If I Only Had a Brain

So it was just announced that Dick Cheney had transplant surgery. Not a bypass, not a stint, but a full-blown honest-to-God transplant. This raises several serious questions, not the least of which is, whose heart did he receive? If there is eternal, Divine, Cosmic justice, he received the heart of a Black female Democrat, a ...

Get Out of the Sandbox

To claim a proprietary interest in some object, whether it is intellectual property, real property, or disposable property, a person asserting the interest must be able to demonstrate that such a right has been developed from a demonstrable exchange of value. In other words, as I walk out of the convenience store drinking a bottle ...

Yellow-Dog Democrats

The story goes that around 1900, certain members of the Democratic party would vote for “a yellow dog” if the dog were promoted for any office as long as it was a Democrat. The problem, of course, is that a dog cannot always tell us what is on her mind, except for the niceties of ...

It Sure Ain’t Cirque D’Soleil

Abraham Lincoln supposedly asked the famous rhetorical question “How many legs does a dog have if you call a tail a leg?” and then answered his own question: “A dog has only four legs. Calling a tail a leg, does not make it a leg.” So it is with the local members of the State ...

EPSYD 2012 Endorsements — And the Winners are…

Congratulations to the Winners of the El Paso Stonewall Young Democrat's 2012 Endorsement! US Congress TX-16: Beto O'Rourke 388th Judicial District Court: Laura Strathmann 8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Tom Stanton State Representative HD 75: Mary Gonzalez State Representative HD 77: Aaron Barraza State Representative HD 78: Joe Moody El Paso County Commissioner Precinct #1: Liza Montelongo El Paso County Commissioner Precinct #3: ...

EPSYD welcomes all candidates for elected office to our Endorsement Roundtable Meeting

Contact Congressman Reyes’ Office – LET HIM KNOW EQUALITY MATTERS TO YOU!

There is a lot of important legislation concerning Equality that is on the table in Congress right now, and I believe it is our duty as constituents to press our local representative to TAKE ACTION on these issues. While I commend Congressman Reyes for the 3 bills he is a co-sponsor of, there are 7 others ...

10 Endorsements You DO & DON’T Want to Get

So in the spirit of the ENDORSEMENT SEASON, I decided to compile a list of the Democratic endorsements you should most WANT and the ones you should most AVOID. ***AS A DISCLAIMER - This is nothing personal for or against anyone on either list, it is just based basically on political popularity with constituents, visibility within ...

The Promesa Project is Coming to UTEP! – A Message from TDP

  Just moments ago I sent the press release below to El Paso media announcing the second phase of our Latino engagement program, The Promesa Project. Phase two will include putting a paid staffer on campus at UTEP. That person will receive extensive training and be tasked with generating an increase in Democratic primary turnout using a ...

Why Conservatives Are Necessary

Rick Perry announced today that he is abandoning his campaign for the Presidency of the United States; perhaps he will continue to rape and pillage Texas from the Governor’s chair as he has done for nearly a decade (see the Rolling Stone article which chronicles his deeds: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rick-perry-the-best-little-whore-in-texas-20111026). In his announcement, Perry endorsed Newt Gingrich, ...