Monday, February 02, 2009
SuperBowl Hangover Texas Progressive Blog Round-Up
It is Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's Weekly Blog Round-Up.
In her first ever YouTube video, TXsharon shows the emissions boiling into the air when a Barnett Shale gas well undergoes hydraulic fracture.
jobsanger examines the modern Republicans who call themselves conservatives, but have betrayed the beliefs and philosophical standards of past conservatives in Where Are The Real Conservatives?
Nat-Wu at Three Wise Men has something to say about the student loan mess that's making it impossible for many young adults to attend college these days.
The Texas Cloverleaf shows that pictures can tell a thousand words. And the pictures of ships at anchor in Singapore is telling the world we are screwed.
Burnt Orange Report discusses the over 22,000 voters
being purged from the Hidalgo County Voter Rolls.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme explains how the Republican free market principles work in real life using contaminated peanut butter as exhibit A.
Redistricting isn't just a state issue. The City of Houston is under pressure to redraw its City Council lines Off the Kuff takes a look at where this stands.
BossKitty at TruthHugger is amazed at the social progress creeping around the world. America elects a half black, half white President. Iceland appoints an openly lesbian Prime Minister. Whats next? Yes We Can - Iceland Courageous
Easter Lemming Liberal News writes his congressman while considering the Republican death spiral.
WhosPlayin announced 46,000 layoffs this past week - just in the blogging industry.
WCNews at Eye On Williamson points out John Carter's latest shenanigans in Carter's political ploy, the "Rangel Rule".
Things can get pretty ugly between fans of competing sports franchises and we at McBlogger were not immune as Cap'n Kroc and Harry tear each other apart.
Over at Texas Kaos, Libby Shaw's keeping an eye on Senator Jackass of Texas as he tries to heighten his national profile at the expense of American families. in his latest hit, the buckskin fringed one votes against children having health care. Again.
The Republicans are having an identity crisis, and the election of Michael Steele as RNC chair is not likely to help them solve it. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs observes that Rush Limbaugh is still calling the shots, and they are all cheap.
Neil at Texas Liberal offers some thoughts on city elections in Houston.
John Coby at Bay Area Houston publishes what Rick Perry really said at his campaign kickoff speech in the Capitol.
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Just thought I'd add a note about the new book from the Progressive Ideas Network - released to help us help the new administration bring this country back on track - healthcare, education, infrastructure! The book is called Thinking Big and there's a video clip with more information at the site as well as some podcasts based on the ideas in the book.
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