Have I told you lately how much I hate these people?

[CatWoman]

Attorney general's map gives Travis County three Republican incumbents in Congress

State's map would strip Doggett of Democratic base in county.
By Laylan Copelin, Tara Copp

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


Friday, July 14, 2006

Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican, offered a new congressional map today that would strip U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, of his Democratic base in Travis County and split the county among three Republican incumbents.

The U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned one border district, saying it discriminated against 100,000 Latinos because heavily Latino Laredo was split between that district and another one. The court required parties to the redistricting lawsuit to submit suggested fixes to a panel of three federal judges.
The state's map is just one of several expected to be filed today, but it likely will get serious consideration by the court because it represents the state's position.

"The state's map is a map that Tom DeLay would be proud of," said Ed Martin, a Democratic redistricting expert, referring to the former U.S. House majority leader who engineered the 2003 re-mapping of Texas that cemented Republican control of the state's congressional delegation.

The map splits Travis County among U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio; Henry Bonilla, R-San Antonio; and Michael McCaul, R-Austin.




http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/15map.html

[skylarmae]

1. it's BS like this that makes the top of my head feel like its going to

blow off...The sheer frustration with the goings on everywhere in the world and our seeming inability to do anything about it could be offset if our own government and beloved Country were functioning at an acceptable level; but, to have this repuke stranglehold on our civil rights, failing economy, lack of port and boarder security, the deficit, and on and on and on and on.....means our Country can really offer nothing to the dangerous world situations other than fuel for the fire... This is unacceptable. We should not be part of the problem, rather part of the solution...

I'm so pissed off and frustrated.

edited for punctuation

[The Magistrate]

2. Indeed, Ma'am

Criminal law forbids the fullest expression of my view on the matter....