Former Congressman Nick Lampson, a moderate Democrat from southeast Texas, is [...]
Television news reports projected that Mr. [...]
Can this marriage be saved? The union of junk scientists, on the prowl for government handouts to pay for their computer games, and eager politicians sniffing an enormous new source of tax revenue was a match made in a dark alley. The always gullible mainstream [...]
No, not a politician - but a real wild cat; albeit de-clawed and rather tame. Last seen near Parker Rd. in St. Paul.
From the Dallas Morning News' Crime Blog --
Collin County authorities seek escaped exotic cat
November 27, 2009
Jennifer Emily / Reporter / The Dallas Morning News' [...]
So declares Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, taking a few minutes away from a Thanksgiving retreat with his family. "Ninety-five percent of the nails were in the coffin prior to this week. Now they are all in."
If any politician might be qualified to offer last [...]
There will be many factors that will form his decision, but he specifically mentioned one: you. Like any good statewide politician with a [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defended jailed killer "Carlos the Jackal" and several world leaders he says are wrongly considered "bad guys".
In a speech to international socialist politicians, Mr Chavez said "Carlos", a Venezuelan, was not a terrorist but a key "revolutionary fighter".
He is serving a [...]
South Austin Community Acupuncture
In the halls of Congress, politicians debate health care reform as the American public waits anxiously and often skeptically to see how things turn out. In South Austin, the folks at South Austin Community Acupuncture are doing their part to bring [...]
Not all Catholics believe the exact same thing. There are Catholics for Choice, Catholics who use contraception, and then...there's the US Conference on Catholic Bishops, which was an active, energetic force lobbying politicians to pass Stu-Pitts prior to the recent House vote on the Affordable Health Care for All' [...]
If you like to see politicians suffer–and honestly, who doesn’t–don’t miss this highly amusing video of Jack McDonald, a wealthy high-tech Democratic pretty-boy from Austin who is expected to challenge Texas CD 10 Republican Michael McCaul next year.
This “deer-in-the-headlights” moment is provoked by the Austin American-Statesman’s W. Gardner [...]
Political Correctness should never impede National Security
Louisiana's Red Hot Senate race gets even SpicierPolitico has deemed the Texas Republican primary one of the top 10 political races of 2010. Well, yes. The battle between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison pits Texas' top two politicians in a showdown that already is showing signs it will be brutal and expensive.
Here's what Politico had' [...]
It's a triumph of mindless wishful thinking over logic and experience.
The 1,990-page bill is breathtaking in its bone-headed audacity. The notion that a small group of politicians can know enough to design something so complex and so personal is astounding. That they were [...]
