Kuff spoke to Reps. Rick Noriega and Mike Villareal about their votes on the tax bill. QR also ran The Mark Strama Saga: One Man’s Coming To Grips With a Tax Bill, giving his and Donna Howard’s reasons for their votes.
04.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
In Texas we love our religious nutters, but every time I read a piece on these whackjobs, I’m always left speechless. Those crazies out in ElDorado are still kicking, the Houston Press gives us the lowdown.
04.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Well not really, they’ve been threatening to raise the price on a pack of smokes for a long time now, basically a nickel for every cigarette. But here’s a new angle for the debate, some fun stats from TexasWeekly:
In order to get the amount of money from the cigarrette tax that they want, Texans [...]
04.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Ok, so before the special, Rep. Jim Jackson sent an email to all House employees with his opinion of what to do with the surplus. I was wondering why he was getting out in front like that. Then on Monday, he join Coleman, Burnham, Laney and Dutton in voting against HB 1 (Record [...]
04.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
I was downtown today and wandering Congress Street after being up in the Pink Dome and I ran into two very comely young staffers. (Hey ladies) and they told me they’d just spotted Rep. Mark Strama and Rep. Rafael Anchia having lunch at Chipotle. Why didn’t I spot you? Next time say hello to [...]
04.26.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Chris Bell is asking Ronnie Earle to look into those sketchy Rick Perry campaign ads Texans for Taxpayer Relief ads that are paid for with corporate money.
There’s a new KinkyToon out with alot of Texas musicians, check out the ad here. A quote: “If you want Texas great again, not always bein’ last, then [...]
04.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Someone sent this me a couple days ago and I’ve been meaning to put it online. Just hours after his Earth Day speech, Bush went bike riding on a mountain trail that is off limits during this time of year to protect endangered sheep. Dumbass.
04.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
But Media Matters isn’t happy with the announcement that Tony Snow will be the new White House Press Secretary. Their statement in the permalink.
We aren’t that surprised at the choice, but we were surprised when CNN this morning said that Snow had said some tough things about the current administration. Um, okay. [...]
04.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
WTF you say? Me too, but The Agonist has a ton of links for us to learn about it. There is a FAQ here that explained it all to me and probably will to you as well. And, you can totally be Net Neutrality’s friend on MySpace. (You guys know I’m all about being [...]
04.26.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Dubya’s advance team is said to have hoped to put the President up in the Royal Suite at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna when he attends a summit of European leaders in June. But Jagger already has booked the $6,400-a-night pad and isn’t budging.
Prez, try the Motel 6. I hear they’ll leave a light [...]
04.25.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome