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Dallas South joins Texas Progressive Alliance

Dallas South joins Texas Progressive Alliance

I’m proud to announce that Dallas South has joined the Texas Progressive Alliance. The Texas Progressive Alliance was founded in 2006 with the goal of uniting Texas’ progressive bloggers and Netroots activists under a single umbrella organization to promote progressive blogs, ideals and candidates. The Texas Progressive Alliance will allow...

10 Things John McCain could have done were he in the “Cone of Silence”

10 Things John McCain could have done were he in the “Cone of Silence”

John McCain was about a half hour late for his scheduled appearance with Barack Obama at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church over the weekend. Had he been in the “cone of silence” on time, he could have partaken in a number of fruitful activities to pass the time. Here’s 10 things...

Barack Obama tells New Mexico supporter “You’re Wrong”

Barack Obama tells New Mexico supporter “You’re Wrong”

In this video from the campaign trail, a New Mexico Democrat claims Obama has compromised on the War in Iraq and on FISA. He gives his view on why he voted the way he voted. Watch the entire video because at least you can get a view of why he...

New York Times: John McCain Wasn’t in a ‘Cone of Silence’

New York Times: John McCain Wasn’t in a ‘Cone of Silence’

According to the New York Times, Senator John McCain was not in a “cone of silence” on Saturday as Senator Barack Obama, took questions from Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in California.  McCain was in his motorcade on the way to the church while Obama was questioned. Prior to the...

Dallas South announces DNC plan of events – still looking for invites

Dallas South announces DNC plan of events – still looking for invites

Today I am publishing a tentative calendar of my coverage of the DNC Convention in Denver. I am still looking for suggestions on events to attend and things to do while in town. There will be one more blogger in my traveling party, so hopefully we will be able to...

CNC (Clinton National Convention) in full effect

CNC (Clinton National Convention) in full effect

I’ve held my peace about as long as I can. Earlier this week as I planned for my coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, I got a look at the schedule of speakers. I was excited to learn that Michelle Obama is the headliner for Monday’s opening night....

Eagerly and Anxiously Awaiting the “Good News”

Eagerly and Anxiously Awaiting the “Good News”

By Jazzy of Because I Said So Much ado about nothing as usual is surrounding Presidential hopeful Barack Obama and his use of text messaging to announce his VP running mate. I personally am elated with the idea of using commonly used technology to spread his much anticipated running mate....

Chicago Tribune: Former cop indicted in Taser death in Louisiana

Chicago Tribune: Former cop indicted in Taser death in Louisiana

Per Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune: NEW ORLEANS Ruling in a racially explosive case that some forensic experts have described as police torture, a grand jury in the small Louisiana town of Winnfield indicted a white police officer Wednesday on charges of manslaughter and official malfeasance for repeatedly shocking...

Dallas South meets $1,500 fundraising goal!!!!

Dallas South meets $1,500 fundraising goal!!!!

I’d like to thank all of the family, friends, readers, heck even foils who donated to the cause of Dallas South and our trip to Denver coming up in about 10 days. Today, we were able to make a big push, collecting $490 to meet our $1,500 goal. Now I...

The Loop asks “Do Bloggers offer ‘real’ news”?

The Loop asks “Do Bloggers offer ‘real’ news”?

It’s become popular in the last year or so to examine the roll of bloggers in the media. I’ve shared a number of those here at Dallas South, and here’s the latest done by a new site called The Loop. See the entire Loop article by clicking here. Brooklyne Gipson...