Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up With Picture Of Houston Toad

Below is the weekly Texas Progressive Alliance round-up. The Texas Progressive Alliance is a confederation of the best political bloggers in Texas.

Above is a picture of the Houston Toad. This is a species of toad discovered in the late 1940’s. It did once live in Houston, but no longer does. It lives in other parts of Texas. It is thought there are between 3,000 and 4,000 adult Houston Toads still with us.  

Because human beings are a menace to all life, the Houston Toad is on the endangered species list due to, among other reasons, habitat loss. 

Here is information about this creature from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

I’m glad I’m not a toad. The Houston Toad lives only for two to three years and based on the picture it seems that it spends much of its life in mud. 

The round up—

Like TXsharon, Elizabeth Burns is a reluctant activist forced into action by the horrendous environmental abuses she witnesses on her own ranch. Her videos have exposed reckless drilling practices by XOM that endanger human health and safety, harm wildlife and spoil air, soil and water. XOM has gagged Mrs. Burns claiming that she is revealing “trade secrets.”

Neil at Texas Liberal made note of elections in Japan. These elections have moved Japan to the left and possibly changed politics in Japan for years to come.

Off the Kuff discusses the latest entrants into the Texas Governor’s race.

Mayor McSleaze at McBlogger takes a look at the BARACKNOPHOBIA gripping a small minority of the people in some parts of Texas.

The Texas Cloverleaf announces its intention to not run for Governor.