Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Repeat Tweets: Time for Washington to Listen

Repeat tweets from Septemter, 2013:

  • 1 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "It's time for Washington to listen to the people!" Yeah, that 2012 Presidential election was like so 10 months ago. #wacko
  • 2 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Right to vote is fundamental building block of our democratic process." Making it easier to buy guns than to vote is #wacko
  • 2 Sep 2013: Headline: "CBS, Time Warner Cable Agreement Reached." w00t! I've been having withdrawal symptoms without @CraigyFerg. www.huffingtonpost.com
  • 5 Sep 2013: The Butler (2013): Civil rights movement seen through prism of White House black butler's family. Works as both history & drama. Moving. A+
  • 5 Sep 2013: The Master (2012): Acting A+. Depiction of mentality behind cults B+. Overall, empty and depressing. Characters, scenes don't connect. C+
  • 5 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Voter ID protects election integrity. Despite AG Holder's claims, in GA minority turnout INCREASED." Minorities are pissed.
  • 5 Sep 2013: Amour (2012): Elderly man cares for his invalid wife. What do you do when nothing can be done? Heartbreaking. Oscar-worthy performances. B+

After the jump, more repeat tweets.


  • 6 Sep 2013: High school football final: North Garland 7, Berkner 42. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhsfb
  • 7 Sep 2013: Tokyo wins 2020 Olympics. Tokyo, the safe choice. Tokyo will be a good host. Better Tokyo than, say, Chicago or Washington or Dallas.
  • 9 Sep 2013: MT @KenPaxtonTX: "#txlege passed several pro-gun bills! Stay tuned as we tweet 5 #ProGunLaws every Texas citizen should know." #Facepalm
  • 9 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "The best solution is that we should shutdown the IRS and move to a simple flat tax." Who would collect the flat tax? #wacko
  • 9 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "There is no doubt that Texas works." But many Texans can't afford health insurance for all that work. #wacko
  • 9 Sep 2013: @Minutemaniac, oh a smaller IRS. @SenTedCruz said padlock and shutdown the IRS. I didn't know he didn't really mean it.
  • 10 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Mr. President -- how about an exemption for hard-working American families?" #wacko. Families are biggest beneficiaries.
  • 10 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We need millions of Americans to stand up and say 'save us from this train wreck!'" By "train wreck" do you mean Congress?
  • 11 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz "It is the job of our service men & women to kill our enemies and defend our national security #Syria" Cruz wants to invade.
  • 11 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Prospect of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons is greatest security threat." Yet Cruz won't support ridding Syria of WMD.
  • 11 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We are not willing to sacrifice our sons in defense of amorphous international norms." What's amorphous about sarin WMD?
  • 11 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We shouldn't expect that Russia and China will do anything other than act in their own interests." Or Ted Cruz. #wacko
  • 11 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We should be providing tools to allow our military to carry out the task of defending the USA." Revoke insane sequester.
  • 12 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Everything this doctor loves about his job at risk because of Obamacare." Doctor doesn't care that 45m lack health ins.???
  • 12 Sep 2013: First it was "Repeal." Then it was "Defund." Now it's "Exempt America." You see where this eventually ends? "Don't Touch My Obamacare."
  • 12 Sep 2013: Headline: "Voyager 1 Becomes First Man-Made Object to Reach Interstellar Space." How many times can a satellite be the first to do this?
  • 12 Sep 2013: RT @SenTedCruz: "People are frustrated w/ politicians in DC who aren't listening to the American people." Cruz is just trolling us now.
  • 13 Sep 2013: High school football final: Berkner 13, Plano East 34. #txhsfb
  • 14 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Unions said repeal Obamacare if they don't get a 'fix.' Their 'fix' was denied. Welcome to team." Cruz loves unions.
  • 15 Sep 2013: Penalty for kickoff out of bounds. Why not for running out of bounds? Games would have more tackles (exciting) & fewer clock stops (faster).
  • 16 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Despite millions in "education' Americans are left confused" about Obamacare. Kudos. Your disinformation campaign worked.
  • 17 Sep 2013: MT @jfloyd_dmn: "Mass shootings: Horrifying, but there's no 'epidemic.'" No, not an epidemic. A chronic condition we tolerate w/o reason.
  • 17 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "It makes conservatives stronger to understand other side & learn to argue civilly." Your many misrepresentations belie this
  • 18 Sep 2013: Today in 1956, Mickey Mantle became 8th player to hit 50 homers in a season. He did it the old fashioned way, with alcohol, not steroids.
  • 19 Sep 2013: Mud (2013): Two Mississippi boys meet a drifter who lives on a boat in a tree. Yep. Adventure, suspense, coming of age. Early Oscar buzz. B-
  • 19 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Why is Obama threatening to shut down govt to shove Obamacare down Americans' throats?" Cruz is flailing. #wacko
  • 19 Sep 2013: @SenTedCruz, #DefundObamacareBecause it's insuring 30 million more people & it keeps insurance co's from dropping me if I get sick. Wait...
  • 20 Sep 2013: Someone should tell that annoying guy on Facebook all the time with "Sciatica? Back Pain?" to learn how to carry a box of books correctly.
  • 20 Sep 2013: What a week! The Pope and the leader of Iran both threw open their windows abroad while the GOP was busy slamming shut its door at home.
  • 21 Sep 2013: .@SenTedCruz, RT @LOLGOP: "Before Obamacare, insurance companies NEVER cancelled your health insurance -- unless you got cancer."
  • 21 Sep 2013: MT @BarackObama: "Only 4.6% of Fortune 1000 companies are run by women. Let's change that." POTUS signalling Yellen for Federal Reserve.
  • 21 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "It is time for Washington, DC, to listen to the American people." Too bad we don't have some kind of national election.
  • 21 Sep 2013: Spamalot at JJPHS: Big over-the-top show with lots of scenes to ham it up. JJP cast does just that. They're having as much fun as audience.
  • 22 Sep 2013: MT @dallasnews: "McKinney ISD voters approve 13-cent increase in property tax rate." A sign that school funding in Texas is broken.
  • 22 Sep 2013: Headlne: "Creationists Are Choosing Texas' Science Textbooks." Sigh. SBOE member Tincy Miller enables creationists. www.slate.com
  • 22 Sep 2013: .@SenTedCruz, let me get this straight. Cruz is going to filibuster House bill that defunds Obamacare??? #wacko He WANTS to shut down govt.
  • 22 Sep 2013: .@SenTedCruz to Senate Dems: I want to defund Obamacare, so I'll filibuster House bill that does just that. That's right. #wacko
  • 22 Sep 2013: @bibliosk8er, I hear you, but @SenTedCruz is no ordinary dick. He represents me in the US Senate. So, I tell him what I think of his antics.
  • 23 Sep 2013: .@SenTedCruz, #DefundObamacareBecause I think people who get sick deserve to lose their health insurance. Oh, wait. #wacko
  • 24 Sep 2013: Washington's NFL franchise will never win a game ever again until they change their team nickname. The curse of the ethnic slur.
  • 24 Sep 2013: .@SenTedCruz is filibustering bill to defund Obamacare and fund the rest of govt. Which part do you think he opposes? #wacko
  • 24 Sep 2013: Mitch McConnell explains @SenTedCruz's filibuster: "We’d all be hard pressed to explain why we’re opposed to a bill we’re in favor of."
  • 24 Sep 2013: MT @KenPaxtonTX: "I agree with @SenTedCruz that Congress & federal employees should not be exempt from Obamacare." They aren't. #wacko
  • 25 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz "Together we must #MakeDCListen to the people." The people already elected the Obamacare candidate... twice. #MakeCruzListen.
  • 25 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "If the American people stand up together, we can #MakeDCListen." Already done in '08 and '12, when Obamacare candidate won.
  • 25 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "I'll oppose UN Arms Trade Treaty Sec. Kerry signed today." Is Cruz done w/ #wacko tricks to shut down govt? #FingersCrossed
  • 25 Sep 2013: After all that, @SenTedCruz himself votes for cloture on the bill he was fake filibustering. We need a new word. #Wacko isn't strong enough.
  • 25 Sep 2013: MT @KenPaxtonTX: "If elected Atty General, I will fight to protect the life and opportunities of all Texas children." Including health care?
  • 26 Sep 2013: The DMN editorial board gets it. Why the new Voter ID law is a "royal pain" "for someone else's political gain." dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com
  • 27 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "A vote for cloture is a vote w/ Reid to allow him to fund Obamacare." A vote against cloture is a vote to shut down govt.
  • 27 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Voting for cloture is a vote to allow Harry Reid to fund Obamacare." Voting against cloture is a vote to shut down govt.
  • 27 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "It is time for the Senate to listen to the American people who are suffering under Obamacare." What about 97% who benefit?
  • 27 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Today's vote to fully fund Obamacare was yet the latest example of DC not listening to the people." Which people? #wacko
  • 27 Sep 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "Encouraging to see building momentum ..." I can't help picturing Cruz as the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail.
  • 27 Sep 2013: Headline: "Obama says he spoke to Rouhani, believes they can reach nuclear 'solution'" Wow. Iran is now more reasonable than the GOP. #wacko
  • 27 Sep 2013: High school football final: Lake Highlands 55, Berkner 21. #txhsfb
  • 28 Sep 2013: Opening weekend of Texas State Fair and there's an 80% chance of rain. I have an idea. We could end droughts if we ran the Fair year round.
  • 28 Sep 2013: News from one of my regular news sources, MeatPoultry.com: "Bob Evans to close Richardson sausage plant." MeatPoultry.com
  • 30 Sep 2013: Dallas tree planting program is gearing up for fall. Is Richardson still active since @amiromar left city council? dallastrees.blogspot.com

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