Low wages = no recovery. Suck on that, Rick.
He walks tall, he talks tall, he sucks a mean corn dog in Iowa but, as Paul Krugman notes, Rick Perry is merely another Republican liar when it comes to economic recovery… Bookmark It
View ArticleVerily, the ‘meeks’ shall inherit the dirt
The GOP’s perennial Christian con game: the rich deserve their wealth, they worked for it, and the poor who can’t work their way into a higher income bracket should accept their poverty as God’s will…...
View ArticleFirefighting is for big-government sissies
Here’s my theory: Rick Perry was in New York City once and saw grown men wearing rain gear and hanging on big red trucks, and he said, “Shoot, not one more dime for this in Texas, I don’t care if the...
View ArticlePerry waves (Confederate) flag
This time Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn’t making vague threats about secession. He’s merely threatening to ignore a possible Supreme Court ruling: At a radio forum sponsored by the anti-abortion and...
View ArticleThe quality of mercy is not strained
Yet another reason to hate ambitious prosecutors — even though you probably already hated this one: In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was a crime...
View ArticleTrumpmania in Texas
This includes Austin, mind you: The newly elected chair of the Republican Party in the county that includes the Texas Capitol spent most of election night tweeting about former Gov. Rick Perry’s sexual...
View ArticleFueled by a Democratic surge, Texans turn out in force on first day of early...
AUSTIN, Texas — Of the 51,249 Texans who cast ballots Tuesday on the first day of early voting, more than half voted in the Democratic primary. The total number of voters from 15 of the state’s...
View ArticleTX anti-masturbation law proceeds
Gee, it all sounds so… oppressive, doesn’t it? A proposed bill in Texas that would impose a fine for male masturbation is making its way through the state’s legislature. House Bill 4260, called the...
View ArticleYou know why, right?
Because so many cops would be on that list. The police unions have managed to stop this in most places: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas schools have been adding metal detectors and armed personnel in an...
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