Blue Texan  2006-06-24 16:29  

 

 

From the Congressional Record:

For the wealthiest few, Republicans don't just aim to eliminate the misnamed ``death tax,'' they want the death of all taxes.

They have got some exit strategy, not for our troops sacrificing their all and facing death in Iraq, it is an exit strategy for billionaires from the tax burden that they should share to support our Nation.

For whom do they spell relief today?

Minimum wage? Won't raise it.

Gas prices? Won't cut them.

Drug prices? Won't lower them.

Veterans' health care? Can't cover them.

Student loans, Medicare, Medicaid? Cut, cut, cut.

This is truly a ``cut-and-run'' Congress: cutting relief for most Americans while running up a huge deficit to finance more billionaire tax breaks.

Will you benefit from these new tax breaks today? Take this quiz:

Do you play Yahtzee or maintain a fleet of yachts?

Do you wear a hard hat or a silk top hat?

Do you drive a pick-up or own a gallery of Picassos?

Do you pump gas by the gallon or sell it by the barrel?

Only if the answer is the latter for all of these questions are you likely to be among the handful of Americans who benefits from not having to pay a tax that Teddy Roosevelt, back when there were a few Teddy Roosevelt Republicans, called a key to not having us copy the landed aristocracy of the European continent.

This bill today goes beyond fiscal irresponsibility, it is true fiscal insanity, piling burden upon burden on our children and grandchildren.

Mr. Thomas is correct that it is a ``compromise,'' but only in the sense that it compromises our families and our Nation's future and strength.

 

Thanks Pineapple Report

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 18:50  Array  

I had an e-mail exchange with some folks at ActBlue.I was hoping to get a banner ad to link to their fundraising site, but it seems they don't have one at the moment. If you're someone who could make a few images for ActBlue to use for banner's, I'm sure they would be grateful. If you can, you can leave a message on ActBlue's contact page, or e-mail me; Bluetexan'AT'bluetexas.us, and I'll get you in touch with the folks.

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 12:11  Array  Array  

Chris Bell says "When Rick Perry has a bad idea, Carole Strayhorn has backed him up, putting lipstick on the pig, time after time after time." From this story in the Houston Chronicle.

Looks like "Grandma" likes to play flippy-floppy.

And I can't believe Strayhorn thinks she should use her campaign moniker in the ballot, calling it a 'nickname', yea, right.

Thanks, Off The Kuff.

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 11:08  

From the Houston Chronicle.

My question is "Why isn't he FOR recorded votes?"

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 10:47  

Virgil Van Camp, in the Amarillo Globe-News, that troops in Iraq when in house-to-house combat, should shoot anything that moves.

Van Camp says: "The murder of civilians is an anomaly in American military history, but it's the terrorist way of life." So US troops should become terrorists?

Thanks to the Panhandle Truth Squad

Glad the Globe-News isn't my local paper.

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 01:46  Array  Array  

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 01:34  

On Texas KOS

  Blue Texan  2006-06-23 01:21  Array  

What a fantastic idea, a fundraising site for any and all Democrats!

ActBlue is actually a PAC that collects funds for Federal and State Democratic candidates. You choose the candidate, use your credit card to make a contribution, and ActBlue collects all the contributions and forwards them onto the candidates. And ActBlue keeps none of it for themselves, just enough to cover the credit card transaction.

Now go help make Texas a blue state, ActBlue and help out a Democratic candidate.

Thanks, Brains and Eggs.

  Blue Texan  2006-06-22 23:14  

"The House abruptly dropped plans Wednesday to vote on a renewal of the Voting Rights Act, a seminal law from the civil rights era, after criticism from Republican lawmakers from Texas."

From this story in the Houston Chronicle

And I love this quote: "I don't think we have racial bias in Texas anymore," said Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock.

  Blue Texan  2006-05-25 17:56  

After an attempt at self-hosting, I bit the bullet and am now paying for some shared hosting. In fact much more shared hosting than I need right now. Let's do this thing.