http://www.struat.com/election Political discourse. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:01:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Texas Department of Education drops Thomas Jefferson from their (nationally influential) curriculum. Widely regarded as one of the most important of all the founding fathers of the United States, Thomas Jefferson received a demotion of sorts Friday thanks to the Texas Board of Education. The board voted to enact new teaching standards for ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/13/the-federalist-party-re-emerges-victoriously/ Barry Schweitzer, MT Governor, promotes Drug Importation from Canada Rachel Maddow:  "Everyone Looks like a Terrorist." Vintage Cartoons from Milt Gross CIA LSD Experiment North Korean Traffic Women Tea Party march set to run up against Ringling Brothers Circus Ken Jennings: Wikipedia Article COMPLETELY FABRICATED. Glen Beck's neo-survivalism comes out around here.  Buy your seeds today! Andrew Sullivan collects ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/12/5656/ From the associated press, a pretty big item of omission. A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats. Neal Horsley, 65, was arrested early Wednesday in Carrollton, about 50 miles west of ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/12/one-missing-item-of-background-information/ Wait.  What?  Is Charlie Crist trying to insinuate that his opponent, Marc Rubio, is a "Metro-Sexual"?  Or ... you know... Charlie Crist:  He`s trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative. In yet, just in recent weeks, about two weeks ago - it`s come out in news accounts that he ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/11/charlie-crist-what-do-you-do-at-a-salon-when-youre-a-guy/ I am meaning to look back over the comments sections for the various blog and news posts that came out of the Kesha Rogers victory in Texas -- 22.  Anything new?  Well, here's how the people in Texas -- 22 are taking it. Or, if you're not all that interested in ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/11/continuing-coverage-of-kesha-rogerss-march-to-congress/ Supposedly the tv show Dallas defeated the Soviet Union. In Romania, "Dallas" was the last Western show allowed during the nightmare 1980s because President Nicolae Ceausescu was persuaded that it was sufficiently anti-capitalistic. By the time he changed his mind, it was already too late -- he had paid for the ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/11/american-television-decadent-destroys-authoratarian-regimes/ An odd element of the manners of Black History Month which I thought I'd get to after that month ended.  We meet up with some of the great Black Political Activists in American History.  Frederick Douglas, even Booker T Washington, W E B Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr.  People ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/11/forgotten-political-history-a-demonstration-of-just-how-flaky-our-democracy-has-been/ Apparently Conan O'brien is going to launch a live revue show tour.  One even blipped up briefly on the Ticketmaster website. Clever and smart idea, that.  I guess you try for the basic structure of the late night talk show format, tweak it in several places, perhaps -- I guess you ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/10/movements-in-late-night-television/ David Letterman's early years Biggest beneficiary from the Jobs Bill: Not The Jobless Star Trek: Christian Evangelical Edition Thomas Ratliff edges out Don McLeroy on Texas Board of Education "Reality" Platform Artur Davis tries to shore up his Democratic oppositional credentials in run for governor, pops in to Capitol Hill to vote against Health ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/09/5605/ I guess I need to get around to saying something about the slide presentation from the Republican Party to their Donors base detailing election strategy for this coming election season.  The slide that's receiving the most attention.: Following as it does the slide this, which in a slide presentation entitled "Putting ... http://www.struat.com/election/2010/03/08/could-michael-steele-have-done-better/