Blind People Can Hunt in Texas

OH man...Texas is an interesting state. A Texas legislator has introduced a bill to allow blind people to hunt.

They would have to take a sighted friend, and they would be allowed to use a lazer pointer. Honestly, its probably safer than all those people out there already hunting dead-drunk! (Do they have a law againt hunting drunk? Don't think so, but they really should.)

Well, this will give me an interesting topic to talk about with my dad, who's an avid gun enthusiast (in the very anti-gun state of California).

In The News...

Anyone in Texas or California who sustained damage to a computer when attempting to remove the Sony BMG DRM software is eligible for a $175 payment.

Read More Here

Arnold's coming to get you Perry...

...at least according to the hopes of blogger Lindsay Fincher. Really, once you get past the quotes from the Govenator's speech, this blog entry is hilarious:

California Über Alles, Über Alles, California! We're coming for you, Texas

The California Nurses' Association comes to Texas

The California Nurses' Association has fought for lower nurse to patient ratios in California, resulting in safer patient care and less nursing staff turnover. Now the CNA is organizing support for similar legislation in Texas. Read more about it on the following article at the CNA website:

TEXAS: Nurses rally for patient protection legislation

More Texifornian Politics

Interesting Texifornian political tid-bits browsing the blogs today:

Found a blog by a Californian in Texas keeping an eye on politics in the two largest states in the country. (11/20/06 - She's now back blogging at her regular blog--Blue in Texas)

And...this quote by George W. Bush:

"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to
California. In more ways than Washington, DC is close to California."
-4/8/2000

(Found at Bushisms Explained.)

Lifespans

A recent study tracked the lifespans of American's based on where they lived.

Lifespan Map

Here's how California and Texas ranked:

California
Life expectancy: 78.2
State rank: 10


Texas
Life expectancy: 76.7
State rank: 30


(Gotta be the Texas heat! Either that or the chicken fried steak, fried chicken, fried okra, fried pies, etc...)

Nicknames and Slogans: The Crazy Politics Begins

Well, this isn't new news...I'm just finally getting around to commenting on it.

Both independents running for Texas Governor asked for a nickname to be used on the ballot. Kinky Friedman was granted his request to be called Kinky, not Richard (his given name). Carole Keeton Strayhorn was not allowed to be called Grandma. (Full Article Here)

They said that there was evidence that Friedman had gone by the name Kinky for many years, while Grandma was a slogan, not a nickname, for Strayhorn.

Now, here's my comment. That Strayhorn was trying to get Grandma on the ballot at all is so political it makes my skin crawl. And I'm not a fan of Kinky or any other candidate. In fact, when I first learned that Strayhorn was going to try to run, I went to her website to find out about her because I didn't care for my other choices. Not finding out much that was substantial, I contacted her campaign by e-mail and said, basically, that I was interested in signing her petition to run but I needed to find out more about where she stood on various issues and what she planned to do as Governor before I could give her my suppport. Soon afterwards I received a packet with a petition sheets and a stack of bumper stickers--but nothing to convince me that she was a worthy candidate. The letter that came with the package thanked me for my support (which I hadn't offered yet) and said that the important thing was to get people to think of the phrase "One Tough Grandma" when they thought of Strayhorn.

So great...you're one tough Grandma. I know a lot of tough grandma's I wouldn't want for Governor. Give me something more.