…maybe they’d take away his parking space, too.
What is it with Republican Governors these days. Especially, Republican Governors with national aspirations. It’s almost as if they can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. Even members of their own party have noticed. And it seems as if they are trying to send a message…
The [...]

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It seems the story of the Peanut Corporation of America just keeps getting better and better as it shows just how poor America’s food safety system really is…
Even amid a national salmonella outbreak linked to peanuts, state health officials allowed a Texas peanut plant last month to continue shipping its product though they knew the [...]

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It seems this story was inevitable…
ROSENBERG, TX — A trip out for a free breakfast at Denny’s took a big bite out of the wallets of several people in Rosenberg on Tuesday.
Some of those who went to the local Denny’s Corp. restaurant for a free Grand Slam breakfast Tuesday morning came out to [...]

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In case a snake ever comes in the office
If you want to know the truth, I never sit down at this desk to write a sentence without a bottle of whiskey within my reach.
It’s always just behind the computer, between a Roget’s Thesaurus and an American Heritage Dictionary. Can you see it? A pint of [...]

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Wandering down my Google Reader list today led me to Seth Godin’s Blog and his muse on Newspapers…Go check it out…
I worry about the quality of a democracy when the the state government or the local government can do what it wants without intelligent coverage. I worry about the abuse of power when the only [...]

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After wondering for days where the cool mornings the weather prognosticators kept telling me about were hiding, they arrived this morning. As a native to this climate in SE Texas, I am always amazed to hear these same prognosticators (most of whom arrived from climes much closer to the poles) speak with great enthusiasm about [...]

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After the storm, once you realize you’ve lived through another, your awareness of your surroundings is contracted. You begin by wandering around just your own little space surrounding your home…Checking for damage, fixing the immediate needs if possible.
Then you begin to expand your awareness to your neighbors. First you check out those immediately around you, [...]

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