Archive for September, 2006

Extinction Nation

According to a highly scientific and indisputable research study, Republicans are having more babies than Democrats. Since children follow their parent’s political beliefs, the conclusion is that Republicans will outpace Democrats for generations to come.
“They’re for abortion policy, they’re for same-sex marriage, they’re for many of the agenda items that eventually mean you probably don’t [...]

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Caption This Picture!

Jesse Ventura campaigning for Kinky Friedman. (Thanks Tipster)

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And I thought Texas politicians were bad

New York Republican candidate for Attorney General Jeanine Pirro is under state and federal investigation for illegally spying on her husband [WNBC]. Just go read the story; it’s too crazy.

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You can have ‘em

The GOP will hold their 2008 convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Good. The further away from me, the better. That goes for you too, DNC.

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Mandatory Sensitivity Training at the Boston Herald

AmericaBlog had this screenshot from the Boston Herald.

Kinky Friedman was overheard to say, “What’s the big deal they all look alike anyway.”

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Rep. Ralph Hall is a Bad Man

TPMmuckraker has obtained documents that officially prove Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) is Jack Abramhoff’s bitch - and in the worst possible way, too.
How so?
In November of 1997, Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) publicly questioned the credibility of a teenage girl’s claims that she’d been the victim of the sex trade in the Northern Mariana Islands. The [...]

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Vernon Robinson: Still Bringing the Awesome

At the rate that Vernon Robinson’s ads are going, I fully expect the next one to involve the words “buttplug” and “champagne enema.”

[via Wonkette]

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Wednesday News Roundup

- You know we’re all scared when an opera by Mozart gets cancelled for fear of terrorist acts. And it’s not even The Abduction of the Seraglio!
- Dallas-based 7-Eleven (oh, thank heaven) is saying “Adios” to Venezuela’s Citgo as their fuel supplier [Yahoo!]. They say politics has nothing to do with it, but [...]

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A Few HD-32 Notes

Another great article, this one from the Texas Observer, on Juan Garcia’s campaign to unseat Count Seaman.
A lifelong Republican in Corpus Christi filed an ethics complaint against Count Seaman over his use of campaign funds to pay for the rent on his Austin condo. Basically, Seaman’s argument is that the whole scheme is kosher [...]

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Farmers, Environmentalists and Mayors = not as catchy-sounding as Lawyers, Guns and Money

Doesn’t sound like anyone is really looking forward to the coal-burning power plants that Perry and his big energy cronies so desire. On my way home from work yesterday I heard this great story on NPR about how these plants will make Texas more bass-ackwards than we already are and why Texans are against [...]

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