Photos from the improperly run Webb County Convention

[WolverineDG]

Here ya go:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristylopez/sets/72157604305754612

dg

[sonias]

1. The color is green

The food looked good in one of those pictures though. I'm getting hungry.

I'm visualizing green in my mind. I'm getting a feeling that I like the color green. Green is the new "blue"

Here are some of things I found about green that I liked on the web.

Life and Renewal: Green is life. Abundant in nature, green signifies growth, renewal, health, and environment.

Nature of Green: Green is a restful color with some of the same calming attributes of blue. Like blue, time moves faster in a green room. Green in nature the color is reminiscent of Spring.

Using Green: With both a warming and cooling effect, the color green denotes balance, harmony, and stability. Use several shades of green for a fresh, Springtime feel.

Using Green with Other Colors: Green with blue produces echoes of nature - water and forest and can denote new beginnings and growth. Green with brown, tan, or beige says organic or recycled and can be a good color combination for packaging of those type of products.

Good green

* Green light - go, permission to proceed (with a task)
* The green room - in theater or televisions it is the room where performers and guests go to relax
* Green thumb - good with plants
* Greenback - US dollar bill, money
* Greener pastures - something newer or better (or perceived to be better), such as a new job

:hug:

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

6. Now where did you get this obsession about green?

:rofl:

dg

[sonias]

8. Because I noticed that the people in those photos wearing green

Were all beautiful people. I could see it in their young hopeful eyes. I think I saw you wearing green too.


Sonia

[WolverineDG]

9. yeah, i'm in a few shots once all the shouting was done nt

[crispini]

2. So, did you, or did you not, have a rump caucus?

And what is a rump caucus when it's at home, anyway?

:hug: Yay for you! Thank you for all of your hard work. I know you are frustrated but come to Austin anyway at least as a volunteer. :loveya:

[WolverineDG]

5. No we didn't

but beyond that, I won't say. :)

dg

[crispini]

7. So what is a rump caucus?

I really don't know. LOL.

[WolverineDG]

10. it's when those in the minority are completely shut out the majority

as we were on Saturday. You go outside, hold your own convention, elect your own delegates, then take it up to the state credentials committee.

dg

[crispini]

12. Ah!

here ya go:

[Gman]

13. That's absolutely great!

where and how did you find that???

If anyone at all thinks their convention was bad, they need to read that!

[crispini]

15. I followed links from somebody's blog posting --

I have no idea where, now -- and they had that in their flickr account.

I'd love to have a shirt made of that or something. :rofl:

[sonias]

14. I think that's an important history lesson.

Here's the text of the story in case others can't read the image:

(May 1892)
Knives and Pistols Drawn
Lively Fight at Texas Democratic County Convention

San Antonio, Texas May 28 - The Democratic County Convention today, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State, Congressional, Senatorial, and Judicial Conventions, was one of the most exciting political meetings ever held in the city, The convention was controlled by Gov. Hogg's supporters, although 75 per cent of the delegates were Clark men. The bulldozing tactics of the Hogg leaders reached a climax when the Committee on Credentials was appointed. Not a Clark delegate was on the list.

The Clark men raised such a vehement protest against the gag rule that the excitement of the two factions became intense, and a free fight ensued. Knives and pistols were drawn by a number of Mexican delegates on the Hogg side of the house, and rush was made for the Clark men. Men were knocked down and tramped under foot, Owing to the close quarters of the belligerents, weapons could not be used freely, and no one was seriously injured. The police rushed in and quelled the disturbance.

The Clark delegates then withdrew from the convention and proceeded to the Belknap Armory, where they held a separate convention and selected a full list of delegates. Those to State Convention were instructed to vote for Clark for Governor, A Hogg delegation was selected by the first convention. A new County Executive Committee was chosen by the Clark convention.

Read the link from the Handbook of Texas Online on the "lily-white" movement within the Texas GOP. It explains a lot.

Actually, an organized lily-white movement had begun in Texas during the 1870s, when the party was dominated by former governor Edmund J. Davis. But once Cuney gained the national committeemanship in 1884 upon the death of Davis, the lily-whites started a concerted drive for mastery. Though Cuney was reappointed to the national committee at the 1892 Republican national convention, the black-white struggle in Texas resulted in a fractured party and the first GOP state convention without a black and tan delegation in attendance. The 1892 election proved a turning point for both GOP factions as Cuney aligned the black and tans behind George Clark, a conservative Democrat, in his fight with James S. Hogg, and the lily-whites nominated Andrew Jackson Houston for the governorship. Houston, son of Sam Houston and a future United States senator, received only 1,322 votes in the November election, while Cuney suffered a dual setback: not only did Clark go down in defeat, but the Democrat Grover Cleveland won the presidency, so that Cuney lost all federal patronage.

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was. :eyes:

Sonia

[crispini]

16. I just love the way they have it characterized as "lively fight"

is that an understatement or what?

[Gman]

17. Literally, the more things change, the more they stay the same

absolutely incredible. Only in Texas.

[gkhouston]

11. all I will say

is that there was one speaker at my convention who had a jackass on his tie

and it was appropriate.

:kick:

[sonias]

3. I'm a green democrat

I forgot to add that. I have always considered myself a green Democrat. Someone who is an environmentalist Democrat.

Sonia

[sonias]

4. Gore begins huge public campaign to go green

Gore is on to something too. I am so wearing green to the state convention!

Washington Post/Seattle Times 3/31/08
Gore begins huge public campaign to go green

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore will launch a three-year, $300 million campaign Wednesday aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, a move that ranks as one of the most ambitious and costly public-advocacy campaigns in U.S. history.

The Alliance for Climate Protection's "we" campaign will employ online organizing and television ads on shows ranging from "American Idol" to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." It highlights the extent to which Americans' growing awareness of global warming has yet to translate into policy changes, Gore said last week.

Sonia