August 2010 Archives

A few thoughts on yesterday's "Restoring Honor" rally turned tent revival meeting in Washington, D.C. Estimates on the crowd size vary greatly, as you might expect. Free Republic said 2 million, Gateway Pundit reported 500,000, CBS News (that evil librul media) put the estimate at between 78,000 and 96,000 based on these aerial photos:For comparison, My DD has a photo of the 1963 March on Washington where the estimated crowd size was 250,000:I see a...

What is America? How should America be defined?America is the idea and the fact of a strong federal government over the lesser powers of the states as written in our United States Constitution. The Constitution was in many ways a response to the corruption and incompetence of state legislatures during the years of the Articles of Confederation. America is Emancipation and the victory of freedom over states rights treason in our Civil War.America is the expanded economic freedoms and...

Scanning the news while waiting for Elmer Gantry Jim Jones Glenn Beck to take the stage in D.C.Boehner's right, we have to stop bailing out these special interest groups. Just be sure to plan that house fire for a day when the fire department is open for business: "Fire departments around the nation are cutting jobs, closing firehouses and increasingly resorting to "rolling brownouts" in which they shut different fire companies on different days as...

Admiral Allen announced today that BP's fishing job being undertaken on their Mississippi Canyon Block 252 well has been called off due to total failure.  You'll recall that I disagreed with the procedure when it was announced on the 21st, believing it was unwise and risky.  After now attempting to fish out the drill pipe (actually 3 pieces) for several days, they have called off the job after completely failing at achieving their goal.  Previously,...

A pre-recorded crash message??? "British Airways apologised to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake. About 275 passengers were on the London Heathrow to Hong Kong flight on Tuesday evening when the automated message went out. The plane was flying over the North Sea at the time. Cabin crew quickly realised the error and moved to reassure the terrified passengers. A spokesman for British...

Yep, the headline is correct. Five major newspapers in the state's largest cities (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Fort Worth) have scheduled a debate for October 19th at the University of Texas.  All five papers ran editorials this morning urging Governor Rick Perry to stop playing games and step up to give Texans the debate that we deserve.  Click the city name to get the editorial. In conjunction with KLRU-TV of Austin, the newspapers...

School officially started on Monday for most students in the Houston area. The first week of school is always a time of hope for teachers, parents, and students. My building has new administration and it that is exciting for most of us. We want to see how everything will work out and those folks have a lot on their plates this year. I wanted to talk about a couple of changes that are coming down...

As I wrote yesterday, Harris County Tax Assessor Collector Leo Vasquez is harassing the Houston Votes voter registration drive so that many among the poor, the young, and in our Hispanic community may be denied the right to vote.Mr. Vasquez is working in tandem with local Tea Party groups. This despite the fact that Mr. Vasquez was defeated in the Republican primary earlier this year. At the time of his defeat, Mr. Vasquez said he felt that one...

An SAT-like question: Which of the following is unlike the others?A. George WashingtonB. Abraham LincolnC. Frederick DouglassD. Thomas EdisonE. Henry FordF. Martin Luther King Jr. H. "Goldline" Glenn BeckI. There is no difference, they're all great figures in American history.If you answered "I" either your name is Glenn Beck or you're one of the sheep on the way to Washington for the great Saturday fleecing. Watch as much as you can of this promotional video...

From The Daily Herald:  Under the theory that perhaps thousands of Utah college students are having babies paid for by Medicaid that they could pay for themselves, one lawmaker has a plan: cut all elective epidurals and elective C-sections. Sen. Dan Liljenquist, R-Bountiful, has vowed massive Medicaid reform in next year's legislative session, and first on the list is people who may be freeloading. Medicaid pays for 15,000 births a year in Utah, a third...