This and That
Life gets away from me sometimes, so it’s time to play catch-up on a number of topics.
First, the Lubbock County Democratic Party and Texas Democratic Women of the South Plains are hosting the Democratic Booth at the South Plains Fair! The fair runs through October 3rd, and the booth is up and running in the Merchants’ Building (near the South entrance on Broadway) whenever the Fair is open. I just got home from my volunteer shift there, and it was great. We have free bumper stickers, campaign literature, and balloons, as well as T-Shirts, Buttons, and freedom feet available for a donation. It was great to visit with everyone that stopped by. We even had a surprise visit from a candidate…
Next, Thursday’s DFA Movie Night was a great success! We showed “The Least of These,” (which can be seen for free online — thanks, Big Ronaldo et al for pointing out the link) and had a good discussion afterward. The other Sarah followed up with a great resource for all things Hutto, indicating that the last families have left the T. Don Hutto detention center. What a relief. But, the question of what to do with families of unresolved immigration status still lingers.
Tonight, I became aware of a video of LPD tasering someone at Tour de Tech Terrace, an annual cycling event. I don’t know the circumstances beyond what is described in the video information, but the video is troubling.
Lastly, I find myself reflecting on life in a wet Lubbock. Right now, I’m having a beer that was available at a reasonable price at a store near my house. When I bought the this beer the other day, I remember seeing the smiles of the other shoppers — even those not buying beer. The smiles seem to say, “What a wild and crazy ride it’s been, but we finally have cheap beer.” Prohibition finally ended in Lubbock.
Should be a busy and exciting week this week, with lots to talk about.
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September 29th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Hmmmm. Lubbockleft is troubled by a video that seems to depict too much government authority. This could be the 1st sign of the Apocalypse. Or you might be a closet Conservative (there is hope).
September 29th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Tut tut. I would hope that from reading my past posts you would be able to see that I’m a big defender of civil liberties. Government has important roles to play in society, but Tazing without cause isn’t one of them.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 am
“Government has important roles to play in society, but Tazing without cause isn’t one of them.” Here, here! And Amen!
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:28 am
I went to the “Fair Booth” and left a demo of a T-Shirt with the Democrat website logo that had small donkey/Lubbock Democratic Party. It was sold and I took another one to booth and some rude lady refused the shirt and called me a troublemaker. I had the artwork and 6 shirts printed up at my expense. Democrat Women were so verbally abusive that I went home and got my Maverick McCain/Lubbock GOP shirts I used at last year’s fair and some tall skinny guy went berserk and started screaming,”There’s that troublemaker,down at the county booth”. A friend of mine was at the booth and said several other booth owners cheered my McCain shirt and lady came up to me and said “I sure wish McCain had won.” The booth guy at the entrance shook my hand and said “Bill Clinton is starting to look good compared to this Obama fella.” I responded,”I was hoping Hillary would get the Dem nomination”. I walked by Democrat booth waving and smiling in McCain Maverick shirt 3 days in a row and several of the women yelled expletives at me. Ysidrio Guiterrez told me at Giant Turkey Leg Booth,”Clif You’re having too much fun at the fair”. I told Ysidrio,”Can you believe those women couldn’t name any of the 3 elected democrats at Lubbock County?” Ysidrio responded,”Wow,They are dumb”. He was an elected democrat for 4 years.
Too much fun at the fair!!
October 5th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Was it a tasing or a stun-gunning? Didn’t see the vid but I think the cops used a hand-held stun gun to zap a guy who was lying on the pavement with officers on top of him.
To me, the guy was at an unfortunate intersection of four groups commonly subjected to discrimination by the police: cyclists, drunks, college students, and smart alecs who don’t follow orders.