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I read in today's Austin Pravda that dan bla^THer is retiring here. His daughter Robin, is and evironmental activist here as well. What are we supposed to do???? Here is part of the Austin Pravda's story today.

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Rather will work on the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," although the future of that low-rated program is in doubt. He recently traveled to Houston, his old hometown, for a story on Eileen Collins, who will be the pilot for NASA's next shuttle mission.

Without nightly anchor duties, Rather will be able to spend more time in Austin than his usual two-week August fishing trip. And he plans to devote more time to his family.

Rather and his wife, Jean, have a house on Lake Travis and a condo downtown at the Nokonah. Their daughter Robin, who is active in environmental and political affairs, and her son Andy live in Austin. Son Danjack, an assistant district attorney, and his son Martin live in Manhattan.........

Asked if he would be willing to serve as Robin's campaign manager if she ever decides to run for Austin mayor, Rather laughed and replied: "I wouldn't do that because I'd be terrible at it. She'd have to drop out. But I don't know anything about that."

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Being a campaign manager isn't the only thing he is terrible at doing - Fake But Accurate News Reports for the past 25 years were terrible as well.

A tiny point maybe, but:

Born Oct. 31, 1931, to an oil-pipeline worker and a waitress in the West Texas town of Wharton,

I'm not too impressed with the woman who wrote this article, speaking of shoddy journalism. She managed somehow to move Wharton to West Texas, when actually it is near Houston, in SE Texas. That's a very long way from West Texas!

Texas titan signing off (Dan Rather);
good bye and good riddance
Texas titan signing off
24-year run may be ending, but he insists he's still on hunt for 'big game'
11:32 PM CST on Tuesday, March 8, 2005
By ED BARK / The Dallas Morning News

NEW YORK – No, he's not nearly ready to pack it in at CBS News.

Dan Rather is adamant if not downright defiant on that particular topic. He is, however, packing up, with his long-held office under deconstruction during his final days as anchor of the storied CBS Evening News.
He's only moving across the street and just up the block to 555 W. 57th St., where he'll join the staff of 60 Minutes after taking a month or so off. The distance is short but perilous for an aging, vulnerable news warrior who risks being an army of one.

The 73-year-old Texan's record-setting 24-year reign in "The Chair" will end after tonight's Evening News. And he's going out not on top but under the still-heavy weights of "Memogate" and prolonged lousy Nielsen ratings.
Mr. Rather, known in part for his folksy "Dan-isms" and occasional oddly self-conscious moments, chooses to resolutely look ahead, leaving others to speculate on whether he's wearing blinders.

"It's a good time for me," he said. "I've had a terrific job for 24 years. I'm going to another terrific job. I have nothing to complain about. I can't wait to get to 60 Minutes. Yes, I have friends there. And there are some people who are not friends for one reason or another. They're peers. They know going in that I'll work hard. I'll be unrelenting in pursuit of big game."
Rather detractors, some of them still with CBS, have been throwing a wide variety of punches in recent days. The ratherbiased.com Web site, which blasts him as having a liberal slant, even has a "Rather Retirement Countdown" clock. Others are lauding him for a distinguished career that adds up to far more than one big stumble – namely the discredited 60 Minutes Wednesday report that questioned President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.
Mr. Rather said he had an amiable encounter with President Bush at the media luncheon before the State of the Union address. He had just returned from covering the Iraqi elections, learning upon arrival that his longtime friend and fellow Texan, Bob Schieffer, would be interim anchor of the Evening News during a "short transition period" leading to a planned multiple-anchor format.
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Their daughter Robin, who is active in environmental and political affairs, and her son Andy live in Austin.

Must of been a turkey baster conception!