Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Pete Sessions Claims To Be A "Guardian For Seniors" While Voting To Gut Medicare
Does supporting legislation that could force seniors in our state to pay more than double for their health care make one a "guardian of seniors"? Pete Sessions and his 60-Plus Association friends must think we're stupid enough to believe that.
by alaprst | Daily Kos
23 May 2011
I do not find funny Pete Sessions' latest claim to be a guardian of senior citizens' interest.
The same Pete Sessions who seemingly couldn't say enough good things about the financially and morally irresponsible Ryan bill he so enthusiastically supports, now wants folks to think he is something he has shown clearly that he isn't.
The same Pete Sessions who voted to gut Medicare in favor of a voucher system that will cost seniors well more than twice what they currently pay for traditional Medicare, is now showing a picture on his taxpayer-supported web site claiming to be a "guardian of seniors' rights." If he is a guardian of seniors' rights, Al Capone was the greatest champion of law and order of all time.
Does he really think seniors (or seniors-to-be like me) think we're going to fall for his con and then claim that the shady "60-plus association" represents seniors? If he really thinks so, he really must think we're dumber than first graders.
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by alaprst | Daily Kos
23 May 2011
I do not find funny Pete Sessions' latest claim to be a guardian of senior citizens' interest.
The same Pete Sessions who seemingly couldn't say enough good things about the financially and morally irresponsible Ryan bill he so enthusiastically supports, now wants folks to think he is something he has shown clearly that he isn't.
The same Pete Sessions who voted to gut Medicare in favor of a voucher system that will cost seniors well more than twice what they currently pay for traditional Medicare, is now showing a picture on his taxpayer-supported web site claiming to be a "guardian of seniors' rights." If he is a guardian of seniors' rights, Al Capone was the greatest champion of law and order of all time.
Does he really think seniors (or seniors-to-be like me) think we're going to fall for his con and then claim that the shady "60-plus association" represents seniors? If he really thinks so, he really must think we're dumber than first graders.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Texas moves closer to expanding radioactive waste dump
by Kate Galbraith and Jay Root | 17 May 2011
texastribune.org
The House gave preliminary approval today to a bill that will give a politically-connected operator broad authority to set the rates it charges for radioactive waste imported into Texas for disposal.
The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, passed the House 108 to 36 after more than an hour of floor debate. It smooths the way for the company to accept low-level radioactive waste from several dozen states in addition to Texas and Vermont, which already have an agreement to use the West Texas site.
"Fundamentally what it represents is the biggest pork-barrel project in history," said State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, who said that Texas was effectively establishing a monopoly with potentially unlimited profits.
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texastribune.org
The House gave preliminary approval today to a bill that will give a politically-connected operator broad authority to set the rates it charges for radioactive waste imported into Texas for disposal.
The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, passed the House 108 to 36 after more than an hour of floor debate. It smooths the way for the company to accept low-level radioactive waste from several dozen states in addition to Texas and Vermont, which already have an agreement to use the West Texas site.
"Fundamentally what it represents is the biggest pork-barrel project in history," said State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, who said that Texas was effectively establishing a monopoly with potentially unlimited profits.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Texas: “the national laboratory for bad government”
Looks like the Tea Party are going to find out if their policies work in Texas.
Pretty radical stuff, no increase in revenue and a 25% cut in the State budget, I suggest all Americans keep an eye on Texas
• Spending cuts to public schools, already among the nation’s most poorly funded, could mean some 100,000 teacher layoffs, pre-K programs decimated and schools closed
• Huge cuts to Medicaid could push an estimated 60,000 senior citizens out of their nursing homes.
Bill Hobby, the former lieutenant governor, was marveling at the extremes to which the Texas Republicans have gone. “There’s an evil mutant gene in the Republican Party,” Hobby said. “I don’t know if there’s any cure for it. I guess you can only hope the disease runs its course before it kills the patient.”
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Pretty radical stuff, no increase in revenue and a 25% cut in the State budget, I suggest all Americans keep an eye on Texas
• Spending cuts to public schools, already among the nation’s most poorly funded, could mean some 100,000 teacher layoffs, pre-K programs decimated and schools closed
• Huge cuts to Medicaid could push an estimated 60,000 senior citizens out of their nursing homes.
Bill Hobby, the former lieutenant governor, was marveling at the extremes to which the Texas Republicans have gone. “There’s an evil mutant gene in the Republican Party,” Hobby said. “I don’t know if there’s any cure for it. I guess you can only hope the disease runs its course before it kills the patient.”
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Texas to layoff 100,000 teachers while giving millions to Formula One Racing
Texas plans to slash education budgets and layoff almost 100,000 teachers, all while agreeing to pay $25 million per year through 2022 to Formula One auto racing.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice
Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested.
Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It is a simple technique using very basic drug. The method employs dichloroacetate, which is currently used to treat metabolic disorders. So, there is no concern of side effects or about their long term effects.
This drug doesn’t require a patent, so anyone can employ it widely and cheaply compared to the costly cancer drugs produced by major pharmaceutical companies.
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