A week ago Ken and I were marveling about how one trained congressional chimpanzee after another got up on the House floor and made an identical 60 second speech about why he opposes healthcare reform. Word-for-word... on TV. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

With one round down in the national health care reform fight, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, on Saturday fired up a friendly crowd at the Texas Capitol for what he said would be an "extended boxing match." Full Article at Austin American-Statesman

Last week, as House Democrats took to the floor with near-unanimous praise for legislation to help the unemployed and stimulate the fragile economy, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) offered a wildly different message. Full Article at The Washington Independent

I recently saved a sweet three-legged 12-year-old dog from Town Lake Animal Center's death row. I was shocked that Austin has such a poor excuse for an animal shelter. Full Article at Austin American-Statesman

Will Citigroup rise again from its recent near-death experience? The answer to that question concerns not only the 276,000 employees who work at what was once the world’s largest bank, but the nation’s taxpayers as well. Full Article at Gainesville Sun

The other day, we read in Lloyd Doggett’s report in Politico about the disruptions of health-plan town hall meetings a reference to the disrupters being a “mob, sent by the local Republican and Libertar ian parties” that “came not just to be heard but... Full Article at Serf City