Yeah yeah when I worked for the Texas lege as a proofreader, we’d have stupid bullshit like this come across our desks at least once a session. There was (I think) a Texas house rep who wanted to have fingers cut off of… oh I can’t remember now… drug dealers or whoever.
That one didn’t get to the gubner’s desk either.
We (the Texas state lege staffers) would see a lot of performative grandstanding and alpha male chest-beating (and, frankly, knuckle-dragging). Common. Some filibustering. Splashy and meant to grab attention of news media and ardent constituents. The echo chamber’s gotten a lot noisier with the escalation of social media and all the alpha males tryna outdo each other, hog all the oxygen in the room these days.
The fact that this news item is from 2019 is already pretty comforting.
We’ve got plenty of real fires in 2022 to put out, and it’s clear that state AG Paxton and Gubner Abbott are working overtime to prove just how DeEpLy cOnSeRvAtiVe and electable they are. We’ve seen this crap before.
Still fighting the powers that be here.
Those of us who aren’t too tired to care are still here working the problem.
And them wacky SXSW crowds, and the hordes who show up for ACL are gonna be merciless this year–all that pent up demand and the state saying there’s no more COVID, everything here is now very cool and normal.
Heh.
Nature bats last.
And stupid is as stupid does.
in 1984 i was a jackson delegate to the state democratic convention and i was an alternate delegate to the national convention in san francisco. for the next few years after that i received invitations to many democratic functions in my home county as well as a few invitations to some republican events. one was particularly memorable because congressman joe barton appeared for a town hall meeting in my home county in 1986. in 1990 his district was changed so my home county was no longer part of his district.
anyway, at the town hall, which was hosted by the county republican party, started out with a speech from barton followed by a q&a session. the first question came from the county republican chair who was one of the wealthiest women in town. her first question was if barton would consider trying to pass a bill that would institute death by public hangings for people who were convicted of selling drugs to minors. you could see barton’s smile freeze on his face and a look cross his eyes which said “how soon can i reasonably get away from these lunatics?” that look of despair intensified when the next question was from the deputy county chair who asked if he would promulgate a bill that would allow localities to put people convicted of simple possession of small amounts of drugs in stocks where they could be publicly abused and humiliated. it went downhill from there.
Remember when Tucker tried to make himself look like the salt of the earth with that poorly thought through photoshoot in “his workshop”? Well…
Compare and contrast folks
In addition to his affordable home, Carter’s frugal tendencies include spending weekends dining with neighbors on paper plates with bargain-brand wine, the Post says. In addition, it says he and wife Rosalynn make their own yogurt. Carter has also been known to buy his clothes at his local Dollar General store, according to a 2011 Rolling Stone story (he showed up for the store’s opening in Plains in 2004), and he often flies commercial.
The fact that these Republican politicians keep praising the ultra-racist slaver and genocidal maniac Jackson (who wasn’t Republican) instead of claiming the legacy of actual Republican Presidents like Lincoln (or, if they’re trying to invoke the image of “manly-men,” even Teddy Roosevelt) really speaks to where the party is today.
Still, specifically praising Jackson’s violent massacre of fugitive slaves in Florida is even more disgusting than the usual rhetoric.
And also (looks) - never mind, I have work to do. I’m sure there’s an apposite scriptural passage here - something about a mote in thy brother’s eye? Hmmm.
Holy shit, a Republican actually sponsored legislation I support and it’s looking likely to pass with broad bipartisan support (changing the clocks twice a year is fucking stupid and you’ll never convince me otherwise). Pretty smart to time the vote to take place when everyone in the Senate is still cranky from losing an hour of sleep.
Doesn’t matter. It’s the switching that makes it miserable. If the sun is not at it’s zenith at high noon, I don’t really care. Just don’t keep making me “Spring forward, Fall back” and we’ll be fine. Seriously, both physical and mental health are compromised by that jackassery, and seriously, no one needs the extra hour of morning anymore, do they?
I concede the ill effects, and i do hope we’re gwtting rid of the whole thing, but i also kinda hope they wait until after we Fall back again. That extra hour is nice.
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