Monday, September 05, 2011

Prayer Rally Dwarfed By Texans Who Flock To Nearby Convention Center, Desperate For Free School Supplies

Prayer Rally Dwarfed By Texans Who Flock To Nearby Convention Center, Desperate For Free School Supplies: Houston’s biggest gathering on Saturday didn’t see national television news crews. It didn’t draw out protestors. It didn’t spark its own Twitter handle. And the event — which attracted an estimated 100,0000 people to a convention center just seven miles down the road from Gov. Rick Perry (R) and The Response prayer rally — had [...]

I used the "share" aspect to put forth this interesting post from Think Progress. I know it's a tad after the fact, but it is important.

2 comments:

Arno said...

Aww, they's just a bunch of heatherns, y'know.

Carrie said...

I know from history that things have been this bad before, and Americans suffered as a result. I can't for the life of me understand how we can be at this juncture AGAIN. Most Americans don't support the current government. All the polling suggests that. And yet, blatantly, both the Dems and Rethugs show they are only interested in two things: staying in office and getting their free ride, and getting money from corporate entities that line their pockets.

As IF a prayer gathering was going to answer the ills of Perry's state when just nearby the REAL people in his state, the ones in need of REAL help, not prayers, were lining up, 100,000+, just to get fucking SCHOOL SUPPLIES!

I'm simply prepared for the dark ages, and just hope I survive it.