Daily Archives: April 21, 2004

Golf fans gone wild!

I’m pretty sure this is a sign of the impending apocalypse: The PGA tour is concerned about obnoxious fans. Jerry Kelly was standing over his ball at the 18th tee at TPC at Sawgrass. Last group, third round, The Players … Continue reading Continue reading

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Pelosi to press Bush on Iraq

Look for more criticism of Team Bush for its colossal bungling of the Iraq invasion, led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi, who voted against the war in October 2002 and against the $87 billion spending package, has been relatively … Continue reading Continue reading

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Kerry in Houston

John Kerry will be in Houston tomorrow for Earth Day. The scoop, via Get Donkey: Earth Day with John Kerry Rally for the Environment April 22 – This Thursday Doors open at 11:00 AM University of Houston Main Campus 4800 … Continue reading Continue reading

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Perry, Strayhorn spar: Film at 11

This is getting to be a sun-rises-in-the-East thing: The Governor and the Comptroller are bickering again over school finance reform proposals. I’ll leave it to you to determine for yourselves who’s zooming who, but in the meantime I’d like to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Score one for the Hotshot

For all the dumping that some of us smartass local bloggers do on Chron hotshot columnist Rick Casey, he is occasionally able to print something new and interesting. The shadow of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison already looms over Austin. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Let’s all play nice now

How civilized. Everybody seems to have kissed and made up in the state Senate. The Texas Senate sought to rediscover its clubby self Tuesday. The start of a special session on school finance marked the first time the full Senate … Continue reading Continue reading

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Fiscal conservatives for Kerry

Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute makes A Conservative Case for Voting Democratic. Complaints about Republican profligacy have led the White House to promise to mend its ways. But Bush’s latest budget combines accounting flim-flam with unenforceable promises. So how … Continue reading Continue reading

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