Watch the full video for some interesting behavior from the Texas Legislature. It seems that if someone is absent, whoever gets to their desk first votes for them. [youtube eG6X-xtVask] I wonder if this happens in the US Legislature as well?
Interesting quote from Rick Steves, a well known European traveler: “I think if the world knew what was good for it, it would establish a fund to pay for Americans all to have a free trip for six weeks, anywhere they wanted around the world upon graduation. It would be the best investment the world…
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Wow… Orson Scott Card thrashes on the Republican Right in his latest article on immigration. Check it out and see for yourself. I think he’s tired of trying to be logical because they aren’t listening. He’s just tossing dirt-clods now. Although he makes good points throughout.
Taking the advise advice of my brother (which I usually ignore), I pulled “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” from Audible.com and started listening. Doris Kearns Goodwin does a masterful job of portraying Lincoln with all his goodness and still showing some of his weaknesses. Her inclusion of records and quotes from…
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For those of you who think the US military is so hard-nosed and withdrawn and that they don’t care about the soldiers who are dying in Iraq should read this article in full. It’s about a commander in Iraq who keeps laminated “cards” of each of the men/boys who have died under his command. While…
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The audio version of Orson Scott Card’s latest book, “Empire” (reviewed here) contained an afterward where a lot of what he said really hit me as just common sense. But how he phrased it needs to be heard by any and all involved in politics. From the top level “Right wing crazies” and the “Leftist…
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Some of you may remember a previous post on global warming. In recent weeks I’ve seen an enhanced interest in climate change and have experienced some additional arguments against the much trumpeted predicted catastrophic weather changes. Let me rephrase that… the weather changes could possibly be true, but the cause of these changes are far…
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Sometimes, incredibly profound things are said: When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. Now if we could just get the legislators to actually see this problem.
I’ve learned over the last several years that I’m more of an Independent than a Republican. I have almost always voted Republican based on moral issues, but in recent years I’ve watched the division of the American people become a drastic chasm with no apparent bridge in site. What has really frustrated me is that…
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So the new legislature is off to a solid start. They passed a bill which strips the pensions of legislators convicted of ethics violations. And it was unanimous! The whole bipartisan thing seems to be working out. One word…. duh! Nice work folks. Keep it up.
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