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
The Onion: Rove Implicated In Santa Identity Leak
12.21.05 | Uncategorized | admin
Representative Senfronia Thompson has announced her intention to seek an 18th term in the Lege. We are so relieved. Without her the social conscience of the House would surely suffer an agonizing death. Full release after the jump.
12.21.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Bill O’Reilly caused the Plano School District Officials to get their panties in a knot when he said that students were banned from wearing red and green. When the officials demanded a retraction he admitted he was wrong, but then went on to say that there was bias. Yep, Plano is a hotbed of [...]
12.21.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
State Senator Armbrister will not seek re-election[AAS]. Will the state’s water be better off for it? Time will tell.
Thanks for the Memories. . .
- Aquifer schmaquifer, March 29
- Liquor’s for drinking, water’s for fighting, March 30
- Skipping School, April 11
- Ah, the Sneaky Bastards Doubled Down, May 11
- SB1858 and you!, May 23
- [...]
12.21.05 | Uncategorized | admin
They threatened to redecorate the White House! NBC Reports that the Pentagon spied on a gay and lesbian student group that opposed the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and labeled them a ‘credible threat.’
“The Pentagon is supposed to defend the Constitution, not turn it upside down,” Dixon Osburn, SLDN executive director, said in [...]
12.20.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
“That’s what Texans like to see. They like to see some action,” Governor Perry said as he filed his paperwork for re-election. We agree, we’d like to see some action, too. But, what we’ve seen a lot of is political maneuvering and talking points and pandering.
Ah, monkey fucking a football season is upon us. [...]
12.20.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Really? This case is chaotic? No…you’re kidding us, right?
12.20.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
We’ve received this email a couple of times and decided to post it for y’all. We had no idea. Looks like the Lege got their opportunity to screw over poor women.
Turns out the good ol’ boys at the Texas state legislature cut Planned Parenthood’s funding by 45% last Friday. The Texas Department of [...]
12.20.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
And now we can’t get him to shut up. He’s been giving speeches like they’re going out of style this weekend. Last night’s address was a tiny step in the direction I’ve wanted him to go…the one towards being a little bit honest with us. While we don’t believe in his whole, “You with [...]
12.19.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome