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DeLay’s PAC Found Guilty

DeLay’s PAC Found Guilty

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Tom DeLay’s state political action committee has been found guilty of violating Texas campaign finance law. In a civil trial (why not a criminal one?) a Texas judge ruled against DeLay’s Texans for a Republican Majority PAC, holding that the committee failed to report half a million dollars or more in corporate contributions, in direct violation of Texas law. Joseph Hart (beef up his security please) ruled that a political action committee formed by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay did…

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Brokered a deal

Brokered a deal

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oh cripes. CNN breaking news. Ok, 7 republicans and 7 democrats “brokered a deal” on the filibuster scenario. Spineless butthead democrats. It would be a lovely show of bipartisan wonderfulness if you didn’t look at what the deal means. It means they won’t have to invoke the filibuster change in rules because there probably won’t be anyone with the bags to actually filibuster. The CNN article even went on to quote the President’s lying repetition: “My job is to pick…

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Aphorisms du jour

Aphorisms du jour

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Don’t get even, get odd. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. – Francis Bacon To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me. – John Powell Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. – Antoine de Saint Exupery I wish to propose for the reader’s…

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