End of Silence

Since the SOTU address earlier this week, the fur’s been flying about US House Rep. Henry Cuellar. He’s currently represents District 28 which reaches into Hays county and includes San Marcos and parts of San Antonio. It’s not techically Austin, but it’s damn close. Cuellar’s challenger next month is Ciro Rodriguez.

The GOP didn’t field a candidate this district because Cuellar, although listed as a democrat like his challenger, is essentially a republican in the way he votes. Check out both men and make up your own mind.

DailyKos has three posts on this race over the last couple of days and here’s a shot of Cuellar and Bushie at the SOTU address. How eerily Godfather, Part II. “I know it was you, Fredo.”

Update: Off The Kuff enters the fray.

One of my favorite science blogs, Pharyngula, points out that Darwin Day is coming up and, in a preceding post, gives Austin props because of a letter to the editor in today’s Statesman. Hooray for Darwin, who, coincidentally, was born and raised in the same town as my father’s family and hooray for editorals that counter the opinions of our current governor.

Anybody know of any Darwin Day celebrations here in Austin? A quick look on the Darwin Day site and on Google turned up nothing.