Immigrants Mucking Up Our Country
Listening to Boortz today (Yeah, I know it was a repeat, so what?) He goes raging on about closing our borders so as to deflect terrorists and preserve “our way of life”. I like to listen to the guy, but…
Listening to Boortz today (Yeah, I know it was a repeat, so what?) He goes raging on about closing our borders so as to deflect terrorists and preserve “our way of life”. I like to listen to the guy, but…
I keep getting comments on the “Lists” post, and I also get comments in my e-mail from people too bashful to comment publicly (I’m apparently breaking some rule or other by letting the little voices in my head out; they’re…
“Dear Buddha, I would like a pony and a plastic rocket…” Malcolm Reynolds I have a different kind of list in mind. A list of standard rants that I just want to get off my chest. The opportunity for them…
The top Tour acts of 05 have just been reported. I’m not sure how this should be interpreted. I’ve always been a fan of U2, but I thought they were going to retire a few years back. I guess the…
Reading Knappster today (“Surf Naked for Jesus” why did you change that?) Ran across his entry on the 1000th death penalty victim. I don’t shed tears for murderers, whether they work for themselves or the state, but I do have…
I always bristle when the average Austinite speaks up and disparages the East side of Austin. There’s this general impression of the East side (East of I-35, the “Great Wall”) as being a trouble spot, where criminals run rampant and…
The image to the right is intended to be placed on a t-shirt. It contains a simple statement about value and how to retain it. Pretty innocuous, don’t you think? Looks can be deceiving…. One of the members to the…
Texas Republicans in control of the state legislature shifted congressional district boundaries enough in 2003 that 8 million people — including large blocks of Hispanics — were placed in new districts, represented by different U.S. House members, justices were told.…
While struggling with a vertigo attack today, I was reminded of a quote from one of my favorite authors Stephen R. Donaldson, a portion of which titles this compilation of previous postings on the topic. When I visited his site…
So, we had a freeze last night that involved ice on the roads. In Austin, this is nearly a freak occurrence; something that only happens once every few years. They had the cops and emergency services out in force.. I…