Interesting Texas statistics vs Rick Perry

[RareLubbockDem]

My wife put this together after looking through one of her social worker mags. I thought it was pretty interesting:


2003 Texas Rankings
Office of the Texas Comptroller

2nd Teen Birth Rate
1st Toxic and Cancerous Manufacturing Emissions
1st Percentage of Uninsured Children
1st Number of Executions
1st Number of Gun Shows
2nd Rate of Incarceration
5th Total Crime Rate
1st Number of Registered Machine Guns
7th Poverty Rate
2nd Percentage of Population that Goes Hungry
3rd Percentage of Population that Is Malnourished

45th Per Capita Spending on Public Health
46th Mental Health
49th Water Quality
50th High School Graduation Rates
46th Average Hourly Rate
43rd Income Distribution Inequality
48th Spending on Child Protection
50th Percentage of Population with Health Insurance
50th Percentage of Insured Low-Income Children
45th Rate for Substance Abuse Treatment Is Received
47th Amount of Welfare and Food Stamp Benefits
49th Number of WIC Recipients

(Source: NASW/Texas Network, December 2005/January 2006 p. 15)


The Script: Rick Perry's 30-second television advertisement entitled "Proud of Texas"

"I've never been more proud to call myself a Texan.

In Texas we set the national standard for economic development. We've gained 300,000 new jobs, and lawsuit reform is bringing better healthcare to millions. We've invested 10 billion new dollars in our public schools, while improving standards, accountability and student performance.

Our people are compassionate, our visions bold, our values strong. The best is yet to come. I'm proud of Texas, How about you?"

[TexasLawyer]

1. GREAT Post

Thanks

[PDittie]

2. Sending to the Bell campaign

and thanks also for the data.

[Czolgosz]

3. You ought to send it to the Bell and 4n3p campaigns (Bell doesn't have to

be the only voice criticizing Perry's maladministration).

[RareLubbockDem]

4. I can't take any credit for it

other than marrying a pretty sharp woman. But I'll pass along the compliments to her.

[babylonsister]

5. This puts the gov in perspective. I'd love to see an ad campaign

with those stats! He's doin' a heckuva job.:eyes:

[sonias]

6. These are the 3 killers - literally

1st Toxic and Cancerous Manufacturing Emissions
1st Percentage of Uninsured Children
1st Number of Executions

Dirty coal and mercury emissions from power plants are making everyone sick. Pregnant women and children are the most susceptible and yet we cut off, or cut back insurance coverage for children. Poor children don't get their medicines for asthma and as a result can't concentrate in school. It's a vicious cycle, that has the seal of approval of the compassionate conservative crowd. Hey they only care about fetuses. Once a child is born, they're on their own.

Sonia

[boot@9]

12. so true.

[Maraya1969]

7. I sent it to Bill Frist. Somehow I got on his mailing list. So right bac

at ya!

[babylonsister]

8. So, if everyone sends stats to KBH, Cornyn, et. al. ... why not? nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. Send this to Chris Bell

Here's his contact info

http://www.chrisbell.com/contact

Edit: I forgot my manners... Thank you and your wife for providing us with the information.

[texpatriot2004]

10. Nothing to be proud of in Texas these days...and I am a life long

Texan. Corruption is rampant there now.

[AnneD]

11. By George,

all our machine guns are registered. What other state can say THAT!


Being a DEM in Texas is like trying to swim up the Hoover Dam to spawn. You can do it but man it takes so much out of you. You get tired in your body and tired to your soul. As a school Nurse I battle most of those stats on a daily basis. Two and a half months off in the summer are not enough to recover.