A Senate bill prohibiting the recognition of same-sex unions won approval by the Texas House. Man, this is going to piss off some Democrats (and ain’t that a shame?). Not that it will matter – I’d expect Republican supporters to be galvanized by this action and keep going to the polls now that someone is…
Author: marc
Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Stay in School, Fool
UT’s point guard T.J. Ford is likely to go pro. I’m something of a basketball player myself, if being a weekend warrior qualifies, and I was subjected to several of T.J.’s games recently last month. This kid is no pro ball player. In my circles, he’s known as “Turnover T.J.” for a reason. Stay in…
Croc Files
Killing of gator upsets Cinco Ranch residents in Houston. Local news ran a video tape of law enforcement dragging this animal down the street behind a truck before shooting it. Where’s the sense in that? Has anyone at the sheriff’s department heard of animal conservationism? Call the Crocodile Hunter, for Pete’s sake. Update A little…
More News from the Land of the Inane
Researchers find that fish feel pain when hooked. And if they do are we supposed to stop eating fish, too? I love this quote from Dawn Carr, director of PETA (Europe): ” ‘It is unfortunate that these animals were made to suffer for this study …’ “. Now that’s real genius at work.
FTC: Spam is Bad
FTC: Two-thirds of junk e-mails have bogus claims Gee, do you really think so? Don’t you just feel like slapping yourself silly having blown all that scratch on Viagra?
File Sharing
Judge rules file-sharing firms not liable. About time someone looked at this issue logically.
More news of the inane…
Two Southwest Airlines pilots were fired after taking off their uniforms in the cockpit and flying a plane virtually naked. Now that’s humor! But should they be fired for it??? Uh, maybe we should all lighten up a bit.
Hillbillies
For some reason, Appalachians don’t like the upcoming TV show “Real Hillbillies”. OK, they have a point, but if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Citizens of America must unite and demand our “Real Hillbillies”. Maybe if we stand up to these bumpkins, football fans can do the tomahawk chop and…
CEOs Earnings Up
This even though earnings are down.. This is a very interesting article. Apparently being a CEO is an even sweeter deal that it seems since it’s virtually impossible to get fired from this position without, at the very least, taking a few million in ill-gotten booty home with your name plate.
Marriage Tax Penalty
Simple mathematical proof that the tax man is sticking it to married couples. Is it time for a flat tax yet?