Archive for June, 2006

Blogs in the News

Last week the media took hold of two stories about blogs and bloggers. The DailyKos got a little scrutiny not only for what is apparently a non-story, but for his response to the story in the first place. I don’t read the DailyKos so I will admit pure ignorance on the situation and further, I [...]

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Welcome to the blog, Mark’s interns

State Rep. Mark Strama has understood the power of youth since his mullet-head Rock The Vote days and now that he’s taken the much less respectable job of state legislator he didn’t forget that if you get the youth interested in politics while they are young, they may vote tomorrow. Strama’s Campaign Academy is going [...]

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I always feel like somebody’s watching me

Tributes to one-hit wonder Rockwell aside, yesterday’s papers splashed a few headlines that fueled the conspiracy theorists paranoia to a frenzied level.
AT&T is, indeed, just trolling your phone calls, email and text messages in a big room with the NSA folks while eating day old Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Then we find out the U.S. [...]

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You must be crazy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Office of Senator Rick Santorum
Washington, District of Columbia
US SENATE–Senator Rick Santorum announced yesterday the significant discovery of a half-eaten Snickers bar behind his desk. “This finding proves that we are winning the war on terror,” Santorum said. Along with a haf-eaten Snickers bar, which was believed to be at least 10 years [...]

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That’s Hot

The Earth is the hottest it has been in 2,000 years and you’re to blame. [CNN]

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Shocker

The SOS ruled today that Kinky and Carole will both be on the fall ballot. After all was said and done, Kinky ended up with 137,154 valid signatures and Carole had 108,512. Soooo, either Kinky’s people spent alot more time validating their own signatures and following the rules, or the SOS wanted to [...]

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Secretary of State Says Steve Stockman Stinks

I love alliteration. Also of note from the signature validating, Steve Stockman, former Republican congressman and current whackjob, did not collect enough signatures to make it onto the ballot for Delay’s old seat. That keeps the Republican base more solidified going up against Lampson. Again, it sure works out quite well for [...]

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Election Rules and Children’s books

Rep. Kay Granger (from Ft. Worth) has received approval from the FEC to publicize her children’s book on her official website, since all the money she makes from it is going to charity. Now which charity, I haven’t found out yet. But take a look at this cover [thanks HuffPo]:

This doesn’t look like [...]

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Why I think Activism Can Be Stupid

MoveOn.org is gearing up for a Rally for an Oil Free Congress event on June 28. From their site:
Gas prices are off the charts, the situation in the Middle East is unstable, scientists are warning that global warming is at a tipping point, and last month, MoveOn members decided that “clean, sustainable energy” should be [...]

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