Tidbits for today

In no particular order of importance.
Just a bit of an update:Star-Telegram.com | 11/13/2006 | Bill filings pouring in for Legislature:
— The U.S.-born children of people who enter the United States illegally would not be able to attend Texas public schools or receive any government-backed social services under legislation introduced Monday and in line to be [...]

DeLay legacy helped GOP empire fall

DeLay legacy may have helped GOP empire fall | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
How the hammer fell on his own party
The iron hand of Tom DeLay built a GOP empire — and may have contributed its undoing
WASHINGTON - The legacy of the once powerful Republican Tom DeLay of Sugar Land cast a long shadow over last [...]

Voter Intimidation

Raids Widen ‘Immigrant’ Letter Probe - Los Angeles Times:
The investigation by California Department of Justice agents stems from a racially charged letter that Nguyen admits his office sent to about 14,000 registered voters in central Orange County. The letter, which warned “immigrants” they could be jailed or deported if they tried to vote, has spurred [...]

Things that make me go hmmmmm

The ultimate drug deal:
The flaws in the Medicare Plan D program didn’t crop up without anyone seeing them coming. They are the expected result of the way Congress designed the program. So ask those who want to serve you how they’ll fix its flaws.The greatest of them arises from a feature inserted to protect drug [...]

Republican Hypocrisy

Transcript for October 23 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com:
SEN. HUTCHISON: Tim, you know, I think we have to remember something here. An indictment of any kind is not a guilty verdict, and I do think we have in this country the right to go to court and have due process [...]

Another one down

Ohio congressman to plead guilty in bribe case - CNN.com:
October 13, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) –The Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation claims its first member of Congress on Friday with Rep. Bob Ney set to plead guilty to taking bribes. Ney, an Ohio Republican in his sixth term, faces up to 10 years in prison in a [...]