Kevin Tarr wrote: > About the DC protestors issue: is it the account that was posted here, a > few month ago? How can I say this charitably? I've had "dealings" with > police both good and bad. I could type out incidents that would make your > hair stand on end, and they would be factually true. I could type out the > same incidents and they'd be funny as hell and just as true. When a police > officer calls you a redheaded MoFo, and he used the complete word, what can > you do? I laughed in his face.
Arrests and people being denied chances to talk to lawyers, being held for a number of hours without adequite food or water, that sort of thing. I read accounts on another list I'm on. Might be able to pull up references if people ask. > One question I had about the Texas redistricting issue, I've seen the map > of the proposed redistricting, but no maps of the current districts. I hear > the dems arguments, but wonder how much is just political grasping at > straws? I'm going to say something bad (surprise): while I understand if a > black district complains about being split up, or worse forced together so > they always pick a certain party representative, I don't think the > Hispanics are as rigid in their party affiliation, as a certain Texas > representative said they should be. It's almost reverse discrimination, > saying the people can't choose for themselves. http://www.statesman.com/legislature/content/coxnet/texas/legislature/index.html There are 4 columns on the page. The 3rd one has a list of links to redistricting maps. Knock yourself out. The big thing is, the Republicans think the number of Republican Congressional Representatives should reflect the number of people in the state who voted Republican on most stuff. There are 5 districts where a Republican majority is re-electing Democrats to Congress. So the Republicans are splitting up various Democrat's districts in order to get the ratio they want, instead of fielding viable candidates in those 5 districts, which would get them very *close* to the ratio they want, anyway. I think that any of the proposed maps are going to be challenged in court, costing Texas $$$$$, and as someone paying taxes in Texas, I really don't like that. (The cost of the special sessions isn't as great as the court costs may end up being, but I'm not happy about *those*, either, except that they've managed to take care of a few things that didn't get taken care of in the regular session that ought to have been.) And I'm not entirely happy about the voting for whatever proposition it is being held in September, rather than November, but that's a mild and different kettle of fish. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
