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Democrats in Texas : Lone Star State Turning Blue?
The Democrats: Houston mayor Bill White, left, is expected to make a run for the Senate and Gene Locke is a leading candidate to succeed him as mayor of Houston. Another top mayoral candidate is openly gay City Controller Annise … Continue reading
Banking : Independence and the Texas Patels
A rupee saved is a rupee earned. In contrast to the frozen giants of global finance who drag us every day down closer to the next bottom… the Texas Patels are moving their Dallas banking enterprise into competition with billion-dollar … Continue reading
Treatment of Homeless Kids : Texas is DEAD LAST
This map shows state rankings on the issue of homeless children. Click on image to enlarge. For an interactive version, go here.In the grand tradition:Texas is dead last in its treatment of homeless children By Roger Baker / The Rag … Continue reading
Blowing Through Texas : Renewable Energy Ploy Brings an Ill Wind
Blowing in the Wind It’s the hitherto scenic, big sky Hill Country, with more stars than you can count in the night sky, that’s been chosen to carry the burden of hosting those high-voltage power lines between West Texas and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Sarito Carol Neiman, Texas, Wind Turbines
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Vigil at T. Don Hutto Center on June 20th
As ICE cynically says on their Web site, “The facility provides an effective and humane alternative to maintain the unity of alien families as they await the outcome of their immigration hearings or the return to their home countries.”Family Friendly … Continue reading
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Is Austin drowning in traffic growth?
Part 1: Is Austin drowning in ever-increasing traffic? Think again; top road lobby myth debunked! By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | June 8, 2009 [This is the first of a two-part series by the Rag Blog’s Roger Baker … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Roger Baker, Texas, Transportation, Transportation Politics, TXDot
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Greg Moses : By George! Austin Leads USA Recovery
Austin Leads in Job Growth Still, these Texas numbers look like boutique novelties in a warehouse of national economic crisis. By Greg Moses / By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2009 It’s a wistful headline, I … Continue reading
James Retherford : Brandon Darby, The Texas 2, and the FBI’s Runaway Informants
The Texas 2: David McKay and Bradley Crowder.The Texas 2: Intrigue, Provocation, and Betrayal The overarching story here is the blatant size of the federal government’s strategic operational use of informants and undercover agents against American citizens protesting eight years … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Brandon Darby, FBI, Informants, James Retherford, Social Activism, Texas, Texas 2
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Brandon Darby in New Orleans : FBI Informant Was Egotistical Sexist
This Activist Life: FBI snitch was also a sexist, authoritarian, provocative fraud By Victoria Welle [Victoria Welle worked with Brandon Darby at the Common Ground Collective in New Orleans. Common Ground is a community-run relief organization that played a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Darby, Community Organizing, Informants, New Orleans, Sexism, Social Activism, Texas, Texas 2
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Guitar Maestro Stephen Bruton : Remembering the Fort Worth Flash
Stephen Bruton, the Fort Worth Flash. Stephen was music, a genuine player’s player… Kristofferson called him ‘the best damn rock and roll guitar player in the world.’ By Joe Nick Patoski / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2009 Turner … Continue reading
True Fiction, Dept. : San Angelo Mayor Quits to be With Gay Alien Lover
(Former) San Angelo Mayor J.W. Lown, in a photo with (and autographed by) U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Photo from jwloan.comSan Angelo Mayor springs a Hell of a surprise on his townBy Richard Connelly / May 21, 2009 See ‘Texas … Continue reading
Ft. Hood GI Travis Bishop : Why I Won’t Go
Travis Bishop, opening for Toby Keith in Bagdhad, Iraq. Photo from MySpace. If I had deployed to Afghanistan, I don’t think I would have been able to look into another mirror again. By Travis Bishop / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War GIs, Ft. Hood, Texas, Travis Bishop, War Resisters
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