Visiting The Attorney General’s Opinion
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »Go figure, there is some bad information out there on the world wide web. While that may not come as a surprise to you, word that Quorum Report has misrepresented the AG's opinion on uniform GPA standards, might. Then again, ...
Chris Bell Poll Really Doesn’t Share Any New News
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »Guess what? A guy who used to be in Congress, on the Houston City Council, has before ran for Mayor of Houston and recently ran for Governor has more name ID in a Houston State Senate race than the three other challengers with ...
Bills That Need To Stay Dead…Sexy Cheerleading
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »"I see dead people." Who can forget that famous quote from the poor disturbed kid in the Sixth Sense who could see dead people - that didn't know they were dead - walking around and mingling on the streets. Well, I feel a ...
And We’re Back
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | 3 Comments »The absence is over, not that I expect the world stood still for me. But a handful of you have stayed with this site, so for you I come back to work. And what better way to start than with ...
Mike Hailey Gives Us Five More
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »In his latest readers poll, Mr. Hailey over at Capitol Inside gives us five more state house challengers to the incumbent party to ponder. If you missed the commentary on my first five (I don't know how you could, they were at ...
My Apologies To The Audience
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Other | No Comments »Forgive me for not posting any new material in the past week. I kinda took an unexpected mental vacation. But check back on Monday and I'll be back in action. And as a little teaser of what is to come...keep a ...
My Picks For Mike Hailey’s Poll
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary | No Comments »If you don't make checking Mike Hailey's Capitol Inside an everyday occurrence, you should. Besides the well thought out pieces he puts together on his own, Capitol Inside also offers news clippings from around the state, and from time to ...
In The First Of What Will Be Multiple Rulings, Judge Affirms Commissioner Scott’s Plan
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »Enter yet again into this blog Commissioner Scott's 6 million dollar dropout prevention program. Why do I keep talking about it? Simple, teachers unions in Texas just won't let it go. In their latest crusade against what they call a back ...
A Minor Oversight
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »I'm sure you all remember not that long ago that the US Supreme Court overturned various states's attempts to charge child rapists with a capital crime. The effect was felt in Texas, where our version of Jessica's Law which allowed for the ...
John Edwards Scandal Hits Close To Home With Texas Democrats
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Election Commentary, Getting After The Left | 2 Comments »Consider this a spin-off of the John Edwards affair. Not one to comment too much on national politics, I was ready to put this one to bed after my previous post, then I saw this in the Dallas Morning News. Fred ...