All posts tagged "Tx"

CNN host Boris Sanchez gave a harrowing description of the conditions along the Guadalupe River where recovery efforts have been underway for those still missing in the massive flooding that hit Kerr County, Texas.

According to The Washington Post, at least 90 people have been killed, 27 of whom were children and counselors from Camp Mystic.

CNN's Isabel Rosales reported from Center Point, Texas, where she spoke of the hazards facing searchers....

While reading about immigration in his freshman history book, Houston high school student Cody Burren noticed an incredibly misleading blurb. A caption referred to the African slaves who were forced into the United States as "workers." As a black student who had already been educated on the nation's true history, Cody knew the euphemism was unacceptably deceptive.

PZ posted a radio poll of College Station, TX that asked if you would let your kids hear President Obama speak. Texans in the audience will be utterly non-surprised to discover that the poll indicates that College Station is a cesspool of wingnuttery. But I was sad to see PZ slam the whole state as unpatriotic. (SNIFF) Okay, I've pointed out in the past that we are controlled largely by batshit crazy wingnuts, and ignoring that or telling fairy tells about how they're our neighbors we need to persuade is a waste of time. But we're not all College Station! That's the home of Texas A&M, known by Austinites as the Land of the Mouth-Breathers. There are more flies caught per capita at A&M than anywhere in the country. That Nixon-esque wingnutty resentment of those perceived as being open-minded and sophisticated that Rick Perlstein explained so well in Nixonland not only thrives at A&M, but it's actually encouraged by the school culture. They're the Orthogonians to UT Austin's Frankins. They're the Sarah Palins to UT's Barack Obamas. They're Nixon to our Kennedys. Even their fight song is....about UT, at least a huge part of it.