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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Deficit-ridden Texas no longer laughing at California
As I travel around the world, when people find out I live in Texas, I’m usually in for a lot of ribbing. Questions range from “Where are your cowboy boots?” to “Where do you hide the gun?” For the record, … Continue reading
It’s time to change the game.
Ok, I will admit right up front that I live in Austin, Texas, but I don’t fit into the middle of the bell curve for Texans. I watch football now and then but only watch the Longhorns when a friend asks … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Abundance
I shot this picture while diving on the Great Barrier Reef from the live-aboard, Spoilsport. I enjoy SCUBA diving because it gives me a chance to interact with life-forms and an environment that is pretty alien to our day-to-day life. It … Continue reading
We can’t afford to cut education
In her op-ed piece in the Houston Chronicle, “We can’t afford to cut education“, Barbara Bush cites some depressing statistics about the Texas education system. Texas ranks 36th in high school graduation rates An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Rick Perry
Tagged Budget, deficit, Education, Politics, Rick Perry, Texas
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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
The quote “I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Conservatives, Democrats, John Stuart Mill, Republicans, Stupid People, Tea Party
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Is Fracking just another Hidden Oil Tax?
In a controversial ruling, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission sided with Pioneer Natural Resources in a case in which a home owner claimed a nearby fracking operation contaminated the home owner’s well. Fracking, the subject of the movie Gasland, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged energy, Environment, Fracking, Health, Oil Industry, water
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Texas is #1…in Uninsured and Pollution
Texas is #1 but I’m not talking about the Longhorn football team. The Texas Legislative Study Group has released this year’s report, Texas on the Brink, a report on the state of the State, the fifth biennial edition of a … Continue reading
Walker improperly fired security workers
An arbitrator has ruled that when now Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker, was a Milwaukee County executive, he improperly fired 25 courthouse security guards and replaced them with private guards from Wackenhut, a company involved with controversy involving improper behavior. The arbitrator … Continue reading
The Oceans, they are a-Changin’
Don’t have time to elaborate but check out the podcast Changing Climate Means Changing Oceans on NPR’s Science Friday. As a SCUBA diver, I have seen some significant changes in the ocean and this podcast gives some reasons why.
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Ecology, Renewable Energy
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Unions-are they still the right answer?
My dad and I argued all the time over unions. He was for them, I questioned why they existed. That was in the late 1960s. I was 12 years old. He would explain to me about what it was like … Continue reading
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