Spotted
Attorney General Greg Abbott leaving Matt’s El Rancho with his entourage today at lunch. No word on any indictments. His staff doesn’t have near the hot factor of Perry’s boys.
06.29.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Archive for June, 2007
iPhone iPhone iPhone
That’s all anybody’s talking about today. I can’t believe losers would wait in line for hours, much less days, to buy a phone. For $599 I’d expect more than cool interface…for that price it ought to tickle my ass with a feather.
06.29.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Go To Jail, Gov’nah
Former Alabama governor, Don Siegelman, was finally sentenced in a corruption and bribery case that’s been going on for a while now. He got mixed up with Richard Scrushy of HealthSouth fame and has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Siegelman, 61, and Scrushy, 54, were convicted last year of bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud. [...]
06.29.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Nixon anyone?
The White House has refused to surrender documents subpoenaed by congress. They’ve also said that Harriet Miers will not testify under oath with a transcript. Does congress really have the nerve to issue a contempt citation?
I am not old enough to remember Watergate, but anytime I hear the words ‘executive privilege’ it doesn’t give me [...]
06.28.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Shalom, Rick!
Why in the hell is Rick Perry in Israel? In today’s Statesman, the governor is all about ‘building bridges’ but the article couldn’t help but remind us that Perry is probably considering a run for national office and that he talks out of both sides of his mouth.
Last year, to the chagrin of Jewish [...]
06.28.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Now it’s time for the remix
JibJab remixes the Star Spangled Banner with the presidents. Click Permalink to watch.
06.27.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Perry and his symbolic flipping of the finger
Governor Perry vetoed the $297 million funding for Medicaid prescription drug benefits, but it has no impact because the bill has to be paid either way. Texas claims there is an overlap between Medicare and Medicaid eligibles in Texas and the state is paying twice for drug coverage on those enrollees. Wait, I assumed that. [...]
06.27.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Oh, Wait. There’s some new Prime Minister?
Do we need to know that? The new Prime Minister’s name is Gordon Brown. Carry on.
06.27.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
America’s Youth Getting Their Liberal On?
The NY Times reports that a survey of Americans aged 18-29 are more liberal than in the past. As they continue to drift to the left, they are also paying more attention to elections. (Ah, the great hope and fear of every politician every election cycle. Except Mark Strama.) \
My favorite conclusion:
…[T]hey believed that the [...]
06.27.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome