[Oe List ...] What do you know

[Jann Barr]

My house mate's 17 yr old grandson was visiting from France. After a
few days of watching the local news about Rick Perry, he said that guy
is stupid. I'm glad he is not French.  'Out of the mouth of babes'

Jann Barr,
Houston Texas

On 8/31/11, George Holcombe <geowanda at earthlink.net> wrote:
> You probably have all this info already, but here goes.  The major
> newspapers in the state have not published very flattering articles on
> Perry, but I doubt that his supporters pay much attention.
> Just today the Justice Dept. blew the AT&T - Mobile-T deal out of the water,
> which will have effect on their stock prices and force delays of AT&T plans.
>  You may have noticed on the news last week that an AT&T official caught on
> camera whispering to Perry that they were going to fund him.  A number of
> his big money folks and corporations are going wild raising funds for him.
> You may want to focus more on his contributors and their ups and downs than
> Perry because that's were the action is.
>
> As the recent cuts in the State budget take effect, especially in education,
> much of the hoopla will have a short shrift.
>
> Here are some urls that try to keep up with Perry.
>
> Texas Observer:  http://www.texasobserver.org/
> Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/ (look especially at their blogs)
> Dallas Morning News: http://www.chron.com/  go to Perry watch
> Austin American Statesman: http://www.statesman.com/  They usually have
> something everyday, just use their search engine if it's not front and
> center.
> Austin Chronicle: http://www.austinchronicle.com/  Look for the "Perry Trap"
>
> District judge Sparks just put Perry's latest effort to play to
> anti-abortion crowd on hold.  It would require a woman to have a sonogram of
> the baby and have the physician describe it to her and then wait 24 hours
> before deciding to have the abortion.  While the judge did not knock down
> the sonogram part he did on the bases of Free Speech knock down the order
> for the physician to describe the sonogram and for the woman to listen to
> it.  Choice folks point out that the law would have had drastic effects on
> women needing the procedure immediately for health reasons and for poor
> women who would find it economically difficult to travel back and forth to
> the clinic and doctor's office, possibly 3 or 4 trips, plus miss work.
>
>
> George Holcombe
> 14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
> Austin, TX 78728
> Mobile 512/252-2756
> geowanda at earthlink.net
>
> ‎“...we have the choice: we can gratefully cultivate the relationships that
> make us part of a vast network, or we can take them for granted and allow
> them to wither and die.”  Brother David Steindl-Rast, Deeper than Words
>
>
>
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Marianna Bailey wrote:
>
>> We are hearing a lot about Rick Perry these days. For the folks who live
>> in Texas what can you tell us about Rick Perry as Governor of Texas for
>> the past 10 years. Maybe your experience can help us as we have
>> conversations on the future of this country.
>> Marianna
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