Saturday, August 3, 2013

Repeat Tweets: "A Bucket o' Business"

Repeat tweets from July, 2013:

  • 2 Jul 2013: RT @AngieChenButton: "Perry to announce future plans on Monday." Future plans. That's the best kind of plans.
  • 8 Jul 2013: "No rocky coast, no sylvan hiking paths, no loons, whales, etc. Just a bucket o' business and a booming economy." globalperspective.bangordailynews.com
  • 8 Jul 2013: What's it say about me that Facebook suggests I might like the TV show, "My Favorite Martian?"
  • 8 Jul 2013: RT @BudKennedy: "@TomPauken says @GregAbbott_TX is from an 'Austin that has grown stale with insiders.'" If anyone knows stale, it's Pauken.
  • 8 Jul 2013: Headline: "Stefani Carter announces bid for Railroad Commissioner." That's why she favored gas fracking near homes. trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com

After the jump, more repeat tweets.


  • 9 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Regulations: why we have slow growth, high unemployment economy." No, slow growth is because of GOP's austerity budget.
  • 9 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "House can do the country a service by putting a stake through its heart." By "it" he means Hispanic community not Go8 bill.
  • 9 Jul 2013: "Agenda 21" is a real thing. Just not the black helicopters, one world government that paranoid wingnuts would have us think it is.
  • 9 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "What's more absurd than a national raisin reserve?" I don't know. Maybe Cruz wanting to abolish IRS?
  • 9 Jul 2013: RT @TomPauken: "Otherwise, the room was pretty full." We all saw @BudKennedy's photo. Pauken begins campaign with transparent lie.
  • 9 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "100,000 Americans' SS #s were posted online by IRS. It's past time to #AbolishTheIRS." Or abolish SS, right? #wacko
  • 10 Jul 2013: Want to keep Walmart out of Spanish Village at Coit and Arapaho? Get Dallas to pass a living wage bill. www.slate.com
  • 10 Jul 2013: MT @jonathanchait: "One of the developments in conservative thought is a hatred not merely for government but for lawmaking." Not in Texas.
  • 10 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Any effort to pack courts" "judges applying law fairly." How you fit so many falsehoods into 140 chars is amazing. #wacko
  • 10 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Prayers for the Christian community in Egypt." I missed your tweet of prayers for all victims in Egypt. Let me add Amen.
  • 10 Jul 2013: .@SenTedCruz, without freedom from govt interference over your own body, there is no liberty. #wacko
  • 11 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "I agree w/ Sen. Baucus, lead author of Obamacare, that it's become a 'huge train wreck.'" You're misquoting Baucus. #wacko
  • 11 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: Obamacare "has become a 'huge train wreck.' Proposing bill to defund it." That really could make it a train wreck. #wacko
  • 11 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "We must guarantee that American taxpayers do not spend one more dime to implement Obamacare." Cruz hates sick people.
  • 11 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Everyone deserves to be spared being forced to participate in Obamacare." #wacko Everyone deserves access to health care.
  • 11 Jul 2013: MT @GoodmanESPN: "Jordan Mickey (LSU) ruled ineligible by NCAA after spending last season at Prime Prep." Sad. Mickey started at Berkner HS.
  • 12 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Tx Senate to vote on HB2 today. Without life, there is no liberty!" Does this mean you'll do something about gun violence?
  • 12 Jul 2013: I don't always drink beer, but when I do, it's because I've been listening to @SenTedCruz ( qkme.me )
  • 13 Jul 2013: Searching for Sugar Man (2012): "American Zero, South African Hero." Oscar-winning documentary of poet/singer almost too good to believe. A+
  • 13 Jul 2013: Malala gave an inspiring speech for women's rights to the UN. Can she now travel to Austin and the Texas legislature? cnn.com
  • 13 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "One more reason to #DefundObamacare." Because a union has a beef? Cruz suddenly likes unions? How cynical can you get?
  • 14 Jul 2013: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011): Turkish crime drama. Long moody scenes of rural Turkey at night lit by car lights. Nothing happens. D+
  • 14 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "@SenatorReid: 'Obamacare has been wonderful for America.' Then why the delays?" Because obstructionist Rs hate wonderful.
  • 15 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We must champion legal immigration." Sure sign Cruz knows that his anti-immigration reform stand is indefensible. #wacko
  • 15 Jul 2013: "Walmart officials have decided to move forward with store at Arapaho and Coit." Does Dallas need a living wage law? dallascityhall.com
  • 15 Jul 2013: "As a matter of basic politics, the Republicans have lost their minds." -- Rod Dreher. Oh my. This guy cheered when Palin was picked for VP.
  • 15 Jul 2013: Supreme Court, please, please, please mess with Texas. www.slate.com
  • 16 Jul 2013: Meek's Cutoff (2010): Realistic portrayal of Western migration. Unvarnished. Unromantic. Moving. Pioneers were tough as nails. A-
  • 16 Jul 2013: MT @SenGillibrand: "Thx @SenTedCruz for supporting Mil Justice Improvement Act. Proud to have bipartisan support!" Something not #wacko :-)
  • 17 Jul 2013: Overheard (city council member): "Remember NObama, NSA and IRS are all watching...." Don't forget Richardson's rental inspection program.
  • 17 Jul 2013: Patrick Kennedy remakes downtown Richardson, focusing not on Main, but Greenville. Right idea, even if details wrong. www.carfreeinbigd.com
  • 18 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Obamacare doomed for ash heap of history when GOP unites to fully defund it." Losing his tenuous grasp on reality. #wacko
  • 18 Jul 2013: MT @TomPauken: "Obamacare. A train wreck waiting to happen--and a job killer, too." Pauken, you can't out-crazy Abbott & @SenTedCruz. #wacko
  • 18 Jul 2013: RT @stefani_carter: "Getting ready for the bill signing of HB 2, the women's health bill!" She means the anti-women's health bill.
  • 18 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "Just cast my vote against Thomas Perez for Secretary of Labor." Texas's obstructionist, do-nothing senator. #wacko
  • 18 Jul 2013: RT @stefani_carter: "I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album '"HB2 Signing'": Do any show you respecting women's rights?
  • 19 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "I've presented bill that ensures that those registered to vote must be citizens." How about a bill to reduce gun violence?
  • 19 Jul 2013: RT @WendyDavisTexas: "Did you know State Farm has been overcharging TX consumers for 10 years?" Richardson just gave them a tax break.
  • 19 Jul 2013: MT @bobvanderplaats: "If Ted Cruz continues communicating and leading as he currently is, 2016 field will narrow quickly." To just Hillary?
  • 20 Jul 2013: Cloud Atlas (2012): Parallel lives in different times, different worlds, all linked and all Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. True-true? Nuh uh. C-
  • 20 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "More proof fracking is a safe practice." You're a pretty trusting guy. If feds say so, Cruz believes them. LOL. #wacko
  • 20 Jul 2013: Neil Armstrong was a doer, not an obstructionist. A constructive team member, not a bitching whiner. In other words, the anti-@SenTedCruz.
  • 20 Jul 2013: Spamalot, at RCT: A spoof of a spoof of Camelot. Richardson production. Crams a lot of singing/dancing/laughter on a small stage. Great fun.
  • 21 Jul 2013: Headline: "Canadian-born Ted Cruz says he's eligible to be president." I'm sure he is. Still, I'd like to see him try to *prove* it. #wacko
  • 21 Jul 2013: That one where the city council tries to make their job look sexy. youtu.be
  • 22 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "More Americans are standing up against Obamacare." Mostly those who are healthy and have good insurance already. #wacko
  • 22 Jul 2013: RT @mattyglesias: "Isn't it William who's responsible for the sex of the baby?" Maybe a woman's body has a way of shutting down the wrong sperm.
  • 22 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Scary. Large percentage of physicians "not at all familiar" w/ Obamacare." Not surprising given misrepresentations by GOP.
  • 22 Jul 2013: Likely as Rice winning the mythical national championship, but I suggest doing away w/ NCAA championships altogether. news.yahoo.com
  • 23 Jul 2013: Pulp Fiction (1994): Finally watched, after 19 yrs on to-do list. Classic Tarantino. Over the top violence. Part homage, part invention. A-
  • 24 Jul 2013: Headline: "Social Mobility and the Legacy of Slavery in Dallas." Wow! I didn't know you could talk about this here. frontburner.dmagazine.com
  • 24 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "Obamacare is killing jobs, hurting health care & driving premiums up." BREAKING: Cruz Living in Alternate Reality. #wacko
  • 24 Jul 2013: Headline: "Former Rep. Ray Keller will run for Railroad Commissioner." I don't know him but if he can put Stefani Carter out of a job, ;-)
  • 24 Jul 2013: MT @rodgermjones: "Will DMN's Texan of the Year come out of the abortion wars in Austin? Wendy Davis, perhaps?" ToY? For DMN? Um, no. Troll.
  • 24 Jul 2013: Tim Rogers (@timmytyper), D Magazine's resident Napoleon, gets a well-deserved comeuppance, suddenly. frontburner.dmagazine.com
  • 24 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "If POTUS truly cared about sparking growth, he'd #DefundObamacare." Egg the White House, too, why don't you? #wacko
  • 24 Jul 2013: The royal baby's name is George. Yes! I would have settled for George Michael or GOB. But definitely not Buster.
  • 24 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "How about this for #ABetterBargain? --> #DefundObamacare." Cruz's alternate reality drifts farther from Earth. #wacko
  • 24 Jul 2013: Overheard: "Come and enjoy a chair massage / foot rub." -- Richardson City Council member
  • 24 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "If we want to stop the Obamacare train wreck, the grassroots must stand up and demand it." Um, grassroots are benefiting.
  • 25 Jul 2013: Headline: "Rand Paul: No one in Congress 'has a stronger belief in minority rights'" Just don't ask him to vote for the Civil Rights Act.
  • 25 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "We must #DefundObamacare now. We can do it, but America must come together and speak loudly." Like in Nov. 2012. #wacko
  • 25 Jul 2013: Even Forbes thinks @SenTedCruz uses delusional arguments to appeal to the paranoia of his followers. www.forbes.com
  • 25 Jul 2013: Peter Calthorpe doesn't say Richardson or State Farm, but he explains why it's not transit-oriented development. www.metropolismag.com
  • 25 Jul 2013: RT @SenKenPaxton: "The fed gov's attempt to control TX elections threatens our state's rights..." ... to discriminate. Say it.
  • 25 Jul 2013: DMN's @rodgermjones comes out for higher federal gas taxes ... kinda, sorta, but it's a move in right direction. transportationblog.dallasnews.com
  • 25 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Let's not leave working families on the tracks for the Obamacare train wreck." What's your plan for universal health care?
  • 25 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Let's stop talking about it..." Agreed! It's time to move on. Obamacare is the law of the land.
  • 26 Jul 2013: RT @WayneSlater: "Greg Abbott invokes states rights in defending Texas against federal voting-rights efforts." What yr is this? 1965? 1865?
  • 26 Jul 2013: .@TomPauken Here's another view: Abbott's attempt to circumvent Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act shows his contempt for the rule of law.
  • 26 Jul 2013: There are only three things @SenTedCruz mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb and #DefundObamacare. -- Joe Biden (kinda)
  • 26 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "We shouldn't be arming al Qaida." We shouldn't arm criminals in US, either. What are you doing to pass background checks?
  • 26 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "Not one penny to fund Obamacare." You do realize, don't you, that Obamacare reduces the deficit?
  • 26 Jul 2013: Protip to @TomPauken: The war is over. The Vietnam War. How about meeting voters halfway. Say, 1995. What's your stand on Whitewater?
  • 26 Jul 2013: .@SenTedCruz defends right to express religious bigotry by quoting generals. Huff, puff, ..., well, I agree with him. Let the bigots speak.
  • 27 Jul 2013: Cherry Blossoms (2008): Aging German couple estranged from their adult children, dream of visiting Fuji. A story of late-blooming love. A-
  • 28 Jul 2013: .@SenTedCruz wants to ignore laws passed by Congress. Congress passed Obamacare. Congress has duty to pay for what they passed.
  • 29 Jul 2013: Headline: "Mike Snyder Revealed To Be a Sock Puppet." Wow. He throws away his career reputation. Was he always just an empty suit?
  • 29 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We've got opportunity right now to stop Obamacare." Also, opportunity to extend health insurance to millions. Which to do?
  • 30 Jul 2013: New data: health care costs rose at their slowest pace in 50 years. Meanwhile, @SenTedCruz vows to repeal Obamacare. #wacko
  • 30 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "Looking forward to #DefundObamacare discussion w/ @SenMikeLee & @MarcoRubio on Senate floor." Talk of echo chambers. #wacko
  • 30 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "Texans overwhelmingly understand Obamacare isn't working." No, we don't. We understand @SenTedCruz isn't working. #wacko
  • 30 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "What's it say that even IRS employees union is asking to be let out of Obamacare?" That @SenTedCruz likes IRS and unions?
  • 30 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Americans want economic growth. Nothing is hurting the American economy more than Obamacare." How about GOP obstructionism?
  • 31 Jul 2013: Headline: "Obama's Secret Plan To Make You Live In An Apt Full of Black People." Not about Richardson, but could be. www.slate.com
  • 31 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "If we're not willing to fight on Obamacare, on what are we willing to fight?" Something useful? Like reducing gun violence?
  • 31 Jul 2013: RT @justinc: "Fixed Touring evidence." That logo looks familiar. www.wired.com
  • 31 Jul 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "What a whirlwind this past year has been." Whirl·wind: 1) a tumultuous, confused rush. 2) a destructive force. OK. #wacko
  • 31 Jul 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Today's 1.7% GDP # confirms that economic growth remains stuck in the mud." You mean stuck in GOP obstructionism. #wacko
  • 31 Jul 2013: MT @nstockdale: "Should @WendyDavisTexas have to foot the bill for extra special sessions?" @nstockdale is trolling.

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