It’s no secret that Texas criminal law has a heavy hand, and that innocent people are frequently sucked into the system by elected judges who want to appear ‘tuff on crime’. There’s been some house cleaning statewide, but especially in Dallas County since they got a new DA, Craig Watkins. I can’t find any reliable [...]
Folks will probably think I’ve been snacking on the crazy cake, but I’ve got a strong feeling that Texas goes blue this year. Here are some select quotes from delegates to this year’s Texas GOP convention:
But, Etzel said, “I don’t think anybody is all that enthusiastic” about McCain’s candidacy. “McCain is not a [...]
This interactive election guide from NYT is a great resource because they also show the relative results of the last eight presidential contests for each state. I like to think that the way to read this as the effects of having a particularly charismatic figure running for office. The effect of having a Reagan or [...]
By way of addendum, I need to note here a contact made in the TDP booth at the vendor ghetto. I gave my card to a woman who claimed to be the volunteer organizer for the state party. I told her to call me early in the process so I could be more helpful throughout [...]
After arriving home a couple of hours earlier than expected this afternoon, I showered and relaxed into my office chair to catch up on the world. Fifteen minutes later, when I stood up again, I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Every muscle is sore from tip to tail. Even those little [...]
Ugh! These dogs are tired. And my feet hurt, too.
Caucusing is a long and painful process in the best of worlds. What we’re seeing in the Democratic State Convention this weekend is the party for the first time actually having to function on the scale at which it was intended. For several decades, the party [...]
Although I did not garner the expected state convention delegate seat this year, I am still going to be there. The party had to go to a raffle system to determine who would be guests — and who would be volunteers! They’re expecting 15,000-18,000 attendees this weekend at the convention center. I had signed up [...]
The children have finally been allowed to return home to their mothers and their fathers. The state Supreme Court determined that CPS had no basis for taking the children as they did. My current favorite CPS rumor is that everyone in-house is told to save everything for when, not if, they get sued.
This brightly shining [...]
I already have a very low opinion of public school. It did me no favors and does not appear to have improved — perversely, there seems to be a systemic effort to relieve all public schools of the need to teach anything of value.
Sometimes, in isolation, I’ll allow myself to warm up to the [...]
The State’s case against the YFZ rancheros crumbles like a talc cliff. Now, the CPS has admitted in court that 9 of the disputed 27 “underage pregnant girls” were actually older, it turns out that the 14-year-old in the group isn’t actually pregnant.
Super-Kudos to Scott Henson for really staying on top of this whole [...]