LIVE BLOG from TX-06: Energize America -The Anti-Barton

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Sunday July 16, 2006 · 4:58 PM PDT

2006/07/16 · 16:58

Cross posted at TexasKaos-I didn't think about my live blog tonight when I posted my community service diary earlier-David T. Harris

I was grateful for the opportunity to attend and learn from my experience at Yearly Kos. Aside from the standard interviews, I was probably most impressed with learning about the Energize America plan. I am running against Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and adopt the Energize America platform as my own. It is comprehensive and detailed with any one of these parts being significant on its own. Please join me at the flip to learn about three and how they impact my district directly. Read More

UPDATE: Proof that Joe Barton is bought and paid for by Exxon Mobil Profits

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Wednesday February 01, 2006 · 7:36 PM PST

2006/02/01 · 19:36

This is an update to my posting on 30 January 2006.

I just had the opportunity to pop over to the FEC website to check to see what my lovely opponent has been raising and spending so far for his "re-election" campaign in which he thinks "it's pretty unlikely the voters would switch now, and I don't think the opposition thinks it's likely they would do that."

Anyway, I just thought I would highlight one particular honorable mention - EXXON MOBIL- especially given their record setting profit margin that was just released (see below). $5000 of the total for Chair of the Energy and Corruption, I mean, Commerce Committee's money came from no other than his big profit, oil and gas buddies - big suprise! So back to my original assumption below....my only question now is - did they have a window or aisle seat? Read More

Exxon Mobil (& Barton) Post Record Profits

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Monday January 30, 2006 · 7:59 AM PST

2006/01/30 · 07:59

"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works."

This line comes from the 1987 movie Wall Street, but it seems our oil execs have watched it one too many times this past year....

While hard working Americans continue to pay out their ass in order to get to their jobs every day, it seems these crooks have set themselves up nicely this year. Read More

A response to the attacks on Rep. John Murtha

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Saturday January 21, 2006 · 8:08 AM PST

2006/01/21 · 08:08

An all new low has been reached in politics with the attacks against Representative John Murtha. It was bad enough that we had to deal with these false and unscrupulous attacks against John Kerry during the 2004 election cycle, but now these cowards are at it again - cowards that never strapped on a pair of combat boots and stood a guard post somewhere in a hostile environment.

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 7:49 AM PST

2006/01/18 · 07:49

Seems like Representative (and I use that term VERY loosely) Barton has been dealt some criticism at home and abroad (Washington) by his latest .......bluff. Recently the Washington Post and the Dallas Morning News published stories on Representative Joe Barton's first big fundraiser for the New Year; a seemingly innocent train ride from Fort Worth to San Antonio. I just checked the normal ticket prices for the same trip and I can get one for $149.

Those wanting on Barton's Corruption Express can plop down $2,000 per individual and $5,000 per PAC in order to " have lots of time to talk, play some Texas Hold 'Em, and enjoy some great down home Texas food." Do that math...that's 13 times more for an individual ticket and 33 times more for a PAC. Sounds like a great deal to me... Read More

A Call for Geneva

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Sunday November 27, 2005 · 12:48 PM PST

2005/11/27 · 12:48

I took a road trip over the Thanksgiving holiday with my family which gave me lots of time to think about my campaign and the state of our Nation. The 15 hour drive to Georgia was a much needed therapy in itself - it gave us time to strategize while the kids slept or played games in the back seat. I did a lot of thinking on Iraq and topics of discussions that have come up on DKos lately - pre-war intelligence, the use of WP weapons there, torture, terrorism/insurgency and an exit strategy. There has been much written about the consequences of these subjects and how it has affected public opinion of the war, but I want to take this one more step; I call for another Geneva Convention.

As a soldier that has deployed to foreign soils and fought for this Nation, the Geneva Conventions are important to me in many ways. They are the hope that prisoners of war have if captured by the enemy. They are the compass that guides warriors in the ethical and moral waging of violence against other Nations. They are, in short, the protectors of humanity while engaged in combat. Read More

DONATE TODAY: The Joe Barton Defense Fund

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Wednesday November 16, 2005 · 7:48 PM PST

2005/11/16 · 19:48

Dear America,

I am asking you to join me in the fight of a lifetime. I am David Harris, Candidate for U.S. Congress in TX-06 and today I am asking you to help defend TX-06 by donating to my Joe Barton "Defense Fund" in order to keep Tom DeLay's leading contributor to his defense fund, from getting re-elected in 2006. Barton personally contributed $10,000 to DeLay's defense fund and got his oil and gas cronies to donate an additional $28,000.
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Every Day is Veterans Day

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Thursday November 10, 2005 · 11:05 PM PST

2005/11/10 · 23:05

Happy Veterans Day to All. For those that have gone before, those that serve now, and to those that will...we salute you. You are common men and women that fill the ranks of our armed forces and protect our freedom and our inalienable rights. You are the ones leaning forward in a foxhole called Democracy all around the world and I thank you from the bottom of my combat boots! Read More

Why I am running for Congress in 2006 - TX CD 6

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Monday November 07, 2005 · 9:13 AM PST

2005/11/07 · 09:13

The campaign has begun...I have issued the call to FOLLOW ME TO DC. I am running against Joe Barton in Texas, Congressional District 6.
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My Dream Team for 2008

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Saturday November 05, 2005 · 9:19 AM PST

2005/11/05 · 09:19

I needed a break from the madness and campaigning so I thought I would come up with my own Dream Team for 2008.

This was not a serious effort, just trying to have some fun. Feel free to suggest your own. Read More

1000 More Sentenced to Die in Iraq if GW Has His Way

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Wednesday October 26, 2005 · 6:24 PM PDT

2005/10/26 · 18:24

I went around and around with the subject line before coming to this one. Once again, the Bush administration has showed its ass to the world by suggesting the CIA should be exempt from a ban on torture. Southpaw wrote about this first and the original article is posted here.

We have just condemned another 1000 soldiers to die and this is why I am running for U.S. Congress in 2006.
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DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE - PART DEUX

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Monday October 10, 2005 · 8:57 PM PDT

2005/10/10 · 20:57

Branding, framing, staying on message, or defining - whatever you want to call it these days, the Democratic Party has long stuggled to really reach the people with their message and to motivate people to care. Too often we get so hung up in the nit-picky issues of today that we really miss the boat when it comes to really defining what America should be about these days, or why we are within our right to oppose this administration. Here is my suggestion, take a 5 minute history lesson and read the Declaration of Independence all over again. You would be surprised at what jumps out at you and how the violations of King George of yesteryear is the almost the same as the ones of this George today. Read More

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