Results tagged “dickcheney”

If you haven't yet seen Whitney Casey's (of Great Day Houston and CNN fame) new weekly Chronicle column "Relationships with Whit," then, by most accounts, you're pretty lucky. We usually leave hating on the Chron to other local blogs, but we couldn't help but notice some of the snitty reactions to Casey's column. From James Campbell's About:Chron blog: So the Chronicle has hired Whitney Casey to do a column on relationships? This is a woman... more ›

Paper by Design has some amazing pumpkin photos. We can only wish for that kind of talent, our efforts look more like a two year old did the carving (Houstonist Warning: Toddlers and knives do not go well together!! Always supervise closely when the little ones want to "help".) We found a site where you can hone your carving skills and try your hand at lots of designs, without all of the scooping and... more ›

As we've said before, it's not a good time to be Tom DeLay — the ethics questions, the ties to Jack Abramoff, those criminal charges that just won't go away. And now, according to a Chronicle poll, DeLay's support in his home district is crumbling. The poll found only half the people who voted for DeLay in 2004 said they'll vote for him again. Of the remainder, about half haven't decided who they'll support and... more ›

The temporarily former House majority leader's experience with public justice isn't going as well as he'd like, it seems: On Monday, senior state District Judge Pat Priest dismissed a charge against Tom DeLay of conspiracy to violate the state election code, but upheld a conspiracy and money-laundering charge against DeLay and two associates. Had all the charges been thrown out, DeLay would have been able to regain his post as majority leader — he was... more ›