From the Houston Chronicle:Kinky Friedman makes gubernatorial run officialBy R.G. RATCLIFFE AUSTIN BUREAUAUSTIN — Satirist Richard "Kinky" Friedman entered the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Tuesday, indifferent to partisan complaints that his 2006 independent campaign caused the Democrats to lose that year."Obama taught us one thing: you've got to excite the people," Friedman.
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General Electric builds locomotives as well as light bulbs."*Click here*":http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/downloads.html to download wallpaper images and/or screensavers featuring their latest "environmentally friendly" diesel locomotives. (And a screensaver featuring a dancing robot...)
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The Internet--a private eye's best friendFor private investigator Steven Rambam, the Internet is his most valuable tool in helping to find missing persons, cheating husbands, and your competitor's dirty secrets.{more}Click here for the full article.What makes this a post for MOG is that Rambam is a recurring character in the mystery novels that feature Kinky Friedman as the first-person detecti...
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In the original post, i included "*this link*":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howie-klein/two-musical-visions-of-am_b_65516.html to the blog post that alerted me to the song.Here's "*a link to a blog post*":http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/233319.aspx on "CBN.com" whose author thinks it was Just Wonderful, and "*this is a link*":http://www.valuesvoterdebate.com/to the official "Value Voters Debate" we...
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Years ago, before i'd actually heard anything by *Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys*, i'd heard of them.(You can skip to the bottom of this post if you just want to hear the song it's about, but you'll miss lots of Interesting Stuff...)Then the mysteries under his name began appearing (beginning with "*Greenwich Killing Time*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571191347/mikewebersweber...
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As an added treat this week I'm posting this rare Kinky Friedman track from his Lasso From El Paso album. Ringo Starr is featured in the song in the roll (pun intended) of Jesus Christ who speaks to a man contemplating using Jesus's picture for an unintended purpose in an under-supplied men's room. The album was released to CD many years ago but has long been out of print. My only copy originat...
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Recording artist, writer and humorist Kinky Friedman is once again running for Governor in the state of Texas. Friedman ran as an independent during the 2006 campaign where he, at one point, was ahead of Democratic candidate Chris Bell. On election day, he ended up fourth with 12.4% of the vote behind Rick Perry (R - 39.0%), Bell (D - 29.8% and Carole Keaton Strayhorn (I - 18.1%).Friedman, of...
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