Thoughts on Viernes...05-18-2006
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRS SWORN-IN
I attended the HCDP's swearing-in party for the county's precinct chairs. It was a packed house at IBEW Hall. I got to schmooze a little with a few CD-02 precinct chairs and gave out a dozen or so Binderim-Buttons, stickers, and the special edition magnets. Enjoyed speaking to some of our leaders, like Stephen David from the Filipino American Caucus for Empowerment, HD-126 candidate and DC fan Chad Khan, HD-150 candidate Dot Nelson-Turnier, and others. Of course, I always enjoy hanging out with my fellow Kingwood activists. I'll have some photos up later--I took a few, but when you're pulling multi-duties it's hard to be the ultimate photog.
Great event. Much like the Democratic Party is about people, this event was about hanging out with our favorite kinds of people and that's what made the event a great one!
THE CUELLAR INTERVIEW
Vince at Capitol Annex interviewed Rep. Henry Cuellar. Thanks, Vince! Allow me to smack him a little:
Cuellar said: I came in and tried to keep my bi-partisanship. To me, my district will always come first, and party second even though a lot of the times we are expected to follow the party line even when that might not be the best thing for your district.
Cuellar voted FOR the tax cuts for the wealthy recently. If my District 2 has less than 3% of households that make over $200K, then the majority of people were getting screwed. Now, Cuellar's district, if my math is correct, has about 1/10th of one percent of folks that make above $200K. How the hell was he supporting his district "first"? Just a thought. I know Cuellar had a press release about how he supported educators and other constituents by voting for the bill, but I just can't buy that.
Anyway, I met the Rep. at the 2004 convention in Houston. I was nice to him, even though he beat Ciro the first the time. I probably agree with him 60 to 70 percent of the time, but it's that 30%, which includes co-sponsorships with racists like McCaul, Sensenbrenner and Culberson and his support for immigrant detention center boondoggles that really get to me. I can tell he has a thing against bloggers. I'm pretty sure I always attacked his policies and not him personally. I can't say much for his supporter that posted hateful comments and sent scary e-mails. But I guess there's "civil" and then there's "civil."
Who is Pro-Cancer?
Common Sense has this post: The FDA is one short step away from approving a vaccine that has been shown to be very effective at preventing cervical cancer. Thursday, an advisory panel unanimously recommended it approval. But it has been a hard road getting here because several religious groups have tried to hold up this vaccine. What? Are there religious reasons to support cancer? What’s this all about?
A must read!
More later, maybe!
I attended the HCDP's swearing-in party for the county's precinct chairs. It was a packed house at IBEW Hall. I got to schmooze a little with a few CD-02 precinct chairs and gave out a dozen or so Binderim-Buttons, stickers, and the special edition magnets. Enjoyed speaking to some of our leaders, like Stephen David from the Filipino American Caucus for Empowerment, HD-126 candidate and DC fan Chad Khan, HD-150 candidate Dot Nelson-Turnier, and others. Of course, I always enjoy hanging out with my fellow Kingwood activists. I'll have some photos up later--I took a few, but when you're pulling multi-duties it's hard to be the ultimate photog.
Great event. Much like the Democratic Party is about people, this event was about hanging out with our favorite kinds of people and that's what made the event a great one!
THE CUELLAR INTERVIEW
Vince at Capitol Annex interviewed Rep. Henry Cuellar. Thanks, Vince! Allow me to smack him a little:
Cuellar said: I came in and tried to keep my bi-partisanship. To me, my district will always come first, and party second even though a lot of the times we are expected to follow the party line even when that might not be the best thing for your district.
Cuellar voted FOR the tax cuts for the wealthy recently. If my District 2 has less than 3% of households that make over $200K, then the majority of people were getting screwed. Now, Cuellar's district, if my math is correct, has about 1/10th of one percent of folks that make above $200K. How the hell was he supporting his district "first"? Just a thought. I know Cuellar had a press release about how he supported educators and other constituents by voting for the bill, but I just can't buy that.
Anyway, I met the Rep. at the 2004 convention in Houston. I was nice to him, even though he beat Ciro the first the time. I probably agree with him 60 to 70 percent of the time, but it's that 30%, which includes co-sponsorships with racists like McCaul, Sensenbrenner and Culberson and his support for immigrant detention center boondoggles that really get to me. I can tell he has a thing against bloggers. I'm pretty sure I always attacked his policies and not him personally. I can't say much for his supporter that posted hateful comments and sent scary e-mails. But I guess there's "civil" and then there's "civil."
Who is Pro-Cancer?
Common Sense has this post: The FDA is one short step away from approving a vaccine that has been shown to be very effective at preventing cervical cancer. Thursday, an advisory panel unanimously recommended it approval. But it has been a hard road getting here because several religious groups have tried to hold up this vaccine. What? Are there religious reasons to support cancer? What’s this all about?
A must read!
More later, maybe!
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