Stephen Colbert @ WH Correspondents' Dinner

Mr. Colbert really took it to the president and the White House press corps (and others!) at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday Night. Here is a transcript and links to the video. (DailyKos)

And, of course, the media doesn't want to cover it's own lampooning as such. But! This transcript and clip are circulating the internet at an incredible speed.

I, for one, am hungry for the days when big media will take a permanent back seat to people-powered media. Continuously pointing out the terrible job that big media has done in the past 6 years is a great start.

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Also: yay for us! The Lubbock DFA blog has now been online and active for over a year!

File under "should have seen it coming"

Bush's new press secretary?

Former Fox News anchor and talk show host Tony Snow.


He's off to a great start:
    "Neither Bush nor Snow took questions from reporters during the brief announcement."

*snicker*

"W"iretap

http://www.cafepress.com/mayafrommer

:)

A good point

Here's a random thought I captured from the ethereal fog of the internet that deserves some attention:

"Democracy as a government relies upon the ability of factions to compromise on divisive issues through rational debate instead of violence. The current political power brokers have figured out how to short circuit this process by focusing national attention on issues which are based on differences of non-negotiable, irrational moral sentiment, and are thus not subject to resolution through rational reconciliation. They've broken democracy."

How can we fix this short circuit?

Lubbock County Democratic Party Resolutions

Better late than never: I have here a list of the resolutions passed in committee at the Lubbock County Democratic Party convention two weeks ago. There were also two resolutions passed on the floor - one about education reform, and one about parks.

I am posting these here because I did not find them online at the Lubbock County Democratic Party website, and I think it's important to get the word out about what's on Democrats' minds.

Without further ado, here are the titles of the resolutions:

1) Support for Contraceptive Equality in Health Insurance, Health Agencies, and Increase Funds for Family Planning

2) Support for Stem Cell Research as a Means of Lessening Effects of or Curing of Certain Deadly and Chronic Diseases

3) Personal Privacy Protection

4) Public Support for Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail

5) Call for a Moratorium on Executions

6) Call for Independent Counsel Investigation

7) Opposition to a Federal Marriage Amendment

8) Supporting Foster Care and Adoption

9) Supporting Non-Discrimination Legislation

10) Support of a Voter Persuasion Campaign

11) Support of Rural, Small Towns

12) Call for State Income Tax Vote

13) Support of Jury Trial

14) Opposition to Offshore Management of U.S. Ports

15) Opposition to School Voucher System

16) Concern for Elderly

17) Recognition of Increase in Disparity

18) Resolution to Protect Women's Right to Choose

19) Resolution to End the Armed Conflict in Iraq

20) Resolution in Support of Unions in Texas

21) Resolution to Honor Irma Guererro

22) Resolution to Honor Dorothy McLarty

23) Resolution to Honor Tom and Pansy Burtis

The convention was great, and I think we ended up with a wonderful batch of resolutions. I brought 3 from my precinct. Here's hoping the state party listens to what's going on in West Texas.