Excerpts from the
Harper's Index for May 2013:
• Number of former prosecutors President Obama has nominated to the federal judiciary: 99
• Number of former public defenders: 33
• Number of on-the-air minutes during last fall's campaign season that CNN devoted to climate change: 23
• To Joe Biden's smile: 43
• Chance an American provides financial support to both adult children and elderly parents: 1 in 9
• Percentage change since 1980 in California's spending on public universities: -13
• On prisons: +436
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Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2009—Texas declares sovereignty from U.S.:
If you dismissed Glenn Beck's argument for seceding from the Union as the isolated ravings of a lunatic, think again.
In this video, Texas Governor Rick Perry wades into General Beck’s loony bin and declares Texas' sovereignty from the U.S., saying that the time has come to "draw the line in the sand" against the federal government. "No longer are we going to accept their oppressive hand in the state of Texas."
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