Monthly Archives: May 2011

  Not one cent of rainy day fund used despite critical situation for schools. – By a vote of 20 to 11 in the Senate and 97 to 53 in the House on Saturday evening, the Texas 82nd Regular Legislature … Continue reading →

Sometimes, when either Libertarian Ron or Rand Paul are questioned on particular situations that driven by their general politics beliefs, they contradict themselves. In response to questions by Chris Mathews concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Ron Paul responded, … Continue reading →

Texas Republicans Want to Protect Big Insurance Companies and TWIA, But Not People – The Texas Legislature is considering passing two House bills that would give big insurance companies immunity for deceptive practices against you as a policyholder, are Rep. … Continue reading →

RE: Most Republican Senators voted yesterday to pass the Paul Ryan Budget Plan for the wealthy. Tonight, I sent the following note to Texas Senator Cornyn, who voted for the plan: Transferring more wealth to the top 2 percent by … Continue reading →

  Saturday Sneak Attack Would Hand Neighborhood Schools Over to Private Operators – State Rep. Mike Villarreal, Democrat of San Antonio, made a shockingly bad surprise amendment on Saturday afternoon to SB 738, a bill he’s sponsoring in the House … Continue reading →

  We Could Have Had Jobs for Every American, But Republicans Chose Gifts to the Rich – In December, Republicans demanded – and won – an extension of Republican tax cuts for the rich, costing $858 billion over two years. … Continue reading →

The following is condensed from a ten-page, detailed article on the Koch (pronounced Coke) brothers, which appeared in the New Yorker magazine. It shows how much of the senseless noise we hear today is quietly funded and controlled by two … Continue reading →

  FOX News broadcasts rightwing extremist slander, incitement to violence, political propaganda, and outright lies – to promote its rightwing political agenda. Here are some examples: 1. Slander – FOX ran at least 52 segments falsely accusing President Obama of … Continue reading →

  Big Oil Makes an Investment in Congress and It Pays Off – The CEOs from the five major oil companies — which together booked $36 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2011 alone — went to the … Continue reading →

Newt Gingrich is the Ayman al-Zawahiri of the Republican Party. Both are