Archive for January, 2011
Things That Make You Go WTF????
Life is so strange and seems to get even stranger by the day. I watch, laugh and weep as things get so damn crazy that the basics of human survival and decency are thrown out the window. Oscar de la Renta complained because Michelle Obama did not wear a gown designed by an American or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the Packers and the Steelers as it brings you this week’s roundup. WhosPlayin helped organize a cleanup for an historic African American cemetery dating back to about 1845 that had been the target of litterbugs and illegal dumpers. Respect for the dead, and respect for the land are still values [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Texas Progressive Weekly Round Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance celebrates the MLK Day holiday as it brings you this week’s blog roundup. Off the Kuff wrote about Governor Perry’s sanctuary scam and what it says about his priorities. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme notes that Perry and his merry band of republicans play to the Tea Party/corporate polluters while the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance is keeping all of the victims of the Arizona shooting in its thoughts as it brings you this week’s roundup. Refinish69 at Doing My Part for the Left has misgivings about the border patrol shooting teenagers because they are throwing rocks. The hate mongering expressed in the Immigration bills for the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Shooting Teenagers Because They Are Throwing Rocks
I realize that rocks can do damage and can also hurt and even kill people but isn’t there a better solution to teenagers throwing rocks than killing them? What about tear gas, water cannons, or rubber bullets? Killing teenagers for throwing rocks is barbaric. You are probably asking what third world country has been doing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Boehner’s Large Gavel Compensating for Small Brain or…
Speaker Boehner won reelection and his position as Speaker of the House on a campaign based on lies. He is against the Healthcare plan passed this past year but receives his insurance through the government which is better coverage than any individual can buy under any plan. When the Republicans were in charge of both [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year as it brings you the first blog roundup of 2011. Off the Kuff took another look at the coming fight over class size limits. Who decides who suffers in the Barnett Shale? TXsharon ponders this question at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS. Unless [...]
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