Burnt Orange Report

Better Not at All than Late

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

A little catch up on some news from the past few days. I think we are all getting ready to adjust to our Post-Byron led era. I'll have some comments on that soon enough, after I get my grubby hands in control of this little weblog. Just kidding- don't expect any titanic shifts right away. Though there are some things I'm pondering, nothing is to be done without the usual consultation of writers that goes on normally. If you want to join the team, be sure to check out Byron's post. I was asked to come on board because I lurked in the comments the spring and summer before I came to UT.

So, now to a couple headlines- As has been reported today, Governor Good Hair was busy not governing as usual, leaving him with the all important business of filling in as poster boy for the choreographed triple love fest for the conservative Christian base, signing parental consent bills and double secret constitution killer gay marriage amendments at a place of high holy Christian worship. Talk about overkill.

Perry to Hutchy and Carol 5-Names: You can't touch this (base).

Also, for Austinites, this Tuesday marks the last day to vote early for the High Octane City Council Runoff between Chair Tossing "the Hulk" Margot Clarke and Developer $$$ SugarMomma Jennifer Kim. Please note the overblown sarcasm. The Texan reports that a whopping 3% of Austin has turned out so far, less than 12,000 voters. That means that University precincts (which had 4-6% turnout in the double digit turnout initial round), will be left with exactly the UDems officers casting votes. And for shame, I'm not even registered here because I voted in Fredericksburg for my father. But I'd vote for Clarke if I was here, so make of that what you will. Maybe Byron will tell us who he voted for???

Have you yet?

But if you want to vote for Kinky for Guv (who makes news by attending the dullest of events, a book signing no less) "save yourself for kinky" because he's going to need about 50,000 signatures to get on the ballot next spring from people who DON'T vote in the primaries. As to some actual positions? The Texan sayeth...

Friedman plans to redefine the job and be more available to the constituents by having a listed phone number, he said. Education, energy, animal rights, criminal justice and border issues are among his concerns, along with the end of political correctness, or the "de-wussification" of Texas. He wants to end teaching to standardized tests in schools, outlaw the de-clawing of cats and instate life-without-parole as a possible alternative to the death penalty in order to cut down on executions of innocent people. Friedman also expressed his view on gay marriage.

"They have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us," he said. "On a serious note, I believe love is bigger than government."

Sounds good to me. Why can't we have Democrats run like this? Why can't Kinky run as a Democrat. In any case, we do have Chris Bell, whose blog is fun to read if not for the Gwen Stefani references. The Bell campaign passed $5,000 in its fundraising goal today as well. Maybe you will want to have a House Party for them or attend one on June 12th.