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August 26, 2014      5:21 PM

Bearse: Bra burners

From the right: QR's conservative columnist argues that some in the Texas press corps are twisting themselves into pretzels to make the case that Perry's indictment is more serious than it really is

Have you tried driving on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin lately? No longer can you travel in the right lane, because that’s for buses and bikers. In the left lane, proceed at your own risk. If you get stuck behind a left turner, good luck getting back into the middle lane, because we have now jammed 80 percent of the traffic into that one middle lane. For those turning right, you have to dart over to the right lane in last-minute fashion instead of doing it with the flow of traffic blocks earlier – all so buses and bikers get their own lane.  

This is what happens when we elect social engineers. A generation ago, they were burning bras. Now they are banning bags. And if they could ban the combustible engine they would do that too. I am just hoping that the forces behind the city’s Prop 1 don’t defeat the statewide Prop 1 due to voter confusion about which one was put on the ballot by the nanny state caliphate.

Remember when the Ron Paulites came up with the idea of Paulville, where like-minded libertarians could live together in Hudspeth County? I think we ought to do the same with the Austin City Council. Put it on TV and call it, “Survivor: Goofy Edition.” Let them experiment with their social engineering schemes without hurting the rest of us. They can have their own trolley line, buses ¼ full, and bike lanes known also as car lanes. I am willing to give them Native American reservation status, so they can assemble peacefully and smoke peyote without the cops touching them. Let them legalize pot, and give out tax credits for soy milk and vegan products. They can even form their own unarmed police force.

We have not only elected a generation of hippies, but their children who grew up in the hippie commune. And apparently we sent a bunch of them to journalism school too.

I can only laugh at some in the Texas press, horrified that for the only time in Gov. Rick Perry’s life, the New York Times editorial page has agreed with him. And Alan Dershowitz and David Axelrod too. After a couple days of nationwide denunciation of the indictment of Governor Perry, some in the Texas press are working overtime to turn the narrative. They are disgusted that the big feet have weighed in so ignorant of the facts. They have called the special prosecutor a Republican when he was nominated by Obama and signed off on by Lloyd Doggett. They have ignored a story about a grand jury member attending the Texas Democratic Convention while she was empanelled, and posting a picture where she attended an event with a key witness. They want readers to think there really might be merit to the indictment, if you only knew as much as they do.

The complete column from Eric Bearse can be found in today’s R&D Department.

By Eric Bearse