This is stupid.
Abigail Noel Fisher, 18, a white senior at Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land is suing the University of Texas System, accusing the university of illegally using race in determining admissions.
Fisher is in the top 12 percent of her graduating class, not enough to gain her automatic admission under the state’s […]

In a Washington Post story today about how Senator Hillary Clinton tends to “veer to the dark side” in her speeches, she is quoted as retelling the story of a military spouse who lost her husband in Iraq:
In another story, retold recently in Youngstown, Ohio, she describes a “young woman who lost her husband in […]

I’m running Ray McMurrey’s campaign for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn.
Our main opponent in the primary is five-term state Rep. Rick Noriega, who spends most of his time talking about how he serves in the National Guard.
Apparently, my entire family — including me — should run for Senate because we’ve all been active-duty.
Noriega has yet […]

Two videos everyone should see:
The first is Bill Moyers’ interview with The Yes Men, a group that gives the most absurd presentations at official functions — and get taken seriously — proving the gullibility and out-right stupidity of major government and industry leaders.
The second is a YouTube video from the Texas College Democrats about Senator […]

Enough said. Bye, bye, W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

I like this comment made in a blog post about the recently released National Intelligence Estimate deflating the Bush administration’s rhetoric advocating bombing Iran:
It reminds me of that quote from Kurt von Hammerstein:
I divide officers into four classes — the clever, the lazy, the stupid and the industrious. Each officer possesses at least two of […]

Speaking of coffee, Sunday while surfing through job ads on Craigslist (possibly the worst place to look for a job ever), I ran across an ad for staff for a new coffeeshop, Latte Dolls. I’ve never visited the existing shop on North Lamar, but just judging from its site it’s obviously a PG-13 strip-club-cum-coffeeshop.
They have […]

Just received a lovely e-mail from the God’s own homosexual-filled Republican Party of Texas:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Hans Klingler at 512/477-9821
Democratic Senate Candidate Noriega Asks “Netroots” Donors to “Step Up” And They Don’t
Dismal Three Day Online Fundraising Effort Further Points to Anemic Start for
Liberal Senate Wannabee

Austin- Today the Republican Party of Texas questioned Democratic Senate wannabee […]

Religious right wingnuts American Family Association are attempting to get the military to stop selling Playboy and Penthouse wherever fine reading material is sold on bases.
By law, most skin mags can’t be sold in military stores. Playboy and Penthouse aren’t deemed scandalous enough to fall under those regulations, though.
When I was in Air Force technical […]

GovExec.com is reporting that Foreign Service Officers — the folks who work for the State Department at embassies around the world — are upset over a new policy that would force them to serve in Iraq:
Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger and frustration Wednesday about the State Department’s decision to force foreign service officers to […]