The beginning of the fall of Republican theocracy in Texas

[okasha]

Rick Perry was indicted on two counts of felony corruption today, and Greg Abbott--Wendy Davis' Republican opponent for Governor-- is under investigation for securities fraud.

Rejoice! Rejoice greatly! (You'll just have to fill in the Handel setting yourselves.)

[hrmjustin]

1. Let the joyous news be spread...

[okasha]

2. Thanks for the music!

I always expect to hear glass shattering on that last high "King of Kings."

[hrmjustin]

3. I love that but there are other parts of the Messiah that I love more

I invision rockets on skates singing this one;

[okasha]

4. My two favorite passages are

"He shall feed his flock" and "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

[hrmjustin]

5. .

And of course;

[okasha]

6. Thank you again.

And I love the rockets on skates--with lots of spins. One of the few real coloratura passages for men.

[hrmjustin]

7. Your welcome.

I hope you enj8y the music.

[rug]

8. Let's hear a Zoroastrian take on it.

[hrmjustin]

9. Your right.

I missed a few good decades old man!

[rug]

10. I wish you many more to make up for it.

One of the interesting things I learned about Freddie Mercury is that he was born a Parsi and Zorastrian priests conducted his funeral.

[hrmjustin]

13. I thought you had to be born into the Zorastrian religion to be a member.

[rug]

15. You can convert but his family was Parsi, one of the two main branches of Zoroastrianism.

[hrmjustin]

17. I was under the wrong impression.

I like the idea of putting the body on a hill fof the birds to peck at.

[rug]

18. The dakhma, the Tower of Silence.

I was disappointed to learn he was cremated.

[hrmjustin]

19. The birds got to eat.

[rug]

21. BTW, your impression is not wrong.

Traditionally they do not accept converts and the membership is a function of ethnicity. But there are some reform minded groups that do. They neither proselytize nor advertise it.

[hrmjustin]

22. Thanks.

Bleess the reformers.

[okasha]

12. Thank all the gods

I did manage to misspend some of my youth.

[rug]

16. Not only did I mispend but I still owe.

Not that I'm complaining.

[TexasTowelie]

11. That is the first time that I've heard that about Greg Abbott.

Abbott is the current attorney general in Texas and running for governor. I believe that you are referring to the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, who is running to replace Abbott as far as the investigation for securities fraud is concerned.

Abbott does have a lot of problems (Nugent, his role on the board of the state cancer agency CPRIT, etc.), but we must make a concerted effort to associate Rethugs with their miscellaneous crimes. Thus far, although he is repulsive, the only crime that Abbott might be tied into would be bribery from his campaign contributors which means proving a quid quo pro relationship and it doesn't look like it meets that standard--yet.

[okasha]

20. Right you are.

Correction noted.

[hrmjustin]

23. How are you doing?

I feel a kinship to you because you and I post the most in the state forums.

[TexasTowelie]

24. Not too bad, I accomplished a couple of tasks today that I was procrastinating on.

My sleeping patterns are erratic. When I left the crisis center I hardly slept on Monday night or during the day on Tuesday. I was having auditory hallucinations on Tuesday night and only had an hour of sleep that night also. I finally slept decently on Wednesday night, but last night was also only about an hour again. Thus far for the week I'm averaging about 4 hours which includes naps.

I feel like I'm making some headway on the SSDI process, but did see one job opportunity that I'm going to apply for back in Irving. If that doesn't work out and the disability is approved then I'll probably end up in Georgetown and see if I can take classes in the senior university of my alma mater. I might be able to tutor again or do volunteer work, but my days of working 50 hour weeks and more are done.

I understand the kinship about posting in the state forums. I consider that as my legacy and contribution to society. With the news today about the Perry indictment it might be enough to tip this state blue. Abbott is trying to play up his Hispanic wife and MIL in his campaign commercials to reach out to Hispanics, but I don't think he will be able the wool over their eyes like Bush did when he ran for governor. Seven out of the eight largest cities in Texas lean Democratic with Arlington being the holdout. I'm beginning to doubt if there are enough votes to make up the difference. People seem to be disgusted with the political scene in Texas and I can sense a change could happen in the election this year. I didn't feel this way a few months ago.

[okasha]

25. Wendy Davis is our first good candidate since Miss Ann.

I wish you the best for your health and your SSDI application.

[TexasTowelie]

26. Thanks for the kind wishes.

My friends on DU have been wonderfully supportive. I still can function for short spurts of time (2 hours or so), but I don't believe that I have the stamina to return to full-time hours or a high-stress environment like I previously worked.

Living on disability income won't allow a lavish lifestyle, but I'm not that concerned about material possessions. The one thing that I miss most is being with my cat in the lower left of my sig line.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. Farouk Bulsara, the world's most famous Zoroastrian of modern times.

I saw one half of Queen (Roger and Brian) plus Roger's son Rufus on drums, and Adam Lambert singing. They did a bang up job, busting ass for two and a half hours with no intermission. This was the North American tour in July.

Pretty impressive for two guys in their sixties. Brian's had a knee replacement. He said everything else hurt, but it was worth it!
Adam did a good job singing (the new kid) and I was impressed. Great show.

There's another chorus in the Messiah I have sung but can't recall the name of it. Fun stuff.

[intaglio]

27. Link to story

Texas governor Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power allegations from The Guardian

[cbayer]

28. I once posted an article about him that basically said

we should be very wary of him because he had never failed at anything.

It is a profound pleasure to see him fail an fail spectacularly.

Go Texas!!