9/30/5 - Home

G'bye Mr. Delay!

And to celebrate, here are "10 Mind-Numbingly Stupid Quotes by Tom DeLay"

1) "So many minority youths had volunteered…that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like myself." –Tom DeLay, explaining at the 1988 GOP convention why he and vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle did not fight in the Vietnam War (Source)

2) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?" –Tom Delay, to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 9, 2005 (Source)

3) "I AM the federal government." –Tom DeLay, to the owner of Ruth's Chris Steak House, after being told to put out his cigar because of federal government regulations banning smoking in the building, May 14, 2003 (Source)

4) "We're no longer a superpower. We're a super-duper power." –Tom DeLay, explaining why America must topple Saddam Hussein in 2002 interview with Fox News (Source)

5) "Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes." –Tom DeLay, March 12, 2003 (Source)

6) "Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills." –Tom DeLay, on causes of the Columbine High School massacre, 1999 (Source)

7) "A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure. To provide stability. Not that a woman can't provide stability, I'm not saying that... It does take a father, though." -Tom DeLay, in a radio interview, Feb. 10, 2004 (Source)

8) "I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church." –Tom DeLay (Source)

9) "Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not exist." –Tom DeLay, during a debate in Congress on increasing the minimum wage, April 23, 1996 (Source)

10) "I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution." –Tom DeLay, in a CNN interview, Dec. 19, 1995 (Source)

9/7/5 - Baton Rouge, LA

My friends in Oregon and Washington, I might not be back for a few more weeks. In the meantime, I ask you to please consider this:
The Federal Government has misappropriated our money.
We the people pay billions in taxes with the implicit understanding that our money is used to better our lives here in the United States by creating and maintaining needed infrastructure. Our Federal Government has authority for major projects such as interstate highways, dams, and levees, and with that authority comes the responsibility to see that those systems are prepared for when they are needed.
What we actually HAVE is a government that took that money for infrastructure and spent it on a war over seas that was justified and started with lies and deception.
The preparations for such a domestic emergency like the recent hurricane were gutted and redirected to Iraq, including not only the National Guard, but items such as sandbags, portable hospitals, etc.
What we are seeing now is not a government prepared to deal with a crisis, but a government scrambling to deal with the aftermath of a crisis as it wipes the egg off of its face at the same time.
We pay for the government to be proactive, but our government is being reactive, and they are treating New Orleans like a military operation because that is the only government system that is funded and operational.
New Orleans isn't being rescued, it's being conquered and occupied.