Fuck Yes Texas

Republican leadership in the House of Representatives killed John Cornyn’s bill to extend Ike relief. Read about the GOP in-fighting in this other Chron article.

ABC has a closer look at how this will impact the community: Ike-extension flap means industry layoffs.

eternitysgate:

It seems like the year for a protest vote. I’m tired of feeding the establishment by voting for their candidates. Rick Perry has been very ineffective and scares the crap out of me sometimes, and he even has the gall to run for another term. People used to think running for 3-4 terms as a shameful…

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garyryan:

I am a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect, and I believe it should be presented in schools alongside the theories of evolution. The State Board of Education has been charged with the task of adopting curriculum requirements for Texas public schools and recently adopted guidelines that call for the examination of all sides of a scientific theory, which will encourage critical thinking in our students, an essential learning skill.

And Texas continues to be a joke.

jgonzales120:

It appears that one of Rick Perry’s pet projects, the Texas Enterprise Fund, is falling short of its job creation goals. The Fund, which has distributed more than $400 million to growing businesses since 2003, might not be doing a bang-up of a job in bringing jobs to (and keeping jobs in) Texas….

wanderingreveries:

Everyone calls for term limits; very few people actually follow through on them. Now Bill White is calling for them.

Taking a page out of the Hutchison handbook, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White called for gubernatorial term limits today.

He’s been taking pages from the Hutchison playbook for a while now. In case no one noticed, her plays didn’t work. Bill and his staff should probably burn that book if they have any real designs on winning the gubernatorial race.

“Texans want to see less power in the hands of the government rather than more,” says White spokeswoman Katy Bacon.

Only problem is that in this election period, the idea that a Democratic candidate wants to dissipate, rather than concentrate, power is not a believable narrative. Campaigns are about narratives. To earn a voter’s support, that narrative has to be believable.  

gaywrites:

The Texas Tribune published a feature piece about the campaign of Republican governor Rick Perry, who’s seeking a third term in office. 

Social issues might be in the back seat, but they’re still in the car: “There is still a land of opportunity, friends — it’s called Texas,” Perry said. “We’re creating more jobs than any other state in the nation. … Would you rather live in a state like this, or in a state where a man can marry a man?” (The Texas Tribune) 

Because they’re mutually exclusive? 

Really, do we need this man in a position of power? If you’re in Texas, please vote this guy as far out of office as possible. 

A comment on the Advocate.com version of this story is interesting too: 

“New Hampshire is generating jobs, its unemployment rate is steadily dropping, the tax burden is lower than in Texas, income is higher, and it allows gays to marry. Educated and hard working people should come here.” -commenter Al

Well, what do you know. 

Texas Observer » Belinda Acosta » Floating On The Border:
“The South Texas border is a concept made tangible by those in power. It’s an unavoidable way station for border-dwellers out to buy Pampers, a cheap drink, or check on relatives in el otro lado. Many Tejanos speak Spanish as well as…