The Dallas-based law firm of Haynes and Boone saw two of its partners tapped by Speaker Joe Straus recently to serve on the Sunset Advisory Commission: Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas; and Lamont Jefferson of San Antonio (right), the brother of Texas Supreme Court [...]
Even money says that you did not watch Bill Moyers Journal on PBS last night. Did you? Thought not. I did.
I found his commentary very interesting and extremely relevant. He equated President Lyndon Johnson’s march to war in Vietnam to the pressure President Obama is now under (mostly from the [...]
From the White House weblog:
In an address recorded in Seoul, South Korea, the President discusses his trip to Asia. He talks about his push to stop nuclear proliferation in North Korea, Iran, and around the world. He talks about promoting America’s principles for an open society in China while making [...]
Stuck at the airport so I am bored. Only bright spot was watching a crowd of Palin fans "boo" her as she left a book signingbefore signing all their books. Small comfort!Dungeon Diary [...] Dallas public television station KERA reports that Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison have agreed to debate on Jan. 14 -- statewide, televised, one hour, questions from journalists.
Do not touch that dial. Those flames and sparks flying from your set are entirely to be expected.
A little something we do around here every Friday evening just about this time. Click on a thumbnail to make it appear full size or to start a slide show. Enjoy.
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Sen. Florence Shapiro of Plano said Friday she will file for re-election for her senate seat next month, while she keeps her long-range sights set on the U.S. Senate seat now held by incumbent Kay Bailey Hutchison. The Republican state senator said she will file for [...]
The Rick Perry campaign is airing its first radio ad of the campaign - a lively takeoff on the popular game show Jeopardy with questions about runaway federal spending and the answer always the same: Kay Bailey Hutchison. It's the first real attack of the campaign, but uses humor to' [...]
Sen. John Cornyn, still a bit hoarse, is vocalizing again. The briefly speechless junior senator recalled something Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, quipped after vocal cord surgery three years ago to address recurring problems. Doctors ordered him to remain mute during his recovery.
"He said his approval ratings shot through the" [...]
Clearly refuting fellow columnist David Brooks’ love fest for little Timmeh Geithner, Paul Krugman says the current Treasury secretary was a clusterfuck at the NY Fed, and hasn’t looked a lot better on his current job.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] A congressional hearing turned ugly Thursday, thanks in large part to Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, who called for the resignation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
"Conservatives agree that as point person, you failed," Brady said. "Liberals are growing in that consensus as well. For the sake of our jobs, [...]
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has been booked as a guest Sunday on Meet the Press, along with two Democratic senators, Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and California Sen. Diane Feinstein, and with Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman, who chaired the first open hearing regarding the Fort Hood shootings, on Thursday.
[...]You got your first look at the gubernatorial air war here on TrailBlazers. We were the first yesterday afternoon to post Kay Bailey Hutchison's new ad and to report that Rick Perry was following suit with a spot of his own. Perry put his new spot on his campaign [...]
The Marvalus One has thrown out a doozie this week. The only direction: I had a crush on. There are a lot of candidates: Tracy Spenser, Shanice, Salt & Pepa, Dawn from EnVogue. But I had to go with the following:
Vanessa Williams - Just For Tonight
Who didn’t love Vanessa Williams? [...]
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c www.thedailyshow.comDaily ShowKay Bailey Hutchison voted with her fellow Republicans yesterday against the confirmation of a federal judge that conservatives have labeled a liberal activist. But Gov. Rick Perry told me that's not good enough because she missed an earlier vote on the nomination. Clearly, Perry's going to keep up the "she's'" [...]
St. Augustine, Fla., is NOT "the oldest permanent city" in the United States. By best reckoning, it's the Sky City pueblo of the Acoma Indians. (The Hopi Indians have their own claim.)There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
This news of the weird story is certainly more proof of the power of, ultimately, multiple addictions, not just one.Dallas Cowboy DeMarcus Ware is one of three NFL stars appearing with President Barack Obama in a public service announcement that will air during Thanksgiving games. Ware was on the South Lawn of the White House last month tossing a ball around with Obama and a bunch of DC-area kids. [...]
The Kay Bailey Hutchison campaign has launched a statewide television campaign against Rick Perry with a TV commercial set to begin airing tomorrow across Texas. The ad will play in Dallas-Fort Worth and the state's other major markets. It features Hutchison sitting in a living-room setting, explaining that she decided' [...]
The chairman of the Republican Governors Association says a fractious primary fight for governor in Texas will make it more difficult for the GOP to win next November. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said "there's a strong likelihood" that red-state Texas will hold on to the governorship in next year's general [...]
In less than an hour, Houston hair-care magnate Farouk Shami will formally announce he's running as a Democrat for governor. Already, though, the Shami campaign has put out a release that tackles what political insiders say could be the biggest [...]
Sen. John Cornyn croaked through his Q&A with Attorney General Eric Holder at a Senate hearing yesterday. Today, that would be an improvement.
"The senator has no voice," his office declared in postponing his weekly conference call with reporters.
Tough spot for a senator. Talking is pretty much their livelihood. Good [...]
From the Office of the President
“Today we passed another critical milestone in the health reform effort with the release of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. I was particularly pleased to see that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the bill will reduce the deficit by $127 [...]
THE CLAIM: Endorsing Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor in Houston on Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney said: "When Texas was faced with a budget shortfall and some legislators were proposing an income tax, Kay stood with the taxpayers and led the fight to kill the" [...]
It's being described as a debate by some folks, but can you call a program where the candidates get the questions in advance a real debate? Probably not, but that's the type of forum we're watching here at the fantastic student center at TCU.
Democratic hopefuls for governor Tom Schieffer, Hank' [...]
A new study ranks Texas' tax structure the fifth most "regressive" among the states. That means state and local tax collectors take a much greater share of income from low- and middle-income families than from the wealthy.
The report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy puts only Washington' [...]
Kay Bailey Hutchison is going up first with commercial of the governor's race. Radio spots are to start tomorrow statewide. Can television be far behind? The campaign calls it a "significant buy." And you'll hear it on your local radio station through November.
The decision to go up on radio comes [...]
Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee and former Alasa governor, tells Fox News' Sean Hannity that she views the Fort Hood attack as an act of terrorism.
"I certainly do," she told the conservative talker in an interview' [...]
This stuff went way beyond a joke a long time ago.
This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast November 17, 2009…
(Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)
If you have spent any time reading the right wing blogs or [...]
Kay Bailey Hutchison stayed in Washington yesterday to vote on a military appropriations bill before heading to Texas for a campaign fundraiser. Rick Perry says she should have stayed little longer - long enough to vote against an Obama appointee as a federal appeals judge. The Senate voted 70 to [...]
And, Nicolle Wallace said this as part of a TV interview, even though Schmuck Talk Express himself has asked his campaign staff not to do that. The long knives are out for Palin.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
Fox calls it overkill and politically motivated for the Associated Press to have used 11 people to fine-tooth-comb "Going Rogue."Over at the transportation blog, we have an updated analysis of Perry and the gas tax question. You can read it here.
[...]Dick Cheney told a crowd of Kay Bailey Hutchison supporters tonight that Texans know "the difference between a real talker and the real deal." And he said Hutchison "is the real deal." The former vice president traveled to Houston for a rally and fundraiser for Hutchison. About 200 sign-waving supporters [...]
Sarah Palin is coming, Sarah Palin is coming.
Gov. Rick Perry was asked during a conference call this afternoon when we'll see the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate stumping for his re-election bid' [...]
Playgirl has released the first teaser photo from Levi Johnston’s (Bristol Palin’s babydaddy) upcoming nude, but not full-frontal, photo shoot.
Who knew, huh?
Seems McSteamy was already taken. Levi will have to settle for McSultry. WTG, Sarah!
P.S. Speaking of Sarah, looks like she’s just gonna have to settle for [...]
Democrat Carol Kent won an upset victory last year against Tony Goolsby in the District 102 race.
Now she'll have to fend off one of at least two candidates running in the March Republican Primary.
Dallas lawyer Stefani Carter has been raising money and is expected to announce her candidacy in the' [...]
Texas Sen. John Cornyn has just released a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to come right out and acknowledge that Maj. Nidal Hasan was likely "compelled by a fanatical religious ideology.
"If Islamist terrorism was the driving force behind the senseless violence at Fort Hood, as it seems to [...]
It was touch-and-go, but word now is that Kay Bailey Hutchison will attend tonight's rally and fundraiser in Houston with Dick Cheney. There was a possiblity that the Senate would take a preliminary vote today on health care -- something Hutchison didn't want to miss. We wrote today that' [...]
Gov. Rick Perry on Monday defended efforts he once made to have girls vaccinated against the HPV virus that can lead to cervical cancer.
"I've always though HPV was an issue of life," Perry said in Dallas.
The governor was responding to a reporter's question about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control [...]
At a stop in Dallas Monday, Rick Perry said that elected officials would have to find a way to "expand our ability to raise some dollars" for roads and other transportation infrastructure.
"One of the problems is that we do not have the dollars that we need to build all the" [...]
Big Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, is the latest person Washington mahatma to rue the lack of bank lending to small businesses. So, why not give the SBA a bunch of stimulus money?There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
Have you heard of young Will Phillips? You should know about this kid. He’s one brave, intelligent and principled kid. It’s hard to believe that he’s only ten years old.
A columnist for the Arkansas News has stood up for Will and his right to refuse to [...]
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement today:
“Today’s release of General Motors’ financial results is further proof that President Obama’s economic experiments are wrong for America. Sadly, GM has not only failed to turn a profit since the president poured $50 billion of the [...]
Kay Bailey Hutchison, who announced Friday that running for a new office without abandoning the old one was the right thing to do, once said running for a new office while holding another was the wrong thing to do. As the estimable Jason Embry points out, in her 1990 [...]
By Michael L. Counter, Jr. - Dallas South News Intern
I, Michael L. Counter, Jr. do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will [...]
The following image appeared in a post on a right wing blog yesterday:
I’ll not link to the blog in which that image was posted, nor will I mention the name of the blog or the blogger.
Here, for your edification, is Psalm 109, verse 8 (followed by verses [...]
And raises drug prices 9 percent. That’s just enough to cancel out any savings pledges from the top drugmakers. Gee, what a surprise.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
To the degree it’s true that President Barack Obama is allegedly soft-shoeing China on civil rights and other issues, blame George W. Bush’s massive war debt.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
Ahh, well, you dance with who brung you, Beijing. I was going to suggest you might want to revalue the yuan, but the Bloomberg piece suggests that’s already in the possible works.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] 
It’s that simple. For that matter, the same applies to you, Mr. President.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheik Mohammed (the man who allegedly planned the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) and several of his cohorts will be standing trial in a federal civilian court in New York City, just blocks away from where the World Trade Center towers [...]
From the White House weblog:
With the investigation into the tragedy at Fort Hood ongoing, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to call for a careful and complete review of what happened before the tragedy.
Watch the video of the President’s address below or read the full text, as prepared for [...]
Austin Bureau chief Christy Hoppe checks up on a Rick Perry statement:
THE CLAIM: In his campaign stump speech, Gov. Rick Perry states that when Texas faced with a budget shortfall in 2003, he and the Legislature cut spending instead of raising taxes but were able to [...]
Literally, that is. Due to corn’s temperature sensitivity, global warming could severly hit US corn harvests, barring some lucky new round of genetic engineering.There is no god and I am his prophet. [...] Texas' other senator, John Cornyn -- the one who isn't running for governor or, as far as we know, contemplating the best timing to quit or not quit the Senate -- is happy that colleague Kay Bailey Hutchison isn't quitting, at least for now.
Cornyn chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee,' [...]
Note to Carrie Prejean: When you storm off an interview set, you are supposed to storm off an interview set, not sit there staring prettily (she thinks) and blankly into the camera.
Palin/Prejean 2012! (Perfect match up and every conservative’s wet dream.)
They are [...]
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