Hate Speech at Work

Far years now the right wing hate jocks like Ann Colter, Shane Hannity, Bill O'Rilley, and Michael Savage have been spewing hate speech over the air waves. It is not speculation to suggest that the "Ultra Conservative Wing nut " who walked in to the Unitarian Church in Knoxville, TN & opened fire with a shotgun may have been influenced by Hanitty, O'Rilley and their ilk. The shooter shares their hatred of all liberals. Hannity ET AL use the same kind of propaganda that incited hatred of Jews in Germany, the indigenous people of Darfur. The hate filled publication of Bill O'Reilly, Shane Hannity, and Michael Savage was found in a search of the suspects house. What better way to get yourself worked up enough to try and execute all perceived liberals. Have any of theses hate talkers ever said that eliminating all liberals is necessary, needed or just OK? What do you think?

"Where does George Soros have all his money? Do you know? Do you know where George Soros, the big left-wing loon who's financing all these smear [web]sites, do you know where his money is? Curaçao. Curaçao. They ought to hang this Soros guy." Bill O'Rilley

Hannity wrote book: "Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism". He says that liberalism & terrorism are one and the same by decribing "evil".

"Some liberals have become even too crazy for Texas to execute, which is a damn shame. They're always saying -- we're oppressed, we're oppressed so let's do it. Let's oppress them." Ann Colter

Denouncing False Political Attack Emails

Our dear democratic friend and mentor Dorothy Fowler of Sherman has written a response to the false email being sent out by Obama haters, the one entitled Presidential Candidates and Taxes.

The Bush administration started with a surplus...and a balanced budget. He couldn't wait to cut taxes, not for the middle class, but for the rich. Now people who make $250,000 or more each year think they are in the middle class, but the median income for a family of four with both adults working is about $44,000 a year. That's the middle.

Now, because of Mr. Bush's War, his insistence on using corn to make ethanol instead of using stubble from the wheat and sugar beet harvests, gasoline and milk are $4 a gallon.

I heard McCain say that people who are experiencing financial difficulty are suffering the result of their own bad decisions.

Hot flash for him and for everyone else who was either born into wealth or who married it: most people are like me. We didn't make bad decisions. We came from working class families who believed education was the way up and out and we got educated. We taught school for 40 years and retired and kept on working. We made long-term investments in businesses that seemed to be as solid as rocks and we have seen their value decline.

We know someone has to pay for the highways, the armed forces, the Food and Drug Administration, and, as pitiful as it is, FEMA. There are hundreds of other government services that we want to continue and we know have to be funded.

I don't give much of a damn whether someone selling a house for $1,000,000 when s/he paid $500,000 for it has to pay 28% on the gain. I want the tax cuts for people who make over $250,000 a year repealed. I want some help for people who are losing their houses, their cars and their jobs because of Bush's and the Republican Congress's programs for the past six years.

And I want the Democrats to grow some backbone and stand up for people who have the gall to think work that produces sweat is honorable.

I can't think of any circumstance that would make me consider voting for John McCain, who, although his achievements are impressive, is not a self-made man. He was born into privileged circumstances, he broke up his first family to marry a woman with $100 million and he has proved he is not above Swift Boating.

The future of the nation is at stake. I'm not interested in how tax policy will affect my personal situation.

Tony & The Commissioner Court

After reading the Article in the Herald Democrat I just had to write a letter to the editor just had to respond and correct the papers omission of the fact that Tony Beaverson speaks for the Grayson County Democrats so this is the letter to the editor I sent online July 15, 2008. I will be surprised if they print it since I took the opportunity to plug the location of our new Headquarters in Sherman, TX. Read the article and write a letter to the editor. Yours could be the open chosen.

In reference to Tuesday’s article, “Commissioners Approve Jail Land Proposal”

Quoting the article, “None of the commissioners voiced any concerns over the proposed land option, one resident did. Tony Beaverson stood up to ask some questions.” I would like to point out that Mr. Tony Beaverson is not just one lone resident when he speaks in public. He represents all of the Democratic voters of Grayson County, since he is their duly elected chairman and therefore the party’s spoke person. The County Judge’s remark, "We know we are not going to please everyone," in response to Mr. Beaverson's repeated call for a public vote. The Judge added, "At the end of the day, the five of us are going to vote on it." To the members of the Commissioners’ Court I say, represent all the citizens of Grayson County not just “you five guys.”

Some have said that the Democratic Party is dead in Grayson County. Not so. Thanks to the leadership of Mr. Beaverson. You only need to walk by, drop in, or drive by 125. N Travis St., Sherman, TX, and see their headquarters office. Commissioners Court would also do well to remember the unprecedented record turnout of Democratic voters in March’s Primary Election. The same is expected in November & it may very well change the makeup of the Commissioners Court.

Why not a public debate and vote on the County Jail design and operation? Tax dollars will pay for it, whether privately or publicly owned and operated. The Court admits they don't know all they would like to know about the answer to design & operational questions. Mr. Beaverson was correct when he said, "You guys must have an awful lot of information that we don't." Maybe that unknown information is the reason why they don’t want a public vote.

Grand Oil Politics

I have been thinking about Corporate Average Fuel Economy a lot lately, in fact, every time I put gas in my car. CAFE Standards that establish fuel economy per mpg was brought by the “Energy Policy conservation Act” of 1975 in response to the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo a real oil shortages and daily odd even gas rationing, and a strictly enforced 55 mph speed limit but not today. You can buy all the $4 per gallon of gas that you can pump. There are no lines, no rationing and a 70 mph speed limit, The most disturbing part of this is that congress could do something about this issue. Increase CAFE standards so that we can get more miles per gallon of gas. The problem is the people who we elect to represent us. John Cornyn & Ralph Hall voted against raising CAFE standards while accepting hundreds of thousands and in Cornyn’s case, over a million dollars in campaign “contribution.” They have the backs of big oil companies, not the backs of their constituents.

The Dallas Morning News reports that at the newly opened Green Spot Market and Fuels in East Dallas, Republican Sen. John Cornyn urged Congress to adopt a GOP plan for deep-sea exploration in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and in western shale areas. He pulled up in an aide's Chevy Trailblazer, which the aide said costs $72 to fill up. After arriving in this gas guzzler Cornyn said, “Why not use more of what God gave us right here in America, rather than buying it from abroad and enriching people who are not friendly to the United States?" Then why did you vote no to raising CAFE standards?

What has Ralph Hall said about the problem? “I’m not in Big Oil’s pocket but I am by their side.” Enough said Ralph.

By: Christina Johnstone