Daily Archives: July 10, 2008

You there! Quit whining!

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s your quote of the day, courtesy of John McCain’s good buddy, Phil Gramm. “You’ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession,” he said, noting that growth has held up at about 1 percent despite all the publicity … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Capuano responds to Culberson

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Rep. Mike Capuano, chair of the Committee on House Administration, who has come under steady assault from Rep. John Culberson and a growing number of Republican activists for his recent letter (PDF) on modifications to House rules concerning standards for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More recycling

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Very good news: The City of Houston’s recycling program will now accept more types of plastic for both curbside pickup and recycling-center dropoff. Up until now the plastic you could recycle was limited to mostly water bottles and plastic milk … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More on the Twitter battle in Congress

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on yesterday’s post about the battle over Twitter (*) and other uses of social networking software from the floor of Congress, TechPresident’s Daily Digest tries to inject a little calm to counteract some of Rep. John Culberson’s fulminations. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Pickens’ plan for wind and natural gas

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Robert Boyd writes about T. Boone Pickens and his plan for wind and natural gas. The plan, in a nutshell, is this. The U.S. should convert as much of its automobile fleet as possible from gasoline to compressed natural gas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A rail plan for Central Texas

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Outgoing State Rep. Mike Krusee, one of the biggest boosters of the Trans Texas Corridor in the Lege, is now an advocate for rail in and around Austin. We should schedule an election now for a rail system based on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Three Dallas race overviews

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Carolyn Barta of Dallasblog has been busy doing overviews of various races of interest in the Dallas area. Here she is on the race for HD112: Two Asian-American women are competing to succeed State Rep. Fred Hill in District 112. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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