Bunker Mulligan "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." ~Mark Twain

Barbara Boxer’s crocodile tears, and Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ formal objection to the vote certification are based in a deep concern about voting irregularities.

They said their goal was to force lawmakers to heed problems that had been particularly evident in Democratic-leaning minority and urban neighborhoods and to consider the need for more voting reforms including standard election rules in all states.

Terry Shamsie is apparently a friend of Al Sharpton, whom he visited in New York almost immediately after being elected Nueces County Judge. Like Boxer, Sharpton views the last two national elections as problematic, with many inconsistencies. I hear many prominent Democrats voicing concerns, and have to wonder whether Shamsie shares them.

According to the Census Bureau, in 2000 Nueces County had a population of 313,645, with an estimated increase to 315,206 by 2003, 28.4% are under the age of 18. That means 225,687 people of voting age, and 90% of eligible voters are registered. Only 25% voted last election, one of the highest totals ever.

Lots of numbers, but what is it all about?

It is time for our Democratic leadership to quit talking and posturing, and actually do something. All the complaints about election fraud and disenfrachisement come from counties and districts controlled by Democrats–just as in Florida four years ago. Judge Shamsie can take that lead right here in Nueces County and assume a national leadership stance for other Democrats to follow.

Let’s purge the votor rolls in the county and have new registration. With an average of 85 registrations per day we can get everyone who voted last November back on the list by 2006. We can cleanse the rolls of thos who no longer live here, and ensure only legitimate citizens have the franchise.

Can anyone complain about that result?

Has moved here, and it looks like a nice new home.

Lago points out a new television episode depicting an American Muslim family which is involved in terrorism. CAIR is predictably upset that the show paints all Muslims as terrorists with a “broad brush.”

Sorry. I hear that far too often. The phrase is employed any time someone wants to avoid rational discussion of a topic. The show is about one family. It is about the threat of terrorism.

“At first I was shocked,” organization spokeswoman Rabiah Ahmed told the Daily News. “In this particular case, they show an American-Muslim family and they portray them as terrorists.”

I searched the CAIR web site looking for something on the topic, but nothing there yet. Plenty of other things, though. Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, passports being checked at the border, etc. Americans are infidels according to their broad brush.