Monthly Archives: July 2004

“Totally inappropriate”

Posted on July 3, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

This is the response of Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, to the story that the Bush/Cheney campaign is asking volunteers to share names and addresses from their church directories with the campaign. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“Take that, you hogshead of feculence!”

Posted on July 3, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Who knew that Dick Effin’ Cheney was partaking in such a hallowed national tradition? Via Mark Evanier. Continue reading →

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Beltran revisited

Posted on July 3, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Well, the Astros’ trade for Carlos Beltran has been a mixed success so far. Beltran himself has been spectacular as advertised, but the Stros remain in a struggle to stay over .500, let alone challenge the suddenly surging Cardinals for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Nurse-in at the Galleria

Posted on July 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The local news has had a field day with the nursing mothers’ protest that took place yesterday at the Galleria. They came with strollers and diaper bags, lifting up their shirts ever so slightly to champion mothers’ rights to breast-feed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Game over, man

Posted on July 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The bad news: A group of political scientists are predicting an easy win for Bush based on a forecasting model that has been successful in the past. The good news: This same model predicted a big win for Gore in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Impeachment investigated

Posted on July 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Yellow Dog Blog noted yesterday this Brownsville Herald article in which some State House Democrats have explored the possibility of starting impeachment proceedings against Governor Perry. Today, the Chron, Express News, and Morning News pick up the story as well. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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No run for Gov for Evans

Posted on July 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Not in 2006, anyway. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans said Thursday that he won’t run for governor in 2006, despite being encouraged by a few friends to consider a Republican primary challenge of Gov. Rick Perry. “I have no intention … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Klinkner responds to Bishop

Posted on July 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I love all this back-and-forth stuff. Here’s Philip Klinkner’s response to Bill Bishop and Bob Cushing, who responded earlier to Klinkner’s article on their Great Divide series. Got all that? Actually, as Klinkner noted in my comments, this is a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bot or pseudonym?

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I can’t tell if the person who just now left the second comment on this post is a joker with a good working knowledge of Internet trivia, or someone testing out a new comment-bot. Anyone wanna take a guess? Continue reading →

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Rail ridership rises

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

MetroRail’s daily ridership took a big leap forward in June, up to 26,000 per day. The preliminary June count, released Wednesday evening, represents almost twice as many riders as carried during an average weekday in May and the fifth straight … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cuellar gets en banc hearing

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

And the next round in the Rodriguez-Cuellar recount fight goes to Cuellar. SAN ANTONIO – A state appeals court on Wednesday agreed to a new hearing to reconsider last week’s ruling in a voter fraud lawsuit brought by U.S. Rep. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Someone got the message

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Three cheers for Walter Willis of Tomball, who wrote the following letter to the editor of the Chron: Our pathetic status quo The Chronicle’s June 27 Outlook article “Your 15 minutes are up, Mr. Bell,” from U.S. Rep. John R. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CPPP criticizes sales tax writeoff

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Center for Public Policy Priorities is criticizing a recently-passed bill that would allow the state of Texas and other states with no income tax to deduct sales taxes from their federal income tax. Deductibility is merely a political sleight-of-hand … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Stern update

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Hmm. I didn’t realize that Howard Stern had already made an appearance on Houston’s airways at the time I blogged about his upcoming presence. Radio listeners expecting their regular dose of business news on KIKK-AM (650) Wednesday morning got a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog fundraising

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Nick Confessore asks Does anyone have good information on audience growth for the top political blogs? Are they still going up, or reaching a peak? Why don’t we take a look at their own stats? Here’s the last year for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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