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Rebranding America: New Flags for Every State
The folks over at NJI Media redesigned every state flag in America at UnitedWeBrand.us, for Flag Day tomorrow. They weighed the history of the state with each state’s current flag and came up with interesting ways to represent local flavor. We’re impressed. Here are a few of our favorites: Arkansas …
By the Way, the New Voting Age is 21…
…And the new drinking age is 18. Rick Perry on voting fundamentals: The Texas governor, speaking to students at St. Anselm College on Tuesday in Manchester, NH, asked for the young folks’ vote, but seemed to forget that the national voting is 18 — the age at which it’s stood …
President Perry?
His team is rumored to be making calls into the early states …
JoMa Knows College Football #Texas
FamousDC lives for the intersection of sports and politics. And Jonathan Martin lands those stories on the front page of POLITICO. JoMa: The politics of college football Oil is still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the economy is wheezing along at 10 percent unemployment and the longest war in …
Wiley’s Rule: “In reality, as in animated fiction, the anvil [or bullet] always hits the coyote”
Yes, Governor Rick Perry [R-Trigger Happy] shot a coyote yesterday. It’s Texas. It’s what you do on a Tuesday afternoon. What we don’t understand: Why does Perry jog with a pistol? Perry (R) told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he …
Famous Friday [Round Up]
President Obama hit the reset button, Doug Heye is huge in Germany, Tommy McFly spent some time with Senator Joe Jonas, “Simply not true,” Kitchen 2404 celebrated one year, Matt got a new gig in Texas, hackers hit the Capitol, Jim Treacher blogged like a MF’r, steel cage match of …
Happy 2010, Let’s Start Fighting [BCS]
There is no sense wasting time sending around greetings of world peace and happiness. Let’s fight over college football! The Hill’s Jordan Fabian: Washington heavyweights join fans in demanding a college playoff The issue gained ground in Washington a year ago when Obama lent his voice to sports fans around …
Happy Monday Morning (Football Edition)
The Redskins and the Ravens both lost on Sunday. So, we’ll focus on college football. Top 10 Rankings: 1 Florida 2 Alabama 3 Texas 4 Virginia Tech 5 Boise State 6 USC 7 Ohio State 8 Cincinnati 9 Miami (FL) 10 LSU How is USC ahead of LSU? USC lost …
Joe Barton Eats BCS for Breakfast
Do you think Texas should be in the National Championship? Are you a sitting Member of Congress? If you’ve answered yes to both of these questions, FamousDC salutes you. Congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas) /good luck on your finals BC!
DC Weekend Round Up
The DC weather finally turned cold. Fall is here. Break out the gloves and scarfs, because winter is coming. What happened this weekend? Perfect Gold Cup weather Sarah Palin lit up SNL Texas won big Howard lost a heart breaker homecoming game, but Diddy partied back to back nights in …
Congressional Baby on the Way
Politico: Rep. Herseth Sandlin Is Pregnant In late March of 2007 Stephanie Herseth married former Rep. Max Sandlin and now they’ve announced their good news – she’s due in December.
Mad Props to the Advance Teams
OK, so we need someone to ask Speaker Pelosi a question about global warming, and then we need Pelosi to check her blackberry, and then we need to have Al Gore’s voice come over the loud speaker, and then we need Gore to walk on stage and make a surprise …
Congressman Agrees to be VP – Only Problem, He Wasn’t Asked
We assume this is how things are taken care of in Texas – you say yes before being asked, only to make the entire process run smoother, or perhaps less awkwardly. Chet Edwards Would Take VP Post If Obama Offered. … The Hill (6/25, Soraghan) reports Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas), …