[AGL] Re: [FedUp] A bit more on the political front...

[Frances Morey]

Harry,
  I am painfully aware of the third world state of the State when it comes to the interests of women and children. The only segments getting representation are those who are able to buy it, plain and simple and that doesn't include most women and no children. 
   
  I agree with your assessment of past governors, and even think Ann was a washout. Indeed, because she was such a disappointment in office she paved the way for Bush in cahoots with Bobby Bullock who once bragged in a meeting, quite out of context, that he has a really big dick. No one pointed out that the emperor's big dick preoccupation was showing, but the story did come to me by way of a witness after Bullock died.
   
  The g'd-old boy's club is deeply entrenched in both parties. Chris Bell, on the other hand, in contrast to the past panoply of preposterous a-holes occupying the governor's office speaks to the heart of the issues you raised as though a blast of fresh air entering a vacuum. I am still suffering from Nader-burn and that's why I decry the Kinkster's campaign. It's not that I disagree with him, or dislike him or the stands he takes, I just doubt that he is electable and I think his race hurts the Democratic candidate more than it does either Goodhair or Gramma.
   
  I WANT A NEW GOVERNOR, DAMMIT--one who is proud to be a liberal and a Democrat.
  Frances

Harry Edwards <laughingwolf at ev1.net> wrote:
  Okay, I'll rise to the bait (gulp). Kinky may be a lot of things, but 
dim-witted ain't one of them. Try this one, Jon:

Texas ranks rock-bottom in providing for the basic needs of its 
youngest and poorest residents. More than one fifth of Texas children 
have no health insurance at all.

In 2003, Texas legislators slashed the Children's Health Insurance 
Program, pulling the rug out from under 170,000 kids. Not only did this 
put more of our children at risk, it ended up costing the state tens of 
thousands of health care jobs and $16 billion in lost productivity. 
Kinky believes this is reckless and short-sighted—no way to invest in 
the future of Texas.

We're a state that prides itself on friendliness and responsibility, 
but the message we're sending our kids is that if you're going to be 
born poor, you'd better not be born in Texas.

On Mar 20, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Jon Ford wrote:

> Well, you can always count on Gerry to stir things up--now the gloves 
> are off all around! I'm backing Frances on this one, because she spoke 
> up to Harry and Gerry, and had the nerve to call Kinky "dimikinky." 
> If that means dim-witted Kinky, I agree thoroughly, and invite those 
> supporting him to cite anything intelligent he ever said, aside from 
> some jokes and a couple of song lyrics.
>
> Jon
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> Nah, I likes to tackle implications from the blindside.
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> On Mar 19, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Frances Morey wrote:
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> Don't jump to any implications...
>
> Harry Edwards wrote:The Dog not the Dogma. Now 
> Frances, I happen to agree with you from
> time to time. (Lemme see, when was the last time . . . ?) And
> substance is in the eye of the beholder. (Among other things) I only
> chimed in when you seemed to imply that organic produce was merely the
> veggies without the external pesticides.
>
> On Mar 18, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
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>> Harry can also be counted on to oppose anything I say whether or not
>> he has anything substantive to add to the discussion. Maybe he is
>> offended by my previous reference to Dimikinky. Oops, that post didn't
>> make it. I may be able to resend it.
>> Frances
>>


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