Archive for September, 2005

Fiction and climate change

Yesterday Michael Crichton spoke in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about “the facts” of climate change. We like Jurassic Park as much as the next guy (well, honestly, we don’t even like it that much), but how does writing science-fiction books on climate change make you an expert? At [...]

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Headlines of the day

After lunch we couldn’t help but stop at the newspaper rack outside and take photos with our mobile phone of the headlines in the rack. Just thought we’d post them. Funny, not one headline screaming “Tom DeLay Is A Dickhead.” Guess the print media has a ways to go to catch up to PinkDome.

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Say goodbye to legal abortion . . .

MyWay: Senate Confirms Roberts As Chief Justice

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Bill Bennet: Solving America’s Crime Rate

“[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down”
Personally, we think aborting old white men would be a much better alternative.

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The Hammer Hits the Nail

*Comments closed* Take it to the forums if you want to talk about ass-fucking.

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Bout Damn Time

There it is - the Sugar Land exterminator has been indicted on conspiracy. Check out the story. No amount of appearances with Elvis impersonators & hurricane victims can save him now. That seat is looking a lot more palatable for Dems right about now.
Also - looks like Craddick, Hammond, Wooley, & Delisi [...]

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Natural Disaster Exploitation Fest ‘05

Delay isn’t the only rockstar from Texas in D.C. - Texas is actually chock full of amazing Congressmen. Take Joe Barton for example. As chair of the Energy & Commerce Committee, he is using the hurricanes to introduce new legislation that would weaken environmental regulation on refineries while opening up areas to drilling. [...]

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Grandy Jury

The grand jury’s term on the TRMPAC case apparently concludes today. First person to tip Pinkdome to any new indictments will receive Tiff’s Treats cookies. Hook a blog up, yo!

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Couple of Contenders

Andy Smith is seeking to defeat Bill Keffer in HD 107 up in Dallas. If elected, Smith would be the first openly gay Rep in the Texas House. School finance, property taxes, and campaign finance are some of his pet peeves. Check out his website at http://www.electandysmith.com/
Also, it looks like someone else [...]

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