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2010: Twenty-Ten, Not Two-Thousand-And-Ten

When you first exclaim "2010" out loud, as you ring in the New Year later tonight, say "twenty-ten" not "two-thousand-and-ten."

Why?

Because the former is two words shorter than the latter, as the web site Twentynot2000.com points out. In our shortening, 140-character tweeting vernacular, brevity matters.

According to the site:

Interview with Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker Part 2: Why Houston needs a new Police Chief

When Annise Parker was campaigning for Mayor of Houston she was quite public about the fact that as soon as she gets into office she would be replacing the police chief Harold Hurtt, who came out and endorsed her opponent Gene Locke. Parker said she felt that while Hurtt is a good professional he didn't really know Houston... She also talked about how the largest police union came out against her and worked hard to defeat her. In this interview Mayor-Elect Parker talks about mending fences and taking HPD to the next level.

Interview w/ Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker Part 2: Why Houston needs a new Police Chief

We caught up w/ Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker on our syndicated Hard Knock Radio show . She opened up to us about a variety of issues including how and why the political landscape of Texas is changing. She talked about the role Texas' big cities are playing in the political shift from Red to Blue and how Texas' burgeoning Latino population is impacting. She talked to us about how she's been dealing with the national spotlight her victory has brought to her and the city of Houston. She talked about what it means politically that Houston elected an openly Gay mayor.

2009...

I know I'm a blog. And I know I'm supposed to do blog things. I know I'm supposed to make a list. I'm supposed to reflect on 2009. And I will, I'm sure, before it's all said and done. But for now I'm just going to post a bunch of video links to things I've been watching online and otherwise...

The Revival
Directed by Invincible. Produced by EMERGENCE Media and Iqaa the Olivetone

RIP James Brown

RIP Pimp C

RIP Vic Chesnutt

Greatest Christmas Special Ever:

And then this.

Interview w/ Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker Part 1: How Texas is Politically Changing

We caught up w/ Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker on our syndicated Hard Knock Radio show . She opened up to us about a variety of issues including how and why the political landscape of Texas is changing. She talked about the role Texas' big cities are playing in the political shift from Red to Blue and how Texas' burgeoning Latino population is impacting. She talked to us about how she's been dealing with the national spotlight her victory has brought to her and the city of Houston. She talked about what it means politically that Houston elected an openly Gay mayor.

Interview with Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker Part 1 - How Texas is Politically Changing

We caught up with Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker on our syndicated Hard Knock Radio show. She opened up to us about a variety of issues including how and why the political landscape of Texas is changing. She talked about the role Texas' big cities are playing in the political shift from Red to Blue and how Texas' burgeoning Latino population is impacted. She talked to us about how she's been dealing with the national spotlight her victory has brought to her and the city of Houston. She talked about what it means politically that Houston elected an openly gay mayor.



Links below to Interview w/ Houston Mayor-Elect Annise Parker, Parts 2, 3, & 4.

Union activist, legislator, strategize on VA hospital issue at GI Forum meeting

Representative Armando MartinezWESLACO, Dec. 28 - State Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez joined leading members of the American GI Forum in the Rio Grande Valley in Weslaco on Saturday to strategize on how best to secure a VA hospital for the region.

The Weslaco Democrat announced he would be filing legislation next session to build upon the foundation laid by Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment passed by voters in November that allows the state of Texas for the first time to assist the federal government in the building and maintaining of veterans’ hospitals.

“We are researching ways to tap into the resources available through the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Emerging Technology Fund to help build and maintain a veterans’ hospital in the Rio Grande Valley,” Martínez said. “We laid the foundations last session with Proposition 8. Now it is time to get the hospital built.”

Martínez’s comments won immediate applause from the GI Forum leaders present.

“This is the sort of leadership we have lacked in Washington, D.C., all these years,” said Placido Salazar, national executive secretary of the GI Forum and a Vietnam War veteran who was born and raised in the Valley Delta.

“We should have had a VA hospital a long time ago. We elect our members of Congress and they forget where they came from,” Salazar added. “We need young leaders like Mando in Washington. They got the tax exemption for veterans passed and Proposition 8 passed.”

Read the full story here.

Senate Passes Health Care Bill, 60-39

Without a single Republican vote, the United States Senate passed a sweeping health care reform bill in a landslide, shortly after 7:00 in the morning on Christmas Eve. After months of intense back and forth, and more than three weeks of continuous floor debate, the bill moved through the Senate by a gaping 60-39 margin.

The House of Representatives previously passed a much stronger version of reform with a tighter 220-215 margin. The two versions will now be merged in conference committee negotiations, with the House pushing for more generous subsidies for those required to buy insurance and the Senate attempting to hold the line. The cross-Capitol negotiations will not involve the Republican Party.

Community Leader for December: Gwen Johnson of Alief

“Because the community is what makes the future for the kids. If the kids are well rounded then they will make more well rounded citizens. The children are what make this city, the state and a better world. We need to start in the community, if we're going to change the way the world works, we need to start in the community one person at a time.

 – Gwen Johnson, Alief Community Leader

Why do you support Bill White for Governor?

 

We caught up with some folks at the Rally for New Leadership in Austin recently, and asked them to share why they are supporting Bill White in his run to be the next Governor of Texas.