Welcome to Fort Bend County's only professional political organization.
          This website is serving as a placeholder until I can get a blog going.  I had no idea that Congresschick Shelley Sekula Hyphen Gibbs was going to supply so much entertainment fun in such a short time.         
          This site mostly is about local politics.  Nevertheless, you folks from foreign states can better understand what the fool tarnation is going on down there. 

Here's the deal: This ain't a blog.  It's a professional political organization.  Send me email - I'll post it if I feel like it. 

 

November 15 - Oh no, it gets better.  Or worse.  Depending on how much you like ego gone wild.
          Roll Call (subscription only) reports that Congresschick Shelley was in a snit yesterday.
          Not only did the staff walk out, oh my, but the royal court did not walk in.

She showed up to take over DeLay’s old office on Thursday and, according to sources familiar the office dynamics, was “mean” to the staff. On Tuesday, at her new Member’s open-house reception in the office, sources charged that she was less than pleased that neither President Bush nor Vice President Cheney showed up with the rest of the welcome wagon, despite the fact that others who stopped by included Texas GOP Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn and Texas GOP Reps. Kevin Brady and Michael Burgess. (Apparently, according to sources, she was under the impression that the president of the United States would be there to greet the seven-week Congresswoman.)

          Shelley - listen up.  Put on your big girl panties and get over yourself. Women have worked too long and too hard for you to show up in that damn pink suit with a chip on your shoulder the size of the Sears Roebuck Christmas catalog. 
          We've already had a mean, ego-inflated Congressvarmint.  Didn't like him.  Got him indicted.  Ran his butt outta town.  Learn something from that, okay?
          Just shuddup for the next seven weeks and quit thinking you have a triple digit IQ and your finger on the nuclear war button.  You don't.  You're a ditzy, self-serving twit-ette who the Christian Coalition took a likin' to.  Just pose for some pictures and try blend in. 
          And, by the way, if the staff leaves you have to run the copier by yourself.  Think about that for a minute.

November 15 - Our new Congresschick, who takes herself just a tad too seriously, doesn't appear smart enough to see when she's being patronized.  (Note to staff: avoid Stephen Colbert at all costs.)

"I'm working hard to accomplish the things I'm working for," she said yesterday. "For tax cuts. For immigration reform. To make sure we have a good solution for the war in Iraq."

All that? In a few weeks?

"If there's a way to do it, I'll do it," she said, smiling beneath her bright blond hair. "I'll deal with the leadership to get as much done as possible."

          I think she expected to take Capitol Hill by storm, with everyone lined up to hear her solutions to everything.  How disappointing it must be that they merely found her merely oddly silly.
          Please, somebody, tell her that she doesn't have to smile all the damn time.  It just reminds us of Tom DeLay's "I've Got Jesus In Me" booking picture. 
          However, she does appear to have a mean streak in her that comes out behind doors. 

Rumors circulated around Washington today that members of the staff of erstwhile Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) had resigned en masse from their positions in the office of Texas's 22nd district after it was taken over yesterday by Republican Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. 

“We don't discuss personnel changes," said Lisa DiMond, who serves as Sekula-Gibbs' press secretary, chief of staff, and, until recently, campaign manager. "We had some people here who were transitional," she said, adding that those staffers once worked under DeLay. 

But sources close to the office have confirmed to RAW STORY that the staff members all resigned after a series of confrontations with Sekula-Gibbs. 

“It started when she got to the office Thursday," said one source. The staffers, say the source, "came to the realization that this was a boss they did not want to work with.”

          Bitch with bangs, huh?  (Hey, that sounds like another great band name.)

November 14 - Nice wrap-up of local politics from Mark at View from 22.  It's odd to see him less snarky than normal. 
          He's got numbers and facts and things to prove his point.

November 14 - So this is what its come down to - DeLay informed the FEC that its selling the campaign's furniture: click here
        Those legal fees must be astronomical! Ya think that Bob Perry, after blowing $9 million to elect four Republican (out of twenty) Members of Congress isn't willing to pick up DeLay's legal fees anymore? 
          Everybody keep their eyes pealed to see what kind of car that Tom is driving now that he has to pay for both the car and gasoline.  It's been 25 years since he paid his own bills.

November 14 - I am generally the last person on the planet to catch a fad or something cool, but our friend Kathy just told me about searching with Ms. Dewey. 
          If you haven't tried it, it's fun and mildly entertaining when you get an appropriate response.  Kathy says she searched for "Tom DeLay" and Ms. Dewey brought out a whip.

November 14 - I had to pass through Sugar Land on my way to Stafford yesterday afternoon and I cannot believe what I saw.
          A freekin' Christmas tree. 
          On November 13th. 
          No, seriously, there is a humongous Christmas tree in Sugar Land Town Center in front of city hall. 
          On November 13th.
          You know what this means, don't you? 
          Thus means that Congresschick Shelley Sekula Gibbs could not persuade Mayor David Wallace to put a big turkey in front of his city hall.  What a photo-op that would have been!

         I do have a problem with Christmas trees before I've even decided on the Thanksgiving menu.  I know that Sugar Land exists solely for consumerism, and they depend strongly on you spending all your money at Christmas so they can afford to pour more cement and coax more stores to come here so you can spend all your money so they can pour more cement to ......
          I guess it all came home to me when a local Republican leaked me this from the GOP email newsletter ----

Christmas Party - Republican Party of Fort Bend County 

You are invited to the The Republican Party of Fort Bend County's Christmas party on Tuesday, December 5th from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM at the Prosperity Bank in Sugar Land.  For information please contact Gary Gillen, Chairman

          They are having their Christmas Party at a bank.  I guess they're gonna lock Little Baby Jesus in the vault for safekeeping until the next time Commissioner Andy Meyers or State Rep. Charlie Howard needs some votes.

November 13 - Karl Rove didn't see this coming ten days before election?  Whassup with that - he can't see lightening or hear thunder?

His confidence buoyed everyone inside the West Wing, especially the president. Ten days before the elections, House Majority Leader John Boehner visited Bush in the Oval Office with bad news. He told Bush that the party would lose Tom DeLay's old seat in Texas, where Bush was set to campaign. Bush brushed him off, Boehner recalls. "Get me Karl," the president told an aide. "Karl has the numbers."

          Good Lord, this was over the minute Tom DeLay and Rick Perry decided to play cute with it and try to game the system.  Even Republican judges were tired of DeLay gaming the system.
          I admit that the Lampson campaign did everything they could to screw it up, but they couldn't lose this one - anyone on the ground could see that.
           But then that's the problem - political consultants aren't on the ground.  Don't even get me started on political consultants - it's far too early in the morning for that.

November 11 - My friend Cindy in San Diego sent me a picture she took from a moving car ---

          Actually, this is a franchise operation, you know.  You can dial 1-800-BIG-HAIR and find a shop anywhere in America.

November 11 - Thank you, Veterans.  And to all who are still serving - help is on the way! 

November 10 - I need to do some housecleaning around here at the beauty shop so I’ll only be posting sporadically for the next couple of weeks. 
          Consider this fair warning to make copies of anything here that you’d like to keep, because I’ll be changing format to a …. (overly dramatic heavy sigh) …. blog. 
          Things change, dammit.
          I’ve been doing this since June of 1997, when it was The Brazos River Yacht Club and Bait Camp.  In fact, best anyone knows, I was the first website in Fort Bend County.  Amazing, huh?  I was a blog before the term was invented. 
          I taught myself how to make a website.  I’m not very good at it but that’s the joy of being Juanita – you only have to be good at one thing.  Hair. 
          I have done this site for the entertainment of solely myself a few friends.  Though no fault of my own, there’s people I don’t even know reading this website.  I downloaded this picture early this morning from my new web counter.  Who the hell are you people? 

 

           I’ve decided to put these people to work.  If I get them do some of the writing, I’ll have more time to watch Paula Dean cook, and to teach my dog, Truman, to fetch the morning newspaper properly.
          The new re-design will allow comments, but there will be some rules.  I haven’t made them up yet, but I’ll get some rules.  Momma comes here, and Momma ain’t putting up with crapola from your dirty mouth. 
          We’re gonna try this new design but it’s gonna take some effort on your part, so start thinking about what you want to say.  I have to learn to use a new program and design a new logo.  That shouldn’t take me too long unless Paula is baking a coconut cake or pecan fried chicken.
          Oh yeah, while I was typing this stuff I came up with a rule.  Number One Rule:  Juanita Rules.            

November 9 - Local politics?  What Hal said.

November 9 - We're taking our country back.  Democrats now control the Senate. 
          Momma asked me what I thought about having a female Speaker of the House.  I told Momma that I was gonna wear my boobs a little higher today in honor of Speaker Pelosi.  I think all women should. 

          Well, except maybe for this woman:

          You know, the one holding the "Pelosi's Lapdog" sign back in April.  That woman needs a dipstick to check her estrogen level.  She's about a quart low.  
          Backview to save her the embarrassment:

November 8 - Democracy Rocks!  Those of you who have been following the Roseland, Indiana, tirade of the Snyders on this site - as kindly provided by our friend Kathy - will be thrilled to know that their reign of misconduct is over.  Over, I tell you!

ROSELAND — The people have spoken in Roseland with one voice.

Unofficial results Tuesday showed 207 people voted against increasing the Roseland Town Council from three to five members. Just 28 voted yes, resulting in a margin of 88 percent to 12 percent.

[some other good reading.]

When the votes were counted at the Town Hall, Penn supporters began shouting and horns went off.

“It was a celebration of the whole town. The town had been waiting for this for two years,” Penn said.

The celebration continued in full force at the Clay Township Civic & Democratic Club in Roseland, where Penn and his supporters happily cheered when the results showed on TV.
 

          It kinda restores your faith in government.  Well, this and the fact that all the Republican men in Fort Bend County will suffer erectile dysfunction when a woman becomes Speaker of the House.

November 8 - Our buddy Alfredo points out something interesting.  Fort Bend's own Bob Perry just swirled $9 million down the down the garbage disposal.  And it grinded a happy little tune all the way down.
          Bob Perry spent more than $9 million through his Economic Freedom Fund, Americans for Honesty on Issues, and Fluffy White Guys for Honest Golf Carts and Synthetic Testosterone (okay, so I made up the last one.  So sue me.)  running attack ads against a dozen Democratic candidates. Ten won, one lost and one is in a recount:

The Economic Freedom Fund has run negative advertising against incumbent Democratic Reps. John Barrow (Ga.), Alan Mollohan (W.Va.), and Leonard Boswell (Iowa). Americans for Honesty on Issues has made independent expenditures opposing Democratic challengers Baron Hill (Ind.), Brad Ellsworth (Ind.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Patricia Madrid (N.M.), Bruce Braley (Iowa), Ken Lucas (Ky.), Ed Perlmutter (Colo.), Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.).

          Look, if Perry wants to waste money, that's his business, but I wish he'd waste it at my shop.  I mean, let's face it, Doylenne could use a new do, and some face time with Thelma, if ya know what I mean.
          Along with the wasted $9 million, Perry now faces an IRS problem.  Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.  Unless, of course, the guy was Andy Meyers.

November 8 - Okay, it's noon and I'm almost awake.  Almost.  Still in my jammies, but my eyes are semi-open and I brushed my teeth. Anything more than that would make my head hurt and I don't even drink.
          Rumsfeld resigns and the world is immediately a better place. 
          Tom DeLay still thinks he's a political genius - he certainly was in Congressional District 22 - and is almost relishing seeing the Republicans lose.

While DeLay said he was "personally disappointed" that a Democrat won his vacated seat, he said the "saving grace is Nick Lampson's going to be a one-term congressman," due to the fact that Sekula-Gibbs received more votes in her special election than Lampson did yesterday.

          Duh, Tom's medications must be running out because Lampson didn't run in the special election.  No Democrat did.

"What you're going to see is investigation, defunding the war and raising taxes by -- because they can raise taxes by doing nothing -- (chuckles) -- and let the tax extensions expire," DeLay continued. "So that's probably what you've got to look forward to in the next two years."

He chuckles?  He chuckles?  Is he taking Rush's drugs?

          I'm posting some cool Emails from Hell, going to have lunch with a friend, and then taking a looooong nap.

November 7 - I am a Fort Bend Democrat.
          Because I support stem cell research, I have been called a murderer by a woman who has never held her own dying child in her arms.
          Because I want Donald Rumsfeld gone, I have been called a Terrorist Encourager by a man who never served in the military nor has any of his three enlistment-age children living at home.  My son is a decorated Gulf War veteran.
          Because I support freedom of religion for all God's children, I have been called a Christ-hater by a woman who claims to be a Christian.
          Because I favor educating every child, and providing health care for all children because children do not get to pick their parents, I have been called a Supporter of Illegals by a man who doesn’t ask who is doing his yardwork.
          Because I believe that all of us should want America to be great, strong, and free and be should be willing to sacrifice for that, I have been called a Tax-and-Spend Liberal. 
          Because I believe that war-profiteering should be illegal, I have been called anti-business.
          Because I believe that an honest day’s work should be rewarded with an honest day’s pay and a livable wage, I have been called a radical.
          No matter what happens tonight, no matter how the vote turns out, I will still be a proud Fort Bend Democrat tomorrow.  Because I believe that America can do better.

November 7 - Those of you who saw the documentary Last Man Standing will love this story.
          The movie documents the campaign of Democrat Patrick Rose, and all-American kind of kid who ran for the State Lege against Rick Green, an ultra rightwing Christian Coalition Republican.  One of the highlights of the movie was toward the end when Green said to the camera that he’d like to punch Rose “right in the face.”  It made all of Green’s claims of being Christian man he is seem hollow and hypocritical. 
          Patrick Rose won a stunning victory in the race.
          Well, Harvey Kronberg is reporting that Green picked Jesus’s property to let Rose have it.   

Hays County Sheriff's Department confirms an altercation broke out between Rep. Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs) and Rick Green at Sunset Canyon Baptist Church, an election day polling site.

Rose confirms that Green approached him at the polling place around noon, pushed him and did punch him. Rose suffered no serious injury and will not speculate on Green's motives. Beyond that, Rose is saying little.

Rose remains a gentleman.

 November 7 - One of the funniest things I've seen in a while has been Fox news trying to explain how it could happen that their hero - Dubya - is polling at 34%.  This is how they do math at Fox.  If the nukbers don't match the news, turn off the sound!

November 7 - Already there's problems in Fort Bend County.  The Chronicle is documenting some of them and so is Bob Dunn.

Reportedly, machines at the church location had been inadvertantly mixed up with voting machines from another district, however, county officials could not immediately be reached for comment. 

Mailaise noted that the period before work is often a popular time to vote. And, he added, the Lampson campaign had targeted the district – which voted almost 50% for John Kerry in the most recent presidential election. Lampson expected to pick up a significant percentage of the votes. 

“These voters were definitely disenfranchised, I believe,” Malaise said. “Our attorneys are trying to talk to J.R. Perez,” Fort Bend County’s elections administrator. But as of mid-morning, Perez had not returned the campaign’s calls.

          I just heard from a poll watchers that the the Justice Department just walked into the Beasley poll.
          I'll be posting off and on today.  I plan to be out with my camera.  The rotten Republicans took down all the Democratic signs at the First Colony poll - Shelley's favorite bathroom stop - and put them in the dumpster.  Hey, they were expecting more of Andy's signs!  This behavior is a step up from Andy.

November 6 - Our good customer Ellen did her own version of our signs ---

She made this sign in response to Republican County Commissioner Andy Meyers and his "Want Higher Taxes: Vote Democrat."

          Okay, Andy Meyers paid $2,800 for these signs and we're trying to raise $2,800 ourselves to prove that Andy is the gift that keeps on giving.  We're getting about half way there, so pitch in and help us rub Andy's nose in it!

November 6 - Okay, okay, this is the best.  No, seriously, it is. Our tape-recorder friend Dave hollered at the President personally when Dubya called him this morning.  No, seriously.  Listen for yourself.  It's a hoot.
          If you link to this, please include a request to buy Dave some more tape recorder batteries by donating right here.

November 6 - We completely understand, and are sympathetic to, the fact that the the Republican Party didn't show up with the promised $3 million dollars for Shelley and her Republican Party martyr mission, but for goodness sake, woman, do not do this!

          Shelley, or maybe Veronica Torres' opponent, was too cheap to buy t-posts, so they put Shelley's sign over the Veronica Torres' sign, like a sandwich.
          Cute trick, Girlfriends, but one of my favorite fellas removed it last night. 
          Every Democrat in the county is armed with a camera and dangerous when it come to Republican tricks this week.

November 5 - The vicious, hateful, heathen son-of-a-motherless-goat put up his Political Pornography right there on the highway for everyone to see.
          Commissioner Andy Meyers picked one of the busiest roads in the county and an area with a significant Muslim population. 
          If you're new here, Andy Meyers is a county commissioner, Republican of course, with s-e-x- issues.

Please note that he put it with other Republican candidates. 

On a very busy road.
          But, we fixed it by asking if everybody has Had Enough of Republican hate and lies.  Please help us fight this ------

If you do nothing else today, please donate a few dollars to Fort Bend Democrats to help us fight Republican elected officials in this county!  Send Andy Meyers a message with your checkbook.  Small contributions will be rewarded with our deep gratitude!  We are in the belly of the beast and we need good Democrats everywhere to help us take it down!
          You can use Visa, Master Card, American Express, or Discover card, or you can pay through your checking account. 

Mark at View from 22 has a nifty little post about it, complete with a cool video.  Mark makes me laugh.

November 5 - I know I haven't said anything about Ted Haggart and how you should never trust anybody who is obsessed with how nasty hoochy koochy is.  I've been kinda unnaturally silent about it.
          That's because it hurts my head to think about it.  I mean, Honey, if I was a Republican woman right now, I'd be looking at my husband real funny-like.  I'd be checking him for the smell of Calvin Klein for Men.
          And any Republican male over the age of 35 who isn't married --- well, the Republicans have totally ruined that whole eligible bachelor thing, haven't they? 
          I kinda feel sorry for Republicans.  I mean, between all their sex problems, their spent-all-our-money-an-didn't-even-catch-Osama problem, their can't-fight-a-war problem and Commissioner Andy Meyers, Brian Gaston, and Liz "23"  Mitton talking for them, it can't be easy.

November 5 - For those of you following local politics, the last line of this short blog entry is priceless.
          Folks, please vote for Veronica Torres.  We cannot listen to 4 years of Annie Elliott's whine.  Well, I guess we could, but I'd really rather walk around with rocks in my shoes if it's all the same to you.  The rock in shoe thing is far less annoying.

November 4 - He's nuts.  He's freekin' nuts.  The greedy little grub toad is has now written a letter to the editor defending his signs. 

Bottom line: “Want Higher Taxes? Vote Democrat,” “Want More Illegals Vote Democrat,” “Encourage Terrorists, Vote Democrat.”

          Hey, Andy, according to YOUR logic, I should make a sign that says, "Want More Child Molesters?  Vote Republican"  and "Want More National Debt?  Vote Republican."  How 'bout, "Love Corruption?  Vote Republican."
          Folks, it's just good-ole-Republican self delusion from the Prince of Political Porn.  I've Had Enough.  I'm taking on Andy Meyers personally. 

November 4 - This is Commissioner Andy Meyer's poor counterpart.  You know, Andy Meyers without vendor money and a taxpayer financed 17% raise to waste on their own signs.

         This is down in Clear Lake, Shelley's hometown.  Nice folks, huh?
          Had Enough?

November 4 - I do not know what pictures Donald Rumsfeld has of George Bush, but they have to be bad.  Consider this ----

An editorial set to appear on Monday -- election eve -- in four leading newspapers for the military calls for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

The papers are the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times. They are published by the Military Times Media Group, a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. President Bush said this week that he wanted Rumsfeld to serve out the next two years.

          I rarely comment on national events, but it seems the only way we'll get rid of Rumsfeld is to vote Democratic.  That, or get some pictures of our own.
          By the way, I noticed that Commissioner Andy Meyers' draft age children have not enlisted yet.  They must support the terrorists. 

November 3 - Just when you thought his tape recorder was broken.  Our friend and customer Dave got a call from Ohio.
          Shelley has unpaid volunteers calling from Iowa!  How come all these people who don't know her support her?  Ain't that something!

November 3 - Now you people from foreign countries can see why we need to get rid of Judge Brady Idiot, er Elliott.
          Elliott is a disgrace to the bench.  See just one of his little problems.

November 3 - Rats!  I was hoping for a professional explanation of why Republicans forget so much, like their manners, campaign promises, or opps! to enlist in the military.

A key defense witness - a proposed memory expert - in the CIA/Leak trial of I Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Cheney, will not be allowed to testify at the upcoming trial. 

Judge Reggie Walton, in an opinion Thursday, wrote the testimony of memory expert, Dr. Robert Bjork, chairman UCLA's psychology department, would be a "waste of time," and could mislead and confuse a jury.

November 3 - Channel 13 in the big city had a story last night about Andy Meyers and his "Encourage the Terrorists: Vote Democrat" billboards. They haven't put the story online yet, but you might email them and ask them to let you see it for yourself. It would be worth your effort just to see Andy dragging those signs around his backyard.
          While you're there, check out the flip-flop by Shelley. 

November 3 - Gary Gillen, bless his heart.  No, seriously.  Bless his heart.  During the hullabaloo over Andy Meyer’s mean, hateful, and spiteful signs, Gillen took a right turn at the corner and wandered off into a deja whaaaat moment.
          While being interviewed by the local newspaper, Gillen said of the sign controversy ---- 

A third sign had been created which did not cause as much controversy. The sign reads "Want Higher Taxes - Vote Democratic." The lack of outcry over that particular sign, claimed Gillen, shows Democrats do not disagree with its message.

          I would guess that was an attempt at self-depreciating humor, but Gillen has no self-depreciating humor, so that’s out.
          Okay, I can explain it to him, but I can’t understand it for him.
          Here’s my best shot.  I’ll use little words.
          Gary, I’ll type real slow so you can read it real slow.  The Democrats objected to the two signs that stepped over the edge of decent discourse (talk).  The Democrats did not think the inane (silly) idea that Democrats would raise taxes was odious (mean and hateful), just tired and asinine (your butt is big).  That’s why they didn’t object to it.  They don’t agree with it.  I mean, think about it – that sign just reminds people that the Republican have run up the national debt and hate their grandchildren.
          One other thing, the newspaper says that Pressler’s name is Jaime.  That’s a mistake or a lie.  He’s registered to vote as James (registration # 00334341), and filed an official government document with the name James.  Maybe he’s just trying to be cute.  He’s not.

November 2 - My friend Muse was at the Democratic headquarters today and she took pictures of the adopt-a-signs orders.
          When I'd get an order, I'd call her.  She'd make the sign and then send it out to put in front of polls.  We're becoming an organized machine here, Folks! 
          Thank you, Andy Meyers!  You're the best salesman the Democrats ever had. 


         Thanks you, Muse; you're a great friend and an outstanding Democrat! 

November 2 - It's official.  CREW filed a formal complaint against Bob Perry. 

Washington, DC – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) complaint against Americans for Honesty on Issues (AFHOI), a registered 527 organization, for failing to report contributions and expenditures as required by federal law

          You can see all the supporting exhibits at the CREW website.  It looks like a lay down to me.

November 2 - A milestone has been reached.  House Campaigns Pass $1 Billion Mark, and 90% of it was spent on negative ads and really, really bad political consultants.
          Okay, the second part was just commentary, but damn good commentary.

November 2 - He's baaaaaack.
          Hot Tub Tom DeLay says that waterboarding is not torture. 

"I don't think water boarding is torture," DeLay said. "My definition of torture is you physically harm someone by cutting them, by cutting their fingers, sticking things in their eyes, sticking their fingers in electric sockets. Water boarding is a frightening experience. But the person does not have physical damage."

          He's probably had plenty of experience at it.  After all, most hot tubs are over his head. 
          You know the sickest part - you can tell that he sits around thinking of ways to really torture people. 

November 2 - Every now and then, an opening paragraph to a story peeks your curiosity so deeply that you read a story that you would otherwise ignore.  Such is the case at Fort Bend Now this morning.

City of Sugar Land officials acknowledged Thursday that a woman touched a rabid bat on Saturday, then pushed it into a box with a stick that “later came into contact with her mouth.”

          Now, you know for a fact that you're going to read that story to find out why she licked a stick.  You just gotta know.  Besides, it's in Sugar Land - where they put all manner of crazy stuff in their mouths.
         

November 2 - Well, there’s a full brew war over at Fort Bend Now, with James Pressler, the man who made money off the hateful signs, trying to contend that only undocumented workers commit crimes in Houston. 
          There’s County Commissioner and lunatic fringe rightwing religious nut Andy Meyers cutting-and-pasting everything he can find on Rush Limbaugh’s site to defend his hatefulness in proper Christian terms.  Please note that Andy is posting during work hours, while you’re paying his salary.  This is my favorite Andy Meyers story.
          Andy also contended that he did not take down Smithers' sign to replace it with one of his own.  Hey Andy, there's pictures, you fool!
          Then there’s BG (former Sugar Land City Councilman and Christian Coalition Cheerleader Brian Gaston) defending Commissioner Meyers because Gaston is too cheap to actually spend his own money. 
          And, lastly, there’s In-the-know, defeated school board candidate Liz Mitton, who lacks guts but not gall.  She has a very sporadic voting record, but she’s still defending Tom DeLay.  Bless her heart, do you think she realizes yet that she's their Katherine Harris?  Honey, she needs to put on her big girl panties and post under her real name.
          There ya have it – a small grouping of Fort Bend’s Christian right: a Real Fun Bunch filled with love!
          If ya have a mind to, go join the fray!  Just like here, keep it clean because my Momma goes there, too, and she'll whip your hiney for talking dirty.
          By the way, the Houston Chronicle picked up on it in the print paper and online by linking to Muse's site.

November 2 -  Have a confession to make.
          I know I’ve told you before that I’m a natural blonde.  I am.  I’m a pretty simple person.  I generally don’t “get” deep meanings or a lot of symbolism stuff.  I think that makes life easier.
          So, every time I saw Shelley, I secretly kinda liked her.  She’s a hippie.  I knew this to be true because she flashes the Peace symbol every where she goes.  I mean I figured out within a day or two that it wasn’t the V for Victory symbol because she hasn’t won and she won’t.   
          I saw her at a political event and she smiled at me and gave me the Peace sign.  I flashed it back, although I thought a Republican probably didn’t want other Republicans to see that.  Republicans are for war, unless, of course, they have to actually fight in it. 
          So, for a long time, I thought she was a closet hippie and might be more liberal than I first suspected. 
          Seriously, I finally figured out that the fingers she’s giving us are two – vote for her twice.  Don’t worry, I ain’t putting that stupid Beer Barrel Polka song on my sweet website to demonstrate her sign.  I may be simple, but I’m not a hick.   
          They ought to be rules against mistreating the V for Victory and the Peace sign when there’s accordion music in the background.     

November 1 - This isn't real important and if you haven't been following the Andy Meyers sign saga, skip on over this and read something else, but I have to tell you something.  Muse is very disappointed. 
          I had promised her that she could go with Marsha and me to take down Andy Meyer’s hideous signs.  She was going to take the moving picture camera to document it all for our grandchildren and any possible courts of law that might be interested.
          Mainly, I think, she wanted to witness Marsha and me getting our pleasantly bountiful rumps thrown into a police car against our wills.  I ain’t going easy, Honey. 
          She is so disappointed.
          This is a rural area and quality entertainment is hard to come by. 
          She has even considered "borrowing" some of Andy’s signs and putting them up just as bait.  Muse is a desperate woman. 

          By the way, I did some math.  If Andy’s not lying, okay-okay-I-said-IF, and he really does have only 30 of these signs, that means that he spent $80 a piece for them.  That man got ripped off. 
          Not that I object to rippin’ off Andy Meyers.  I don’t.  He deserves it.  I’d certainly rip him off given half a chance.  But, dude, he got ripped off by his own political party.  That’s cold.
          I know that wasting $2,800 is nothing to Andy Meyers.  He’ll just go stand down on County Non-bid Contract corner one night in his “Hey, Vendor Baby” outfit and come home with his garter belt filled with hundred dollar bills. 
          (Oh Lord, I can’t even think about a picture of that.  I’ve grossed myself out!  I'm sorry.  I have to stop and collect myself.) 

          ON EDIT ONCE I COLLECTED MYSELF:  It is interesting to note that Andy Meyer's website (Letter to Republican Precinct Chairs and the lovely Andy Meyers vs. Nick Lampson - Winning the Congressional District 22 Race In November 2006) still has him listed as an announced candidate for Congress from CD22, but he has not filed any reports with the FEC.  Hummmm ....    
          Don't try to be tricky and change it real quick, Andy, because I've got it saved!

November 1 - According to Political Money Line, our own Bob Perry may be in a heap o' trouble.

Section 527 Group Faces $1 Million Fine?

Americans For Honesty on Issues, an organization that registered as a Section 527 with the I.R.S. on August 28, has no third quarter disclosure report (through 9/30) or pre-election disclosure report (10/1 to 10/18) available to the public on the I.R.S. website as of noon today. The organization is believed to have received at least $3 million in receipts, with the sole known donor being Texan Bob Perry. 

The organization reported to the FEC it raised $2 million and spent $1,427,964 on electioneering communications from 9/1 to 10/9. The only donor was Bob Perry ($2 million on 9/1). The group also reported to the FEC it raised $1 million and spent $369,778 on electioneering communications from 10/27 to 10/30. The only donor was Bob Perry ($1 million on 10/27). 

This organization may become the poster example of how seriously the I.R.S. enforces its own filing and disclosure requirements. I.R.S. release IR-2004-110 states, “An organization that fails to timely report, fails to include all required information about contributions and disbursements, or that reports incorrect information is required to pay 35 percent of the amount related to the failure.”

          More importantly, irony is still not dead.  "American(s) For Honesty on Issues" has one contributor -- Swiftboater Bob Perry.  And the cherry on top is that he wasn't honest about reporting laws. 
          Bob Perry has contributed generously District Attorney John Healey and Judge Brady Elliott.  I hope he didn't forget to contribute to the FEC members. 
          Sarcasm is just another friendly free service we offer here at The World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.

November 1 - Fort Bend Now gives you a ringside seat to watch while Commissioner Andy Meyers buries himself.  He's lower than a mole's belly on digging day.         

         Meyers truly believed he wouldn't get caught putting up his hate signs.  I'm tickled hot pink to know that, with your help,  we really got to him with our Had Enough? signs. 

Also, Pressler said the intent was to find something to help counter the “Had Enough? Vote Democrat” campaign.

          It's not too late to adopt one in Andy's honor!  We'll get them out this weekend!

Meyers said he had tried to work with local Republican political candidates to help them find ways “to tell everyone who we are, and who (the Democrats) are.” But he felt the candidates were reluctant to act on their on behalf.”

          However, it is too late to give Andy a soul.

          By the way, Meyers or Pressler has yet to explain who tore down Smithers sign and stole the t-posts.  Wouldn't that be a violation of the law?  Shouldn't someone tell Annie Elliott?

November 1 - Our friend, Hal, over at Half Empty has an excellent post about recent happenings here in Fort Bend by the Republican Party.  You'll see an ad that was sent out by a local Democratic candidate to the large South Asian community in Fort Bend. 
         By playing to the base with people like the Republican precinct chair in the ad, Commissioner Andy Meyer's hands are so dirty with hate that the local health department has declared them a bio-hazard.  He's not even allowed to use the sink at the Dairy Queen or the Shell Station.  He even has to wear plastic gloves to fish.  He's not allowed to rent a bowling bowl.  I could go on and on.
          I ain't kidding about doing time.  Marsha and I are going out all weekend to take those hateful signs down.  Marsha can hold her own in a fight (she's the one who got beat-up by the Republicans last Spring) and I know a pretty good lawyer who might make our bail. 

November 1 - Tom DeLay announces "I haven't had no ethical problems."  See it for yourself. 
          I would like to thank the about 50 people who emailed me the link early in this morning.  I love each and every one of you. Every time I opened one, I needed less coffee to get going. 

October 31 - Okay, it gets worse.

          You might want to read a couple of the posts below if you haven’t been keeping up today. 
          Take a look at the sign here.  See something on the ground behind the “Illegals” sign?  Go ahead, I’ll wait and be here when you get back.
          That little tad of blue got me pondering.  I drove over to the sign site just to check and see if it was what I thought it was. 
          It is. 
          It’s a "Republicans for Bob Smithers" sign.  These sons-of-a- motherless-goat Republicans cut down a Bob Smithers sign, stole his t-posts, and put up this rotten “Illegals” sign. 
          Then, to prove what little cowards they are, when they heard that there would be a press conference at the sign held by Democrats, they cut the "Illegals" sign down, too, and put it face down on the ground, covering the Smithers sign.
          Okay, so I’m a natural blonde and I left my camera at home.  Duh.  But, just before sundown, I got a picture of it all with my camera phone. 

          I guess what bother me most is that these signs were paid for by us - the taxpayers - because Commissioner Andy Meyers is the campaign contribution kickback king.  You know he paid for this out of his campaign slush fund. 
          Expect them plastered all over the county this weekend.  Expect me to go to jail for cutting them down. 

October 31 - Well, well, well - isn't this a cute Republican trick?  These guys are slimy as boiled okra.
           The signs (see below) including the one about Democrats being terrorists were not the work of a lone Republican nutcase.
          No, siree.
          Take a little lookie right here at this PDF.   It seems that Mr. Pressler got $2,800 from Commissioner Andy Meyers to pay for these signs, and according to the Texas Ethics Commission there are plenty more signs to come. 
          Hey Andy, Mr. Christian Coalition, when Sweet Jesus comes back, He's gonna be plenty hacked about your signs.  I'm personally telling Him about them.  I'm also going to point you out in the crowd.  Maybe you can use those signs to build a shelter when you're left behind. 
          For you folks who haven't been around very long, the religious right was all upset at Pressler back in 2004 for slimy tactics against them.  The religious right has no moral center or code of ethics; they will give ten pieces of silver to whoever will do their dirty work.
          There are enough signs ordered to cover every voting precinct on election day.  The media has been alerted.

October 31 -  Fort Bend Republican political consultant James Pressler rears his ugly head again.  Well known for political scams, Pressler has taken to putting up offensive signs at early voting locations. 
          Here’s one right in front of Republican headquarters.

  

          There was another one (sorry, no picture) at Garcia Middle School that said Democrats are for the Terrorists.  The school took it down.  Many of their students are from the mideast.
          They have another one that less offensive, but very stupid.  It’s says, Want Higher Taxes? Vote Democrat.  Geezzeee, how ‘bout that national debt?  Hate Your Grandchildren?  Vote Republican. 
          Republican Party Chairman Gary Gillen says there’s nothing he can do about it. 

          Pressler's PAC is on the bottom of the sign. 
          It is especially odd that this sign would go up the day after Bush was here.  Most Democrats in Congress support the President's program for immigration. 

October 31 - Unelected Judge Pedro Ruiz, who is quite possibly the twirpest twit in a big ole chunk of Texas, had a 1:30 docket yesterday with about 50 defendants, lawyers and Lord only knows how many Assistant DA's.
          Judge Ruiz ceremoniously reset ALL the cases so he could go see President Bush at the Sugar Land airport (7 miles away) at 5:00.  Okay, let's review, 1:30, 5:30, 7 miles, a hunk o' taxpayer money.
          All we could figure is that the Secret Service was doing an ego-check at the door. 

October 31 - The long arm of Tom DeLay's golfing buddy runs all the way to Montana.  Jack Abramoff has become a campaign issue in the Billings Gazette.

HELENA - A Republican media consultant and friend of indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff recently wrote a letter to a Montana newspaper saying Burns' staff ate so many free meals at Abramoff's restaurant, people joked they would have "starved to death" without the lobbyist.

          Montana.  Big skies, big appetites.   

October 31 - For a full report of Bush's visit to Sugar Land yesterday, you gotta read Bob Dunn at Fort Bend Now.

The only way we won’t succeed in Iraq is by leaving before the job is done,” he said. And as for the Democrats, “It’s a serious political party in the midst of a war, and they don’t have a plan for success. They don’t have a plan for victory.”

 “Their approach comes down to this – the terrorists win and America loses,” President Bush said as the partisan crowd booed loudly. “I’m not saying the Democrats are unpatriotic. I’m just saying they’re wrong.”

          And the President was very nice to Mayor Dave Williams. 
          However, the talk of the town is that Republicans didn't even bother to introduce their local candidates at this event.  I guess the President doesn't believe that all politics are local. 
          Bob also throws some light on the poll.

October 30 - People have been asking me if I’m going to protest the President this afternoon since he’ll be right down the street from me. 
          No, I am not going.
          I chose to just ignore him.  You know, like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld do. 
          Bush will be appearing at Sugar Land Regional Airport.  Here’s where it’s at.  It is at the busiest intersection of two major roadways, Highways 6 and 90A, with a major freeway right beside it. 
          Men far wise than I am have decided that 5:00 p.m. is the best time to do this.  On a normal day, at 5:00 p.m. the entire area is a parking lot.  Trying to get home from work, you will sit in traffic for 45 minutes in this exact area during rush hour. 
          Men far wiser than I am have decided that pouring concrete is a magnificent thing, so the entire area is currently “under construction” with lots of heavy equipment and torn-up roadways.  “Under construction” is a nice word for Hell Hole. 
          Men far wiser than I am have decided that bringing a President whose approval ratings are generally the same numbers as my freezer temperature is a dandy idea, and doing it at a time that guarantees to hack-off people trying to get home from work with the sun in their eyes is charming.
          No, I won’t be going, but this guy will.

October 30 - Most of you have heard about the District 22 numbers from the Zogby poll.

Thirty-five percent of respondents said they would vote for a write-in candidate, a statistical tie with the 36 percent support for Democrat Nick Lampson, according to the poll of more than 500 likely voters in the 22nd Congressional District.

          Go look at the numbers.  They’ve been cooked, plated nicely, and served with a little advertising sauce.  Leave it to the Chronicle and the tv station (both of who want to make more advertising dollars off this race) to try to jumpstart the numbers.
          According to the poll, 35% say "they'd vote for a write-in."  Note the careful wording; I wonder if they even asked what election?  Of those 35%, 79% say they'll vote for Shelley.  That drops the overall numbers significantly, to 28% to be exact.  However, the Chronicle headlines the 35%.
          It would have been less dishonest for the Chronicle to just wave a big flag, shoot off some fireworks, and whine loudly, “Hey, we were expecting a $10 million dollar race with Tom DeLay.  We needed the increased advertising to keep our lazy rumps in business for a another year or two.”
          Additionally, you cannot poll how confusing the ballot is.  How many will actually do it once they are in the booth?  I’m semi-computer literate and I had trouble prancing through the ballot to find the school board bonds.
          My defense, however, does not in any way release the Lampson campaign for the (ir)responsibility of spending perfectly good Democratic money to give Shelley name recognition and credibility.  They are polling at 36%.  Hell, two years ago, Richard Morrison, with no money and the dumbest campaign manager on the face of the earth, got 37% of the vote. 
          (mumble, mumble, grouch, grouch) damn consultants (mumble, mumble) know it all (grouch, grouch) screw up a one man parade (mumble) grrrrrrr…. cave-dwelling twits ……… 

 October 29 - One more reason to wonder who the Republicans will find to fill Jack Abramoff's shoes. 
          The St. Petersburg Times has an interesting take on the power of cronyism, telling the story of a State Department worker who saw abuse to human beings and was canned for mentioning it. Our local shame comes from ..... 

In the late 1990s, Congress almost put a stop to the worst abuses by forcing the Marianas to adopt U.S. minimum wage and immigration laws. A bill passed the Senate unanimously. But former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, whom Abramoff brought to the Marianas over the 1998 New Year, blocked the effort in the House.

          There are Republicans right here in this district still defending Tom DeLay.  They won't need a costume to come to my house Tuesday night.

October 29 - Do not click this link unless you're in a private place with your speakers turned down to a respectable level. 
          First off, whose bright idea was it to have a campaign song be sung to the Beer Barrel Polka?  Honey, add an accordion player and some suds and Shelley's request of "write me in" sounds a little kinky, but not in that wannabe Governor kind of way.
          This ad, and this ad alone, is worth the price of my satellite radio.

October 29 -  CNet has done the hard scientific research and the results are in.  The Worst Political Websites in America.  For the second year in a row, we didn't make it.  But, hey, the competition is stiff. 
          I agree with my friend Charles Kuffner, Kay Granger should be deported for that Margarita recipe.

October 28 - Newsflash!  ARMPAC still broke.  ARMPAC did pay a $50 bank fee to keep its account open - but it still owes $90,000 to its nonfederal account.  Rats!  I was cheering for it to arise from the dead, pay all it’s fines in full, and save Tom DeLay’s ratty reputation! 

October 27 - I just heard on the local radio that the Texas Democratic party’s lawyers are flabbergasted that Shelley Sekula-Gibbs just sashayed herself into an early voting precinct today and chatted away with the election workers in front of voters and looked around into the voting booths.  That’s against the law – even in Texas.
          Sekula-Gibbs says that she was merely campaigning in front of the polls and just went inside to go to the bathroom where she just happened to stop to ask the election workers how the turn-out had been.  Besides, rules are for Democrats, you news-reportin' bozos.
          Okay, so I made-up the last sentence.  But, the last sentence most truly represented the tone in her voice about this. 
          Shelley, heads-up, Babe.  If you Republicans have learned nothing else during this entire mess, you should at least learn not to mess with Democratic lawyers.  They’ll be all over you like a bad botox job. 
          Hey, it's on teevee!  You can watch it for yourself.

October 27 - Well, Poor Ole Scooter Libby's case doesn't appear to be going real well.  His defense team called an "expert" on memory to explain why Scooter forgot everything he ever knew about Dick Cheney.

There were several moments when Loftus was completely caught off guard by Fitzgerald, creating some very awkward silences in the courtroom.

One of those moments came when Loftus insisted that she had never met Fitzgerald. He then reminded her that he had cross-examined her before, when she was an expert defense witness and he was a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in New York.

Libby's defense team declined to comment.

          Go read the whole article - it's worth you time.  And, it's not like you have anything better to do than enjoy watching the democracy-hating dirtbags get their butts whallopped.

October 27 - Mark says,

The Republican party could save their volunteers a lot of awkward and uncomfortable silences if they would just pony up and buy some hold Muzak(TM).  Look how much more professional David's call (see directly below) sounds when you break up the silences with a tranquil instrumental version of Stevie Wonder's 1984 smash hit, "I Just Called to Say I Love You."  Click here to hear the new and improved version.

October 26 - Hotdog!  David is at it again.  He got new batteries for his tape recorder and tapes in-coming political calls.  This tape is the perfect example why paying people to make calls for candidates is not a dandy idea.
          David and the RNC's money.

October 26 - Well, Milton must be getting in line for a job with Homeland Security so he can scare the pee-diddle out of everyone. 
          Take note of the headline on Milton’s press release:  “Y.M.C.A. Volunteer Arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child”
          Thanks to a heads-up from Richard, a customer and YMCA volunteer, the real story has to be told by a press release from the YMCA:

Hello everyone... 

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office issued a news release today, saying that a volunteer at the Katy Family YMCA had been arrested last night for inappropriate behavior with a child. 

The headline of the news release was highly misleading, suggesting that YMCA children may have been harmed, that the crime may have occurred at the YMCA or that the suspect was a long-time volunteer.  None of that is true. 

Thankfully, the Fort Bend County Sheriff and I had a news conference today in which the Sheriff cleared up the mistakes and cleared us of wrongdoing; however, some of the misleading information did manage to get through to the press earlier today. 

I want to take a moment to give you the facts, so that you are properly informed and can address any questions you may receive from members.

  • This alleged incident occurred five years ago.
  • It did not occur at the YMCA.
  • No children from the YMCA are involved in this incident.
  • The man charged with the crime only volunteered for the Katy YMCA for a total of two hours, last week.
  • In the two hours he acted as a Y volunteer, he was never alone with any YMCA children.
  • The suspect has no criminal history that would have prevented him from becoming a volunteer.

We continue to be committed to the proper screening of our volunteers and staff.  The safety of our children, members and program participants is always our first priority.

          Richard notes that the local press didn’t fall for Milton’s scare tactics – Fort Bend Now. 
          Milton ain't the brightest star on the Christmas tree to start with, but if you throw in the s-e-x word, he perks up just enough to get the story screwed up. 

October 26 - Right is right and wrong is wrong, no matter what political party is involved.
          I saw Neeta Sane's mailer for the first time last night.  I pitched a wall-eyed snot-nosed hissy fit.  It is disgusting.  It is purposefully misleading and probably libelous.  I can assure you that no local Democrats knew about it until it hit mailboxes yesterday. 
          It was done by a "political consultant" (see comments at the end of this) out of Houston. 
          I am ashamed of Neeta and her consultant.  They both owe this community and Jeff Council an apology.

October 26 - Straight from The Hill. 

The NRCC seems willing to concede former Rep. Tom DeLay’s (R-Texas) seat. Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Texas) has $1.7 million cash on hand and Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, the GOP nominee, is not on the ballot, running an uphill write-in campaign.

          Only the politically naive are shocked by this.  This race was won the day Tom DeLay put his own personal fundraising for legal bills above his party and his constituents. 
          Send support to Shane Sklar - he just got endorsed by the Galveston Daily News. 

October 26 - Annie Elliott has a new ad.  It’s a hoot. 

  

          Okay, so I got to thinking …. hummmm …. Who could be stealing her signs? 
           
          Here’s my top 5 suspects----

5.  Old and Busted: Cookie Monster  
     New Hotness: Corplast Monster 

4.  Judge Brady Elliott is stealing them, whiting-out “Annie” and slyly replacing it with “Brady.” 

3.  Anybody notice if the new Holden Roofing materials are red, white, and blue? 

2.  Annie Elliott swimming pool float -  hot trendy new must-have item.

1.Stupid crook of the week is cutting out the letters to send a ransom note saying, “$500 or your signs will be slowly starved to death.”

Run a Google search of the phone number – it’s funny.   The phone number comes back to her husband in the DA's office.  Woooo ....

Mark has a take on it, too.   
 

October 26 - Philosophical question:  If O.J. Simpson can write a book that will hypothetically suggest how someone, like maybe O J Simpson, could have hypothetically murdered his wife and her hypothetical friend, can Tom DeLay write a book called “No Retreat, No Surrender: The American Passion of Tom DeLay” or does that exceed hypothetical limits?
          I dunno.  I think there’s physics involved in these things. 

October 26 - Looks like Bob Perry had a bad day in court.  I guess he hasn't bought enough judges in Indiana yet. 
          Bob Perry's throwing around major judicial money around here, though:  he's a big contributor to our own Judge Brady Elliott.  Hey, that might be good news - at least we can't say that Elliott's totally owned by the trial lawyers now.

October 25 - Bryan has an idea for the DCCC.    DCCC consultants are overpaid monkeys.  He's right, you know.

October 25 - As if to make my point below any clearer, the NRCC has written-off Shelley.  Click here.  Scroll to the bottom to see the ranking system.  This is the internal NRCC ranking list.

October 25 - The DCCC is starting to creep me out.
          This is an Amen! to Hal over at Half-Empty.  Except while Hal's on the fence, I'm on the side of what-the-hell-are-you-doing? 
          Every struggling Democratic Congressional candidate across the county ought to be hacked-off at the DCCC for wasting perfectly good money to give name ID to Republicans.
          They sent two exactly-the-same mailers into the district - one calling a Republican write-in candidate too liberal on immigration and exactly-the-same mailer calling the other write-in Republican candidate too conservative.  (You can see them over at Hal's)
          First off, all they are doing is giving name ID to Republican candidates who have no money. They've been doing that for about a month now and it's starting to grate on me.
          Look, if Nick Lampson can't win with three and half million dollars against an underfunded write-in candidate who even the local Republicans want to see fail, then he should pack it up and mosey on down the road. 
          You gotta wonder if the DCCC has a clue about this district!  You know, we have a great plan called The First 100 Hours but nobody is even hearing about that because they're too busy giving Shelley name ID.   
          Excuse me while I holler here:  the DCCC sent an anti-immigrant mailer to a Hispanic household in a heavily Hispanic district. I ain't no highly-paid political professional, but that just seems dumber than bean dip.
          Plus, why in the fool tarnation would the DCCC use the word "liberal" as a pejorative in a district where that term will hurt the local candidates? 
          Fancy-pants political "consultants" are the worst thing that ever happened to Democracy.  They brought the money to politics and destroyed the grassroots. 
          Okay, I feel better now.
          By the way, Bob Dunn catches notice of it, too.

October 25 - The big question around here is:  Will Fort Bend Congressman # 3 Ron Paul come stand with the President when he comes?  Ron favors impeaching the President.  Heck, I’m not even for that!  Mainly because I’ve met Dick Cheney.  He’s the prototype for the Anti-Christ.

October 24 - Okay, I fixed the broken link on Email From Hell. 

October 24 - Roll Call (subscription only) has an interesting article today about how our boy Tom DeLay kept his finger in the pie even after resigning.

Dan Flynn, the last of former Rep. Tom DeLay’s (R-Texas) “inner circle” of aides still working on Capitol Hill, left the House payroll last month after being reprimanded earlier this summer for improper political activity.

Flynn, who was employed in the Texas 22nd district office as a senior adviser following DeLay’s resignation from the House in June, was formally admonished by the House Clerk in late July for using his House e-mail account to send out a DeLay-related message

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Flynn was forced of the Texas 22nd office because he was still in daily contact with DeLay. Flynn was being paid at an annual salary of nearly $160,000 for his work as a senior adviser in the office, and his future job plans are unclear at this time.

          The air is a tad fresher in Washington DeeCee today, and another scoundrel is off the taxpayers payroll. 
          Dan is a lucky guy - he just lost his job.  Most of DeLay's other friends are looking at jail time.

October 24 - The Republicans have the President coming here to pay a political visit.  Every Congressional District in America drew straws and we lost.

         

          You’d think that after what Tom DeLay did to the local Republicans, they’d have met their allotment of punishment for at least a decade. 
          You’re not allowed to “protest” or let the President know that his approval rating is lower than a whale poop on the bottom of the ocean.  Like that poor guy in The Truman Show, the President is kept in a bubble where everything he does is wonderful, wonderful, and kinda cute, too.
          I’m gonna try to get a ticket because I will pay cash money just to see Brian Gaston and Commissioner Andy Meyers shove each other to get into a picture with George Bush. By the way, there’s a joke going around Democratic circles that if Shelley ever stops real fast, Andy Meyers would be in violation of this state’s sodomy laws.
          I wonder if they told the President that he’ll be here campaigning for a judge who got the stiffest reprimand given by the Commission of Judicial Conduct, a woman who fibbed about her educational background, or a guy who is just an idiot. And more? 
          I wonder if the White House is so excited about being asked to come somewhere, anywhere!, to campaign that they didn’t check out the local candidates who will stand with the President.  I don’t want to give away the surprise ending, but golly gee, this might be fun.  The politics of corruption in Fort Bend didn’t end when Tom DeLay resigned.

October 23 - Heads-up.  My friend Charles Kuffner did a transcript of the Shelley Sekula-Gibbs fake-out call we have here.  And. Bob Smither seems to be enjoying it, too. 

Click here to hear Shelley's idea of polling.

 

Another thanks to Dave for being prepared when this call came!

October 23 - There ought to be some kind of special award for stupid this distinctive.
          The National GOP started airing an ad in New York that looks to be backfiring.  And it’s about s-e-x.  

Democrat Michael Arcuri is vying with Republican, Ray Meier, to replace longtime GOP Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, who is retiring. The race is very close and may help decide if the Democrats take the House.  

The national GOP campaign office started airing an ad Friday that showed Arcuri leering at the silhouette of a dancing woman who says, ''Hi, sexy. You've reached the live, one-on-one fantasy line.'' He supposedly dialed the service two years ago from a New York City hotel room and billed taxpayers – for all of $1.25 for a one-minute call. He is the district attorney in Oneida County.

Now the Utica Observer-Dispatch today notes that Arcuri's campaign has released records to the paper showing the call to the 800 sex line was followed the very next minute by a call to the state Department of Criminal Justice Services – and the last seven digits of the two numbers are the same. 

           Okay, I’m not even going to talk about Republicans being people who think that one minute is long enough to complete your business on a s-e-x line.  Honey, it’s a Democratic male making the call – it’s gonna cost about the same as landing on Boardwalk with a hotel.  You Republican men are shaming yourself with this one.
          By the way, note to Republicans:  this ain’t your year to talk about s-e-x. 

October 23 - We're starting with a fresh page today because I'll probably be doing a lot of posting during early voting. 
          Today is the first day of early voting.  I just want to remind all my Republican friends to keep the faith and write-in Tom DeLay.  It's not too late to save face.

Write in Tom and send a message that you're not going to get pushed around by silly things like laws, ethics, human decency, damn liberals, or muscled young men with rippling thighs.  No, not you.  You're going to stand for something:  Tom DeLay or the Highway, dammit!
          This message brought to you by the Elect Giannibicego Hoa Tran Committee, Some Dude Named Mark, Treasurer.

October 23 - Nice to see that Shane Sklar got the endorsement from the Victoria Advocate.  His candidacy is taking off like fireworks on the 4th of July.  Looks like the folks in the 14th will finally get something besides birthday cards out of their Congresscritter. 
          Dr. No has to go.  Fort Bend deserves better!

October 22 - I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I'm smart enough to send my personal favorite blogger, Hal, on a mission, and that's all the smarts I need.
          Hal (and Ann) took Paul Begala back to the airport after the Begala Gala last Friday night.  The picture on Hal's site is of Paul Begala and my personal favorite mayor - Stafford's Leonard Scarcella. 
          There's some dandy reading over there, and I'll include this teaser ---

Later, as we traversed the Sam Houston Tollway, the conversation turned to “Republicans”. He talked of how Republicans present a united front. But Democrats are “thinkers who have independent thoughts”.

I said “and that is our downfall”. Paul agreed and cited Bill Clinton’s observation that “Democrats want to fall in love. Republicans want to fall in line.” Republicans just want to be told what to believe, tell them and they will be OK with that.

          I'll take homegrown Paul Begala at my gala over Dick Cheney any day of the week.