Daily Archives: December 30, 2006

Tell us who you are, dammit!

So House Speaker wannabe Brian McCall says he has enough pledges to beat Tom Craddick next week. Which is great, even if by now most legislators have committed themselves multiple times. What really fascinated me in this article was the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Why Craddick’s speakership is in trouble

I really don’t think I can sum up why Tom Craddick’s hold on the Speakership is in trouble better than this article has done. Lawmakers backing House Speaker Tom Craddick plan a strategy meeting here today to map “a new … Continue reading Continue reading

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Get well soon, Bobby Murcer

Former Yankee center fielder Bobby Murcer is in Houston this weekend, but not for a good reason. Yankee legend Bobby Murcer is scheduled to undergo surgery [Thursday] in Houston for the removal of a brain tumor. Murcer, 60, a Yankee … Continue reading Continue reading

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It’s not a tradition till you’ve done it twice

I knew I had officially entered Old Fogeyhood a couple of years ago when I realized I didn’t really care if I stayed up to usher in the New Year. As such, I was completely unaware of last year’s new … Continue reading Continue reading

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