Tag Archives: Texas Legislature

Peter Montgomery : Newt Gingrich Wants to Make America More Like Texas!

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Newt Gingrich: Texas Number One!Worse campaign promise ever?Newt Gingrich wants tomake America ‘like Texas’ By Peter Montgomery / AlterNet / May 18, 2011 In his presidential campaign announcement on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel show last week, former House Speaker … Continue reading →

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Bob Moser : The White-Power Legislature of Texas

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Slash-and-burn:Texas’ white-power legislature By Bob Moser / The Texas Observer / May 17, 2011 AUSTIN — Back in February, at a rally protesting anti-immigrant legislation, State Rep. Lon Burnam raised some eyebrows by letting loose with the “R” word. “You … Continue reading →

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Lauren Kelley : Packing Heat on Texas Campuses

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Governor Rick Perry fires a six shooter at an event in Fort Worth. Photo by Rodger Mallison / AP.Pretty scary: Texas about to make it legalto carry guns on college campuses By Lauren Kelley / AlterNet / February 21, … Continue reading →

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Stefan Wray : Austin Formula One is Shrouded in Secrecy

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Formula One’s Tavo Hellmund is shown pulling the strings on State Comptroller Susan Combs and State Senator Kirk Watson. Graphic by Ted Wilson / The Rag Blog.Formula One:Shrouded in secrecyWith no public involvement By Stefan Wray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Cause of Death : Forensic Science Gone Bad

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“The Judgment of Cambyses” (right panel) by Gerard David, 1498.A post mortem:The justice system and the medical examiner There has been a spate of occurrences that is beginning to cast some doubt on the judgment of at least some medical … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker :
Transportation politics and the Austin road lobby

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Part 2: The Austin road lobby: Texas transportation politics, the developers/ and those pesky populist reformers. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | June 22, 2009 [This is the second part of a series on transportation in Austin. In … Continue reading →

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Texas Republican to Asian-Americans : Please Simplify Your Names

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell, made the remark during House testimony on Tuesday. Photo from the Houston Chronicle. Here’s a classic Texas story! It was published by the Houston Chronicle and is being circulated by the Huffington Post. — Jeff … Continue reading →

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Oh Goody : Texas to Offer Masters Degree in Creationism?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Creationist Texas State Rep. Leo Berman has a bill for you! Berman is shown during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008. Photo by AP. Oh goody doody gumdrops, I think I shall apply to open … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker :
Texas toll roads: Feds must take lead

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Our national transportation infrastructure crisis is now so serious and the funds are so short of the scale of the problem that it is absolutely going to take a comprehensive federal approach rather than a state approach to get anywhere. … Continue reading →

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Texas Ethics Commission : Proposal to Regulate Blogs

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Regulating Texas blogs would be regulation with out representation. Regulation that doesn’t protect the rights of citizens is not good government’ By Vince Liebowitz / August 15, 2008 The statement below is issued in response to a document that has … Continue reading →

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Oil Drilling, the New ‘Clean’ Energy?

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The New York Sun ran this idyllic graphic with its op-ed by Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover, who also owns a drilling company. Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover — who owns an oil drilling company — asserts that ‘oil drilling … Continue reading →

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