Monday, April 11, 2011

THIS IS NOT ABOUT BALANCING THE BUDGET



Late Friday, a deal was reached in order to keep the government funded. House Republicans wanted to eliminate $363 million in federal funding to Planned Parenthood on ideological grounds but the rider was not included in the deal.

Here is a question to ask before reading on: How much of Planned Parenthood’s budget is dedicated to performing abortions?

SHUTDOWN AVERTED.... FOR NOW



Late Friday Night, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH 8), Senate Democrats, and President Barack Obama came to a deal to continue funding the government and avoided a government shutdown. The deal would cut $38 billion in spending for 2011 and keep the government funded... until the next time there is the threat of a government shutdown.

Each side was in agreement about the deal…. Except for some small issues…

Planned Parenthood

Now, I will discuss this more in detail but this posting is more about the politics of the shutdown.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A LETTER TO DAN RAMOS (by Michael Watts)


For those unfamiliar with the comments that Bexar County Democratic Party Chair Dan Ramos made, here is a link to an interview conducted with the San Antonio Current on 11 March 2011.

Michael Watts is a member of the Stonewall Democrats of Denton County and the Chair of the Texas Young Democrats Veterans-Military Affairs Caucus. He is a veteran of the United States Navy.

He lives in Denton with his wife, Stacey Langely-Watts, who is the Chair of the Texas Young Democrats Stonewall Caucus. Both are passionate and fierce advocates of the LGBT Community.

Here is his letter that he sent to Chairman Ramos.


Monday, April 4, 2011

STILL TRYING TO GET THERE




Dr. King, after 43 years, we are still trying to get to the Promised Land that you talked about in 1968.