Daily Archives: December 3, 2003

District H update

I guess things were a little too quiet in the City Council District H runoff. City Council candidate Adrian Garcia was disciplined for misplacing drug evidence, causing two accidents and missing work in his early days as a Houston police … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2003 | 4 Comments

Jim! You cannot break the laws of physics!

First, Atrios spots the mystery. Bush made a 20-minute speech to a crowd of about 500 party faithful in the main ballroom of the Hanover Marriott at a $2,000-a-plate evening fund-raiser. Not breaking any ground, Bush highlighted the accomplishments of … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Iraq attack | 4 Comments

He’s got a pretty good y’all going

Via Ginger, Hope, and Scott comes this story about how Texans talk. Among the unexpected findings, said Guy Bailey, a linguistics professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a leading scholar in the studies with his wife, … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in The great state of Texas | 4 Comments