Archive for June, 2005

What would we have done with that monument otherwise?

The Supreme Court has decided that Texas’ Ten Commandments display on the lawn of the capitol is A-OK:
(A) 6-foot-granite monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol - one of 17 historical displays on the 22-acre lot - was determined to be a legitimate tribute to the nation’s legal and religious history.
“Of course, the Ten [...]

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PinkDome Prize Contest

Be the first person to email us a photo of you wearing a PinkDome ‘Adios, Mofo’ t-shirt in front of the State Capitol and we’ll send you two dozen Tiff’s Treats fresh baked cookies! (we’ll photoshop out your face)

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Right On Leticia!

Senator Van de Putte has been named President-Elect of the National Conference of State Legislators. We guess that rocks, if you’re a total political nerd.

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Fear The Blog, Love The Blog

Gritsforbreakfast has some great notes on blogs and blogging. Here are few interesting points, but go read it yourself, lazy.
“…blog readership increased 58% in 2004 making it one of the fastest growing media,…Blog readers already constitute the equivalent of 20% of the total newspaper audience and 40% of the talk radio audience”
Here’s something we already [...]

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Houston’s Democrats Are Better Than Your Democrats

Houston’s Gay Pride Parade saw a big turnout this year and the Houston Democrats Hubert Vo, Garnett Coleman and Senfronia Thompson all made an appearance at the event. (Houston Democrats)Apparently, they remember gay people vote and are part of their constituency and are probably begging for some brave leadership.
Funny, we did not see a photo [...]

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Dallas Morning News Gets Annoying

The DMN has outsmarted my pop-up blocker with annoying new advertising that manages to obscure the entire site. View image Are the stories so embarrassing they’d rather you not read them?
We know advertising is de riguer for websites, hell we’ve even decided to add blogads, but they aren’t intrusive. We want to go to a [...]

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The Truth Behind Burning the Flag

What happens when you burn an American Flag? Dangerous particles are released threatening freedom and liberty, explained in this creative essay. [via freakgirl]

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Thank you, Guv.

Seriously. We have had so much fun and don’t think we’ve said, ‘MoFo’ so often in such a short period of time in a long while. With that in mind, PinkDome opens up the PinkDome MoFo store. Our new favorite is the Vote MoFo merchandise. Tired of people bitching about politics, easy..tell ‘em Vote MoFo.

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Grusendorf’s opinion

While PD is recovering from last night, I’m here for you. Sorta. I’m going to pass on this opinion piece from the Waco Tribune-Herald co-written by Rep. Grusendorf and David Russell. It’s all about an incentive plan for educators. We think that teachers deserve better pay all around. Let’s get [...]

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Caption This Picture!

Rep. Ken Grusendorf [ERICH SCHLEGEL/DMN]

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