Representatives Mike Villarreal and Joaquin Castro talked to the press about sex education today. San Antonio Rep. Mike Villarreal’s HB 1567 would require all instruction concerning condoms and contraception to be “scientifically accurate.” WhileSan Antonio Rep. Joaquin Castro’s HB 741 would mandate “abstinence-plus,” an approach that pushes abstinence as the best idea but acknowledges it [...]
03.31.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 58 other newspapers and online sites said Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (CNN) The chain that owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune is in bankruptcy and other papers are on the brink. And two industry giants, The Washington Post and The [...]
03.31.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Governor Perry appointed Sue Evenwel of Mt. Pleasant presiding officer of the Texas Funeral Service Commission. Ms. Evenwell brings a lot of great qualities to the Herculean effort of regulating the funeral homes and funeral directors of Texas…she is the owner of Designin’ Women Custom Embroidery. But, she’s also a member of the Titus County [...]
03.31.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Or are you just Texan? Lord a’mercy it’s guns, guns, guns today isn’t it? Concealed, open-carry, on campus, in bars, at work…every where you look it seems like the Lege wants you to strap on your ol’ six-shooter and have a bangin’ good time.
Seriously? I’m not going to feel comfortable mouthing off to you rednecks [...]
03.31.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Living downtown Austin is great, except for a couple of items on my list. First, the crime downtown is getting a little out of hand. It ain’t al rainbows and butterflies down here. Second, and the worst of it is the street closures every weekend. Austin closed city streets 108 times in 2008. OMG, really? [...]
03.31.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Dallas Senator Carona (no lime, please) managed to eek out a victory for his sobriety checkpoint bill today. Ah, big things and big ideas never get past this group, do they?
Define irony: Texas senators debating sobriety. Something they wouldn’t know about even if it were defined on the bottom of a glass of scotch.
The CDC [...]
03.30.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The Senate Finance Committee sent the budget to the floor with a 14-0 vote. The $177 billion budget is not controversy-free…but then again when is anything up there controversy-free. (Well, everybody loves taco day at the cafeteria, but besides that)
Senator Zaffirini complained about the ban on funds for embryonic stem cell research and Lucio complained [...]
03.30.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The Obama Administration will announce a new auto-industry recovery plan on Tuesday. Word came out today that the CEO of General Motors is resigning as part of the restructuring deal. In other words Obama told him to hit the door, jack and don’t you come back no more no more.
I’m sure a lot of laissez-faire [...]
03.29.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Well, it’s a new look and the comments should work! Let’s see if I remember how to do this blog thing anymore.
03.29.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
First of all let me acknowledge that it takes me about four times as long to recover from a hangover as it used to…eep! Getting older reality check, complete.
So yesterday I was barely keeping up with the whole curriculum debate over evolution. I love that the press calls the people opposed to teaching evolution in [...]
03.27.09 | Uncategorized | pinkdome