Texas: Congress

City Council Member Toni Lawrence has decided not to challenge ethically challenged Jerry Eversole. Why?
"We have a lot of mutual friends, we really do, and it was really tough on a lot of those mutual friends," Lawrence said. "It was putting pressure on those people of who they were going to support and what they were going to do."
This is an indication that ethics is just another word for nothing left to steal. Lawrence had an opportunity to challenge one of the most unethical County Commissioner in the history of Harris County, and yet declined. Lawrence and the republican party of Harris County obviously thinks what Jerry Eversole has done with his donors money is within ethical guidelines of the party.

While the teabaggers are trying to kill health care reform and a "government take over", their leader, former Texas Congressman Dick Armey, has been benefiting from the very health care system he is trying to keep away from the teabaggers. Just how stupid can these people be?

Armey has been covered by government health care all his adult life. After retiring from Congress he was covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan until he was 65, then he transitioned into Medicare. Prior to entering Congress he was covered by the State of Texas as a professor of stupidity. So now he is the founder of the teabagger organization, Freedom Works which is trying to kill health care reform so he does not have to share his government provided health care with his misguided hillbillies.

This just can't be good. According to the Houston Chronicle, The top aide to Rep. Pete Olson who tracks NASA-related issues is J.T. Jezierski who had this to say:
Jezierski noted that three of the four members of Congress representing Houston's Johnson Space Center, Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Alabama's Marshall Space Center are freshmen in Congress, potentially undercutting their clout.
Undercutting clout? You think? Here at JSC we had Congressman Nick Lampson who was inline to lead the committee that provides oversight to NASA. He was also on a short list to be NASA Administrator. He had worked hard to create bipartisan support for long term funding for NASA, something the agency has desperately needed.

September 16, 2009

Dear Constituents of District 22,

Please take some time to attend my scheduled town hall meeting on Saturday Sept 19 at the University of Houston Clear Lake starting at 9:00am. I will be discussing important issues affecting our community including NASA and health care reform. If you will attend please respect these simple rules:

1. Do not bring video cameras. Needless to say, the last time this happened turned into a guest appearance on Keith Olbermann show.
2. Don't make fun of me. Look, I am new at this. Standing in front of a bunch of old fat white folks yelling about socialized medicine isn't exactly my idea of a walk in the frickin ER room.