When I went to vote early today, it was here in DeSoto, where I live.
DeSoto, every square mile of it, is in Helen Giddings' House District 109. But, somebody from Yvonne Davis, whose District 111 is generally northwest of Giddings' district, was passing out campaign flyers.
Yes, it was early voting and you can vote anywhere, but, still, the staffer should have been asking people if they were from Duncanville or southwest Dallas, at least.
This certainly doesn't help Davis' reputation in either Dallas or Austin political circles.
October 26, 2008
Let them eat taters
No, seriously. Marie Antoinette riffs and Irish potato famine worries aside, potatoes can offer the developing world an important food alternative as grain prices rise.
Their prices stay steady because potatoes’ heavy weight means they aren’t globally transshipped in quantity. They take less water than wheat, let alone corn. And, they’re not used for biofuels.
Some developing countries are already getting on the bandwagon.
Their prices stay steady because potatoes’ heavy weight means they aren’t globally transshipped in quantity. They take less water than wheat, let alone corn. And, they’re not used for biofuels.
Some developing countries are already getting on the bandwagon.
Can we stop putting a halo on Obama’s opt-out fundraising?
First, contrary to the myth perpetuated by this story and many others, Obama has not had, in terms of percentage of donors, a vastly different donor base than John Kerry did.
As far as percentage of funds, he’s not had a difference that’s very significant at all.
And, since his largest donor, by background, was the good folks at Goldman Sachs, to claim that he’s brought some new small-donor ethos to his fundraising is ridiculous.
It’s become the greatest myth since Straight Talk Express.
The reality is that Obama loves the small donors for marketing purposes for this myth.
And, for marketing purposes for active volunteers.
Donate online with a credit card? Obama’s got your e-mail address. His campaign is looking for you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc. To the maximum degree possible with credit cards, and even more with debit cards, he’s finding out personal profile information on you, etc.
Contrary to former Federal Election Commissioner Bradley Smith, rather than proving the old public-financing system for presidential elections is superfluous, it proves it needs revamping:
Horse hockey.
It would be easier to do either ID theft of small donors, or credit card fraud directly against credit card companies in many fake small-donor amounts, than against fat cats.
Also, the coin and move the calendar to 2012. Huckabee, or somebody more charismatic, who can appeal to the Religious Right without being dogmatic, and values “Main Street” over Wall Street or Grover Norquist, and who’s enough younger and more wired than McCain, could pull an Obama.
As far as percentage of funds, he’s not had a difference that’s very significant at all.
And, since his largest donor, by background, was the good folks at Goldman Sachs, to claim that he’s brought some new small-donor ethos to his fundraising is ridiculous.
It’s become the greatest myth since Straight Talk Express.
The reality is that Obama loves the small donors for marketing purposes for this myth.
And, for marketing purposes for active volunteers.
Donate online with a credit card? Obama’s got your e-mail address. His campaign is looking for you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc. To the maximum degree possible with credit cards, and even more with debit cards, he’s finding out personal profile information on you, etc.
Contrary to former Federal Election Commissioner Bradley Smith, rather than proving the old public-financing system for presidential elections is superfluous, it proves it needs revamping:
Obama’s campaign will “put to rest all the shibboleths about campaign finance reform -- that it is needed to prevent corruption, that it equalizes the playing field, or that tax subsidies are needed to prevent corruption.”
Horse hockey.
It would be easier to do either ID theft of small donors, or credit card fraud directly against credit card companies in many fake small-donor amounts, than against fat cats.
Also, the coin and move the calendar to 2012. Huckabee, or somebody more charismatic, who can appeal to the Religious Right without being dogmatic, and values “Main Street” over Wall Street or Grover Norquist, and who’s enough younger and more wired than McCain, could pull an Obama.
Financial crisis a green crisis or opportunity?
While conventional wisdom says the global financial crackup is nothing but bad news for greening the planet, other people say not so fast.
Specifically, look at global warming. In the short term, an economic slowdown means less hydrocarbon and carbon burning, and hence, a slowing in the amount of carbon dioxide introduced into the atmosphere.
And, some analysts think the challenges the financial crisis put up to “the market is always right” school of capitalism bodes well for the future. Read the full story for more of that thought.
Specifically, look at global warming. In the short term, an economic slowdown means less hydrocarbon and carbon burning, and hence, a slowing in the amount of carbon dioxide introduced into the atmosphere.
And, some analysts think the challenges the financial crisis put up to “the market is always right” school of capitalism bodes well for the future. Read the full story for more of that thought.
Obama ready to open Treasury corporate hog trough
Between the $700 bil finance-sector bailout and the $25 bil (and counting) in gimme loans to the former Big Three, many other economic sectors ardently hope to get a cut of the first $250 bil of bailout money, or new bailout-type programs.
And, in what is either his most blatant Rust Belt pandering yet, or a worrisome sign of financial giveaways to pound more sand down a rathole, Obama’s campaign office said Friday he supports the formerly Big Three getting a cut of the first $250 bil of bailout money in addition to the $25 bil in gimme guaranteed loans.
It’s still not too late to vote Green instead of rewarding these anti-environmentalist dinosaurs.
Or a campaign that’s looking more Bill Clinton-like on economic policy all the time.
And, in what is either his most blatant Rust Belt pandering yet, or a worrisome sign of financial giveaways to pound more sand down a rathole, Obama’s campaign office said Friday he supports the formerly Big Three getting a cut of the first $250 bil of bailout money in addition to the $25 bil in gimme guaranteed loans.
It’s still not too late to vote Green instead of rewarding these anti-environmentalist dinosaurs.
Or a campaign that’s looking more Bill Clinton-like on economic policy all the time.
Hate crime or not in NE Texas death?
Sorry, Nation of Islam, New Black Panthers NAACP chapters, etc., but I say just a stupid killing in the killing of Brandon McClelland, by drunk-driving pickup run-over, by two white friends of his.
Note first that word “friends.”
McClelland had even perjured himself, and done jail time for it, in Shannon Keith Finley’s 2004 murder trial.
Second, anecdotes about which candidate you would have a beer with aside, drinking buddies are generally friends and not just acquaintances.
Third, most the bloviators in this situation have a past history of bloviating.
Fourth, before we go any further with “hate crime” talk, besides the autopsy on McClelland, I want blood-alcohol results (if any were done at the time, which they should have been) on both Finley and Charles Ryan Crostley.
Instead of hate crime, I think drunk-driving crime, or under-the-influence crime, is far more likely.
Note first that word “friends.”
McClelland had even perjured himself, and done jail time for it, in Shannon Keith Finley’s 2004 murder trial.
Second, anecdotes about which candidate you would have a beer with aside, drinking buddies are generally friends and not just acquaintances.
Third, most the bloviators in this situation have a past history of bloviating.
Fourth, before we go any further with “hate crime” talk, besides the autopsy on McClelland, I want blood-alcohol results (if any were done at the time, which they should have been) on both Finley and Charles Ryan Crostley.
Instead of hate crime, I think drunk-driving crime, or under-the-influence crime, is far more likely.
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