It’s been a number of years since the recently departed Ann Richards was governor here. Some coke-headed frat boy ran a gutter snipe campaign with the help of Karl Rove and ran her out of office. What a political fiasco that turned out to be for America. He fucked up Texas and then fucked up the country and a good portion of the world as well. The current leadership in Texas is taking notes and following the lesson very well.
There are no Democrats in any statewide office right now and it shows. With the tax cut mantra tucked firmly under their arm the republicans run for the end zone time after time scoring numerous touchdowns. Trouble is they are scoring them for the wrong team. Vested interests and big business have bought up all the GOP leaders and everything they do reflects the interests of these corporate whizbangs. The people haven’t been short changed. They have been screwed over.
Want example? There are plenty of them.
republicans made a big fuss about abstinence only sex education. They claimed that too much information made our young people crave sex and that caused all the unwanted births to our teenagers. The reality of the situation is that abstinence only sex education made our young people stupid and uninformed and now Texas can claim to be a leader in teenage births across the nation. “We’re Number Three!” is not a claim that we should be proud of but, for some ignorant ass reason, we are.
republicans made a big fuss about being taxed too much so they cut taxes. They said small government is better for us. The trouble is that small government works when your population is small and your country is undeveloped and has no need for services. Texas is neither a small population state or are we undeveloped but the services that are available in thus state are sparse to non-existent because there is no money to pay for any of it by order of the corporate controlled legislature. Road repair, new schools, adequate health care for children, unemployment benefits and dozens of other services are skimpy at best because of the stupidity of the “tax cut” crowd. They hated government so much they got elected and then showed us how rotten their whole way of thinking was in order to prove the point.
The current leadership of the state is caught up in arguing over the stimulus money that is supposed to help Texans recover from the recession. They are also fighting the push for health care for all Americans. That whole situation is so bad that one out of every three Texans is without any kind of health insurance at all. Turds-for-brains John Cornyn is whining about how much money health care will cost while ignoring two simple facts: 1) a third of the state doesn’t have health insurance and 2) they go to the ER for their health care which is paid for with increased hospital taxes to pay for the most expensive care there is. Can you say, “This is STUPID!” loud enough so he can hear it when his head is that far up his ass?
This past weekend there was a free health care clinic in Houston to take care of those who had no paid care. More than two thousand people showed up to get care and more would have come by if there had been more publicity on it. Not one public official from Texas was there. They do not want to see that the people they represent are suffering because of their lack of action, their ignorance of the problem, or their outright stupidity. Two thirds of Americans want a public option in the new health care plan being proposed. You know what that means for Texas? Not a fucking thing because these jerks stopped listening to Texans a long time ago.