tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59249512012-02-09T10:43:32.834-06:00TexProdigyTiny, little part of the BlogosphereTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1127497443208432362005-09-23T12:36:00.000-05:002005-09-23T12:44:03.220-05:00Pimping GannonVia Atrios…Chris Crain, the editor of the Washington Blade, writes about Jim Guckert (better known as Jeff Gannon) “…many of his loudest critics represent a much more serious obstacle to the success of the gay rights movement.” Crain continues, “Gannon, of course, made headlines earlier this year after a softball question he asked President Bush at a press briefing led members of TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com103tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1127410703538533352005-09-22T12:36:00.000-05:002005-09-22T12:38:23.546-05:00I Second What Res Said…Res Publica over at Republic of Dogs writes:…I'd like to know just what the fuck the good people of San Antonio are trippin' about.I totally agree. Last night, before I headed off to bed, my boyfriend called from work (as he does most nights he works). He asked whether he should stop off and get some water and supplies before Hurricane Rita hit. Apparently, his TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1127318270541178702005-09-21T10:45:00.000-05:002005-09-21T10:57:50.573-05:00Ben Shapiro: WankerWorld O’Crap has a pretty good takedown of Ben Shapiro’s (VBen) newest Townwall.com column,”The case for policing pornography.”Here is my critique of VBen’s column. First, VBen cites a Washington Post article, but does not provide a link to it. VBen does not even give the name of the article. Talk about hack journalism.If this column was in a newspaper, I could understand TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1127159588428386162005-09-19T14:50:00.000-05:002005-09-19T14:53:08.436-05:00Going Back to Separate, But Equal?Salon (Subsription or DayPass required) has an article about how my “wonderful” Senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, introduced a bill that would to allow school districts across the country to open separate schools for hurricane victims. Are we going back to Brown v Board of Education again? I thought “separate, but equal” was tried before and TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126811577407575112005-09-15T14:11:00.000-05:002005-09-15T14:12:57.413-05:002 of 542 of 54. No, that is not a Borg designation. That is the number that represents Texas Senator John Cornyn and Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. They are 2 of 54 Republican Senators who voted against Senate Amendment (SA) 1660. SA 1660’s purpose was to “To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126550458781547292005-09-12T13:39:00.000-05:002005-09-12T13:40:58.786-05:00EPA: Come On in, the Water’s Fine!The New Orleans Times-Picayune has a headline that reads, “Contamination little threat to humans, but could detroy (sic) lawns.” After the EPA blatantly lied about the safety of the Ground Zero air, I do not think they should be trusted about telling us that the contamination is of little threat to humans.Mark Schleifstein, a staff writer for the Times-PicayuneTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126548026851558712005-09-12T12:58:00.000-05:002005-09-12T13:00:26.860-05:00Bill O’Reilly: WankerI just ran across this link from Bill O’Reilly (because I avoid Faux News like the plague). In it Bill writes:The Most Ridiculous Item of the DayOur great ally France has offered the following in the wake of Katrina: 600 tents, 1,000 cots, some kitchen kits, 60 generators and 12 experts to advise the American Red Cross. --I hope they speak English. Now I believe the 4-H TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126539984591423662005-09-12T10:43:00.000-05:002005-09-12T10:46:24.603-05:00Help Where It Is Needed?On my way drive home from work on Friday, I looked to my left and noticed the Mexican flag flying over a field on Kelly USA. It turns out that the Mexican government sent a contingent of their military to help out with the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.Carlos Guerra, of the San Antonio Express News gives details and commentary about why 47 military vehicles and 195 menTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126274736410049312005-09-09T08:44:00.000-05:002005-09-09T09:11:09.356-05:00Hand SanitiserI had a chance to volunteer to help out the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. I was asked to volunteer at the cafeteria. I spent two-and-a-half hours dispensing hand sanitiser (Wal-Mart's version of Purel). The thing that struck me me was that practically everyone that came in - young, old, men, and women - were all extremly courteous. They all said, "Please," "Thank you," and "TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126183450332517082005-09-08T07:42:00.000-05:002005-09-08T07:44:10.340-05:00Governor Perry: Shamelessly Exploiting Hurricane Katrina for His Own CharityVia Talking Points Memo: The Dallas Morning News writes, “Gov. Rick Perry, in hurricane relief tours around the state, in news releases and on his official state Web site, has urged Texans to contribute to three groups: the Red Cross, Salvation Army and the OneStar Foundation.”Almost everyone has heard of the Red Cross TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126181359843756352005-09-08T07:04:00.000-05:002005-09-08T07:09:19.850-05:00Arnold Schwarzenegger: Girlie ManThe California Assembly and Senate passed a bill that would equalise marriage for all Californians. It would allow gays and lesbians to get married just like their straight counterparts. Although California already has a domestic partners law, this bill would create full equality of marriage for all Californians. However, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vows to TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126123288308241712005-09-07T15:00:00.000-05:002005-09-07T15:01:28.316-05:00Administration on VacationI thought it was bad enough that President George W. Bush was on vacation (eating cake, visiting resorts, strumming a guitar, and other vacation-type stuff) while Hurricane Katrina and flooding wiped out Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans, and other parts of that area of the Gulf.It got worse when I read that the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, was shopping at FerragamoTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1126013519955912782005-09-06T08:24:00.000-05:002005-09-06T08:31:59.963-05:00Volunteering Opportunities in San AntonioThe San Antonio Express News has a website up for those who want to help with the Hurricane Katrina efforts.Some people may not be able to donate money, but most people can donate some time. Time can be more valuable than money when it comes to relief efforts like this.I volunteered on Saturday and plan to go back on Thursday. Unfortunately, I had too TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125782926589695102005-09-03T16:27:00.000-05:002005-09-03T16:28:46.600-05:00Volunteering to Help Evacuees: Actions Speak Louder Than WordsSan Antonio is host to a group of evacuees from New Orleans. These men, women, and children are being housed at Kelly USA. It is right next to the building where I work. According to WOAI, about 2,500 evacuees are in the building. I donated money to the Red Cross, but felt I needed to do more. When a friend of mine sent an e-mailTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125685455738602572005-09-02T13:20:00.000-05:002005-09-02T13:24:15.746-05:00New Orleans Convention Centre Spin from the DHS and FEMAI have been to New Orleans several times. It is one of my favourite cities to spend time in. I hope that I will be able to visit it some time in the future. The damage, destruction, and death that has happened in New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, and all along the Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama Gulf coast is staggering.The response from city,TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125579449478035622005-09-01T07:53:00.000-05:002005-09-01T07:57:29.483-05:00George W. Bush: Inaction HeroWhat is it about President Bush that causes him to be such an inaction hero? I remember the delayed response he had after September 11th. For seven minutes he sat in a chair staring into space while holding "My Pet Goat." Afterwards, he hopped on a plane and flew to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and then on to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Eventually, TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125508412764705162005-08-31T12:10:00.000-05:002005-08-31T12:13:32.770-05:00Wanker of the DayMy Wanker of the Day is Neal Boortz. Neal asks, "Does Martial Law Mean You Can Shoot Looters?” I agree with Neal that those who are looting are pretty despicable.Here is how the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines martial law: "1: the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power. 2: the law administered by military forces that is TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125502393996713032005-08-31T10:32:00.000-05:002005-08-31T10:33:13.996-05:00I Hardly Recognise the Place!I saw a video (via Crooks and Liars) of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina caused to the Gulfport/Biloxi area. The devastation is mind numbing. Ten years ago (Has it been that long!?), I was at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, for my Technical Training. I returned a few more times for various other training courses.The video I saw did not remotelyTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125427168100853262005-08-30T13:09:00.000-05:002005-08-31T10:31:58.300-05:00A Day Late…President Bush is cutting his five-week long vacation short by two whole days (!) and returning to Washington D.C. to monitor the Hurricane Katrina efforts. Of course he could not cut his vacation short on Monday. Monday, he was too busy flying off to Arizona to celebrate Senator John McCain’s (R., AZ) birthday. Today, he was too busy in California with a World War II TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125408377957015082005-08-30T08:24:00.000-05:002005-08-30T08:26:17.963-05:00Cable Crackdown?Salon has an article (subscription or site-pass required) about the some in right wingnutopia wanting to make the FCC restrict what is shown and said on cable and satellite television and radio. I guess my assumptions about conservatives were wrong. I thought conservatives were for limited government. Oh, I know! Conservatives are only for limited government when it comes to TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1125064202643431612005-08-26T08:46:00.000-05:002005-08-26T08:50:02.653-05:00Sharon Hughes: Using Conservative Columnist-Physics!Sharon Hughes’ column on MichNews.com distorts Cindy Sheehan’s words so badly that a funhouse mirror would appear normal. As a writer, I know that if you are going to quote someone, you should quote him or her properly or not at all.Sharon Hughes does not do that at all. Here is what she writes Cindy Sheehan said:America has been killing TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124971294979250982005-08-25T06:53:00.000-05:002005-08-25T07:01:34.986-05:00Pat Robertson: The Bart Simpson Defence Did Not Work!Face it. Pat Robertson was caught saying something he should not have and told a lie to try to cover it up. On Monday he said: You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124908396699666592005-08-24T13:31:00.000-05:002005-08-24T13:33:16.703-05:00The "I Was Misinterpreted" DefenceYesterday, Pat Robertson advocated the assassination of Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez. Today, Pat Robertson says:I said our special forces could take him out. Take him out could be a number of things including kidnapping. There are a number of ways of taking out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted.That is a lie. Here is a TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124898634744053422005-08-24T10:46:00.000-05:002005-08-24T14:01:57.240-05:00Sounding Like A Three Year-OldI read Jesse Taylor's post on Pandagon about Dr. Mike Adams' column on Town Hall.Go read it...Here is my response to Dr. Adams:Dr. Adams,You may have been trying to be snarky, however, after reading your column, I am seriously wondering if you actually earned a Ph.D.First, you call it "hoo-hoo-dilly!?" That sounds like something a three year-old would say. The TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124825471337463172005-08-23T14:29:00.000-05:002005-08-23T14:31:11.343-05:00T-Shirts Available at Hot TopicEugene Volokh writes: I've seen lots of assertions that it's a "myth" that gays and lesbians try to recruit others into homosexuality. Yet it seems to me that this assertion of "myth" is likely itself something of a myth, or at least quite incomplete.He uses and eleven year-old (!) study to illustrate his point. Eugene also says:If I'm right, the movement thus TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124810422201339072005-08-23T10:16:00.000-05:002005-08-23T10:20:22.206-05:00Home on the Range: Where the Deer and the Day Labourers PlayThis past weekend I was in DFW visiting a friend and his boyfriend. My friend used to live in San Antonio - where I met him. Later, he moved to Austin to get a graduate degree. He and his boyfriend now live up in DFW where he works and his boyfriend works at a bar they own.Their home in Dallas is simply amazing. It is all brick, hasTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124807706419452672005-08-23T09:30:00.000-05:002005-08-23T09:37:13.503-05:00Even More ChickenhawksWorld O’Crap has a good takedown of more chickenhawks. The two chickenhawks she takes down are from The Right Noise section of Human Events online. The first chickenhawk drivel, Frying the Chickenhawk Argument, is from Roger Custer. Roger says:My recent appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal included a caller who accused me of being a hypocrite for not serving in TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124801741417899232005-08-23T07:52:00.000-05:002005-08-23T07:55:41.426-05:00WWJA? – Who Would Jesus Assassinate?Media Matters.org is an invaluable resource for debunking lies and misinformation that people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly tell on their shows. Sometimes they highlight statements that make you say, "Whaaaat!?"An example of the latter is what Pat Robertson said:There was a popular coup that overthrew him [Chavez]. And what did the United States State TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124454536323646542005-08-19T07:24:00.000-05:002005-08-19T07:28:56.330-05:00Virgin Chickenhawks, Part III wrote (Virgin) Ben Shapiro regarding his craptacular article about chickenhawks. I have yet to get a response, I doubt I ever will. I did, however, via Attaturk of Rising Hegemon, run across one of the best reponses to Vigin Ben I have seen to date. "There's a word for people who rely on others to die for things they believe in - that word is coward. Substitute 'TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124384074328519982005-08-18T11:53:00.000-05:002005-08-18T11:54:34.336-05:00Druggie Chickenhawk (Part II)I guess Rush is back on the oxycontin. Here is what he said today about Cindy Sheehan:Frankly, I'm also fed up -- not fed up. I retract that. I'm weary, ladies and gentlemen, of even having to express sympathy. 'Oh, she lost her son!' Yes, yes, yes, but (sigh) we all lose things.What!? Anyone who loses a child, even an adult child, is emotionally impacted. Parents TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124376536816827152005-08-18T09:47:00.000-05:002005-08-18T11:55:52.420-05:00Druggie ChickenhawkOn an August 15, 2005, Rush Limbaugh made the following statement:I mean, Cindy Sheehan is just Bill Burkett. Her story is nothing more than forged documents. There's nothing about it that's real, including the mainstream media's glomming onto it. It's not real. It's nothing more than an attempt. It's the latest effort made by the coordinated left.What does Rush mean? Does he TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124373783875196032005-08-18T09:02:00.000-05:002005-08-18T09:49:55.453-05:00Flight of the Virgin ChickenhawksBen Shapiro has a column up on Townhall.com. His argument is that the left claims only pacifists and those who have served in the military can speak on matters of national security.You know, for someone who went to UCLA and is now attending Harvard Law School, Virgin Ben is so bloody dumb! What people like me are saying is that it is all well and good to TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124291614130067862005-08-17T10:01:00.000-05:002005-08-17T10:13:34.150-05:00John Gibson: Nothing in His NogginOn July 22, 2005, John Gibson must have been creaming his pants as he wrote "The tackle and kill team is incredible, if for no other reason than their bravery." Yeah, shoot first - ask questions later. That always works! Later, he writes, Turns out he didn't have a bomb, and turns out he wasn't one of the four bombers Thursday. And if it turns out ultimately TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124284230455719492005-08-17T08:04:00.000-05:002005-08-17T08:10:30.463-05:00Michelle Malkin: Playing Fast and Loose with the FactsMichelle Malkin has been on a multi-day, go-nowhere, campaign against Air America Radio. She claims, through her source, Brian Maloney, of the Radio Equalizer, that Air America illegally received $875,000 from the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in New York.Just a disclaimer: I am a fan of Air America Radio. I listen to Rachel Maddow (who isTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1124118493354502702005-08-15T10:04:00.000-05:002005-08-15T10:08:13.360-05:00Bush: Meet with CindyBush has time out of his ultra-busy vacation schedule to visit and bike ride with Lance Armstrong and go to fund raisers. Yet, he does not have an hour or two out of his incredibly busy five-week schedule to visit with Cindy Sheehan one-on-one. Is he that much of a dumb-fuck? (That was a rhetorical question.)If Bush invited Cindy Sheehan to his “ranch” she might leave andTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1123860528007720462005-08-12T10:26:00.000-05:002005-08-12T10:28:48.013-05:00Tucker: Is It Vandalism or Terrorism?Tucker Carlson (via John Aravosis’ awesome site, Americablog) said the bombing of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was an act of vandalism by the French and was "…impressive on France’s part." The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was state-sponsored terrorism. France sponsored the bombing. The sinking of the ship also killed one person, photographerTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1123766122960873162005-08-11T08:14:00.000-05:002005-08-11T08:15:22.966-05:00My Challenge to Conservative CommentatorsBill O’Reilly said, "If you’re a Christian, you know, there is no greater sacrifice [than] to give your life for someone else." So, Mr. O’Reilly, when are you going to go to Iraq so someone’s son or daughter can come home alive and safe? (Crickets chirp in the background.) Mr. O’Reilly, actions speak louder than words.I wonder whether all the other TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1123597660871017842005-08-09T09:09:00.000-05:002005-08-09T09:27:40.883-05:00Bad Advice from Focus on the FamilyThe following is a bunch of crap from Focus on the Family’s web page, "Helping Boys Become Men, and Girls Become Women: Is My Child Becoming Homosexual?"”They say:Evidences of gender confusion or doubt in boys ages 5 to 11 may include: 1. A strong feeling that they are "different" from other boys. Um, of course they’re different from other boys. They like TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1123509723769140162005-08-08T09:00:00.000-05:002005-08-08T09:02:03.776-05:00Wanker of the Day: Bob NewmanA Writer Insults Fallen Iraqi War DeadI just read the most disgusting, racist screed against Cindy Sheehan called, “A Mother Insults Her Son,” by Bob Newman (Bobby). For the record, Bob Newman is a balding, pasty-white man. He calls Iraqis “filthy ragheads and camel jockeys.” Wow! I wonder if he is dusting off his white hood for use.Apparently, Bobby has never TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1121961385789016392005-07-21T10:53:00.000-05:002005-07-21T10:56:25.796-05:00LeakageThe Washington Post reported that the portion memorandum that had Valerie Wilson’s name had an "(S)" in front of it. That "(S)" means that the information contained in the sentence or paragraph following is classified Secret.President George W. Bush signed Executive Order (E.O.) 12958 on March 25, 2003. In E.O. 12958, the "Secret" label "shall be applied to information, the TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1121178371985435582005-07-12T09:23:00.000-05:002005-07-12T09:26:11.993-05:00Yesterday, John Aravosis of Americablog.com asked, "Someone who deals with security clearances, please contact me privately." So I did. I happen to have a security clearance. Though I am not an expert at it, I know a bit of what I needed to do to get a security clearance. I sent John two e-mails. The first was the Department of Defence (DoD) Regulation dealing with what clearances are issuedTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1114107613127559692005-04-21T13:19:00.000-05:002005-04-21T13:23:23.970-05:00San Antonio ElectionsEarly voting in San Antonio started yesterday. Election day is on May 7th. During early voting and on May 7th, San Antonians will elect a new mayor, council members, and vote on three propositions.Here are my endorsements for council, mayor, and the propositions:CouncilI live in District 7. I will vote for Elena Guajardo. I have met Elena at several functions in and TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1114090388242850082005-04-21T08:30:00.000-05:002005-04-21T08:33:08.246-05:00For the Children?Representative Robert Talton (R-Pasadena), authored Amendment 60 to the Texas Senate Bill 6. It states:Section 264.1064c. “Notwithstanding the applicant's or foster parent's statement that the applicant or foster parent is not a homosexual or bisexual, if the department determines after a reasonable investigation that the applicant or foster parent is homosexual or bisexual the TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1114085145804873702005-04-21T07:04:00.000-05:002005-04-21T07:05:45.806-05:00Say It Ain’t So!Tom Delay dishes some pretty tawdry and revealing information about one of the Supremes. No, not Diana Ross, but Justice Anthony Kennedy. Delay reveals…And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous.Oh, my! Justice Anthony Kennedy knows how to use a computer! He can even surf the Internet! How could TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1112980365750950592005-04-08T12:10:00.000-05:002005-04-08T12:12:45.753-05:00Run AmokTom Delay repeats his assertion that the judiciary has “run amok.”Delay said:The judiciary branch of our government has overstepped its authority on countless occasions, overturning and in some cases just ignoring the legitimate will of the people. But I also believe the executive and legislative branches have neglected the proper checks and balances on this behavior ... Our next step, TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1112805811586089992005-04-06T11:33:00.000-05:002005-04-06T11:43:31.586-05:00Only in Texas...MSNBC News (via Reuters) has a story about John Brown, founder of Zion Oil & Gas of Dallas. John Brown is a born-again Christian who apparently take the Bible a little too literally.John Brown claims the Bible says Israel is sitting on oil reserves because of passages in the Bible. For instance, Deuteronomy 33:24, "Most blessed of sons be Asher. Let him be favored by his TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1112706385260848122005-04-05T08:05:00.000-05:002005-04-05T08:32:11.616-05:00Wow!John Cornyn said the following on the floor of the US Senate:…it causes a lot of people, including me, great distress to see judges use the authority that they have been given to make raw political or ideological decisions. And no one, including those judges, including the judges on the United States Supreme Court, should be surprised if one of us stands up and objects.And, Mr. President, I'mTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1112277318192316162005-03-31T07:54:00.000-06:002005-03-31T07:55:18.193-06:00Karma is a bitchI want to talk about Douglas Smith, Jr. He was a high-ranking member of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).Before I start, though, let me make one disclaimer and one comment. First, the disclaimer: Many years ago, I was a cub scout. I did not progress to a Webelo because of a difference of opinion between the Scout master and my dad that had nothing to do with scouting.Now the TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1112020160326388632005-03-28T08:25:00.000-06:002005-03-28T08:29:20.330-06:00Wanker of the Day: Brent Bozell and his “Hearsay”This morning I wandered into our break room. “Fox and Friends” was on the television and Brent Bozell (from the Media Research Council) was on talking about the statements Michael Schiavo and other made regarding Terri Schiavo’s wishes.Brent Bozell then said something that shows me he knows nothing about the rules of evidence. He said that what TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1111430886766496482005-03-21T12:47:00.000-06:002005-03-21T12:48:06.770-06:00Cruel and UnusualOn my way in to work, I was listening to Morning Sedition on my Sirius (I love my satellite radio!). Mark Reilly was speaking with his guest, Mick Foley (the professional wrestler). One point Mick brought in the Terri Schiavo case was the argument the “Right-to-lifers” like to use – cruel and unusual punishment. They believe removing the feeding tube from Terri Schiavo and TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1111427875507056242005-03-21T11:54:00.000-06:002005-03-22T09:33:08.983-06:00Terri RevisitedTerri Schiavo is in the news again. This time Congress and President Bush inserted their judgment in this case – over the judgement of Michael Schiavo, Terri’s husband.From the evidence I have read provided by the board certified neurologist who have actually, physically examined her (not a video tape), Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state. Let me break down those TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1111104591300737062005-03-17T17:35:00.000-06:002005-03-17T18:09:51.306-06:00What's the Basic Idea?My wanker of the day is John Gibson, of Fox News. He claims that "The Basic Idea of Marriage is to Raise Kids."A little background... A Republican, Catholic judge, Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer, declared California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. Good for him!Let's look at what he wrote, shall we?That means all those same sex couples who were married by San TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1109699699350756002005-03-01T11:45:00.000-06:002005-03-01T11:54:59.353-06:00What Does Dougie Mean?Via Tbogg (the wonderfully, snarky website!) comes an column from Doug Giles that made me say, "Hmmm!"Doug writes:Yeah, most of the first two years of my campus experience were spent in a London fog of dope smoke, blowing the precious money my parents saved up for my education at rancid West Texas honky tonks while generating more F’s than Nelly would taking Hebrew at Knox TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1109698984271499112005-03-01T11:41:00.000-06:002005-03-01T11:43:04.273-06:00Living in a Fantasy WorldAlberto Gonzales is going to carry the torch from outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft and try to prosecute pornographic materials. The case that is perhaps the most ironic choice to start with is the appeal of the Extreme Associates case.From Out-Law.com: Extreme Associates is a hardcore pornographic website that sells films of simulated gang rapes, beatings, and TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1109613463568558472005-02-28T11:57:00.000-06:002005-02-28T11:57:43.573-06:00Jeff/JimSo now Jeff/Jim claims to be “baaaaaaack!” For someone who did not want to be in the media spotlight, he sure likes being in the spotlight.A little history on Jeff/Jim... Jeff Gannon is not his real name. His real name is James Dale Guckert (pronounced “Gookert”). He claimed to use Jeff Gannon because it was easier to pronounce. (I wonder why Christiana Amanpour didn’t go with TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1109606865799835272005-02-28T10:06:00.000-06:002005-02-28T10:07:45.800-06:00Letter to John CornynHere is my letter to John Cornyn:Senator Cornyn,A while back I sent a message with one proposed solution to fixing Social Security. I proposed raising or eliminating the cap on Social Security. The Social Security Administration has released a memorandum (http://www.ssab.gov/financing/2004_update.pdf) by Chris Chaplain and Alice Wade that shows the fiscal feasibility of TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1108518594846166162005-02-15T19:46:00.000-06:002005-02-15T19:49:54.853-06:00WankersWanker #1: Jonah GoldbergJonah Goldberg recently said on his “CHICKENHAWK REDUX,” “‘a few’ of the reasons I never signed up before the war were my age, my financial situation, my brand new baby daughter and my physical condition.”Jonah is 35. Practically everything in the military can be is waived, especially when recruitment is involved. I’m sure a recruiter would have loved to submit TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1108427819273739042005-02-14T18:24:00.000-06:002005-02-15T06:47:33.236-06:00Jeff Gannon/James GuckertJust saw John Aravosis' site, Americablog, has a pretty in depth expose on the most current revelations about Jeff Gannon/James Guckert.Why does it matter? It matters because he lied to the American public about his past. From what John Aravosis dug up, it appears Jeff Gannon/James Guckert was a male escort (he got paid to "spend time" with men). When asked on NPR, he TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1108304385641115712005-02-13T08:17:00.000-06:002005-02-13T14:26:57.420-06:00Elections in IraqOriginally written 8 Feb 05.I like to plan for the worst and hope for the best. I thought the elections were going to be worse than they were. Thankfully, I was wrong. (When you have a loved one in Iraq, you tend to worry for their safety.) Still, if one person is killed standing in line to vote, that is bad - no matter where it happens. At least 28 people were killed tryingTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1107699368555674982005-02-06T08:03:00.000-06:002005-02-06T08:16:08.556-06:00Rose Spector
I volunteered yesterday for the Rose Spector Campaign. She was running for Texas Representative for the 121st District. I was a poll watcher. Poll watchers are simply supposed to sit and observe the polls. They cannot talk to the voters. Amazingly, my five (plus) hours of sitting and watching the polls went by pretty quickly - considering I was sitting and watching for five TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1107047946089978532005-01-29T19:02:00.000-06:002005-01-29T19:19:06.090-06:00My Response to the 101st Fighting Keyboarders
My boyfriend is currently over in Iraq. With everything going on over in Iraq, I wish he was not, but my wishing does not make it so. I thought the situation over there was bad before he went. Now I know it is really bad.
For example, a rocket landed just outside from where he works. Thankfully, it did not explode. Then, I got word that the TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1106331544703387222005-01-21T13:17:00.000-06:002005-01-21T12:19:04.703-06:00Congratulatory letter to Senator Santorum
I had to write a congratulatory letter to Senator Rick Santorum. A word based on his last name, santorum, was voted as the "most outrageous" word of 2004. Here is my letter to him:
Dear Senator Santorum,
Congratulations on having the word "santorum" voted as the "most outrageous" word of 2004 by the American Dialect Society. Slate had this to say TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1106313733879955382005-01-21T07:07:00.000-06:002005-01-21T07:22:13.880-06:00Who knew...
My apologies for not blogging more. The responsibilities of school, work, and life came before blogging. In school, I have had many more papers to write this term than last. Work has kept me busy. Finally, life... I had to see my boyfriend off to the sandbox (Middle East). His Uncle Samuel requested he visit immediately.
Now back to our program...
Who knew Spongebob TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1104429413845927062004-12-30T11:55:00.000-06:002004-12-30T11:58:54.986-06:00Tsunami’s Victims
The television in our break room is set to Fox News. At lunch, Fox News showed touching, gripping stories of the tsunami that hit southwest Asia, Sri Lanka, and India. However, all the people Fox News interviews and profiled were white. I’m sure that white people (Swedish, German, Australians, and others) were actually a very small minority of people who were affected by theTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1103895721738042752004-12-24T07:40:00.000-06:002004-12-24T07:42:01.736-06:00Happy Holidays
I think the "controversy" over "Happy Holidays" versus "Merry Christmas" is nothing more than a tempest in a teapot.
I say "Happy Holidays" for a whole variety of reasons. First, I am Buddhist. I could wish everyone a "Merry Buddha-mas" (the Buddha was said to have been born on December 8th), but people would look at me funny - especially in Texas. Second, I cannot tell by TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1102993836626591252004-12-13T21:00:00.000-06:002004-12-13T21:10:36.626-06:00Texas Myths
A while back, BoifromTroi had a list of things about Texas. In my line of work, computer security, I was able (with the help of Google) to determine if the nasty virus message from the secretary down the hall was a hoax or not. Many of the items in the post from boifromtroy just did not ring true to me. Since I live in Texas, I just had to find what was real and what was not.
TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1102993120498468222004-12-13T20:45:00.000-06:002004-12-13T20:58:40.500-06:00It's Been a Long Time
Last time I blogged was around Election time, 4 November, to be exact. I have just been really, really incredibly busy with school, work, and life. Time was (and is) the one thing I do not have in excess now. In any case, I will blog as often as I can.
Now, on to the fun.
Jerry Fallwell, televangelist, said one of the dumbest things I read today.
We just experienced TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1099592721365620212004-11-04T13:01:00.000-06:002004-11-04T12:25:21.366-06:00Moving on...
I woke up on November 3rd at 3 am (I drank a little too much water before going to bed). While I was up, I decided to go to my computer in my living room (it's a home theatre PC - totally awesome) and see how the election was going. It did not look good and I had a feeling Kerry was not going to pull it off. Later that morning, a co-worker told me that Kerry had conceded.
I was TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1099363621616082372004-11-01T19:11:00.000-06:002004-11-01T20:47:01.616-06:00November 2
I voted on October 18th, the first day of voting in Bexar County, TX. Here is a breakdown of the early voting in Bexar County:
Day 1----18-Oct-04----15375
Day 2----19-Oct-04----18081
Day 3----20-Oct-04----17526
Day 4----21-Oct-04----17789
Day 5----22-Oct-04----18289
Day 6----23-Oct-04----20107
Day 7----24-Oct-04---- 8789
Day 8----25-Oct-04----23022
Day 9----26-Oct-04----26002
TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1099086682287209472004-10-29T16:29:00.000-05:002004-10-29T16:51:22.286-05:00Al QaQaa
I watched a bit of the tap dancing that Pentagon spokesman Di Rita did. He was not good at all. Then he carted out an Army major to try to shore up his sagging performance. The major was talking about conventional munitions. The reporters were asking about the HDX and RDX. Di Rita kept going back to the major as if to say, "See, the major said they destroyed munitions. You should TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1098332894709649952004-10-20T23:15:00.000-05:002004-10-20T23:28:14.710-05:00Flu
So the Bush Administration has been caught with its pants down once again. This time it's with the flu. They did not plan (sound familiar) and do not have enough vaccine to immunise all those who want or need to get immunised.
Now France is supplying over two million additional doses of vaccine. I thought France was part of the "Axis of Weasel..." I guess when the French can help us outTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1098331443359122962004-10-20T23:00:00.000-05:002004-10-20T23:04:03.360-05:00Wow!
On 19 October 18,081 people voted in San Antonio. Today, 17,526 people voted. So far 50,982 people have voted in San Antonio in three days. Wow!TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1098240424978984972004-10-19T21:46:00.000-05:002004-10-19T21:47:04.980-05:00My Vote
Yesterday, I stood in a really long line at the Crossroads Mall in San Antonio from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM to vote on the first day of early voting. Normally people stand in long lines like this to get tickets to blockbuster movies or concerts. The line consisted mostly of older men and women. I think I was one of the younger people voting. I also noticed, because this is San Antonio, a TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1098129773922274232004-10-18T14:47:00.000-05:002004-10-18T15:02:53.923-05:00Lose Your Job? How About Community College
I think community colleges are good tools for people who find the costs of getting into private universities and even public universities prohibitively expensive. However, if someone already has a degree or post graduate from a prestigious university, going to community college might not do much to pad their resume.
An article in Yahoo News! TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1097784495588872372004-10-14T15:00:00.000-05:002004-10-14T15:08:15.590-05:00Debates Two and Three
Oi! I've been busy... Studying for a test, writing a paper, and working... Anyway, here's the post:
Here is what Bush said:
"That's why I proposed a hydrogen automobile -- hydrogen-generated automobile."
First, is this like when the media reported that Gore said he invented the Internet? So I guess we can say Bush proposed the hydrogen automobile? Companies like GM, TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1097327910692463252004-10-09T08:02:00.000-05:002004-10-09T08:18:30.693-05:00Last Night's Debate
I did not watch last night's debate between John Kerry and George Bush. I could not. I was in my car driving up to my grandparent's house. I did, however listen to it through my Sirius satellite radio (which is one of the best things for long drives).
My impressions of the second debate are that Bush seemed angry. I could not see what he looked like, but he sounded TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1097207387402776742004-10-07T22:14:00.000-05:002004-10-07T22:49:47.403-05:00Virgin Ben
I have only one thing to thank "virgin" Ben Shapiro for. He spurred me to start this blog. How did he do that? He wrote an asinine post about gay marriage. He cannot seem to let the subject go. He writes about it every so often as in the his post yesterday. I'm wondering if "Virgin Ben" is writing these things because he secretly want to come out, but does not have the courage TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096982237658882442004-10-05T08:14:00.000-05:002004-10-05T08:17:17.656-05:00Register
In many states, the deadline to register passed. If you can still register to vote on November 2nd, register!
If you have registered, vote on November 2nd!
If you haven't registered for this election, register anyway for the next election. If you do not register or you do not vote, you have no right to bitch about who gets into office.TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096981978671502142004-10-05T07:59:00.000-05:002004-10-05T08:12:58.670-05:00Global Test
Bush picked one phrase Kerry used in the debate and is using his usual method of repeating something enough until people stop questioning. That phrase is "global test." Bush, in his own special way, has twisted it from what its meaning was. He lies and distorts its meaning.
William Saleton has an excellent write-up on it. Basically Kerry was saying if you can present your idea TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096639542155438442004-10-01T08:55:00.000-05:002004-10-01T09:05:42.156-05:00Novak Needs to Stick to His Day Job
CNN gave Robert Novak a "blog" so he can post his thoughts on the debate. I have to wonder if he was watching the same debate I was or if he was using sock puppets - Bush on his right hand and Kerry on his left and having and imaginary debate in his bedroom. Robert Novak just needs to stick to his day job of outing CIA operatives.
Thanks to TBogg for TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096600334658789532004-09-30T21:55:00.000-05:002004-09-30T22:12:14.660-05:00The Debates...
I watched the entire debate between Kerry and Bush. Although I am biased towards Kerry, I can be objective enough to make a call. I think Kerry won the debates. When I watched ABC News (my Dad watched CBS and called to tell me the results of their poll) they showed in their results Kerry won the debate with 45%. Bush came in second with 37%. Just 17% of the people ABC polled TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096545883419401882004-09-30T06:52:00.000-05:002004-09-30T07:04:43.420-05:00It Was That Easy?
I just read an article on Yahoo! News that seems to suggest that if you want to get out of your service to the National Guard (or any other military obligation) all you have to do is write a letter saying you do not have enough time to fulfill your obligation that you agreed upon when you signed the contract. I never knew it was that easy!
Now that people know, will they TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096480124344987362004-09-29T13:38:00.000-05:002004-09-29T12:48:44.346-05:00And So It Begins...
Matt Drudge, the not-so-closeted gay writer (or so I'm told) of the Drudge Report (I'm not going to link to it, go find it yourself), has an article about how John Kerry is on "Orange Alert." They were commenting on how orange a he looked in some pictures.
Drudge did the same thing to Gore in 2000. The Right cannot win fairly in a debate so what do they do? They trash howTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096381465918448212004-09-28T09:15:00.000-05:002004-09-28T15:18:59.656-05:0080-Pound Paper
The Secretary of State for Ohio, J. Kenneth Blackwell, says he will strictly enforce the rule for new voter registrations to be printed on 80-pound paper. This requirement, to me seems so arbitrary. It smacks of Jim Crow Laws used by the Old South to suppress African-American vote from the end of the Civil War to the timeo f the Civil Rights movement. As an African American, J.TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096301921616518432004-09-27T11:09:00.000-05:002004-09-27T11:18:41.616-05:00Lowered Expectations
Bush likes to have the image that once he makes up his mind, he does not change it. That could not be further from the truth, as evidenced by the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the September 11th commission, and others flip-flops.
Now, from an article on Yahoo! News, the Bush administration is lowering their expectations on Iraq. Because of their loweredTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1096030139216392472004-09-24T07:47:00.000-05:002004-09-24T07:50:21.236-05:00Pledge Protection Act Letter
Below is a copy of the text I sent to my Senators, Senator John Cornyn and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison:
I am writing to you regarding the Pledge Protection Act of 2004 which states:
`No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to the TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095967891399598822004-09-23T14:15:00.000-05:002004-09-23T14:31:31.400-05:00Pledge
What in the world is wrong with Republican Representatives? Do they not read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? After reading an article on Yahoo! News, it is obvious to me that they do not.
Representative Todd Akin (R-Mo), said the Supreme Court is likely to rule differently if it considers the substance of the case and :
...if we allow activist judges to start creating law and TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095877802774115002004-09-22T13:04:00.000-05:002004-09-22T15:06:45.360-05:00Charlie Gonzalez
Before I vote, I try to find out what I can about the candidates and issues. I recently went to Roger Scott's website. He is running against Charlie Gonzales for US Representative for District 20.
One of the many reasons Roger Scott will not get my name is because of his stance on issues. They do not mesh with mine. I am simply not voting for a name. For example, Roger TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095872037686474022004-09-22T11:42:00.000-05:002004-09-22T11:53:57.686-05:00Watch Lists
Unlike Michelle Malkin, who looks like a raving psycho when she gets interviewed, I do not think racial profiling or internment camps work to deter crime or terrorism. What happened with Yusuf Islam, formerly known as the singer Cat Stevens, is a good example of this.
Yusuf Islam was detained, questioned, and will be deported because he was on a terrorist watch list. Dennis MurphyTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095870291952002302004-09-22T11:14:00.000-05:002004-09-22T11:24:51.953-05:00Endorsed by All Two of Them
Oliver Willis writes about President Bush's most recent endorsement from the Abe Lincoln Black Republican Caucus (ALBRC). They are a group of young, urban, Black, gay Republicans. Wow! That has to be a group of what, two people? That some HUGE endorsement!
I can only imagine that the ALBRC is in total denial of the Republican Platform. Anthony Falls, TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095782314067610062004-09-21T10:34:00.000-05:002004-09-21T10:58:34.066-05:00Arbitrary Standards
A short while back, a few in the media were playing up a ripped Bush/Cheney sign on a Kerry/Edwards campaign stop. This sign "belonged" to a little girl, Sophia Parlock. Actually, the sign belonged to her father, Phil Parlock, who has a habit of attending Democratic events and pulling out signs.
I do not remember the same outrage at an AIDS protester getting kicked (TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095773855908600892004-09-21T08:35:00.000-05:002004-09-21T08:37:35.906-05:00Kerry's Top Ten List
John Kerry was on the David Letterman Show last night. Here are John Kerry's "Top 10 Bush Tax Proposals:"
10. No estate tax for families with at least two U.S. presidents.
9. W-2 Form is now Dubya-2 Form.
8. Under the simplified tax code, your refund check goes directly to Halliburton.
7. The reduced earned income tax credit is so unfair, it just makes me want to tearTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095562952190710992004-09-18T22:00:00.000-05:002004-09-18T22:02:32.190-05:00Let You Who Have Not Sinned...
Atrios's blog is, in my humble opinion, one of the best blogs on the web. As I was reading it, I came across a posting about something that Jimmy Swaggart said. Jimmy said:
I'm trying to find the correct name for it ... this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men. ... I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm gonna be TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095391157785467982004-09-16T22:18:00.000-05:002004-09-16T22:19:17.786-05:00Iraq Had No WMDs
Iraq had no WMDs. I am not making that up. This is via an AP story on Yahoo! News. Drafts of a report from the head of the Iraq Survey Group, Charles Duelfer, conclude there were no weapons stockpiles.
That is not to say Saddam Hussein was not thinking about restarting it perhaps at some time in the future. The top U.S. inspector in Iraq wrote:
Iraq was importing banned TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095347386953090862004-09-16T09:56:00.000-05:002004-09-16T10:09:46.953-05:00Witch Trials
I was reading an article on MSNBC and it reminded me so much of the Salem Witch Trials. In the Salem Witch Trials, girls accused adults of being witches. They rolled on the ground, screamed out, and displayed other actions that had many in Salem convinced that the accused really were witches.
Many people were accused, several people were imprisoned, and some were executed for TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095276505781061282004-09-15T14:22:00.000-05:002004-09-15T14:28:25.783-05:00Matt Lauer: Liar
Matt Lauer interviewed, or rather, gilled Kitty Kelley on September 13th about her book, "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty."
Here is part of the exchange...
Kelley: “Matt, you play golf with the former President Bush?”
Lauer: “I have never played golf with him.”
Really Matt? What's this?
Matt, when you do not tell the truth, you are a liar. Maybe you did TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095262130105985082004-09-15T09:49:00.000-05:002004-09-15T10:28:50.106-05:00SCLM
The so-called liberal media (SCLM) is having fun with what I have seen referred to as Memogate. Memogate concerns the memos that were released by CBS, 60 Minutes, and Dan Rather in a story about George Bush's service (or lack thereof) in the later 1960's and early 1970's.
I find it interesting how quickly the media glommed on to the idea that the memos were forgeries. They took the TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095185473726612772004-09-14T13:59:00.000-05:002004-09-14T13:11:13.726-05:00General Irony
Secretary of State Colon Powell said:
"We understand the need to fight against terrorism ... but in an attempt to go after terrorists I think one has to strike a proper balance to make sure that you don't move in a direction that takes you away from the democratic reforms or the democratic process."
No, Colon Powell was not talking about what happened in the United States after TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095170831810095812004-09-14T08:46:00.000-05:002004-09-14T09:07:11.813-05:00Agenda
According to Tom Coburn, the greatest threat (subscription or click-though required) to our freedom that we face today is...the gay agenda.
"The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across this country, and they wield extreme power ... That agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today. Why do you think we see the rationalization for TexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924951.post-1095090336437825212004-09-13T10:34:00.000-05:002004-09-13T10:45:36.436-05:00Letter to John Cornyn
Here is the text of my letter to Senator John Cornyn:
Dear Senator Cornyn,
I am writing to you about the proposed "Flag Protection Amendment." The FPA states, "[t]he Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."
I see this as an abridgement of my civil right to freedom of speech. A similar measure, "The Flag ProtectionTexProdigyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343180350919283153noreply@blogger.com0