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According the Facebook of Republican Texas State Senator Dan Patrick, Houston Mayor Annise Parker was the only Democrat to attend the Lincoln-Reagan Day fundraiser of the Harris County Republican Party.How you view this fact could be a kind of Rorschach Test.(Above--Rorschach Test. I see a polar bear climbing Mt. Everest. Please click here to see what it would be like if polar bears could vote. )It could be that Mayor Parker was conning Republicans as she works...

I apologize for ever having voted for Houston City Councilmember C.O Bradford.(Above--Councilmember Bradford.)I made this error when I voted for Mr. Bradford in 2008 to be Harris County District Attorney.Mr. Bradford, a former Houston Police Chief, was the Democratic nominee for District Attorney.I voted based on party when I should have simply not voted in the D.A. race. Neither candidate was worthy of support in that race.While he did sound like a Democrat in 2008, Chief Bradford admitted...

Austerity:"The first day of Operation Odyssey Dawn [why do I get a sudden urge to have my paycheck cashed in all singles when I hear that name? But I digress] had a price tag that was well over $100 million for the U.S. in missiles alone. And the U.S. military, which remains in the lead now in its third day, has pumped millions more into air- and sea-launched strikes targeting air-defense sites and ground-force positions...

Republican Harris County Judge Ed Emmett hopes Republican legislators in Austin will do they right thing in the face of drastic cuts to vital services that are on the way in Texas.Here is what Judge Emmett has said as reported in the Houston Chronicle---" In his State of the County address March 4, County Judge Ed Emmett said the county would only see positive changes in the coming years if lawmakers at all levels showed...

The Republican governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is asking teachers and other state employees to increase their pension contributions as part of his shared solution to the state's pension problem. But..."...the governor has exempted himself.While public employees and teachers face this increase, as well as a raise in the retirement age, a freeze on cost-of-living adjustments for current retirees and a 2 percent cap on future cost of living increases, LePage's personal contribution rate to...

So much for austerity, belt-tightening, and shared sacrifice:"Republican senators on Tuesday ramped up calls for a full 2011 defense spending measure despite calls for fiscal austerity. Several GOP Senate Armed Services Committee members joined senior military officials in pressing congressional leaders to draw up a full defense appropriations bill as soon as this week.Republican panel members were especially sharp, pressing U.S. Navy and Marine Corps leaders about whether the ongoing congressional spending standoff will hinder...

Some of you know my stats: single mom, three amazing boys young men. Heck, I have my own YouTube channel with nothing but videos of their particular accomplishments in the arts, etc. so I'm a rather proud mom.My feelings this week have really run the gamut. I'm always proud of them, happy with them, exhausted because of them (LOL), and scared shitless that something will happen to them. How very mom-like, right? I have reason to...

I would love to know more about Mike Huckabee. What I know is troubling enough. I know from the 2008 campaign for the Republican nomination that he's a religious bigot who took this shot at Mitt Romney's Mormonism:"Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"Now I know he's a panderer who knows that in able to get the Republican nomination in 2012 he has to play to the nutballs who will vote in...

With drastic budget cutting and vindictive culture war legislation being considered now in our Texas legislature, everyday people are starting to push back.On Saturday, March 12, a Save Texas Schools rally and march will be held at the State Capitol in Austin. This event will begin at noon. There is hope that this will be a good-sized protest with people coming to Austin from all over the state.On Tuesday, March 15, there will be a Texans Day of Outrage protest at Houston...

Question: How would these two former Republican presidents fare in today's GOP?"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causesme to tremble for the safety of my country...corporations have been enthroned and an era of  corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few...