Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee sent to the House floor a bill that would shut down the horse meat industry. Couldn’t they have waited until Barbaro finally kicked the bucket? I mean, he’ll bring a pretty penny.
The Ag Committee overwhelmingly rejected the idea of banning the sale of horse meat, but almost half [...]
07.28.06 | Uncategorized | admin
The Future of Texas is no more. I mean the PAC. The Future of Texas PAC was one of the front groups that James Leininger used to funnel money into House races back during the primary. It originally focused on aiding loyal Craddick reps like Berman, Reyna, Swinford, Campbell, Howard, Krusee, Hill, [...]
07.28.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Q: What’s worse than being in fourth place in a four-way governor’s race?
A: Being in sixth place in a six-way race for the worst campaign in America.
Here’s PinkDome’s campaign tips to not suck so hard:
Stop talking about Tom DeLay and ‘ethics’. Nobody cares.
Divulge a sex scandal in your past. People eat that shit up.
07.28.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The same artist that brought us the sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth has not given us President Hillary Clinton, aged. Behold.
The bust will be unveiled by the Musuem of Sex. I guess spots at the “Cold Bitch Musuem” were all taken. Full press release in the permalink. [via]
07.28.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
So what was it that made 11 valley mayors endorse Rick Perry? Let’s see, what happened today…
PERRY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL $3.8 MILLION FOR BORDER SECURITY OPERATION (word doc)
And there it is. A little less than $4 million for border security. Failing schools? Lack of higher ed opportunities? Horrible healthcare? Hateful [...]
07.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Carole Strayhorn, or Carole Cougar Mellencamp as some refer to her now, seems to be losing whatever umph she had earlier in the campaign cycle. Not only would a judge not take on her case (the judge said it’s not under her jurisdiction) to put her nickname “Grandma” on the ballot, but the judge [...]
07.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is considering running for governor of his home state of Alabama. Best known for spitting on a 9-year old girl during a game and throwing a man through a plate glass window [not during a game], Barkley would be running as a Democrat. Why? In his [...]
07.27.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Remember I told you we were blocked by the military so our readers in Iraq are PinDome-less? Well, not quite. Yes, the site is still blocked but a few of them have found some proxy site ways to still get to the site. I had an email conversation with our favorite marine, mostly about [...]
07.27.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Rep. Mark Strama’s Campaing Academy is gearing up to wind it down. This Saturday in Pflugerville (the pfabulous fcity with the pfunny name) is the Stramarama. An event to bring together voters, volunteers and the candidate in a big ol’ family ho-down. The participants in this year’s Campaign Academy are profiled a bit in today’s [...]
07.27.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Rep Pena and Rio Grande Valley Politics are reporting that 11 mayors from the Valley have endorsed Rick Perry for Governor. Looks like someone in Perry’s camp finally started listening to Royal Masset’s pleas to stop picking on hispanics.
Still, it’s time for a collective WTF.
I can understand the teachers going for Strayhorn, she used [...]
07.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin