January 31, 2018

Last year's news

Schwertner hasn't changed a bit, however.

January 31, 2018

Well, she might have been prescient

A majority of Democrats polled approve of W these days.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/370186-poll-majority-have-favorable-view-of-george-w-bush

Most of his boost comes from Democrats and independents. A majority of Democrats — 54 percent — now view Bush favorably, while 11 percent did in early 2009, the poll found.

I am not one of those. I do not understand any of those who do. And I thought Pelosi was wrong at the time she said it.

January 30, 2018

LOL

January 28, 2018

I'm voting for Tom Wakely

http://www.texansfortom.com/

January 28, 2018

+100

January 28, 2018

+1

January 25, 2018

I certainly hope not

-- He has no political experience whatsoever. His only claim to fame is that he was the son of a former governor (Mark White).

-- He's personally anti-choice (by Wendy Davis' description of him).

-- And he's an elder in the Presbyterian church (extremely conservative).

The facts: White, 45, is an elder at Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Houston, a conservative congregation that is a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).

[...]

"The PCA, like other evangelical, conservative, orthodox, and traditional Christians from many denominations, believes that from creation God ordained the marriage covenant to be a bond only between one man and one woman. That understanding is what the Church has always believed, taught, and confessed. It is based upon the teachings of the Holy Scriptures and is clearly stated in the doctrinal standards of the PCA."

On homosexuality, the PCA holds a hard-line position.

"Given the serious threat that sexual perversion generally, and homosexuality in particular, represents to young people in our society, the congregations of PCA are encouraged to study the Scriptures, to pray for God's mercy and truth to triumph in the lives of people involved or affected by homosexuality" . . . and encourage church leaders "to warn parents of the homosexual agenda being promoted through the agency of government schools."

"God has plainly spoken of homosexuality in his Word, denouncing both the act and the desire as a sin, condemning this perversion as unnatural, a degrading passion, an indecent act, an error, an abomination, and hence worthy of death," a scriptural reference that is excerpted in the PCA's position on the "homosexual agenda" from 1999.

[...]

White said he sees no divergence between his church's polity and how he would govern if elected governor.

This guy's either bullshitting the Texas Democratic primary voters or he's bullshitting the congregants of his church. Whichever it happens to be, I'm not voting for him.

January 25, 2018

Neil Aquino

goes to this protest -- outside Cornyn's Houston office on Memorial Drive -- every week. I think it's a Houston DSA action.

https://www.neilaquino.com/all-people-have-value/big-sticks-holding-up-signs-at-protest-merit-a-warning-but-giant-guns-are-just-fine-stuff-is-messed-up-in-this-society

January 24, 2018

K&R

January 18, 2018

+1