Seriously, Merry Christmas to all y’all. We’ll probably still be posting over the next few days, but it will be light. Once we get home with the family it’s valium and champagne that keeps us going until we get back to the bosom of Austin and our own version of sanity.
12.22.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
An Austin blogger writes about receiving one of those infamous ‘Push Polls’ we’ve heard so much about. These are not polls, they are biased and unscientific. I can’t imagine they are getting any useful data out of them…they are more like propoganda phone calls. This is the kind of shit that makes us hate [...]
12.22.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Odessa has decided to include Bible courses in its curriculum. Just like Dover, Pennsylvania’s recent Intelligent Design fiasco; it looks like Odessa, Texas will be the next subject of national news. We’d just like to say that no one thinks you shouldn’t study Christianity….but you shouldn’t do it in a public school building.
Believing with you [...]
12.22.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Attorney General Greg Abbott has barred the legislation by Rep. Hochberg from being enacted. The provision permitted Texans to obtain prescription drugs from Canada at up to 75% less than the cost of those very same drugs in the U.S. (wow, that was an akward sentence…did you follow me?)
AG Abbot says it violates federal statutes, [...]
12.22.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Well, not really. He did not get the speedy trial he so desperately wanted. See if he gets his speedy trial, is acquitted and scoots back up to D.C. he could be elected House Leader again. Whatever Heather, this is going to drag on for-friggin-ever.
12.22.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
What with the Patriot Act just barely getting extended, the Arctic Drilling bill getting shot down in the Senate and all, the news of the Republican party being split on spying on Americans (WSJ: Wiretap Furor Widens Republican Divide) isn’t too surprising. How many times can we read that Bush “reluctantly” agreed to something [...]
12.22.05 | Uncategorized | admin