Daily Archives: July 29, 2004

“And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead”

I do believe that Byron has found the dumbest convention story yet. MIA at the DNC The Democrats best known to the most Texans aren’t at the Boston Hilton this week. They aren’t delegates, so they’re on vacation or back … Continue reading Continue reading

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The closest the Chron has come to understanding blogs

This Chron story on the bloggers at the Democratic Convention may come a bit late in the game (not exactly atypical for our hometown paper, of course), but it has the virtue of being non-condescending. It even contains a decent … Continue reading Continue reading

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Congressional news

Reps. Martin Frost and Pete Sessions will debate each other five times between Labor Day and Election Day. Those who can’t tell the difference between them by November have no one to blame for it but themselves. (via) Max Sandlin … Continue reading Continue reading

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Are you better off now?

Economic conditions took turn for worse, Fed says The Federal Reserve found that economic conditions around the country worsened in June and early July, while the Commerce Department said orders for big-ticket manufactured goods managed only a 0.7 percent rise … Continue reading Continue reading

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2004 vs 2003

Josh Marshall perfectly captures the difference between the Democratic mood and tone in 2003 and now. Check it out. UPDATE: Atrios agrees, and adds a few thoughts. Continue reading

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Not how it was, but how it should have been

Tonight on the 6 PM news, KHOU-11 did a story about how the Texas delegation is getting disrespected at the Democratic convention. I didn’t pay much attention to it – Tiffany likes watching the local news, but it usually gives … Continue reading Continue reading

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