Reality Check - What a Ride !

Local Talk Radio-
Wow, after more than three years of daily name calling, character assassination, gossiping, name calling, character assassination, & gossiping (Directed at the Democrats, Liberals & "outsiders" in general), Brownwood “Hate Radio” has taken to actually being civil. What a surprise ! The dirty work has been done and now the gloating has begun. They’ve even commented on how nasty this political campaign was and how biased the “other” media talking heads are. Boy, Talk about the “pot calling the kettle black” !

NEWS FLASH - This just in.....their back to the name calling !

My definition of “Hate Radio” (no caller id or delay buttons ?)
Talk Show Hosts Name calling (ex. cockroaches, pumpkin head or horse head) comments such as “ we (rednecks) will drag them gays behind our trucks if they try and get married in this part of texas”, “ we (Jimmy) ought to tattoo on the foreheads all the illegal immigrants we catch so they would make for easier targets” or “we (Shane) ought to cut off all the penis’s of the Catholic Priests since they don’t need them anyway”. This is why I refer to our local talk radio station as “Hate Radio”. ( Look out they may even use some scripture as they verbally pummel you and call for a boycott of your business ! )

Thich Nhat Hanh said it best :
“ In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.” and “Hate Radio” knows how to stir the masses !

Texas Redistricting

Tom Delay’s “Exterminating” Redistricting plan was successful in “ exterminating ” Texas Democrats Charlie Stenholm, Martin Frost, Max Sandlin & Nick Lampson . Interestingly enough, the only Texas Democrat targeted for “exterminating”, who remains standing is Chet Edwards who will continue to represent President Bush and His Ranch in Crawford. I find this to be very ironic !

Winning votes on the backs of gays & lesbians

" In times of high anxiety, when a lot of straight men feel their
masculinity (read: power) threatened, homosexuals become a favorite
target. That’s particularly true when they are in desperation mode,
seeing their reputations sinking fast.

The “ majority ” voters responded in mass on the topic of “gay marriage” and overwhelmingly approved the bans in eleven states which also included civil unions issues. I do not believe anyone was surprised ( I know we weren't ) with the vote and the results ! Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee said: “ever since President Bush has been in office it's been an agenda of energizing the far-right-wing base, which is divisive."
" Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain

FYI-The Numbers

Presidential Votes From Brown County Texas (Are we the Reddest County in the State?)
President G W Bush 11,638
John Kerry/Edwards 2,523 (KXYL’s James refers to these as cockroaches, baby killers, pagan, left wing, homo-sodomites, supporting gay marriage, etc.,etc. and even addresses 10 & 11 year old school students with some of the comments. See our blog which the Bulletin published as a letter to the editor ! At least this is now a part of the “Historical Facts” of
our "Feels Like Home" community ! )

Regarding the Presidential Votes and the numbers. Apparently President Bush won by popular vote nationwide in the area of 2 to 4 million voters. To place this in context see Dallas #'s @ http://www.gdc.org/ed_DFWPopGrowth.htm.

Speaking of Dallas Texas, voters elected their first Sheriff who just happens to be a Woman, Latina, Democrat, and a Lesbian. See Dallas Morning News Editorial for their interesting comments on this issue (on our blogger page).