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Who are you voting for in 2010

October 31, 2010October 29, 2010 John Democrat, Independent, republican, Tea Bag Party, voting

We’ve got a new poll up at Deep Sand asking who you are planning to vote for (or who you voted for) by party. We just want to know if you are voting mostly for one party or the other, going independent, or sitting this one out. The President and Democrats are working hard to motivate the base, but frankly they are scrambling because they clearly blew off the progressive wing of the party for the past two years, in some cases being verbally dismissive, and the “chickens have come home to roost.”

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New Tea Party Poll at Deep Sand

October 29, 2010 John Astroturn, David Koch, republican, Tea Bag Party, Tea Party

We’ve added a poll today asking what you think about the Tea Party. Some people involved claim it’s non-partisan, and is a purely grass-roots organization of disaffected voters. There is some evidence that it is an astroturf group sponsored by big business to help them advance their aims (I’m looking at you David Koch), and some folks believe it is definitely a part of the Republican Party. Let us know what you think.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-29

October 29, 2010 John tweets, twitter

* "Anyone else think the Medical School Dean was trying to do the right by getting the guy some help?

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Trying to Make A Little Change

October 25, 2010October 28, 2010 John Administrative Council, bigotry, homophobia, Palma Ceia, Suicide, Tampa, Teens, United Methodist

two Sunday’s ago, I was teaching my Sunday School class (as I’ve done a number of times), and took a few minutes at the end of the class to deliver the following statement. I have been amazed at the outpouring of concern and support, and a number of them are willing to attend the Council meeting with me in November. I will reintroduce the resolution leaving out the section about trying reasonably to deal only with other organizations with similar statements. The council members previously used this as their primary objection.

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Joel Burns-Fort Worth City Councilman-It Gets Better

October 25, 2010October 22, 2010 John City Council, Fort Worth, It Gets Better, Joel Burns

It’s rare when a city council member from Fort Worth, Texas makes national news, but that’s exactly what happened when Joel Burns recently gave a powerful speech imploring gay teenagers to stand strong in the face of bullying. At a Fort Worth council meeting on Tuesday, Joel Burns, who is openly gay, talked about a number of recent suicides of gay teens due to bullying. Burns had a simple message for them: “it gets better.”