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March 26, 2009Democratic National Committee (Of Course) Plans To Hold Its Next National Meeting In a Traitorous State That Hates America
It stands to reason that when a socialist, fascist-dominated communist organization plans a big meeting, they're going to hold it in a place that so hates America its governor has expressed a desire to leave it.No, not Alaska -- it was the governor's Husband, not the governor, who belonged to a group of secessionists, who by definition must hate America.The state we're talking about is, of course, Texas, where Governor Rick Perry despises the United States so much he has floated the idea of leav
June 2, 2009Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers
You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast for
December 31, 2008MUY CALIENTE SUMMER EDITION
June 4, 2009Another Week, Another Kind Of Traffic-Ticket Crackdown
Photo courtesy Move Over, AmericaThis week brings a new crackdown for drivers -- a while back it was HPD and "not signalling when changing lanes"; this week it's a bunch of law enforcement agencies and the "move over" law.The "move over" law requires drivers to slow down or change lanes if they come up on a cop car pulled over to the side of the road with its lights on. The law's been around since 2003, but it's probably the first you've heard of it.Or it will be the first you've heard of it if
February 17, 2009Texas Is Doing Great -- In The Hate-Group Rankings
Photo by foxtongueThe count is in, and the number of hate groups in the U.S. exploded to 926 in 2008, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center's totally non-fearmongerishly titled "Year in Hate" issue of the Intelligence Report. And Texas can proudly boast the second-highest hate group count, at 66, right behind California's 84.From whence comes all this hate? According to the SPLC's website, "The number of hate groups operating in the United States continued to rise in 2008 and has grown by
February 27, 2009The Great American Soccer Boom: Not Gonna Happen
Photo by faeryboots Last week, I wrote a post about the Rockets lowering ticket prices, and I made a comment about the Dynamo playing in a minor league. And that is a comment that I stand by, though several of you got upset. And the responses that I got were the same as I always get: soccer is the most popular sport in the world and that the sport and the MLS are growing inside of the United States. And I'm really sick of hearing these responses. Because I've been hearing this crap since I
March 10, 2009The Flying Dutchman Sails Again
Photo courtesy of Traveling Fools of AmericaJust in time for Spring Break, the last restaurant that was still closed on the Kemah Boardwalk -- which took heavy damage during Hurricane Ike -- has reopened. The Flying Dutchman is open for business as of today, March 13. Like many of the Boardwalk's waterlogged restaurants, it underwent a facelift during the cleaning and reopening process. At just over 25 years old, The Flying Dutchman was an institution
March 13, 2009Houston May Be Getting Its Irish Up
Photo by closelyobserved.comAuthentic Irish weather greeted this weekend's St. Patrick's Day Parade, but the chilly rain didn't deter over 150 entrants from promenading down Caroline and San Jacinto streets in honor of Ireland's patron. According to information we received, it may be that some of them had partaken of what the Irish call "the creature," which appeared to be a restoring beverage of some sort. At any rate, it turns out Houston's Irish might have more to celebrate this year than usu
March 16, 2009Lord, Save Us From Amateur Chronicle Bloggers
We know the Houston Chronicle's philosophy is "Let no blogger go unblogged," but sometimes the results are just...out there.Take "TexasSparkle." She's a very conservative amateur blogger who gets highlighted on the Chron's home page often.Of course, Obama is the anti-Christ, a socialist-Marxist-fifth-columnist, or whatever the latest talking points from Rush and the GOP are saying.But we had to pick up our jaw after one of the latest entries.
April 8, 2009The Great American Soccer Boom: Not Gonna Happen
Photo by faeryboots Last week, I wrote a post about the Rockets lowering ticket prices, and I made a comment about the Dynamo playing in a minor league. And that is a comment that I stand by, though several of you got upset. And the responses that I got were the same as I always get: soccer is the most popular sport in the world and that the sport and the MLS are growing inside of the United States. And I'm really sick of hearing these responses. Because I've been hearing this crap since I
March 10, 2009Houston!! Are You Ready For A Tea Par-Tay?!?!?!
Tomorrow is the big day: The Houston area will be the site of a dozen or so tea parties.They're going on all over the country. It's possible that the Fox News network might provide some coverage.The parties are to protest all that spending that's going on in Washington; you are no doubt familiar with all the conservative protests over the past eight years about Bush's spending. Weren't those protests great?According to this video of a prior tea party in February, expect signs that say things
April 14, 2009Ay, Caramba!
Mythical euphemisms and Hispanic panhandlers
April 9, 2009Design Haters and Soccer lovers
March 19, 2009U.S. Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada to Avoid War
Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.
March 12, 2009Guantánamo's Final Days
As America prepares to close the infamous camp, what about those prisoners?
February 26, 2009Why All the Mexican Narco Hate?
February 5, 2009Why Do Mexicans Take So Long To Warm Up Their Cars
January 29, 2009Adam Shepard
The American Dream is alive and well according to this writer
January 22, 2009Beer Wars
Ben Stein leads a live world-premiere screening and discussion on American suds
April 16, 2009Hispanics Delivered by Border Midwives Are Having Trouble Getting U.S. Passports
Post-9/11 worries target South Texas
December 18, 2008Why Are Mexicans Obsessed with Scarface?
December 11, 2008The Candidate Conspiracy Author John Odam
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December 4, 2008Graciela Limón: The River Flows North
April 23, 2009Sputnik Declassified
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April 23, 2009Dept. Of Badly Timed Press Releases: We're Building A New Border Bridge From Mexico!
It can be tough to dodge all the PR releases flooding journalists' inboxes offering swine-flu experts telling you to wash your hands.(Our favorite so far: Texas Dr. Gary Butka suggesting humming songs no one has hummed in years while washing hands."I'm not just talking about running your hands under the faucet; it means getting a bar of soap and washing your hands. Hum to yourself a tune, maybe 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' or 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,' and when you've finished the song, you have
April 30, 2009Mind Games
May 14, 2009Nobel Prize Winner Gets Hassled At Bush Intercontinental Airport
Mairead Corrigan Maguire thought the hard part was over. Along with fellow Nobel Laureates Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, American landmine activist Jody Williams, and Iranian Shirin Ebadi, she had been in Guatemala, where the women had just co-hosted a three-day conference on democracy, human rights and peace that had attracted 150 female international activists.She was probably tired and ready to get back to Belfast, where her attempts to bring about an end to The Troubles in 1976 made her at
May 29, 2009Upcoming Events
Whether your beverage of choice is wine, coffee or beer, we've got you covered in this week's upcoming events. The French Open takes place this weekend, and if you're looking for a spot to watch, then Coffee Groundz is the place for you. The coffee shop-cum-gelateria in Midtown is offering specials all weekend, with viewing parties starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Befitting the French theme, all wine is $1 off each glass or 30 percent off each bottle, all French press coffee is $5, an
June 5, 2009Moody Gardens, A Bigger Tourist Attraction Than The White House
If you had your choice to stand anywhere as a tourist in the United States, where would you choose?The Las Vegas Strip? Mount Rushmore? The White House?No way, dude -- you prefer to be standing in Moody Gardens in Galveston.At least you do if you're one of the respondents to what has to be described as a highly, highly unscientific survey of The 100 Greatest Places in the USA, put together by some website called StoodThere (Motto: If it's on the internet, it's true!!!)Moody Gardens came in 37th
June 10, 2009New, "Amazingly Clear" Apollo 11 Moon Video Discovered. Maybe
This just in from the Department of Suspiciously Timed Discoveries: The Daily Express in London, which is in some country that is not the US, is reporting that the original, long-thought-missing tapes from Apollo 11's walk on the moon have been discovered.As the tabloid paper tells it in a "World Exclusive," the original, "amazingly clear" tapes were found when "scientists looking for other data stumbled across a number of Nasa tapes in a storage facility in Perth, Australia."The original video
June 29, 2009Independence: A Tour of America
July 2, 2009North American Scum: Songs for Independence Day
Here in America, we enjoy more personal freedoms than most countries. We can say what we want (provided we don't swear on network TV or radio), do what we want (provided we're not one of these people who wants to marry someone of the same sex), and go where we want (provided where we want to go isn't already owned by the government). We here at Rocks Off love our country, and we want to show it via a playlist you can blast at your 4th of July cookout. We can think of no better way to celebrat
July 3, 2009Comedy of Manners
July 16, 2009A Chat With Chef John Watt
Tulsa-bred Chef John Watt has long toiled in the kitchens of Houston. He helped found Trevisio (6550 Bertner Street) and Prego (2520 Amherst), both recipients of Wine Enthusiast accolades, among many other culinary plaudits. Trevisio was named one of 2002's best new restaurants by My Table Magazine, while Prego is listed as one of America's best Italian restaurants in the latest Zagat guide. Eating...Our Words recently spoke with Watt via phone as he got in a little exercise on the treadmil
July 16, 2009Soccer, Soccer and... Soccer
August 6, 2009Identity and Religion
August 20, 2009The British Isles: Texas Haggis
Photo by Robb WalshIn photos, canned haggis looks alarmingly like dog food. It is traditionally eaten as part of a full Scottish breakfast or as an entrée on a bed of mashed rutabagas and potatoes, which go by the cutesy names of "neeps and tatties" in Scotland. I bought a can of Caledonian Haggis at the Rice Village store called the British Isles the other day. I'll file a full report on the flavor as soon as I get hooked up with some neeps and tatties. I had stopped by British Isles
August 24, 2009The Burmese Come to Houston
September 3, 2009Marriage and...what else? Illegal Immigration...again!
September 3, 2009The Reconquista and Mexican States
September 17, 2009It's The Middle of The Month -- And The Beginning Of Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month started yesterday and if you didn't notice, we're betting you do today since the majority of Latinos in U.S. will be celebrating 16 de Septiembre -- Mexican Independence Day.Maybe you missed it because no other month-long celebration begins in the middle of the month. Yes, it's true, September 15th is the official kickoff of everything Hispanic/Latino/Chicano/Tejano (or whatever word one chooses to describe their Spanish/Mexican/Americano roots), and it can be a marke
September 16, 2009SPECIAL, ANNUAL CANADIAN EDITION
October 1, 2009Capsule Stage Reviews: Southern Rapture, Night of the Giant, Oliver!, Seven Guitars
October 1, 2009Now The Teabaggers Are Coming For The TV Stations
We told you earlier this week that yet another Tea Party event was coming our way. Now we learn that the teabaggers will be taking steps to make sure they get the coverage they (think they) deserve.There are plans to picket the Houston affiliates of ABC, CBS and NBC (Fox? Fox?) in "Operation Can You Hear US Now?" (See? The "US" can also mean the United States!)From their announcement -- "Description: Obviously, the 'main stream' media are hard of hearing and seeing. About 2 million mad &
October 1, 2009NASA's Newest Mission, Surprisingly, Is An Homage To Mr. Show
You've probably seen some version of this headline: "NASA to Bomb the Moon Friday."All we've got to say is, what took them so long? Mr. Show tackled this issue long ago.We doubt the event Friday will feature country singer C.S. Lewis, Jr.'s "Blew Moon" ("Look out moon, America's gonna get ya; Gonna go kaboom, it was nice to have met ya -- Because you don't mess around with God's America.") Not to mention a cameo from Sarah Silverman as a protester chanting "We're earthlings; let's blow up earth
October 7, 2009Oregon Trail
October 22, 2009Hot-Button Immigration Issue Gets Little Discussion Among County Commissioners
Photo by Liana LopezA packed room hears about 287(g)It only took 15 seconds for the Commissioners Court of Harris County to approve three additional years of participation in 287(g) after hours of public testimony, mostly in opposition, to the program.The two Houston Garcias, who, by the way, were not included in the Garcia segment of CNN's Latino in America, went toe-to-toe over the county's implementation of a federal program designed to identify and deport undocumented immigrants in the U.
October 28, 20093rd Annual Chocolate Festival of Texas & Texas Wines
November 5, 2009Lone Star Scorecard: What Do Chris Rea, Webb Pierce and the Flamin' Groovies Know About Texas?
There are a million songs in the naked [Lone Star] state. Some - okay, most - are boastful, some are introspective and some are merely stupid, as the Austin Lounge Lizards once noted. Whatever the case, all must be subjected to the rigorours scrutiny of the Lone Star Scorecard in order to make sure no one is spreading falsehoods, which would besmirch the honor of the brave settlers who revolted against the Mexican government so they could continue owning slaves. Chris Rea, "Texas" Man, Engl
November 6, 2009
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