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Over the past 40 years, the voice of Willie Nelson has come to represent everything Texan and Western. And now he is using that significant voice to speak out against the abuse of another symbol of the American West, wild horses. The Abbott, Texas native has joined in the fight to help protect wild horses from being slaughtered and used as Happy Meals overseas. On September 7th, Congress will convene to argue over HR...

For far too long Austin (a burgeoning giant in indie filmmaking) has gotten a bit of the stepchild treatment with regard to indie film releases. Often times it we don't even get films that other towns like Chicago, Washington DC, New York and Los Angeles get. Hell, even Houston gets some films we don't. Houston? WTF?!

Just kidding.

We at the Austinist aren't the only ones who have pointed out Tom DeLay's ethical lapses. The Public Campaign Action Fund, will be running two television ads in Sugar Land (DeLay's district) and Washington DC denouncing him, according to the Associated Press. (And y'all? Molly Ivins has something to say about it too.) The PCAF is going one step further than most of DeLay's critics and are calling for his resignation. The Austinist is amazed...