oil and the things we do to make it our own. Yes, I'm afraid of a lot of things, but really, Muslims don't even make the list."

Gee, she didn't sound like a terrorist to me...

Michelle Obama is one TERRIFIC lady! Her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Colorado last night was a wonderful introduction to her family. I hope all those silly-headed nah-bobs in Brownwood and elsewhere who believe she is really a terrorist took the opportunity to watch.

I was talking to a friend yesterday, who told me that Sunday night she was out and about and happened to overhear a conversation about the upcoming election. She heard a woman say that under no circumstances could she vote for Barack Obama. The reason: He has a secret agenda. According to her, he will fill the cabinet with Muslim terrorists (after all, everyone knows that terrorists are dying to take over America). I asked my friend how on earth she was able to keep herself from SCREAMING at the woman--"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND????!!!!!!!! Do you not have a scintilla of common sense???????!!!!!!"

I guess it's best I don't get out much. I would probably be pepper-sprayed regularly.

Obama and Biden: The Green Team

Barack's choice for Vice-President is being universally praised by environmental advocates.

Joe Biden has an 87% lifetime score in voting on environmental issues, according to Environment America, and an 83% score by the League of Conservation Voters. He's sponsored numerous bills to reduce air pollution, including the carbon dioxide that causes global warming. He's supported a windfall profits tax on oil companies, energy efficiency improvements for cars and a requirement that electric power utilities use more renewable energy.

Obama/Biden will be the strongest executive team for clean energy and a clean environment in American history.

Thursday, August 28th is an Important Day

Mark your calendars for this Thursday. The Brown County Democratic Party will be hosting Pastor Aaron Blake at our 5:30 meeting. He will help us kick off our Presidential Campaign for Senator Barack Obama and all the Democratic candidates. We are expecting a big turnout for this very special event. Please join us at our headquarters, 308 N Broadway, Thursday, November 28, 5:30 P.M. Refreshments will be served.

Obama/Biden--A Winning Team!

I just finished watching Barack Obama introduce his choice for his running mate. I couldn't be happier with his pick. Senator Joe Biden is the best possible compliment to Obama. I can hardly wait for Election Day!!!

Cone of Silence My Ass...

Saturday evening, Rick Warren’s Faith Forum presented Barack Obama and John McCain being interviewed by Pastor Warren (“The Purpose Driven Life”). Each candidate was given one hour with Rick and posed the same questions. Obama won the toss and so went first. John McCain was supposedly sequestered in a soundproof room, unable to hear the conversation. Turns out that McCain, rather than being tucked away in a cone of silence was traveling in his motorcade. Hummm. That may just explain how quickly he was able to come up with answers to some very thoughtful questions. Of course, the answers were sound-bites from his many town hall meetings to the faithful. Like everyone’s old uncle, everything reminded him of a story. Being McCain, they all had to do with his incarceration as a prisioner of war.

More remarkable than his not actually being sequestered is his story about the guard drawing a cross in the dirt. It could have been lifted straight out of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his times in the Soviet Gulags. Judge for yourself:

"As Solzhenitsyn stared at the Cross drawn in the dirt his entire perspective changed. He knew he was only one man against the all-powerful Soviet empire. Yet he knew there was something greater than the evil he saw in the prison camp, something greater than the Soviet Union. He knew that hope for all people was represented by that simple Cross. Through the power of the Cross, anything was possible."

Note to John McCain: You are a genuine war hero. You do NOT need to borrow stories from others and present them as your own. It makes you look like a fibber and a fibber is not what America needs for her next president.

Which is the Most Important News Story of the Week?

1) Once presidential candidate and now private citizen, John Edwards had an extra-marital affair in 2006. It was a very foolish and cruel thing to do.

2) Our current President of the United States, George W Bush, and his Vice President were told a month before we invaded Iraq that there were no weapons of mass destruction. Yet, they elected to go to war anyway and pretend they didn't know.

Truth or Fiction?

FOX News last week reported that things are going so great over there in Fallujah that they've actually opened a Kentucky Fried Chicken store. Isn't that wonderful? Even retired Tommy Franks commented on how it's an indication of the great progress made in that part of the world.

You know FOX says "We report, you decide." Well, I decide that KYC story is a BIG FAT fib! The Kentucky Fried Chicken world headquarters says that they have NO store in Fallujah.

Aren't you tired of the foolilshness that passes for news at FOX?

Brownwood Cyber-Landmark Falls Off the Edge?

For quite a few years now I've spent time and effort daily on the CityofBrownwood website. It provided a lot of us an outlet for expressing strong attitudes on politics, war, religion, local resturants, you name it--we commented on it. My comment count alone bordered on insanity.

It looks like the site has bit the dust. We all knew that one day we would hop on the net, steer our way to the site and google would report it gone. That time came today. It's kind of like we all died without being able to say good-bye.

Hez, MiguelSilver, Conscience, Old Army, Redeemed, Sweety Tweety, Thunderstruck, Plain Old Me, Terragar, Juss Me, Pax--all of you: Thanks for the memories. I'll miss you.

Love, Yellowdog

At least it was with a woman...

I hate to jump to conclusions, but it really looks like the John Edwards story of an affair and resulting love-child is true. It explains why he dropped out of the race and didn't back another candidate. I'm so disappointed. It is especially sad because Edwards' wife Elizabeth has cancer and they have small children. No one who suffers from cancer should have to deal with such a betrayal. Democrats are not perfect. We acknowledge our human-ness. The difference between us and Republicans is that we don't pretend to be.

This story is going to be BIG news for a long time. I hope it won't taint Barack Obama's chances. He has worked too hard for too long and America needs him.

As Close As We'll Ever Get to Impeaching GWB

C-SPAN radio and C-SPAN television at 9:00 am House Judiciary Committee

LIVE House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations

Who: Panel One The Honorable Dennis Kucinich, Representative from Ohio The Honorable Maurice Hinchey, Representative from New York The Honorable Walter Jones, Representative from North Carolina The Honorable Brad Miller, Representative from North Carolina Panel Two Bruce Fein, Associate Deputy Attorney General, 1981-82, Chairman, American Freedom Agenda The Honorable Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Founder and President, High Roads for Human Rights The Honorable Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Representative from New York The Honorable Bob Barr, Former Representative from Georgia, 2008 Libertarian Nominee for President Vincent Bugliosi, Author and former Los Angeles County Prosecutor Elliott Adams, President of the Board, Veterans for Peace Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law Stephen Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

This oil is drilling me

Obama needs to study at the feet of Al Gore when he establishes a national energy policy. (I'm assuming Barack will soon be president.) We are witnessing the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. Its death throes will either be a tremendous opportunity or a calamitous disaster.

As usual, Republicans are clamoring for more drilling offshore and in ANWR, our last pristine wilderness. There are good economic and environmental reasons for the offshore drilling ban. And polluting our wilderness areas seems unAmerican.

And for what purpose? To cling to a great source of pollution and primary manmade cause of global warming? Times are about to change. We are on the verge of a tremendous revolution in clean, renewable energy sources. It's coming. There's no stopping it.

Drilling offshore and in wilderness areas will not make an ounce of difference to the price of gasoline. The Democratic President and Congress need to lead the way into the exciting new future of wind. solar, and geothermal energy production. More drilling for ever more expensive oil is not the answer.

But the very first thing Obama should do is push for higher fuel economy standards. According to research done by the Union of Concerned Scientists, increasing our federal standards to over 40 mpg by 2015 and 55 mpg by 2025 would save 3 times more oil by 2025 than could be recovered by drilling in ANWR.

Please God, we need an intelligent president.

YIKES!!!

I took a few days off from the surreal world of television, radio, newspaper, even my mail. Spent time with friends and family on a little vacation. It was great and much needed. Shortly after arriving back home, I made the mistake of turning on the television to catch up on the "news." My GOD!!!!! What a bunch of blabbing, empty-headed nonsense. You'd think that the only thing happening in this entire world is the upcoming presidential election in the USA. And even worse, they don't even report on the issues vital to our survival as a nation--the money-pit in Iraq, the precarious condition of our banking system, the thousands upon thousands of people who will be kicked out of their homes because of their inability to pay their mortgages, our broken health care system, sky-high gas prices, etc.....

I need a vacation.

Sometimes It Seems Like We Have All Gone MAD!

Today the US terrorism watch list tops 1 million names. The euro is worth a $1.60 against the dollar. More banks look like they are in BIG trouble. Bush has the audacity to blame the Democrats for the price of gasoline. While most Americans don't seem to even understand reality, the New Yorker magazine cover presents Michelle and Barack Obama in a Alfred E Newman style spoof as Muslim terrorists living in the White House.

Who Does He Think He's Kidding?

John McCain was heard recently complaining about the July 4th recess. He said congress hasn't done enough and that they should have remained in Washington to get more things accomplished. Here's the rub, John McCain has missed more votes than any other Senator--356 to be exact!

A Big Week

This from Propublica:

Tuesday, July 8
The Government Accountability Office releases a report on road construction in Afghanistan. President George W. Bush enacted the Afghanistan Road Initiative in 2002.

Wednesday, July 9
9:30 a.m. -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on oversight at the Department of Justice. Mukasey will most likely be questioned about the recent inspector general's report that revealed politically biased hiring practices at the department.
10 a.m. -- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hosts its second hearing on the FEMA trailers used for Katrina evacuees that had toxic levels of formaldehyde. The committee has called trailer manufacturers to testify. In the first hearing a year ago, several evacuees described (video) illnesses they developed after living in FEMA trailers.
2 p.m. -- Charles M. Smith, who last month said he was forced from his Army post overseeing contracting in Iraq in 2004 after he threatened to withhold $1 billion in questionable payments to contractor KBR, will speak to the Democratic Policy Committee. After Smith was replaced, the Army continued to pay KBR without penalty.

Thursday, July 10
10 a.m. -- The House Judiciary Committee holds its hearing on politicization at the Department of Justice. Not appearing: former White House adviser Karl Rove, who has refused to testify despite a subpoena from the committee. The committee had planned to question him about his involvement in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 and the prosecution of former Alabama Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman.
2 p.m. -- The future of the controversial Air Force aerial tanker contract is front and center at the House Armed Services Committee. The Air Force initially awarded the $35 billion contract to Northrop Grumman over Boeing, but a GAO report released in June concluded major errors had been made in the decision. Several lawmakers have called for the contract to be reopened.

Good News? Bad News!

Read in the paper today that those mega no-bid contracts Iraq gave to 5 big oil companies (Exxon/Mobil, BP, etc.) were helped along by our very own government. Tell me, do you think that we will feel compelled to keep our military in Iraq to protect these companies indefinitely? Is that what John McCain meant when he said we could be over there for 100 years?

Meeting on Thursday

We'll hold our monthly meeting at headquarters, 308 N Broadway on Thursday, June 26, at 5:30. Trenton Ray is going to talk about unity within the party. It's truce time between the Clintonites and the Obamaians. This promises to be VERY interesting.



Before the meeting, at 3:00, Susy Young, Voter Administrator, is going to offer voter registration training at her office at the courthouse annex. You'll need to undergo this class before being allowed to register voters for the November election. Just show up over there. It should take about 1 hour.

Barack's Nomination Victory Speech

Here is the video of Barack's victory speech after he wrapped up the Democratic nomination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtL-1V3OZ0c

Scott Spills His Guts/Steny Gifts the Telecoms

It's gonna be a big day in Washington. C-SPAN has saved us a front-row seat to hear former White House press secretary Scott McClellan tell all he knows about the outing of Valerie Plaime's identity as a covert CIA agent. Who knows, we may yet see Cheney and Rove pleading their case before a criminal court judge some day.

Representative Steny Hoyer, Democratic (ha) House leader from Maryland, has generously decided to bring to a vote a bill that gives telecoms immunity for handing over our private telephone calls and emails to the U.S. government. It's been going on since 2001 (the new 1984). This content is used to supposedly determine if you and I are terrorists. Call me cynical, but I kinda think it may be used for a heck of a lot more than that. Incredibly, the bill allows it to continue! What the H... are they thinking?!!!

Boys, gas pains are givin' me a headache

I just got back from feeding my sister's dogs while she floats around in the Laguna Madre, sipping cold margaritas and enjoying the cool gulf breeze. Anywho, on the way to her swankenda, I heard on the radio that several very lucky oil companys are getting no-bid contracts in Iraq. Imagine that! I'm no rocket scientist but I think that probably means that they'll want our military to protect them from here on out while they're there. (Is that what GOP presidential hopeful John McSame meant when he said we may be there 100 years?)


Exxon Mobil, BP and a couple others have apparently hit paydirt--not only in Iraq but right here at home too. The Republicans in Congress are going on and on about how the reason gas is so high at the pump is because the bad old Democrats want to keep oil wells out of some of the pretty places we still have left. They're spreading that fib Dick Cheney started about "why even the Chinese are drilling closer to our shores than we are, thanks to their Cuban pals."


I told those pups as they lapped up their kibbles, "Boys, gas pains are givin' me a headache."