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Help Me Start A Boycott of the Texas Senate Chicken D's Home District's Commerce!! They are: District 6 – Mario Gallegos, Houston (Parts of N to SE Harris County). District 13 – Rodney G. Ellis, Houston (Parts of SW to Harris County, Parts of Fort Bend County). District 14 - Gonzalo Barrientos, Austin (Most of Travis County). District 15 - John Whitmire, Houston (Most of North Harris County). District 18 - Ken Armbrister, Victoria (Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington, Wharton, and parts of Fort Bend Counties). District...

Bits and PiecesLawyers on Parade: Max Factor heir Andrew Luster was captured in Mexico this week, after jumping bail during his trial for assault, rape and drug charges. He was convicted in absentia, and sentenced to 124 years in jail. Now his sleazoid lawyers have suggested that they will appeal his conviction on the grounds that the judge wrongly instructed the jurors that "fleeing can be taken as evidence of guilt." What chutzpah. These same lawyers got the judge to lower the bail on this criminal, so he could get out on bail with "electronic surveillance." That allowed him to...

Even before the stationery was printed, there were fears that the Department of Homeland Security would one day be politicized. Who imagined that it would happen this quickly, and that the politicizing would occur not in Washington but in, of all places, Texas? The state that produced a Republican president who made homeland security the nation's top priority has now also produced a scandal that -- if left to fester -- could wind up undermining the federal department created to ensure homeland security.

Was it mere coincidence that in the same week Democratic legislators in Texas hit the road and Tom "I am the federal government" DeLay announced that Republicans in the U.S. House would let the federal ban on assault weapons expire? It shouldn't be too hard to connect the dots. DeLay, the U.S. House majority leader, may have reasoned that the FBI, ATF, CIA, DEA and Agricultural Extension Service would refuse his order to make the Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Okla., look like Ruby Ridge and Waco? DeLay might then have had to turn to Republican vigilantes (folk who have not...

Democratic Party of Texas - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sean Michael Byrne (512) 478-9800 Honest Abe a Quorum Breaker in Illinois Legislature AUSTIN — More than 160 years ago, future Republican President Abraham Lincoln participated in breaking a quorum of the Illinois legislature, a stand on principle echoed by the Killer D's today, said Molly Beth Malcolm, Texas Democratic Party Chairwoman. As a member of the minority Whig Party in the Illinois legislature, Lincoln joined in a planned disappearance to prevent a legislative maneuver by the majority party that he believed to be unfair. In 1840, the majority Democrats had...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Runaway Texas Democrats returned to a heroes' welcome at the Capitol on Friday after their self-imposed exile in Oklahoma killed a redistricting bill they hated. Legislative business in the House of Representatives resumed. "Welcome home, Texas heroes," one sign read as the lawmakers stepped up to the Capitol to cheers and applause from like-minded citizens. The Democrats stood momentarily, smiling and waving at the exuberant crowd, some wearing yellow ribbons. "We've weathered a few things. We've weathered some troopers; we've weathered a tornado, and we weathered Denny's," said Democrat Jim Dunnum, who emerged as the group's...

4:20pm EDT - Today on Inside Politics, CNN ran about a five minute story about the Texas Democrat state legislators who hijacked justice and fled to Oklahoma in order to wait out a redistricting bill that expired at midnight Thurdsay. The bill was backed by U.S. Representative Tom DeLay. CNN's take on the story was just another prime example of extreme left wing bias in the media. The Texas Democrats were portrayed in sound bites as strong - using forceful words addressing Rep. Tom Delay - and heroic - showing them locked in a group embrace upon their return to...

The following letter was sent to the Travis County District Attorney by the Republican Party of Texas today: >The Hon. Ronnie Earle >Travis County District Attorney >509 W.11th St >Austin, TX 78701 Dear Mr. Earle, I am confident you are aware that a sizeable group of Democrat legislators have left the Texas State Capitol and gathered in an adjoining state. According to reports from the Department of Public Safety, the majority of the House Democrat Caucus is currently together at a Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Unfortunately, news reports indicate that the group has been discussing legislative matters. There is...

Dateline San Diego, California Members of the National Football League's Oakland Raiders held a press conference this afternoon to explain why they fled the Superbowl yesterday. Outside of the Holiday Inn in Tijuana, Mexico, players and coaches contended that they were left with no other option when it appeared that instant replay officials would rule against them. Many repeatedly noted how the current NFL rules were specifically discrinatory against the Raiders. Speaker after speaker railed against Tampa Bay coach John Gruden, accusing him of strong-arming the referees to allow intimidation, cheap shots, and unruly Buccaneer fans in costumes to harass...

LIVE! From the Best Little Whorehouse in Ardmore Its the Texas Demoquitters press conference Do they have honor, ethics, and good ideas? No, but they stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

CURRENT RUMOR HAS TEXAS DEMOCRATS IN OKLAHOMA HOTEL Rumor continues... OK governor not cooperating, feds may be brought in.