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Lone Star Crazy: How Right-Wing Extremists Took Over Texas | Politics News | Rolling Stone

July 9, 2014 By Dragon Leave a Comment

Great story in Rolling Stone about how Texas is circling the drain politically.  Lone Star Crazy: How Right-Wing Extremists Took Over Texas | Politics News | Rolling Stone.

Filed Under: Right Wing Extremism, Tea Party, Texas Tagged With: crazy, Dan Patrick, Greg Abbott, Jerry Patterson, nuts, Tea Party, Texas

The Dirty Game

May 27, 2014 By Scott Barzilla Leave a Comment

Primary Colors is still one of the more poignant political movies of our generation. The movie was based on a novel that was an awfully thin veiled scribe on the Bill Clinton campaign. It featured John Travolta as Jack Stanton, a southern governor making a run for the White House. Of course, Travolta looked the part […]

Filed Under: Election 2014, Election Politics, Politics Tagged With: Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Mental Health

Lesser of Two Evils

May 14, 2014 By Scott Barzilla Leave a Comment

Politics is always interesting in the abstract. When you ignore the fact that real lives are involved you can even find it downright entertaining. Tip O’Neill said all politics is local. When you combine O’Neill’s sentiment with the entertainment factor you find that politics at the state and local levels are more entertaining and important […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Democratic Strategy

Texas Forced Sonogram Bill Moves Towards Passage

May 6, 2011 By Friends of Keith 7 Comments

The Texas forced sonogram bill is on the way to Governor Rick Perry’s desk. The Governor intends to sign the bill. Below is what Republican State Senator Dan Patrick–the Senate sponsor of the bill– said about the picture you see above— “Speaking at the House press conference this morning on their acceptance of the latest […]

Filed Under: Abortion, Health Care, Texas Tagged With: Dan Patrick, Forced Sonogram, Rick Perry

We Should Ask More Of Annise Parker

March 23, 2011 By Friends of Keith 1 Comment

According the Facebook of Republican Texas State Senator Dan Patrick, Houston Mayor Annise Parker was the only Democrat to attend the Lincoln-Reagan Day fundraiser of the Harris County Republican Party. How you view this fact could be a kind of Rorschach Test. (Above–Rorschach Test. I see a polar bear climbing Mt. Everest. Please click here to see […]

Filed Under: Houston, Politics Tagged With: Annise Parker, Dan Patrick, Houston, Mike Huckabee, Rorschach Test

Texas Legislature and the Sonogram Law

February 11, 2011 By Astros Girl Kel 15 Comments

My state representative, Dan Patrick, has proposed a law requiring women who are planning on having an abortion to have a trans-vaginal ultrasound that clearly shows the fetal heartbeat.  The law would require the doctor to explain what the fetus looks like and turn up the volume to allow the woman to hear the fetal […]

Filed Under: Abortion Tagged With: Dan Patrick, republican government run health care, texas abortion bill, texas sonogram bill

State Sen. Dan Patrick Wants You To Eat Cookies But Does Not Want You To Have Health Insurance

December 20, 2010 By Friends of Keith 5 Comments

Far-right Republican Texas State Senator Dan Patrick has announced the Patrick Family Sugar Cookie on his Facebook page. Here is the recipe– This is not a sweet cookie, but a pure flour-sugar cookie-really different-like peanuts, once you eat one you can’t stop 1 pound butter 4.5 to 5 cups sugar 6 eggs 1.5 teaspoons salt […]

Filed Under: Childhood Obesity, Health Care, Houston Tagged With: Cookies, Dan Patrick, Death, health insurance, Tea Party

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