However, right before it was to go to the floor, Rep. Hall called a Motion to Recommit. Because of those weird rules I mentioned above, this meant that Congress would either have to agree to the Motion and have the bill sent back to committee — where it would die — or overrule the Motion. Now follow this carefully: part of the Motion Rep. Hall submitted was language added to the bill that said that it would prevent the government from paying salaries to employees who looked at porn on government computers.

By doing this, Hall basically bet all his chips. Hall’s move left Congress, notably Democrats, with two options: kill this much-needed bill that invests in America’s future in science and technology, or overrule a motion punishing people for downloading pornography. If they did the latter, the far right noise machine, always eager for red meat in the political arena, could then say Democrats voted to continue paying employees who looked at porn.

Facing this sort of choice, a large number of Democrats backed off. Hall’s Motion passed, and the bill went back to committee where it’s now essentially dead.

’30s Texas history textbook on lazy Indians, idle Negroes and awesome white folks!

just some excerpts, please click above for the full post

“The Spaniards should have known from common sense that there was about as much possibility of civilizing the Indian as there was of taming lions and tigers.”

“The Indians were troublesome and stole everything they could.”

“The Indians did not like to work and often ran away or, in savage fashion, raided the missions and killed the priests … the Indians were lazy and neglected crops and herds.”

“When the ‘carpet baggers’ arrived, they deceived and pampered the negroes and soon had them loafing about the country in idleness, homeless and helpless. Southern farmers could not get them to stay at home and work.”

Yates sets Texas scoring record in 170-35 win

“There are animals in there literally starving to death, not being fed. There are animals in conditions where the environment is either too cold or too warm for them.”:

Thousands of exotic animals seized in Arlington

i hate that state

texas is retarded

San Antonio police say a woman accused of beheading her 3-week-old infant son used a knife and two swords in the attack and ate some of the child’s body parts….

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