Boycott Sarah Palin show on TLC

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Friday March 26, 2010 · 6:24 PM PDT

2010/03/26 · 18:24

As Kos diaried was likely on March 23, Sarah Palin signed a deal with Discovery Communications for a nature program on The Learning Channel about the "wonder and majesty of Alaska."

As a long-time fan of TLC, I am appalled by this decision. Having Sarah Palin, with her history of aerial wolf hunting, host a nature show about Alaska is like having Michael Vick host the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

Of course, I also disapprove strongly of her recent "targeting" of Democrats.

Based on some initial research I have done, I believe a polite but pointed and well-organized letter/email campaign objecting to Sarah Palin serving as the host of this series could be effective.

TxTiger

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 10:35 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 10:35

DKos diarist Hummingbird4015 just posted a very interesting diary about a NOW episode from last fall on the mortgage crisis. In Hummingbird's summary, the phrase "Kurt Pfotenhauer of the Mortgage Banker's Association" jumped out at me. Pfotenhauer is not exactly the most common name... where had I just heard it...?

Oh yeah, over at Talking Points Memo, where there was a video of McCain advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer violating McCain's supposed suspension of his campaign.

So I googled them and discovered - surprise, surprise - they are married. Gee, a McCain advisor who's literally in bed with a lobbyist for the mortgage banking industry...? Who'd've thunk it?

TxTiger

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 8:40 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 08:40

I just returned from visiting the constituent services office of my congressman to deliver a hand-written letter expressing my strong opposition to the proposed bailout. I spoke with the constituent services contact as well to let her know that I consider this issue to be the most important issue that has faced our country in many generations.

Every congressional representative has constituent services offices in their district. If you live anywhere near one - or even if you live far away but consider this issue important - I urge you to go visit today. Go to the US House of Representatives website to find your representative's homepage. Their local office is usually listed on the homepage.

Congressional representatives gauge the interest in an issue not only by the volume of correspondence they get, but also by the method by which they receive it. A person who takes the time to visit about an issue counts for much more than someone who calls. A handwritten letter carries much more weight than an email.

TxTiger

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Thursday October 20, 2005 · 8:55 AM PDT

2005/10/20 · 08:55

The House That Tom Built is beginning to fall....!

Todd Baxter, representative to the Texas House from Travis County and one of the seven candidates to benefit from Tom DeLay and TRMPAC's laundered funds back in 2002, has just announced that he will be resigning from the Texas House soon. Read More

Outraged Republican constituents confront Lamar Smith (R-TX)

TxTiger

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Saturday September 10, 2005 · 5:44 PM PDT

2005/09/10 · 17:44

This morning about 50 people showed up for a town hall meeting in Austin with Republican Rep. Lamar Smith. This was the first public meeting Congressman Smith held in Austin since the north and west sides of the city were re-redistricted into TX-21 in 2003.

Before the event began, my husband overheard some people telling Rep. Smith that they had received phone calls from the local Republican party, asking them to come support him. Knowing this, we both expected the crowd to be fairly evenly split between support for Rep. Smith and opposition to him.

Congressman Smith said town meetings are an important way to hear from his constituents, and that only 1/5 of his colleagues in Congress hold town meetings. After the drubbing he took during this one, I suspect he wishes he had remained in the 4/5 majority. Read More

What to ask my TX (R) Congressman?

TxTiger

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Saturday August 27, 2005 · 7:02 AM PDT

2005/08/27 · 07:02

Many of you are probably aware of the Texas Legislature's redistricting follies of 2003. As a result of the redistricting, blue Austin was divided into three congressional districts, two of them very red. My neighborhood wound up in TX-21, represented by Tom Delay's toadie Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio).

Since April, I had been pestering Rep. Smith's office to find out when he would be holding a public meeting in Austin with his new constiuents. I started this mission back when Social Security was still a headline issue. He had several public meetings in May and June, but all were in his original stronghold south of Austin, and I could not make the long drive to attend any.

Now, months later, he has finally scheduled two public meetings in Austin on the morning of Saturday, September 10. I plan to attend at least one and ask questions. The reason for this diary is to get an idea of what questions to ask and help phrasing those questions, as well as suggestions for follow-ups to each question. I'm hoping to get a group of people to attend and give each a question and follow-up to ask.

questions after the fold... Read More

Grant Opportunity to Improve Political Debate

TxTiger

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Tuesday July 05, 2005 · 8:42 PM PDT

2005/07/05 · 20:42

I found an interesting $1M federal grant opportunity today posted on grants.gov with the title, "IMPROVING POLITICAL DEBATE ON KEY ISSUES AND ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
527-A-05-006"

From the Request For Applications:

This 18-month program ... will promote higher quality debate on key political issues and greater transparency of information on candidates and their political parties.

That sounds good, we could use that. And just in time for the 2006 mid-term elections.

More details on the grant after the fold:
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The GOP are getting desperate - my proof!

TxTiger

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Friday June 17, 2005 · 6:15 PM PDT

2005/06/17 · 18:15

Boy, the Republicans must be getting VERY worried about all the negative press they have been receiving recently on detainee torture, the Downing Street Memos, Bolton, the Shiavo autopsy results, GOP senators' failure to support anti-lynching legislation, and more and more service men and women dying in Iraq - because I just received 4 (count 'em, FOUR!) emails from GOP.com. At some point last election season, some joker signed me up for every stinkin' interest group on the RNC web site, so now I get regular emails from my dear buds on the other side, targeted to various and sundry constiuencies. Usually I only get one or two a week, but today my mailbox practically had to be de-slimed....

So what topics are so pressing that the Repubs needed to spam me 4 times today? Well... Read More

RNC shared email list with Hispanic non-profit?

TxTiger

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Saturday May 21, 2005 · 4:04 PM PDT

2005/05/21 · 16:04

Hey everyone, I don't know much about campaign finance laws or the rules that govern non-profits, but I got a pair of emails on Friday that make me think the Republican National Committee is sharing selected parts of its email address list with a non-profit corporation called Hispanic Alliance for Progress Institute (HAPI). Does this sound kosher? Or is this worth investigating further?

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Profile in Courage Award to TX Redistricting Opponent

TxTiger

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Tuesday May 17, 2005 · 8:40 PM PDT

2005/05/17 · 20:40

I was delighted to learn that one of the Profile in Courage awards for 2005 was awarded today to Sen. Bill Ratliff (R-retired) of Texas for his principled stand against Tom DeLay's Texas re-redistricting scheme.

From the Kennedy Library's announcement:

Bill Ratliff, former Texas Lt. Governor and state senator, was honored for a distinguished career as a courageous bipartisan leader in his state. Senator Ratliff's most recent act of courage was to fight for a fair and democratic electoral process, becoming the only Republican legislator to object to his party's redistricting plan. This principled action was the culmination of a distinguished career in Texas politics.

TxTiger

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Sunday April 10, 2005 · 1:44 PM PDT

2005/04/10 · 13:44

The other evening, my 8-year-old daughter asked me if my father was my hero.

"No," I replied, without giving it much thought.

"But he saved your life!" she argued. That was true - when I was a child, he gave me artificial respiration after I stopped breathing once.

"And I love him very much," I told her truthfully. "But he's not my hero because I don't respect him."

My blunt words surprised me almost as much as they did her. And I've spent the last few days trying to figure out what they meant and why they tumbled out so readily. Read More

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