Val's Rants - Writer, Director, Filmmaker (Austin, Texas)

Archive for May, 2009

Activism

05/29/2009

Senate Bill 861 Dies on House Floor!

Texas Capitol: Senate Bill 861 died yesterday in a huge legislative battle that literally came down to the last minutes of floor debate in the Texas House of Representatives. This bill would have, quite literally, reclassified our public schools, mental health centers, and many other agencies as juvenile justice agencies! Then it would have taken [...]

Activism

05/18/2009

STOP SB1505

TIME TO POUR ON THE COALS! Calls Are Needed Right Now To Stop SB1505… (Click here to read the bill) Your Calls Are Needed Immediately to Keep This Bill From Being Heard in the House! SB1505 was passed in the Senate, as well as the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. It is now on its way [...]

Filmmaking,Writing

Visual-Only Storytelling (a rant on writing)

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Here I sit, flying off to a job interview, and watching one of those in-flight entertainment shows with sound turned off. Now, that might be a strange way to watch anything on a TV, but it’s a great way to observe and analyze what you’re watching without getting sucked into the show itself. With that [...]

Activism

We Won – Senator Says She’ll Fix Child Mental Health Screening Bill

San Antonio Senator Says She’ll Fix Child Mental Health Screening Bill, CCHR Texas Agrees To “Call Off The Dogs!” Dear Val, We wanted to let you know that your voice was heard! We met with Senator Van de Putte and Representative Menendez’s offices today to talk about HB1232. We have just received written confirmation from [...]

Activism

05/12/2009

Why does the Government want the GPS co-ordinates to your front door?

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And why does it not surprise me to learn that this whole initiative involve a lot of tax-payer money ($700 million) and a big corporation (ACORN)? What possible legitimate use can there be? What possible illegitimate uses? What about privacy? What if that information were to fall into the wrong hands? Heaven knows governments are [...]

Activism,Personal

Leave our Food Alone

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The right to grow our own food, is a right… not a privilege. And the last thing I want is a big corporation force feeding me GMO food. GMO, is an abomination. It sounds great to have crops that can resist anything, but not at the price of our health, not at the price of [...]

Activism

Vote Down SB220

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CALL YOU REPRESENTATIVES and email: craig.chick@speaker.state.tx.us AND house_thc@texasturf.org Tell then to please represent the people… not Cintra… not foreign corporations… not big money! With Gov. Perry’s recent pretty speech on Texas sovereignty, this bill is the Anti-Robin Hood bill, taking from the poor and giving it to the rich… and on existing roads that are [...]

Activism

05/11/2009

Is Texas listening? (Montana beats us to defending our Gun Rights)

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From an article at FourWinds10.com: No firearm registration, serial numbers, criminal records check’ May 7, 2009 Montana Legislature The state of Montana has drawn a line in the sand, challenging the federal government to decide whether to follow the U.S. Constitution with a new gun law that exempts from federal regulations any gun, gun accessory [...]