A new law on parental consent goes into effect this week that could make it punishable by death for a doctor to perform an abortion without parental approval or after the third trimester. We were thinking someone should have slipped in a provision to make it a capital offense to legislate ineffectively and fuck up [...]
08.30.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Looks like the Reverend Al Sharpton didn’t get to meet with the President, but did get to meet a real live Texas Sheriff!
Click here for the story.
08.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Watch this ad for Brian Ellner, he’s running for Manhattan Borough President (whatever that is)…wait for the end. You’ll faint.
08.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The Reverend Al Sharpton and Martin Sheen visited ‘Camp Casey’ this weekend. There were apparently a few minor skirmishes as pro-Bush, pro-war folks set up shop nearby Sheehan this weekend. We’re not sure how much of the protest is actually indicative of the simmering anti-war sentiment in America and how much is slow news in [...]
08.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
On this day in 1920, the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, giving American women the right to vote nearly 70 years after the first formal women’s convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
House Bill 67, authored by Representative McClendon in the House and sponsored by Senator Van de Putte in the [...]
08.26.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Rep. Bob Griggs is holding a press conference starting at 10am this morning where he is announcing that he will not run for re-election.
Also, another press conference is scheduled at the conclusion of Rep. Griggs’ where Kelly Hancock is announcing he is running for the seat. Kelly is a longtime school board member of [...]
08.26.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Rep. Mark Strama [via Barbara Radnofsky's Blog]
08.26.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
What does oil and gas exploration have to do with the Texas Emerging Technology Fund? Well, Governor Perry just appointed Midland’s own Grant Billingsley to the group and Billingsley’s employed by Wagner & Brown Ltd., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company.
The Texas Emerging Technology Fund is allegedly in place to bring new [...]
08.25.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Word is that VP Dick Cheney will be in Houston on September 16 to help Tom DeLay raise some money and to show the administration’s support for douchebag DeLay.
The White House will not confirm, but a Yahoo! Group has the details. Sadly, we believe Yahoo! Groups more than the White House.
08.25.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
So the special sessions are over, the finger pointing and name calling has escalated, and just like in 2003 there’s a whiff of rumors for a new Speaker floating through the air. Ross Ramsey, Paul Burka, & Mike Hailey, all guys I would consider in tune with the goings-on of the Capitol, have used [...]
08.25.05 | Uncategorized | admin