Texas State Senator Sends Lewd Image/Text To UT Student

 It didn't look like there was a really good chance of Democrats taking the District 5 Senate seat in the Texas legislature this year. At least, that was the general opinion before the GOP incumbent showed his true colors.

It has been revealed that the University of Texas is investigating Republican State Senator Charles Schwertner for send a text saying “I just really want to f--- you”, and then sending her a picture of a naked man in the shower showing his genitals. The head of the man was not shown, and it is not known if the picture was of Schwertner.

Schwertner has denied sending the text and picture, but has not explained how it happened if he did not send it (since it came from his device). Schwertner had met the UT graduate student last summer when she expressed an interest in working at the legislature. He had communicated with her several times about career advice before abruptly sending the offending text and picture.

This dirty old man posing as a senator needs to be replaced. Fortunately, the Democrats have a capable and intelligent person running for the District 5 Senate seat -- Meg Walsh. The problem is that this story just broke and most voters have not heard of it. Is there time for voters to become aware and oust Schwertner? I don't know. I hope so. He doesn't belong in the Texas Legislature.

I live in District 5, so I will have the pleasure of voting against Schwertner. I beg my fellow District 5 residents to do the same.

Bail Out The Porn Industry !

It had to happen. The government has thrown hundreds of billions of dollars at the financial sector to help those corporate executives to get their massive bonuses. Then we tossed more billions at the auto industry to reward them for their incompetence. Now the American porn industry is asking for its own bail-out.

Porn moguls Larry Flynt (Hustler Magazine) and Joe Francis (Girls Gone Wild) have joined together to represent the porn industry in it's request for a government bail-out. They are asking Congress to allocate $5 billion to help the adult entertainment business.

Francis stated, “The US government should actively support the adult industry's survival and growth, just as it feels the need to support any other industry cherished by the American people."

Flynt added, "People are too depressed to be sexually active. This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex. With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It's time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly."

I found this hilarious. Think what you will of Larry Flynt and Joe Francis, but this is a great tongue-in-check bit of political humor. Is a bail-out of the porn industry that much stupider than what the government has already done?