This photo was taken mere seconds before an Austin political consultant (back to camera, thank God) disappeared into the ground forever, as a freak earthquake opened a fissure in the ground in Big Bend. In the distance is the glow of a massive explosion in El Paso, hundreds of miles to the West, as Texas state Senator Eliot Shapleigh loses his temper while reading Governor Rick Perry’s veto statements.
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Written by Harold Cook, Letters From Texas is a humorous look at politics and current events, as seen through the eyes of a progressive Texan in a bad mood.
"A freaking riot.... Kudos to Harold Cook."
Evan Smith
Editor-In-Chief
Texas Monthly Magazine
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Mary Mapes
Former Producer
"60 Minutes" - CBS News
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Wayne Slater
Senior Political Writer
Dallas Morning News
"Harold Cook, who once tried to run over one of my reporters with a van full of senators, has now decided to run over everyone in sight with his new blog...."
R.G. Ratcliffe
Capitol Bureau Reporter
Houston Chronicle
"[Cook] is just twisted. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. Sort of. Laugh uproariously when it's really freakin funny .... And shake your head, eyes covered, when it's just too...too...too."
Karen Brooks
Capitol Bureau Reporter
Dallas Morning News



Crosby is that you?
I’d recognize that backside anywhere…LOL!!!
I cannot believe that my supposed friend has so distored the truth.
I spent this past weekend in Marathon, where Mr. Cook has a beer can masquerading as a travel trailer. He had told me that he had hired a contractor to build a fancy sewer system for his trailer, and he badgered me and several others each and every day to check on the work.
Weary of his constant and pathetic pleadings, I finally checked out this supposed fancy system. What I found was a lonely toilet perched at the head of a fifty-foot long latrine (seen leading from the toilet in the photo).
Needless to say, I was a little surprised at the crude engineering of Mr. Cook’s plumbing. Yet, it was a beautiful and ultimately inspirational sunset.