Rick Perry: Justice Denied For Wrongful Execution

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Thursday October 01, 2009 · 1:47 PM PDT

2009/10/01 · 13:47

Texas GOP Governor Rick Perry today announced that he would not be reappointing several members of his Texas Forensic Science Commission, and has declined to appoint new members in their place. The announcement comes as a leading arson specialist was set to testify before the Commission on an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, an investigation which appeared to have all the necessary evidence to indicate that Texas has put to death an innocent man.

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Wednesday August 26, 2009 · 7:51 AM PDT

2009/08/26 · 07:51

It's unfortunate to be a progressive these days. Looking over the political landscape at the wax and wane of the public debate on health care, we see the liberal ships sail from harbor for the great promise land of a new tomorrow, only to wash back up like fish on the shores of the Salton Sea. Debating on the pros and cons of health care policy has slowly taken a back seat to America's favorite national past time, the demonization of those whose opinions are different than their own. Lost amidst the din of McCarthyesque cries of socialism and fascism, two sides draw lines in the sand without ever quite defining for themselves what the consequences will be for crossing it, let alone what the lines are meant to protect in the first place. And all along in the fight, the progressive realizes that neither side really understood what it wanted at all.

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 2:53 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 14:53

Because of the wealth of financially and economically savvy folks here, I often come here to pose questions of economic significance. Sometimes my questions are ridiculous, because I am not educated on the fundamentals. But I think I hit a solid mark as often as I miss.

It seems that, these days, it's difficult for many people to meet their payments. High risk and low risk alike are walking away, for one reason or another. Option ARM loans ballooned and the rate of refinance to fixed rates has been slower than it needs to be to stem the tide. Mortgages are too expensive, even at a fixed subprime rate.

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 11:51 AM PDT

2008/10/01 · 11:51

Welcome to Armchair Economics 101.

Now, I'll admit that I'm not an economist. I'm not even an economics student, though I hope to have a second life as a Finance major. Of course, finance and economics are nearly as far from one another as two studies about money can be, but I digress.

It seems to me that an awful lot is being made of the bailout. I'm not sure what to believe at this point. Is it the mortages? Is it the credit crunch? Is it Credit Swaps? Is it China knocking on the door? Is it an attempt to cover bad assets so that they'll be liquid enough to purchase our 2009 deficit? If anyone has the exact answer to that question, they aren't telling us. So, here is MY plan for America:

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Thursday July 24, 2008 · 10:54 AM PDT

2008/07/24 · 10:54

I'm watching Obama talk right now. His speech is fantastic. It's so good that I'm tearing up a bit, remembering what it's like to feel proud of a country that has done a great many things for a great many people, rather than a country of unilateral warmongering. There is a great sense of joy in my heart at the thought of a Presidency of global purpose and unity.

So why am I so sad and disheartened?

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Tuesday July 22, 2008 · 3:25 PM PDT

2008/07/22 · 15:25

Today I was thinking about the business impact of recessions. As I flipped through Forbes and Fortune, it seemed to me that, while the headlines weren't trumpeting the news, the sidebars sure seemed to point directly to the great struggle that small business owners are facing.

That leads me to the question: Do recessions actually benefit large corporations?

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 9:13 PM PDT

2008/07/18 · 21:13

Having read the brief diary by edg regarding his mother's health care situation, I think it's as important as ever that we take the time to focus on the real and relevant benefits that a universal single-payer medical system will provide us. And one of those benefits, which I'll discuss briefly, is that single-payer health care (SPHC) can quite likely save social security, while simultaneously adding billions of dollars back into the economy.

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Tuesday July 01, 2008 · 2:59 PM PDT

2008/07/01 · 14:59

I spend a lot of time on the internet these days, perusing the various articles regarding the election in blogs, newspapers, and magazines. They discuss polls, they weigh statements, they play neutrality or sometimes forthright partisanship. They provide real information, for those who can parse it, that educates and enlightens us about not only the election, but the entire political process, as the lens on our government becomes increasingly large during presidential election years.

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Friday November 11, 2005 · 1:05 PM PST

2005/11/11 · 13:05

Of course, the title makes you think I'm crazy. It's obvious to anyone looking at the polls that Bush is in a major-league slump. His numbers are dropping faster than the thermostat in the Yukon. People increasingly believe that he is a liar, incompetent, and irresponsible. So why, then, would I invoke a near stroke in the casual observer by intoning such an OBVIOUS falsehood in my title?

The answer is simple: So we continue to be the one's living in the Reality-based community.

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How Democrats Failed Gays in Texas

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Thursday November 10, 2005 · 6:55 AM PST

2005/11/10 · 06:55

The polls are cold and closed, the votes are all tallied, and the verdict is in and undisputable. 2,254,565 Texans voted on Proposition 2, to deny same sex marriages any legal status, and in the end, 1,718,513 Texans chose to deny same sex couples the same rights that heterosexuals enjoy. 76.22% of Texans who voted saw fit to not only deny the WORD marriage to homosexual couples, but to remove the possibility of those couples to create arrangements that would allow them to make important decisions and share the same important benefits that straight couples can with impunity.

There's another important number, however, that highlights our failure to protect gay rights in Texas. That number is 17.93.

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Remember Osama? A tale on a t-shirt.

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Thursday August 25, 2005 · 8:19 PM PDT

2005/08/25 · 20:19

Honestly, I'm not a fan of this whole "war on terror" thing. We shouldn't be in Iraq right now. We've let the real mastermind fall out of the picture, and his continued presence has been an excuse to strike out against decency and freedom for this administration. So, I made a t-shirt:

http://www.cafepress.com/blueelection

Enjoy.

Protecting Justice

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Monday August 15, 2005 · 8:48 AM PDT

2005/08/15 · 08:48

On Sunday morning, thousands filled a Baptist church in Nashville, for "Justice Sunday II", an effort to draw support for stifling the power of what they believe to be a "radical" federal judiciary, the Supreme Court of the United States. Their efforts were supported by well-known conservative Christian leaders James Dobson and Tony Perkins, and bolstered by another conservative face, the scandal-ridden Texas Representative Tom DeLay.

The focus on the Supreme Court is odd at a time when the Court itself is weighted with more self-avowed conservatives than liberals, and during a process which looks promising for appointing another such conservative in the near future. But the real story seems to be the desire that a Congressional leader has to dismantle the safeguards that our founders put in place to protect the highest bench, while at the same time showing his own ignorance of basic civics. Read More

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