Brian E.

I know we have Freedom of the Press, but I think every newspaper in this country should be REQUIRED to print a quote or article from some of the leaders in the Republican Party EVERY DAY.  I want to have everyone hear words of ‘wisdom’ from the like of Gov. Brewer and others every day.  Like this.

A new law was signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and went into effect on Thursday that has abortion advocates up in arms. The new law, titled Women’s Health and Safety Act deems a woman pregnant 2 weeks before conception.

Steinberg explained the law by saying, “The law defines pregnancy in a way that bans abortion two weeks before the other seven states who have similar laws. It calculates gestational age starting with the first day of the last menstrual period rather than the date of conception.”

Keep talking Jan.  Just keep talking, Honey.

…. because that man just made a damfool out of Rick Perry and Greg Abbott.

BREAKING:  FEDERAL COURT DENIES TEXAS PRECLEARANCE IN REDISTRICTING MAPS

Thank you!

You can see the whole thing right here.  I especially liked that the three-judge panel pointed out that Black and Hispanic districts were redrawn to exclude the district offices of Black and Hispanic Members, but Anglo districts were redrawn to include specific country clubs (see page 40).

The opinion is a hot little mess all over the top of Rick Perry’s head and I love it!

This is going to come as a great relief to Texans.  The rest of the world?  Not so much.

Y’all remember County Judge Tom Head out in Lubbock?  Well, the UN made an announcement today just for him.

The United Nations scoffed on Friday at claims by a judge in Lubbock County, Texas, that U.N. troops could invade the southern U.S. state to settle a possible civil war, which the judge warned could be sparked if Obama is re-elected in November.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous,” said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman, Martin Nesirky, when asked if the United Nations had any plans to invade Texas.

But then again, they would lie about it, wouldn’t they?

Somebody get Judge Head a stiff drink or a new scapegoat.  It appears either one would do.

Thanks to Steve for the heads up.

Texas Ellen

People who can write and perform political parodies are a gift to all of us.  These sites may be more amusing than the Republican speakers and can be used as alternative, personal programming.

The Raging Grannies have a few words for Todd Akin.
http://raginggrannies.net/

The Capitol Steps have been doing DC parodies for about 30 years, now they are on YouTube.
www.capsteps.com

The Cinders of Ayn Rand by Marcy Shaffer is witty and amusing, as are most of the economic parodies on this site www.versusplus.com/

With love from Texas Ellen aka as your cousin, EClaire.

Bubba, Jr., has moved to El Lay out there in heathen California.  He sends street wisdom.

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Texas Ellen

The National Republican Convention had to have known that seating the Texas delegation, and the rest of the Ron Paul delegates, in the back of the hall would lead to whining, eye-rolling, hissy fits. The Texas Delegation is up in arms over a Romney lawyer sliding a rule change in that would allow a presidential campaign to replace elected delegates with “chosen” (read big checkbook) delegates.  In both parties, the folks who do the most work planting lawn signs, holding fundraising carwashes,  block walking, telephoning, etc. tend to be the folks that other folks want to elect.  Now it looks like the Romney folks think that money should be worth more than sweat equity.

The Ron Paul delegates are particularly unamused.   Those folks may be youngish and not particularly wealthy, but Lord knows they have energy and a stick-to-it ethic.  So far, The Chronicle, Salon and the International Business Times have detected a disturbance in the force.   If the pack of bored journalists jump on this, that Convention could become lively.

http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/08/ron-paul-delegates-get-worse-seats-than-republicans-from-guam-samoa/

http://www.salon.com/2012/08/27/texan_gop_delegation_revolts/

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/377869/20120827/ron-paul-delegates-republican-national-convention-seating.htm