Aristus said to start a thread so I did.

[VelmaD]

I'm back from the hinterlands. Who wants to hear about my trip to the Rio Grande Valley last week or the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee meeting I went to over the weekend?

[GOPisEvil]

1. How'd the party meeting go?

What's new on the donkey front in TX?

[VelmaD]

3. Well, the new Party Chair...

is the guy who was the party's General Counsel. His name is Charles Soechting. I heard him testify on redistricting at the House subcommittee meeting in Dallas. He was alright. He was not the candidate I was hoping for though. But he's Bob Slagle's guy and he did beat Gary Mauro. *shrug*

[GOPisEvil]

4. I was kinda hoping for Mauro.

At least people know who he is. Oh well, maybe the new guy will have some fire. Is he a former Republican? :eyes:

[VelmaD]

7. Nope.

Lifelong Democrat. My problem with him and Mauro both is that to me they represent the "old" party. I was hoping for some new blood with new ideas instead of the same old crap that lost us the state.

The only real plus I can see is that with the redistricting lawsuits getting underway it might be a good idea to have a lawyer in charge.

[GOPisEvil]

10. New blood would be nice!

At any rate, we'll see if we even see this guy's name in the papers. Darn near never saw Molly Beth's.

[VelmaD]

12. The real fun...

was the fight over seeing the Party's books. A couple of the State Chair candidates (including Sary Moore who is a CPA) made a big stink about how no one is allowed to see the books. As an auditor that sets off all sorts of warning bells in my brain.

[GOPisEvil]

16. Yikes! That is a little frightening!

Maybe they don't want people to see how little money there actually is. :-(

[VelmaD]

18. It makes me suspicious...

for a couple of reasons. First, Molly Beth is resigning just as the Party finished paying the mortgage on her condo. Second, they keep telling us we're in the black for the first time in anyone's memory. My response to that is "PROVE IT!"

[GOPisEvil]

20. The party bought her condo?

:wtf:

Really? Bizarro-world!

[VelmaD]

21. Yes...

the Party bought her condo. The Party would pick up the tab for her living expenses in Austin anyway and somehow she convinced the powers that be that they should just buy her condo instead of renting it. Problem is, now she owns it instead of the Party. I have a HUGE problem with that.

[GOPisEvil]

23. Yeah!!!! Shouldn't she have to re-pay the party???

:wtf: Holy crap!!!!

[VelmaD]

24. I certainly think she should...

especially since she did such a lousy job as State Chair. Nic ereward for running losing campaigns for every statewide office in 2 election cycles.

[GOPisEvil]

25. Keeeee-rist!!! Where do I get a job like that?

*shakes head, mumbles*

[VelmaD]

26. I don't know...

but if you figure it out, can I come be your assistant? :-)

[GOPisEvil]

27. Done! Maybe I can get you a townhome or something.

*still shaking head - stopped mumbling, people were looking at me funny*

[VelmaD]

30. oh, I neglected to mention...

the best part of the meeting for me. I got to sit in one of the hospitality suites on Friday night and drink "Yellow Dog Punch" with Jim Mattox.

[GOPisEvil]

31. Nice!!! Damn! I wish I'd gone, now!

Oh well...maybe next time.

[VelmaD]

35. The rumor mill...

had it that there was a movement afoot to draft Jim to be Party Chair but it didn't end up happening.

[GOPisEvil]

36. I heard he wanted the job.

He sure knows how to stir the pot. It would have been entertaining, to say the least.

[VelmaD]

38. I don't know...

he seemed awfully subdued when I saw him. He seemed a little tired, so maybe it's all for the best.

He teased me - that was cool. I was picking up a Dean bumpersticker at the Dean table on Saturday morning and he came by. He noticed I was wearing a Kucinich button and had a Kerry sticker in my pocket. He teased me about being indecisive and we talked for a bit about it being a good thing to have so many candidates from all wings of the Party in teh Presidential race. It was fun. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

41. Wow! Sounds like a great time.

I need to get myself to one of these things before long.

[Aristus]

2. MEMEMEMEMEMEMEME!

:hi::hi::hi: Oh, oh, oh!

[VelmaD]

5. The Valley was fun...

went for work but I did get to spend some time shopping for tacky souvenirs in Nuevo Progreso. (PM me if you want a postcard.)

I won the contest with my best friend for the tackiest souvenir ever. I found her a little pink velvet sombrero. Hee. She'll never top that.

[Aristus]

6. Pink velvet sombrero? *shudder*

Is that for tiny gay Mexican cowboys?

[VelmaD]

8. Hee...yup

*snort* You are too funny.

She got me a beautiful souvenir from her trip to Ottawa this month. A handmade drum she bought at a Native American cultural center. She said she had thought about looking for something tacky but when she saw the drum it just called my name. :-) I have the best best friend in all of explored space.

[Aristus]

9. It called your name, huh, Vel?

So what's your Native American name? Gets On-line Spankings? Michael Blake's never-written sequel, I can see it now.

[VelmaD]

17. either that or...

Tempts Married Men To Be Bad. ;-)

[Aristus]

19. Yeah, that's a good one.

Too true. ;-)

[VelmaD]

22. Yeah, well I bet that story...

would be WAY more interesting and more fun than sitting through all 37 hours of "Dances With Wolves". ;-)

[Aristus]

28. Yeah. 37 hours and only one sex scene.

Awkward and stilted. All the other Sioux pretending to be asleep while Kicking Bird got it on with the wife. Didn't the Native Americans have any hot girl-on-girl action? Ha-ha. :evilgrin:

[VelmaD]

34. You are such a boy

:eyes:

Then again so am I 'cause I firmly believe that no movie should be even half that long and have only 1 sex scene. Hot girl-on-girl action woulda been preferable to what was actually in that movie. Though a little hot boy-on-boy woulda been nice too to balance things out.

[Aristus]

40. Well, there was no boy-on-boy in "Little Big Man" (and how about

THAT title, kids?) but remember Little Horse? "You look tired, Little Big Man. Would you like to come into my tepee and retht on thoft furthz? You could live with me and I'll be your wife!" I always wondered how the gay community and the Native Aericans liked that depiction.

[VelmaD]

46. *blink*

I must have missed "Little Big Man". I'm always looking for new flicks with subtle homoerotic subplots. Is it worth renting?

[GOPisEvil]

49. It's a classic! Dustin Hoffman!

It is a good movie, rent it! :-)

[Aristus]

50. Heck, yeah. It's a terrific film starring Dustin Hoffman as Jack Crabb,

aka Little Big Man. Crabb was adopted as a boy by the Plains Indians, and begins a strange friendship with some of them. One is a rival, who is consumed with jealousy that Chief Lodge Skins (played by Chief Dan George) loves Little Big Man better. The other is Little Horse. LH is teased and bullied by the other boys because he doesn't like to hunt and fight and other 'manly' things. He grows up to be a respected member of the tribe, singing and dancing in their sacred celebrations with great skill. The first ever depiction of a 'gay' Indian. At least that's how I remember it.

It's a great movie and covers a wide field. Hoffman's character is eventually 'rescued' by "civilized" white people,and taught by a stunning Fay Dunaway, who tries to seduce Jack. Man, I was seduced! Even at seven or so, when I first saw the film. I remember Dunaway's character making me feel tingly all over. Whew!

Okay, where was I?

[VelmaD]

51. Well, I trust you and GOPisEvil

I know, a scary proposition. ;-)

Sounds like something the best friend and I might have to rent. We dig homoerotic subtext. :-)

[short bus president]

11. I just wanna say

FUCK ALLA YALL AND THE HEARSES YOU RODE IN ON! GROTTO THIEVING BASTARDS, EVERY ONE!

OK, enough of the profanity and faux rage. For now. I just got the "nah, we don't really wanna hire you at all" from the company that grilled me for 3 hours a wekk agoo tomorrow. Fuck them. 3 fiucking hours and they saiud "oh, we wnat to hire someone els." bitchbastards. Fuicking cocksucking moronoic pieces of ass-clinging shitpuppies. Fuck them. And fuck their company. And fuck ewvery goodamned thing else, too, goddamnit. Fucking fuckety fuckfuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. Fucking fuckers/. God fucking dipping dammit. Fuck. Fuck me.

Fuck.

And did I mettion... fuck.

More whicskey. NOW!!!

[VelmaD]

13. Oh honey...

I am so sorry. :hug:

It's their loss. They're crazy not to hire you.

[Aristus]

14. I'm sorry, sbp, I truly am.

Now, how about opening the Grotto, and letting Elke and Annalisa soothe your troubles away. I can hang today, if you like. No school for me. Have a tall one, my friend. :beer:

[GOPisEvil]

15. You got hosed! Bastards don't know quality!

:beer:

[short bus president]

29. batsdrads kn wo dome

fucking whiske4y thoyufh

woohoo!

Chivas, bayevbee! chicas!@ fucking driniong and not fell that i cann toruedn doen fore the jobl, fuc kem.

fuck em./ al;;

nithcbastradzs

fuckingn suck ass

!

-D

[VelmaD]

32. You're so cute...

when you're drunk and babbling incoherently. *smooches*

[Aristus]

33. Is he still angry?

Or is that just Elke going down on him? A sure remedy for all ills, I'm told.

[VelmaD]

37. Hard to say...

it's difficult to tell the difference between short bus's drunken rambling and cries of ecstacy in Norwegian.

[short bus president]

39. i can look plump andc if he 3wantrs

I can look slim


if yo udon't ge tiut the first tue, back uop and try it again!

Woohoo!

JBs make sme fele GOODO!

Stil angru, but mnore drunk now than angery,. Fucking quintiles. fuc jthem up thoier fuc king goat assholes. pieces of ufkcing subhuman excwrement./ fucking bitchbastarsd

assholez, every one!


Fuck em all. In said/.

Fuck em./

Fuckit all.

bitchbatsrds.

except for my duers. you guys are ok

-C

[VelmaD]

42. Has anyone else noticed...

how no matter how bad the rest of his spelling is...he almost always spells asshole correctly. ;-)

[Aristus]

43. Well, thanks for the eventual disclaimer, sbp.

You're all right, too. What say, Vel? Do we cut him off until he sobers up, or give him all the oblivion he can handle?

[dolo amber]

44. It is very possibly

past the point of the last option being merely an *option*. :D

[VelmaD]

48. Let's keep plying him...

with alcohol. No telling what we can convince him to do when he's really really really drunk. Think of the blackmail photos. :evilgrin:

[leftist_rebel1569]

45. I want to!

Just got back from school, shitty day like usual. How did it go?

[VelmaD]

47. It was fun

Met interesting people. Got to inform lots of people about the problem with electronic voting. Met a couple of people who lurk on DU and poked them about getting involved. Got bumperstickers for several of the candidates. Got to spend a little time with the former Texas Attorney General (Jim Mattox). He's a bit of a personal hero. He went to high school with a couple of my relatives. And he tracked down my deadbeat uncle to make him pay child support. :-)

Watching the actual committee meeting was one of those lessons in politics and human behavior. No one sounded the least bit excited about voting for either of the State Chair candidates that was seriously in the running. They manage to keep the delegates from the Yougn Democrats, TX Democratic Women, Non-urban Dems, African-American dems, Hispanic dems, and Stonewall dems from getting to vote for chair. They used an incredibly narrow interpretation of TX law to do so. But later on they used a braod interpretation to be able to elect a man as chair. Our state law is pretty clear that of the Chair and Vice-Chair one has to be a man and the other a woman. Well, they decided that the statute only applied to a Chair and Vice-Chair elected at the State Convention. So as of Saturday we may well be violating the law by having men in both positions. *sigh*

I'm rambling.