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

Archive for June, 2009

Activism,Personal

06/29/2009

Where have our Rights gone?

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I walk out onto the streets with lantern, like a modern-day Socrates, searching for our Rights, but I find none under the shadow of the Constitution – whatever is left of it, of course, now riddled with holes, and smeared with Tipp-Ex. I search the halls of decency, but nobody is there. I’m told that [...]

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06/26/2009

Why does the Federal government want your water?

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Senate Bill 787 – the Clean Water Restoration Act Doesn’t that just sound wonderful? Like they’re planning on just cleaning up our waters or something… Then WHY is it that Sen. Feingold (WI) wants to redefine navigable waters as ANYTHING even remotely moist as navigable waters that would come under the control of the Federal [...]

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06/25/2009

Call Rep. John Carter (202) 225-3864 to STOP CAP AND TRADE!

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Democrats always like to raise taxes to pay for their “free” programs. Nothing is ever free. Free Healthcare is not free — someone has to pay for it. And since the government has decided to not cut any spending, but to increase it from even the Bush administration, they now have to find a way [...]

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06/23/2009

Support Honor in Office

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And just in line with my last post, let’s put in ethics on our legislatures (State and Federal) and remind them that they’re supposed to be serving WE THE PEOPLE, not WE THE PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF MONEY. Check these guys out: http://www.honorinoffice.org/help1.php If we keep our eyes open, we can yet straighten out our [...]

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We can make a difference

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Gov. Perry (probably because he’s gunning for votes to run for Governor in 2010 — yuck!) vetoed SB1440 which would take parents’ God-given rights away and give the government the right to stick ‘em in a psych institution — can you smell the Big Pharma bucks at play here? — with no recourse for us. [...]

Activism

06/02/2009

Urgent! Veto Campaign SB1440 Urgent Action Needed!

In the closing hours of the Texas legislative session, Senate Bill 1440, a harmless bill, was amended with dangerous language that would give Child Protective Services new and dangerous powers. The danger of this bill lies in three simple words: “GOOD CAUSE SHOWN.”  Currently CPS can go to court and with “good cause shown” get permission [...]