The House Committee on Government Reform is holding a hearing right now regarding HHSC and the privatization of eligibility and enrollment services. The image was just emailed to me by a reader.
In the middle, that’s Albert Hawkins, head of HHSC. On the right, we’ve got a pair of legs, which the camera man [...]
07.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
About 30 minutes ago, the jury in Andrea Yates’s retrial found her not guilty by reason of insanity. No snarky commentary here - this is a sad, sad situation, and I’m glad to see it end.
07.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Everyone seems a little hesitant to make the switch to electronic voting systems. The reports of problems during the last election cycle ranged from machine malfunctions to user error. Travis County is testing their machines and processes so they don’t make national news as the ‘tards that f’ed it up next cycle. Good for [...]
07.26.06 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Apparently the group Texans for Texas has employed the proofreaders of Van Taylor, Frank Madla, Martha Wong, and Jeff Fleece. They’ve got a novel approach to solving Medicade. Good luck with that ‘tards, the first step to solving a problem is learning how to spell it. As we get closer to election [...]
07.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
OK. I go to church, I have no problem with churches. I do have a problem with churches being given money by the government to help spread their message. Seriously, government subsidized religion runs contrary to the basic foundation of our country. If churches really want more money then they need [...]
07.26.06 | Uncategorized | admin
I went to this site to see what our wonderful senators thought about net neutrality. I expected Cornyn to be the one that was against it, but surprisingly, he has made no decision either way. However, would-be gubernatorial candidate Sen. Hutchison is the one to agree with Rep. Stevens.
Remember guys - it’s not [...]
07.25.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Paul Burka brings us word of what Senator Fraser is up to:
Our spy on the scene at the ALEC legislative conference in San Francisco Blackberried this report: “Sen. [Troy] Fraser was playing golf with Michael Gregg, his chief of staff, Wednesday. Michael hit a tee shot 200 yards and knocked Fraser out while driving [...]
07.25.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Louie Gohmert Is A Little Bitch hasn’t been updated since it first came online, and I have a theory why. Let me explain.
I was scanning The Hill’s [not LC's The Hills, but DC's The Hill] 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill. I did a quick once-over, trying to figure out how high [...]
07.25.06 | Uncategorized | admin
Bellzila strikes! Chris Bell got a good article in the AAS today (read: bad article for Strayhorn) by concentrating on what got him a ton of great headlines a few years ago: ethics.
Bell charged Strayhorn with being both unethical and a Republican after reviewing documents received via an open records request. Specifically:
In early [...]
07.25.06 | Uncategorized | admin