Archive for the 'Texas' Category
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Woman Escorted Off Bus For Reading Bible Aloud
Reporting
Carol Cavazos
Dec 30, 2007 10:45 pm US/Central
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FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ― A passenger on a Fort Worth bus says the T. Bus Service discriminated against her religion.
Christine Lutz says she was reading her Bible […]
Posted in Law, Constitution, Religion, Texas |
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
How Big Man In McAllen Bundles Big For Clinton
By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 25, 2007; Page A01
McALLEN, Tex. — During the first nine months of this year, Sen. Barack Obama raised just $2,086 for his presidential campaign from people who live in and around this border town of stucco bungalows and weed-covered farm […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Texas |
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Rebellious ex-nuns evicted in Poland
By MARCIN ZOLTOWSKI, Associated Press Writer
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY, Poland - Court officials backed by 150 police pushed their way into a convent in eastern Poland on Wednesday to evict about 65 rebellious ex-nuns and a monk who have occupied the complex illegally for two years.
The women had taken over the building in […]
Posted in Automobiles, Texas, Poland, Roman Catholics |
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Houston & Texas News
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Korean War veteran Nyles Reed purchased his own Purple Heart for $42 after he was told the medal was “out of stock.’’ Dave Rossman: For the Chronicle photos
Aug. 17, 2007, 6:59PM
Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own By ANNE MARIE KILDAY Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
PEARLAND — Korean […]
Posted in Bush, Pentagon, War, Texas, U.S. Navy, Korea, Veterans |
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Texas pastor arrested for dragging girl at camp
Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:54AM EDT
This is an edifying story because we are able to go beyond the ephemeral
“What Would Jesus Do?”
to see how true Christianity works…in the Lone Star state.
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SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas pastor and a colleague have been charged with tying a […]
Posted in Crime, Violence, Texas, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm |
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
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The famous Eisenstaedt photograph–1945
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Glenn McDuffie holds a portrait of himself as a young man, left, and a copy of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic Life magazine shot of a sailor embracing a nurse in a white uniform, right, at his Houston home Tuesday, July 31, 2007. McDuffie says he is the sailor in the famous photograph […]
Posted in Movies, World War II, S-E-X, Photography, Texas, U.S. Navy, 1940s, 1930s, 1900-1919 |
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Libby’s supporters renew call for pardon
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Let’s be philosophical for a moment…
Which of the pictured is responsible for the most deaths?
Scooter Libby, Karla Faye Tucker or–shut my mouth–W?
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Karla Faye was far from an angel, but our president had shown his love of life with his now infamous statement which Ms. Tucker did not […]
Posted in Bush, C.I.A. Leak, Cheney, Crime, Texas, Libby |
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Voters in Dallas suburb OK ban on renting to illegals
May 13, 2007
BY ANABELLE GARAY
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — Voters in this Dallas suburb Saturday overwhelmingly approved a measure banning landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants.
More than 90 local governments nationwide have proposed similar measures, but Farmers Branch was the first to put the issue to […]
Posted in Mexico, Immigration, Texas |
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
to lose faith in an embarrassing regime which has Rove, Libby, Cheney and Tin Horn Torquemada at the center. Nevertheless, he’ll have plenty of time to hook onto the Hillary Wagon.
April 1, 2007 Ex-Aide Says He’s Lost Faith in Bush
By JIM RUTENBERG
New York Times
AUSTIN, Tex., March 29 — In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a […]
Posted in administration, Republicans, Bush, Politics, Texas |
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Washington Post, DC - Mar 19, 2007
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A bottlenose dolphin hitchhiking near El Paso.
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Images: (dolphin) weeksbay.org; (road) daveandtele.com; (sign) kohm.org
Please find this story from The Washington Post at Google News.
Posted in Nature, Texas |