Mitt Romney’s campaign commerical uses a metaphor about cleaning up the water in which our kids are swimming. It’s too bad that that he doesn’t give three shits about actually cleaning up the water, but instead he wants to take us back to the 1950’s.
This is yet another thing that irks me about Republicans. Yesterday [...]
07.19.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
This isn’t about politics, either but I need a break so deal. A businessman in California is being sued by contractors and former employees for creating a hostile work environment. In the complaint, it’s been revealed that he build a network of secret tunnels and rooms under his estate in Laguna Hills to be [...]
07.19.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
I’ve always heard that the beaches in Texas were nasty, now here’s your proof. A man vacationing at the beach was infected with flesh eating bacteria and is in critical condition as doctors try to save his leg. He’s also suffering from multiple organ failure. The CDC says the bacteria thrives down there in the [...]
07.19.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
When I think of Sheila Jackson-Lee’s district…Republican-leaning is not what comes to mind. That isn’t stopping Tj Baker from trying. Even the reporter starts right out asking the question we know is on your mind. “Are you crazy?”
07.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
A journalist goes on a cruise for readers of the National Review. You’ve got to read the article, but I warn you that you may have an aneurysm. An excerpt:
He goes on to insist that “nobody was tortured in Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo” and that Bush is “a hero”. He is, like most people on [...]
07.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, wants to know why border patrol agents can’t just shoot people in the back if they are running away after being asked to stop. Kudos to Johnny Sutton, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas for his eye roll and answer. He said the Supreme Court has ruled that [...]
07.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Environmentalists unveiled a $20,000 campaign to oust the state’s top environmental official. One problem…she had already announced her resignation. The real question is where in the hell did the Sierra Club get $20,000? (AAS)
07.18.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
You get the death penalty? In Texas you do. Someone emailed me about Kenneth Foster’s case. Kenneth is on death row because he was driving a car when one of his passengers got into an arguement and then got out of the car and shot and killed someone. He was sentenced to death under Texas’ [...]
07.17.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The mad dash for cash after the legislative session ended is in full swing. Governor Perry has raised up some cash, Dewhurst has been on the circuit and, of course, KBH is raising money for her run for governor. Interestingly, Craddick hasn’t reported a dime for this period.
Oh, and a note about KBH. I saw [...]
07.17.07 | Uncategorized | pinkdome