Daily Archives: May 17, 2004

Punt!

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Somebody cue up Don Meredith singing When The Party’s Over: AUSTIN — The Texas Legislature signaled the full-scale failure of the special session on school finance today by taking final adjournment with two days remaining in the 30-day session. The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New sites of interest

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Hopefully by tomorrow, the world’s DNS servers will have told your ISP about the new site for Texas Tuesdays, which is http://www.texastuesdays.com and which is where we’ll be doing our publicity for the various Democratic campaigns through November. For now, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Three ducks lined up

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Well, as Andrew D notes, State Rep. David Swinford is running for Ag Commissioner in hopes of replacing Susan Combs, who has announced that she’s running for Comptroller. The current Comptroller, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, has all but drooled over the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hard Sell Monday – The Colin Powell Connection

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

So, did you hear about the staffer for Colin Powell who tried to yank him off the air on Meet the Press yesterday because Tim Russert was asking him hard questions? Turns out she used to work for Tom DeLay, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Goin’ to the chapel

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Allow me to join Atrios, John Scalzi and no doubt many others in congratulating those who’ve queued up like American Idol wannabees in front of city hall in Cambridge in order to get married. Mazel tov, y’all! Here are a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Let’s hear it for large concrete statues!

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Nice article in the Sunday Chron on David Adickes, the sculptor who created all those giant Presidential heads as well as the humongo Sam Houston statue in Huntsville. The good news, if you’re not a hoity-toity art critic, is that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Road trip!

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Got a little free time over the Memorial Day weekend? Consider taking a road trip to South Dakota to help get out the vote for Stephanie Herseth in the June 1 special election there. ‘Fraid I can’t make it – … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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All about oil

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Snarkout has a typically entertaining and link-filled look at the history of oil production. Check it out. Continue reading →

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