The Minority Report

Well Election Day has come and gone.  Whether your candidate won or lost you have to admit that there is something exciting about the democratic process at work.   A government formed for the people by the people and working for the people (well sometimes).  For me Election Day was sweet…. My issues and my candidates emerged victorious, for now anyways, and I look forward to the City Run Offs.

Dr. Cornell West will be in town tonight for a lecture at the UH Cullen Performance Center.  If you have never heard Dr. West speak this is something you don’t want to miss.  I suggest that you be there….The Minority Report is definetly going to be in the house.

Today is the last day to Early Vote in Houston.  Over 40,000 Early Vote Ballots have already been Cast!!!

Who do you think will come out on Top for City Elections?  Sound off here….

With only a couple days left, it’s amazing how many city council candidates have not reported their totals for the 8 Day before election reporting period.  Some candidates also failed to file their 30 day before election reports.  This certainly isn’t acceptable when people demand transparency in government.  Is reporting optional these days? 

The Georgia Supreme Court finally overturned the 2 year ruling of Genarlow Wilson.  It’s about time Justice happened after over 2 years of injustice.

Mikal Watts has dropped out of the race for the Democratic Nomination for the Junior US Senate Seat from Texas.  This makes things look real good for his challenger State Rep. Rick Noriega to take on Cornyn in November of 08!  There is buzz about John Sharp jumping into the race, but we’re hoping this is not the case.  GIVE EM HELL RICK!!!

The NAACP has declared a State of Emergency in response to the recent surge in assaults against young African Americans as demonstrated by boot camp beating death of Martin Lee Anderson, noose hangings in Jena, Louisiana and other communities, and the assault by police on Shelwanda Riley. The rising level of violence against African Americans symbolized by these cases, as well as countless other dehumanizing attacks, requires immediate action by local and state authorities as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Congress.

Source: www.naacp.org

“The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said that the cost of less than 40 days in Iraq would pay for health-care coverage for 10 million children for a year.” 

The New York Times ran an interesting article this morning about President Bush’s request for more funding for the war in Iraq.  What’s interesting to The Minority Report is how Mr. Bush can veto a bill that would restore cuts to health care for millions of our nation’s children and replace that spending on Armored Vehicles and operational costs for a troop surge that no one wanted.    I don’t understand how these compassionate conservatives can spend more on killing people than they can on caring for them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Don’t forget that early voting started yesterday people.  I already cast my ballot…have you?