The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates all of the new high school and college graduates as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Dr. PDiddie is now in session at Brains and Eggs, and state senator Steve Ogden is on the couch. (He ought to be in the public stocks.)
The Seliger-Solomons Congressional plan is finally out, and though it’s been modified from its original form, Off the Kuff still thinks it’s a joke.
This week extremist GOP state Sen. Dan Patrick referred to public education as an entitlement. WCNews at Eye On Williamson points out it is actually part of the Texas Constitution – Education is a right in Texas, preserving the liberties and rights of people.
At TexasKaos, libby shaw tells us Show Horse Rick Perry Fast Tracks Texas to Third World Squalor. Sad part is that she is NOT exaggerating!
Neil at Texas Liberal wrote about the recent death of Houston Police Officer Kevin Will. Officer Will was killed when struck by a car that was driven by a man who was allegedly drinking and, also, not legally in the United States. Neil wrote that incidents like this one leave people with a choice to respond with hate, or with a resolve to move forward with solutions to immigration concerns.
McBlogger says Ambassador Huntsman has apparently decided to remake Being There in real life.