Daily Archives: February 23, 2004

Defining terrorist down

Remember when no one paid any attention to Rod Paige? Boy, weren’t those the days. Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation’s largest teachers union a “terrorist organization” today, taking on the 2.7-million-member National Education Association early in the presidential … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in National news | 4 Comments

There’s recruiting and then there’s recruiting

Buried near the bottom of this rather pedestrian story about sex ‘n’ drugs ‘n’ stuff on the Bigtime College Athletics Recruiting Trail is a fairly sensible suggestion, made by UT Coach Mack Brown. UT and A&M are in unusual positions … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Other sports | 2 Comments

Making BlogAds work for future candidates

You’ve probably seen the Wired article on BlogAds and their role in helping Ben Chandler get elected to Congress by now. It’s good coverage of the story and provides a good view from inside the Chandler campaign of the ads’ … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2004 | 1 Comment

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a WiFi-enabled bus

This is downright cool – it’s a project to bring Internet access to remote locations by means of solar power, wireless access points, and data transmissions via buses or motorcycles. Here’s a press release from one of their projects in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Fill ‘er up!

My, my. The TRMPAC scandal investigation continues to expand, as Travis County DA Ronnie Earle’s office sends out dozens of subpoenas over the next few days. Nine subpoenas were officially filed Friday. They went to House Speaker Tom Craddick and … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | 2 Comments