Seriously, What is wrong with you people?
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07.23.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Archive for July, 2007
Farmers Branch Councilman: Big Time Racist
“The retail spots … for every two that went vacant, one would be filled by a Spanish-speaking business, then, you … saw what was once a really, really, really nice neighborhood start to decline,” O’Hare, 37, said in an interview with The Associated Press at the ornately decorated two-story home he shares with his [...]
07.23.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Rick “Call a Special” Perry
Governor Perry is awfully blase about calling a Special. His cause d’jour is divesting investments in Iran. Is this really necessary? Does the state retirement fund have significant holdings with ties to Iran? If so, that’s kind of f’ed up. But, finding out how much of the funds are tied to Iran doesn’t bother Perry…not [...]
07.23.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Talk about a Debbie Downer!
Some disgruntled Republican is warning that Bush is on his way to creating a police state in America.
“Americans think their danger is terrorists,” said Roberts. “They don’t understand the terrorists cannot take away habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution. … The terrorists are not anything like the threat that we face to the [...]
07.23.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Parties in Dallas will Be Boring for a Few Months
A huge cocaine bust in McCallen seized 2,200 pounds of cocaine. You could hear the ‘aww, fuck’ from Dallas all the way in Waco. (Chron)
07.21.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
PBS and NPR Saved
Unlike two years ago when the Republicans controlled Congress, the funding for public broadcasting was saved. The move to kill subsidies for the CPB, which make up about 15 percent of its budget, was launched by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado. (CNN)
07.21.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Murder on the Agenda
Austin has had more murders in one month this July than in the last 5 years. When mobs aren’t attacking passengers in cars, they’re jumping homeless people for more one-on-one killings. Looks like all that urban growth the city is craving is on its way!! (AAS)
07.20.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
I’m middle class, white, and not very bright
Or…a college Republican. Watch as some dude infiltrates a College Republican Convention.
Generation Chickenhawk: The Unauthorized College Republican Convention Tour from huffpost and Vimeo.
I thought this was hilarious right up until the end when the dude gets busted and starts causing a scene. Just once I’d like to see someone go, “Oh well..you finally caught on. [...]
07.20.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
What I’m Reading
In his first book, We’re All Journalists Now, a law partner in Washington, D.C., and former counsel for the New Republic, attempts to update our slim definition of “journalist” for the Internet age. In this narrow volume, he casts a wide net. Adamant that journalism is an activity undertaken, and not a profession practiced, Gant [...]
07.19.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome