Texas blog roundup for the week of May 10

The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day as it reviews the highlights from the blogs.


WhosPlayin has election results and commentary for Lewisville, Lewisville ISD, and Flower Mound.

Neil at Texas Liberal posted a picture of the Mayflower landing in West Texas. Under Texas State Board of Education guidelines, you can teach kids just about anything as long as it is false.

CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme applauds South Texas for supporting their schools. Tea Party tax brats take note.

Indemnification language exposes industry known threats to safety, public health and environment from hydraulic fracture. On Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS.

Bay Area Houston posted Governor Rick Perry’s personal offering on National Prayer Day, Let Us Prey.

Off the Kuff reminds us of the cost of Rick Perry’s rejection of stimulus funds for unemployment insurance.

WCNews at Eye On Williamson states that the 2003 Texas GOP/DeLay redistricting scheme continues to cost Texas dearly The perils at the national level of being a majority minority-party state.

Rick Perry’s ad attacked Bill White’s ad this past week, and Rick Perry’s ad lost. Not because it was filled with lies and mischaracterizations, and not because it used Yao Ming in a weirdly inappropriate way. No, Rick Perry’s ad got kicked because Rick Perry is man so terrified of everything in his life that even laser sights and hollow points aren’t enough to comfort him. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs has “Perry v. White over the air”, a fight which resembled Mayweather-Mosely in its one-sided outcome.

At TexasKaos, JRBehrman poses three questions about the BP oil spill and gives useful perspective on their answers… Check it out : Three Questions Hint: no quick fixes here!

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