BLEH!

Speaking of getting a liberal viewpoint, I go to (2.50 / 2)

Burnt Orange Report for that, since many of the BOR staffers are on the up and up on what the Texas Liberal perspective is...although I have my (many) moments of disagreement with BOR, my day would be empty if it werent for the frequent postings and comments for me to read through. So those of you who think I'm just here to rant and rave about the issues of the day, think again...I read EVERYTHING that's on here to keep myself informed, no matter how much I may disagree with it...and no, that doesn't mean that I'm turning liberal...I just like to be well-rounded ;)

www.completethewar.com

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by: sfagrad02 @ Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 19:22:47 PM UTC

That's great! (3.00 / 1)

I love folks who look at both sides in order to understand the issue from two perspectives.  And then form your opinion.

Cool that you are on here.

TMH

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

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by: Todd Hill @ Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 19:42:09 PM UTC

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Nice (3.00 / 1)

Yes that lovely article was linked in my Perry Mandate thread. I'm glad you pulled it to the front. Because this is so typical of DMN. I can kind of see why they had to write drivel like that before the election, but even now they continue. I would really be interested to know what Belo gains from all of this.

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by: John McClelland @ Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 20:00:07 PM UTC

hmm... (2.00 / 1)

I would really be interested to know what Belo gains from all of this.

The sole broadcasting rights and hosting of the only gubernatorial debate weren't enough to buy a few fluff pieces?

Regarding the article - it's not that bad.  Perry, love him or hate him, is a survivor. 

With Republican dominated government, what we call bad legislation they call accomplishments.  Perry signed tort reform into law, got a redistricting map passed, consolidated HHSC, wrote a ban on gay marriage into the constitution, and even managed to get a plan on school finance through both houses of the Lege.  Those are thing that Bush wasn't able to accomplish. 

I don't see anything offensive in that article, especially not this: "history will reflect that a small cabal of wealthy businessmen and business lobbyists dominated the Perry agenda to their own benefit and the detriment of the state."

In regards to North Texans benefiting more by reading the latest comment by Smarty Pants than by reading an actual newspaper - sorry.  Blogs are a great supplement to the MSM - not a replacement.

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by: Joe @ Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 21:31:47 PM UTC

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they had a mistake (2.00 / 1)

this is not his 3rd inaguration though. It is his 2nd.

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by: David Mauro @ Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 22:43:28 PM UTC

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They never said that. (0.00 / 0)

They said he took his third oath of office, which is correct.  He had to be sworn in, taking that oath, when Bush was elected in 2000.

I'm far from a big fan of the DMN, but IMHO there are plenty of articles in there to take objection to over a pretty boilerplate puff piece.

The Texas Blue: http://www.thetexasblue.com

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by: George Nassar @ Thu Jan 18, 2007 at 10:46:24 AM UTC

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Seriously? (3.00 / 1)

My personal feeling is that it's a little too early to proclaim with any certainty that Dallas has gone "blue" -- the tide has shifted against Republicanism in lots of places in Texas for now, but we can't grow complacent or overconfident.

I can imagine that some of you in Austin would agree with me for the exact opposite reason.  I can already imagine the response that reads, "What about us in Blue Areas?  Must we forever be subjected to the liberal agenda?"

Except, as an Austinite, that sounds to me like total baloney, unless you exclusively read the Chronicle. The Statesman is frequently Republican-friendly and scarcely a fraction as liberal as the city it covers. I mean, they endorsed Perry in '06 and Bush in '04, which is frankly an embarrassment. The local TV stations are too busy doing silly, sub-par exposes to actually evidence a bias one way or the other, all of the Daily Texan's national and lots of their state coverage comes from the wire, the talk radio stations obviously tilt right, and KUT... well, okay, I'll give you that one.

Still.

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by: Patrick Caldwell @ Thu Jan 18, 2007 at 02:35:43 AM UTC