Tag Archives: Houston

Tea Party Turnout Totals

Posted on April 17, 2009 by ChrisB

Texas leads the way with 18 protests and 64,000 attendees.

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, taxes | Tagged Houston, protests, tea party, Texas | 2 Comments

I’m at the Houston tea party downtown right now. Over 1000 people easy (update: closer to 10,000). Definitely an experience. I can’t even get close enough to see the stage. Previous speaker was pretty good at firing up the crowd … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, taxes | Tagged freedom, Houston, liberty, protests, tea party | Leave a comment

List of All Tea Party Protests

Posted on April 14, 2009 by ChrisB

A pretty comprehensive list for Texas here. I roughly estimate around 64 protests planned for just Texas. You’ll note that other states are listed on the right. I’m closer to the Sugarland one and may check it out. I’m curious … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, taxes | Tagged Houston, protests, tea party, Texas | 1 Comment

Houston’s Own Mortgage Bailout Bad Idea

Posted on February 24, 2009 by ChrisB

Kinda. Basically the city of Houston wants to take public money and give it to private individuals to help them pay off loans and improve their credit scores to help them get approved for a mortgage loan. Judging from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics | Tagged bad ideas, Houston, houston city council, improving credit scores | Leave a comment

Proper Voting Attire

Posted on November 4, 2008 by ChrisB

People are finding out that you have to be careful what you wear to the polling booth. The 40-year-old Houston Realtor was wearing one of her souvenir T-shirts when she went to cast her ballot at a Cypress polling place … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008, Law | Tagged Alaska, harris county, Houston, Voting, voting laws | Leave a comment

Ike Aftermath

Posted on September 16, 2008 by ChrisB

Hey guys. I’m still here and everything is fine. Had a small leak in my ceiling but otherwise no damage. Got power and water back Sunday, but there are still 1.5 million without, including my mother and sisters. Gas is … Continue reading →

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Two Girls and a Dream

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Lee

(Houston Chronicle)

Posted in Humor | Tagged Anderson Cooper, Houston, Houston Chronicle, hurricane ike, Ike, image, photo, picture | 2 Comments

Surprise, Central Planning is Still Stupid (Even in China)

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Lee

(photo: 2 Dogs) Modern China has a curious capacity to make otherwise very sensible capitalists instantly forget every experience they’ve ever had with government central planning. The Western businessman on a trip to Shanghai looks up and sees all those … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized, Urban planning and development | Tagged aesthetic, American, bridge, capitalists, central planning, China, commercial, construction, cruise, disaster, Dongguan, Far Eastern Economic Review, government, Hongko, housing, Houston, international, largest, Los Angeles, planning, project, public works, republic, shipping, shopping mall, skyscapers, Soviet, terminal, urban planning, vessels, Waigaoqiao, Yangpu, yangtze | Leave a comment

Where’s The Youth?

Posted on February 12, 2008 by MichaelW

The current dust-up over the Cuban-Che flag (flags?) hanging in the Houston campaign office for Barack Obama (opened by supporters, with actual staffers intended to occupy by next week), has spawned some interesting commentary. Captain Ed advised: Oh, my. Barack … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page, Society | Tagged Barack Obama, campaign, Che chic, Chile, communism, Cuba, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Houston, Pinochet, socialism | 8 Comments

Scrambling for Africa: A Conversation with John Ghazvinian

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Lee

Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie) John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Interviews, Lee's Page | Tagged Africa, Alberta, Angola, Arctic, Beijing, Bonga, business, Cabinda, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chevron, cocoa, Cold War, Congo, Domestic Politics, Dutch disease, economy, energy, Environment, ethnic nationalism, Financial Times, FPSO, Gabon, Geneva, geostrategy, ghana, guerrilla warfare, Gulf of Guinea, Houston, IMF, interview, John Ghazvinian, Joseph Kia Mboungou, kidnapping, left, memo, mercantile, Middle East, neoconservative, Niger Delta, Nigeria, offshore, oil, oil sands, oilfield trash, peak oil, petroleum engineers, post-nationalism, prostitution, reinvestment, rentier, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, shale, Shell, subculture, Suez Canal, Transportation, Uganda, UK, United Nations, Washington, workers, World Bank, Zimbabwe | 9 Comments

Hanging Out in the TMC

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Lee

Yeah, that’s me after a few too many cocktails in the hotel lounge. As Lance related, I’m in Houston in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) visiting my father who recently had an internal defibrillator put on his heart. The surgery … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Care, Lee's Page, Travel | Tagged allergist, Ballardian, Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, boutique, Cayman, Christian Louboutin, clinics, doctors, European, filipina, Health Care, hospitals, Houston, JG Ballard, John P. McGovern, Manolo Blahnik, MD Anderson Cancer Center, medical, Methodist Hospital, nurses, Porsche, Prada, receptioniss, research, Saudi, Super-Cannes, Technology, Texas, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Medical Center, wives | 6 Comments