Blue Future by Finijo
Most of the time I take pride in being a Texan. It fascinates me that people all over the world know the state of Texas (unlike Iowa or Ohio), as though it were a country unto itself. There really is a Texas mystique.
Since George W. Bush has been president, I find my pride diminished by his heavy handed, judgemental, misguided and unethical leadership of our country. The example he has set as president has spawned the sense of entitlement in the Republican party that shows in their flagrant abuse of power in Texas and nationwide. From redrawing the voting districts in Texas to trying to do away with the filabuster, their hunger for power knows no bounds. Changing their own party's rules to allow Tom DeLay, the most corrupt politician since Boss Tweed, to remain the Majority Leader, in spite of his being investigated for ethics violations. They will stop at nothing to change laws and the American political system to continue to diminish the rights of the American public. The Republican party uses religious morality to bully anyone who speaks out against their unethical practices and to rally the narrow minded and ignorant masses to their cause.
I am republishing the following post from Smile Like You Mean It:
Bigots in charge
ANTI-GAY TEXAS MARRIAGE AMENDMENT PASSES SENATE
The amendment has been cleared to appear on a statewide ballot November 2005. Of course it will pass. Texas is filled with uneducated, hateful, fearful hicks.
This would mark the first time in history that a minority group would be singled out in the constitution in order to be denied rights. Constitutions are historically treated as sacred documents, designed to preserve rights and ensure equality for all.
Shame on the Texas lawmakers for allowing this amendment to pass the Senate. They should be ashamed of themselves. The hatred I feel for them right now is only tempered by my knowledge that eventually they will be defeated in reelection bids and will fade into oblivion as lonely, bitter, homophobes who pandered to the lowest common denominator in order to justify their lives.
I'm thankful that our government includes the judicial system which will eventually overturn this piece of hate legislation.
2 comments:
I find myself wondering more and more if this is what it was like in Germany while the Nazis were on the rise. Everyone too afraid to stop and say "hey, this is wrong".
mike n is smoking some paranoid weed me thinks...
Don't feel bad about Bush... just think how bad I would feel living in Boston if the socialist, hand wringing, UN suckling Kerry had made it into office... phew now that would really suck.
As to Delay, he is doing nothing that people like Barbara Boxer and the majority of dems haven't already done.
The Filabuster... (?) is not really such a good thing on either side.
So, over half the country is full of "narrow minded and ignorant masses"... wow.
And as to homo marriage - I am not really opposed to it so much I am FOR letting folks know that homosexuality is not normal.
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