Posted in Global Warming, tagged Barnett shale, Rick Perry, sarah palin, emissions, south texas chisme, mcblogger, texaskaos, texas liberal, left of college station, off the kuff, eye on williamson, texas cloverleaf, health insurance, nueces county, flower mound, oil and gas moratorium, Ethics, alberto gonzales, safe sex, nuclear disarmament, toxins, bill hammond on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the weekly highlights from the Texas Progressive Alliance. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants to know why Republicans like Victoria’s DA Steve Tyler, Nueces County’s DA Anna Jimenez and (who could forget) Alberto Gonzales abuse their offices? The Texas Cloverleaf thinks Rick Perry is eyeing 2012 before 2010 is even over with. WhosPlayin [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged EPA, Texas, Rick Perry, burnt orange report, phillip martin, dallas, republicans, college station, bill white, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, south texas chisme, brains and eggs, texaskaos, left of college station, off the kuff, eye on williamson, health care, democrats, lewisville, bryan, public hearing, texas supreme court, proposed ozone standards, rick green, chamber of commerce, homeowners insurance, school finance, school districts, texas-mexico border, tax dodging, march madness, lakeisha rogers, louis gohmert, tea bagger on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly blog roundup will reach 32 million more Americans regardless of their pre-existing conditions. Last week, TXsharon made a video statement at the EPA Public Hearing on the proposed ozone standards. Who Needs a Proctologist when you have former State Representative Rick Green running for the Texas Supreme Court? This week [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged bay area houston, brains and eggs, cheney, China, City Council, eye on williamson, flower mound, lewisville, off the kuff, rove, south texas chisme, texas cloverleaf, texas progressive alliance, whosplayin on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance heads into March Madness with its own bracket of news and links for the week. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders how Republicans can be so violently against having services they desperately need? Off the Kuff analyzed county returns in the primaries for Governor, Lite Guv, and the Commissioners. When are [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Texas, Barnett shale, republican, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, texaskaos, texas liberal, left of college station, bluedaze, eye on williamson, bay area houston, denton county, texas cloverleaf, big gas, gas drilling, democrats, Senator Cornyn, asian american action fund, perry, flower mound, methane plumes, primary elections, state board of education, white, harris country, senator bunning on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance would like to thank the Academy by presenting it with this week’s roundup. TXsharon went undercover this week to Map Methane plumes in the Barnett Shale: “Stealth” measurements contradict Shale Gas industry safe air claims, new technology shows. Big Gas is so BUSTED! And it’s all reported on Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged EPA, Texas, Barnett shale, Rick Perry, williamson county, republicans, texas a&m, texas progressive alliance, south texas chisme, drilling reform, texas liberal, left of college station, bluedaze, off the kuff, eye on williamson, bay area houston, health care, texas cloverleaf, democrats, kay bailey hutchison, teabaggers, lewisville isd, primary day, benzene, denton creek watershed, texas supreme court, asbestos, bob perry, brazos county, poll, mccain on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for Primary Day and reminds all of you to vote if you haven’t already. Here is your Primary Day roundup. From the Barnett Shale, TXsharon announces a new “Watchdog” for drillers and her SOS to EPA about benzene and other dangerous toxins in the Denton Creek Watershed was heard. [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged Texas, Attorney General, Barnett shale, texas progressive alliance, south texas chisme, drilling reform, truthhugger, mcblogger, wcnews, bluedaze, bosskitty, off the kuff, eye on williamson, planned parenthood, governor, Budget, lewisville, hank gilbert, internal revenue service, irs, joe stack, taxpayers, steve radack, vagina monologues, sales tax, deficit, divorce, texaskoas on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you that early voting runs through this Friday at 7 PM for the primaries as it brings you this week’s blog highlights. BossKitty at TruthHugger is amazed that anger is directed toward the Internal Revenue Service when Americans elect the very people who make the laws IRS enforces. Joe Stack [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged obama, bill white, democrat, republican, texas progressive alliance, south texas chisme, texaskaos, eye on williamson, health care, asian american action fund, lewisville isd, hank gilbert, linda chavez-thompson, oil and gas, primary, lunar new year, year of the tiger, housong, alma aguado, budget cuts, commissioner of agriculture, longhorn, watermelon on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes you all a happy Lunar New Year, and brings you the first Year of the Tiger blog roundup. Justin at Asian American Action Fund Blog notes that Houston is the first locale President Obama named in his Lunar New Year Greeting. Could there be a political meaning behind it? CouldBeTrue [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Public Citizen, TCEQ, harris county, obama, Texas, Barnett shale, lon burnam, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, south texas chisme, brains and eggs, wcnews, texas liberal, left of college station, bluedaze, couldbetrue, eye on williamson, denton county, texas cloverleaf, teabaggers, new orleans, super bowl, who dat, saints, ken jannereth, aggieland, lewisville city council, living wage on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for the Saints’ stirring Super Bowl victory, and reminds them that the “hair of the dog” trick doesn’t really help with the hangover. The Texas Cloverleaf highlights the sentencing of GOP Denton County Constable Ken Jannereth. Probation, anger management, laying off the bottle, and maybe [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged TCEQ, Barnett shale, governor perry, fort worth, republican, texas progressive alliance, south texas chisme, drilling reform, truthhugger, brains and eggs, whosplayin, texaskaos, texas liberal, bluedaze, bosskitty, couldbetrue, off the kuff, eye on williamson, lamar smith, texas cloverleaf, gas drilling, weekly round up, flower mound, new orleans, super bowl, constitution, boadicea on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for its first Super Bowl as it provides an instant replay of its blog highlights for the week. Something stinks about the recent TCEQ Barnett Shale air quality testing in Fort Worth and in Flower Mound. Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS. Off the Kuff looked [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged TCEQ, houston, Barnett shale, fort worth, texas progressive alliance, south texas chisme, drilling reform, brains and eggs, wcnews, texas liberal, bluedaze, couldbetrue, off the kuff, eye on williamson, bay area houston, txdot, denton county, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, asthma, mlk day, dr. martin luther king, jr, air study, mary peters, welfare on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes you a happy MLK Day as it brings you this week’s blog highlights. Off the Kuff takes a look at some demographic trends in the Houston area. Something STINKS about TCEQ’s recent Fort Worth air study. Considering that the Barnett Shale has a staggering asthma rate of 25% compared to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bay area houston, brains and eggs, brazos valley, democratic women of denton county, denton county, eye on williamson, gas drilling, greenpeace, harris county, human trafficking, south texas chisme, texas congressional district 7, texas progressive alliance, williamson county on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With blue lips and chattering teeth, the Texas Progressive Alliance brings you a hot steaming mug of blog highlights for the week. This week on Left of College Station: the filling deadline has ended and the primaries in the Brazos Valley are crowded with candidates. Also, a look at who tweets among the primary candidates [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged City Council, harris county, houston, Texas, regulation, south texas chisme, truthhugger, whosplayin, mcblogger, texas liberal, left of college station, couldbetrue, off the kuff, eye on williamson, bay area houston, texas cloverleaf, libby shaw, gas drilling, asian american action fund, transportation, gordon quan, propublica, al jazeera, soldiers, foreign correspondents, school lunch, houston city council, bravos valley, human trafficking, rachel maddow on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is still somewhat amazed to be living in the year we make contact, and we hope we’re all still going strong when Odyssey Three rolls around. Texas has most drilling, worst regulation. Texas made national news this week in the ProPublica investigative report and they used pictures provided by TXsharon @ [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged hope, TCEQ, harris county, Afghanistan, Barnett shale, climate change, texas progressive alliance, south texas chisme, whosplayin, wcnews, couldbetrue, off the kuff, eye on williamson, bay area houston, xanthippas, three wise men, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas cloverleaf, gop, democrats, lewisville, asian american action fund, public option, weekly round up, copenhagen, change, drug cartels, health reform, shale gas, human health, flower mound, oil and gas moratorium, dallas county, robert george, gordon quan, michael wolfe, filibuster on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance would like to thank everyone for reading all of the weekly blog roundups this year. This is the last roundup of 2009, and we are all looking forward to 2010. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants everyone to be afraid of drug cartels buying our politicians. We’ve all seen what money [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, houston, Waco, Texas, governor perry, texas a&m, txsharon, south texas chisme, drilling reform, truthhugger, wcnews, texas liberal, left of college station, bluedaze, bosskitty, off the kuff, eye on williamson, denton county, texas cloverleaf, could be true, asian american action fund, lewisville isd, coalition for life, bluebloggin, Silvestre Reyes, democratic party, republican party, annisse parker, stonewall democrats, micheal burgess, kevin jennings, mclennan county, jeb bush, stephen costello, karen derr, beto o'rourke, len hart, cia, burger king, whosplaying, snow, houston runoffs on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep breathing toxic air. BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston – Annise Parker inherits a City of Progress. The Stonewall Democrats of Denton County denounce Rep. Michael [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged renewable energy, obama, Texas, natural gas, Afghanistan, politics, republicans, bill white, houston mayor, texas governor, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, south texas chisme, drilling reform, truthhugger, brains and eggs, whosplayin, texaskaos, wcnews, texas liberal, left of college station, couldbetrue, off the kuff, eye on williamson, bay area houston, liberaltexan, xanthippas, three wise men, pdiddie, galveston, texas cloverleaf, democrats, weekly round up, bluebloggin, Texas Railroad Commission, iraq, race, drilling toxins, drilling, boss kitty, prison system, nueces county, democratic party, republican party, nytexan, korean war, vietnam war, david benzion, governor's race, oil and gas wells on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once again it’s time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs. Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and some painful lessons learned blogging about the war in Iraq. Bay Area Houston claims The Race for Houston Mayor is [...]
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