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Dan Patrick

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Comment of the Day: If Dan Patrick Is Gay, How We'll Find Out

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    GOP State Senator John Carona to Colleague Dan Patrick: I Heard You're Gay, But I Never Said It

    When Republican state senators attack!!!! (Things get extremely passive-aggressive.) Texas state senators Dan Patrick, Tomball's Own, and Dallas's John Carona got in a nasty e-mail fight first discovered by the Quorum Report. QR is behind a paywall, but some subscribers have posted highlights of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Texas's Sonogram Law Gets New Lease on Life

    The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the temporary injunction on Texas's so-called sonogram law, clearing the way for abortion providers to enforce the new mandate. The law, championed by Senator Dan Patrick, requires a sonogram whenever a woman seeks an abortion. The law requires the wom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Dan Patrick Says He's Polling Great For U.S. Senator

    Dan Patrick inches closer to US Senate race​Tomball's favorite state senator, Dan Patrick (R-Tea Party), has weighed in on the polling landscape for his possible run for the United States Senate. And he likes what he sees. Patrick says the recent Texas Lyceum poll (the one that showed Presid ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Calling All Sluts

    Time to fight back

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Thank You, Lord: Dan Patrick May Run for Senate

    God is on line two, with a campaign contribution.​If you take as a given -- which you should -- that it's going to be awhile before a moderate ever gets elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas, then you want your troglodyte senatorial candidates to be as entertainingly fringe as possible. So lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Sonogram Bill Signed: Three White Guys Sitting Around Talking

    Sid Miller knows best.​Texas, you may now consider yourself even more safe when it comes to women abortin' babies just `cause they feel like it. Governor Rick Perry, in a big ceremonial show, signed into law the bill that mandates women seeking abortions must undergo sonograms. His official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Mandatory Abortion Sonograms Bill Passes: Ladies, Get Ready For Your Close-Ups

    Dan Patrick has reason to smile; women, not so much.​Any woman seeking an abortion in Texas will be forced to undergo a sonogram and be asked if they want to view it or listen to the fetal heartbeat, thanks to a bill that passed today and that Governor Rick Perry says he can't wait to sign. P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    "Choose Life": Bill to Put Your Religious and Political Views on Texas License Plates Passes Senate

    Holier than thou, person stuck behind me in traffic​State Senator Dan Patrick is proudly reporting that the Texas Senate has passed by a 21-10 vote his bill creating license plates that say "Choose Life," thereby, we guess, breaking off the crippling shackles of all those Texans who have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Sonogram Bill: God & Dan Patrick Get It Passed

    God speaks through Dan Patrick​Saying it was "God's time" to get the bill passed, State Senator Dan Patrick succeeded today in getting approval for Texas women to be forced to view a sonogram, and to hear whether the fetus has arms or legs, two hours before getting an abortion. During the deb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Right-Wing Talk Radio at Its Worst

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Texas Seceded 150 Years Ago Today: Five Reasons It Was a Great Idea

    Sam Houston said no to this​On this day 150 years ago, the Texas legislature voted to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. Nowadays, of course, we have a governor who daydreams about the seceding, if not (necessarily) the Confederacy part. So it makes sense to look at how things w ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    The Whipping Boy

    How did class size limits become the symbol of an unnecessary luxury in our schools?

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Tea Party Rule: Almost One-Third Of Texas House Signs Up With Dan Patrick

    It's The AUSTIN Tea Party now, Sam Adams​Last night Keith Olbermann said Texas had "a Tea Party legislature The Nuge could be proud of." Today State Senator Dan Patrick proved him right. Patrick announced his Tea Party Caucus today, and it contains fully 47 members of the 150-seat House, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Watch Out Muslims: State Senator Dan Patrick Creates "Tea Party Caucus" In Legislature

    Dan Patrick: FINALLY the Tea Party will be heard in Texas​Right-wing radio guru Dan Patrick has announced the creation of a Tea Party Caucusfor the upcoming Texas legislative session.And no, "Tea Party Caucus" is not necessarily a synonym for "Texas Legislature," at least not yet."The Tea Party ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    National Blog Goes Nuclear On Dan Patrick's Looks

    ​The national political website Wonkette has got ahold of the story of Dan Patrick's new independent-ish party. And the commenters are sparing little in roasting our favorite state senator.There's lots of stuff about Texans, conservatives, etc. -- Wonkette is not generally a tea-partyin' place -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Dan Patrick: Radio Host, State Senator, Founding Father

    ​Dan Patrick, the former wacky sportscaster, sports-bar owner, current talk-radio czar and state senator, is adding another title to his portfolio: Founder of a movement.Today Patrick is announcing the creation of the Independent Conservative Republicans of Texas, a group that will, we guess, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Pop Rocks: Long Live The BCS

    ​By the slimmest of margins, America was spared the unthinkable horror of seeing a (*shudder*) mid-major team contend for a national championship last Saturday. And if you don't think there were some urgent calls made from the executive office of the BCS to the replay booth in Jerry's World (Cowbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    The Curse Of Self-Loathing, Self-Loving Sportscasters

    ​So we're watching the ALCS last night, a couple of days after watching Sunday Night Football on NBC, and it just gets to be too much.We've had this feeling for a while, but now there's just no getting away from it.Since when has it been such a goddamn favor for announcers to deign to bring themse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    "The Sports Animal" Does Some Shedding

    Is one of the myriad sports-talk radio stations in town beginning to blink in their eyeball-to-eyeball-to-eyeball-to-eyeball battle?Clear Channel, the communications giant, swung the layoff ax across the country today, and it hit notably in Houston.The biggest names: Brad Davies and Craig Rober ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    The DWI Bride and Houston's Love for Rush

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Houston Is Loving Its Rush Limbaugh Again

    Photo through wikimedia commonsHouston has always been a big Rush Limbaugh town -- it was one of the first to sign on to his show, when a small Tomball station run by Dan Patrick picked it up. (Patrick rode that rocket to KPRC and eventually a state-senator gig, much to the chagrin of people who don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Cost Cutting: Dan Patrick Says Drop Those Caps On Elementary Class Size

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Has Sarah Palin Cracked the Glass Ceiling for Other Former Sportscasters?

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    The NFL Pregame Shows Suck. Here's How to Save Them.

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Longing for Sports Sunday

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007

    A Call for Calls, or Why I Need My Own Radio Show

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2007

    Joan Jett. Dan Patrick. Bob Costas. Craig Biggio. And Plenty More.

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2007

    Dumb Questions, Dumber Answers

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2006

    News from the Fighting 478th

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2006

    Flash Back

    Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the landmark Texas House Bill 72, Senator Dan Patrick has pre-filed a bill to amend it in several ways -- no, he's not touching No Pass, No Play -- but he is fiddling with the cap in place on the number of kids that schools can cram into their K-4th grade cla ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Renaissance Man

    A cop learns the pain of piercing

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Brother, Where Art Thou?

    A hot historic painting gets a cool Crawl reception

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Will May Ever End?

    Sweeps month brings startling news: strippers!

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Letters

    Ringer's Ways, Dark Side Demons

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Letters

    Overkill, Saint Joe, Pick of the Litter

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Right-Wing Revolt

    Local conservative talk radio lives to rant again

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    2001: A Bell Mayoral Odyssey?

    Councilman Chris tests the waters against Brown

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Starting from Scratch

    Councilman Chris tests the waters against Brown

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Geezer Alert!

    Secrets of talk radio revealed

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    God's Plan

    At Dan Patrick's KPRC talk-radio station, it's politics with a capital G

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    News Hostage

    At Dan Patrick's KPRC talk-radio station, it's politics with a capital G

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Phenomena

    At Dan Patrick's KPRC talk-radio station, it's politics with a capital G

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    Letters

    At Dan Patrick's KPRC talk-radio station, it's politics with a capital G

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Usual Suspect(s)

    If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    You Gotta Have Hope

    Why? Because without it, the stadium promises fall apart.

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    The Insider

    Why? Because without it, the stadium promises fall apart.

  • News

    August 11, 1994

    Letters

    Why? Because without it, the stadium promises fall apart.

  • News

    July 28, 1994

    Talk Radio Takes Aim at the Bad Guys

    Dan's the man behind a new anti-crime group

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