Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up—Photo Of A Lousy Way To Spend Christmas Night

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

The photo above is of a bus that broke down on Westheimer Avenue in Houston on Christmas Night.

I was out taking a Christmas Night ride—because as much as I love my wife, I need time to myself—and saw this scene of a Houston Metro police car behind a Houston Metro bus. (I pulled over to take this picture.)

There were people out in the cold boarding a replacement bus. What you see in the picture is the broken-down bus.

I thought to myself what a lousy way to spend Christmas. The people on the bus likely had to work the holiday. Then they had to wait for the bus to come on what was no doubt a reduced holiday schedule. And, finally, the bus broke down.

I hope Christmas Day had some up moments for the bus passangers and for the bus driver. I hope that you and yours had a nice and safe holiday.

The round-up—-

As the deadline to file for a place on the 2010 March primary ballot drew near, there was lots of activity on the Democratic side: Kinky Friedman followed Hank Gilbert over to the race for agriculture commissioner, Linda Chavez-Thompson was rumored to be running for lt. governor, and, late on Friday, Ronnie Earle dropped his name in the hat for that same post. There’s more on all this news from PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.

BARNETT SHALE GAS THREATENS HUMAN HEALTH ! TXsharon posted the final results of the DISH, TX health survey at Bluedaze.

WhosPlayin broke the story about a former Republican county commissioner who got arrested this week for shoplifting a vacuum cleaner.

CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders why some men in power (here, here, here, here and here) think that abusing women and children is their right? Why does Senator Cornyn choose to enable rapists?

Over at Bay Area Houston, John Coby is bored and thinks Kay Bailey Hutchison’s commercial sounds like a Whataburger commercial.

Looking for ways to green up your life? Start by making some thoughtful changes to the way you spend your holiday, and check out Texas Vox’ Green Up Your Life: Holiday Edition for tips and tricks!

Neil at Texas Liberal wrote about the fifth anniversary of the terrible Indian Ocean tsunami, in Five Years Since Terrible Indian Ocean Tsunamia –People Are Recovering. While many are still suffering from the impact of this killer wave, there are also many who are recovering and getting back their lives.

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