Part one of a series.
Jeffrey Puryear and Clair Nixon form the Aggie archetype. Both earned degrees from Texas A&M and both returned to their alma mater to contribute to its academic mission. Each is devoted to his family, work, and church, owns his own house and pays taxes—conforming in every way to the [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Aggies Do Not Lie, Cheat nor Steal, but Breaking Up Other Aggies’ Marriages is Apparently an Honorable Endeavor: Prop. 8’s Long and Intrusive Reach to Texas A&M, Part 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Clair Nixon, gay marriage, Gregory Coleman, Jeffrey Puryear, John Scroggs, Latter-day Saints, Mormons, Paul Robles, Prop. 8, Proposition 8, Texas A&M on December 31, 2008 | 9 Comments »
President Bush Splits Doubleheader: Aggie “25 Percenters” Whoop; Iraqi Pitches Shoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bush shoes, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Muntadar al-Zaidi, President Bush, Reed Arena, Texas A&M Graduation, War in Iraq, Whoop! on December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The former owner of the Texas Rangers baseball club split a doubleheader last weekend.
Aggies and Iraqis took to their feet in response to George W. Bush, but W.’s reception on the College Station leg of his presidential adoration tour proved more accommodating. Less than 48 hours after an Aggie graduation convocation warmly “whooped” a failed [...]
Texas A&M Graduation: What Should George W. Bush Say? Tell Us About Our Jonathan, Mr. President!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged George W. Bush, Iraq War, Jonathan Rozier, Texas A&M Graduation on December 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Once again, Aggieland serves as a refuge for the Bush clan. Years after Pappy Bush located his presidential library here, Bush the Younger gives what could be the last college commencement speech of his presidency Friday. Texas A&M, once dubbed be the American university with the most nostalgia for Ronald Reagan, is one of the [...]
Robert Gates: Are Aggies Ready for a Critical Examination of his Texas A&M Presidency?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aggie Bonfire, college tuition, Obama cabinet, Phil Gramm, Robert Gates, Texas A&M on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When Robert Gates left Texas A&M for the Pentagon several years ago, at Pappy Bush’s behest to pull incompetent W.’s chestnuts out of the Iraq War fires, a debate raged on Aggie web forums: Should possibly the greatest president in Texas A&M history be awarded the vaunted Aggie Ring? Eventually, common sense prevailed and Gates [...]
