LoneStarLizard | January 25, 2009
This is just embarrassing:
A Texas representative has pre-filed a controversial bill for the next legislative session that would make English the official language of Texas.
Texas Rep. Dan Flynn authored the bill, which would require documents in Texas to be printed in English only, with the exception of those required otherwise by federal law. The measure [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 23, 2009
From IHT:
The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order that President Barack Obama signed that the detention center be shut down within a year.
The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 22, 2009
From the Associated Press:
“He told me he had followed the inauguration of Barack Obama very closely, that he had watched the inauguration on television all day,” Fernandez said. “He had a very good perception of President Obama.”
Fernandez said Castro called Obama “a man who seems absolutely sincere,” who believes strongly in his ideas “and who [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 21, 2009
From The Hill:
The crowd packed on the west side of the Capitol grounds serenaded President Bush in mocking fashion when he took to the inaugural stage alongside Vice President Dick Cheney.
“Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, good-bye,” a section of the crowd chanted.
The crowd packed immediately below the podium received Bush in stony silence when [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 9, 2009
From WOAI (via the Associated Press):
AUSTIN (AP) - The University of Texas at Austin has “lost control” of its admissions policy and wants to change the law that guarantees automatic entry to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class, UT President William Powers said Wednesday.
Powers said a record 81 [...]