Daily Archives: 02/24/2009

100,000 March on the Capitol

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(Community Matters) We ought to organize 100,000 to march on Texas’ capitol as a signal to our Governor, Lt. Governor and Speaker that Texans won’t stand by while statewide politicians posture and reject federal unemployment monies which could feed and protect those who have lost their jobs.  Women & men, Republicans & Democrats from around the state should descend on the capitol to show our elected leaders we expect them to deploy this federal aid and to adopt the well-thought out & overdue changes to state unemployment policies.


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Shrove Tuesday

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(Community Matters) In the Anglican tradition of our Episcopal church, we’ll celebrate the day before lent at St. James’ first with a supper of pancakes and sausage, then the burning of palms (though it’s called the burning of hallelujah’s) – which are used for Ash Wednesday services.  

In a nod to Fat Tuesday, the men will hide a keg of beer outside for while we’re grilling the sausages; the women will pretend not to notice.  hmm, come to think of it, there’s probably a bit of something hidden in the kitchen that we really don’t even notice.


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Broad Support for the President

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(Community Matters) Sixty percent of Americans approve of how BHO is handling the presidency, and 6 in 10 Republicans believe he’s tried to work with Republicans.  

Reading Rep Lamar Smith’s and John Carter’s AAS letter to the editor on Sunday, I just shook my head.  They cited an outlier poll (Rasmussen) as evidence that Americans don’t support the president – all while they knew full well this was an outlier poll and that three other national polls showed overwhelming support, even among 40% of Republicans.
Rep. Mike McCaul’s 2/15 guest editorial was no better.  McCaul hasn’t lifted a finger for average taxpayers during his time in Congress, instead exhibiting blind support for Bush’s reckless deficit spending & deregulation. 
Americans outside the beltway know who has their interests at heart and know who isn’t responsible for the economic threats currently facing us.  It’s not too late for Republican members of Congress to join our president in addressing these threats rather than showboating and posturing.  Regrettably, some members of Congress have lost their way & show more allegiance to party than to country – and this isn’t limited to one side of the aisle.

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