DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CANDLIGHT VIGIL IN TEXAS

Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:44 PM EDT

Last year 143 people in Texas, mostly women, but some men and plenty of children died at the hands of the person they depended upon for love and support. These were the victims of domestic violence and Tuesday evening, for th …

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TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:56 AM EDT

We are still a year away from next year’s presidential elections but the presidential debates are already making news. That was something noted this weekend during the annual Texas Book Festival in Austin by former PBS Newshour Anchor Jim Lehrer. Lehrer was one …

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MY SPECIAL WEEK: THE NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED

Wed Oct 5, 2011 1:44 PM EDT

This week, the first week in October, is always an exciting, interesting and uplifting one for me. This is when the Royal Nobel Assembly of Sweden and, in the case of one prize, Norway, award the Nobel Prizes. I first became aware of the Nobel Prizes when Marti …

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EATING SHREDDED WHEAT

Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:36 PM EDT

it's such a stretch to call this an article, it's just an observation that been weighing on me. My favorite hero in history is the legendary criminal defense lawyer Clarence Darrow. He had opinions about everything includng food. He famously said: "I don't like …

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ANGELOU ISN'T AFRAID TO SPEAK

Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:19 AM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

A COLLECTIVE NERVOUS BREAK DOWN

Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:49 PM EDT

My cyber friend, Ms Cyprah wrote a simply brillant article on her page called 'Seven Reasons Why Future Politicians will not be able to offer much to voters. The gist is this: The flow of information is now so quick, so massive, and so special …

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MURDER: THE WORD

Thu Sep 8, 2011 3:48 PM EDT

"But senators and presidents don't have men killed." "Now, who's being naive, Kay." From a conversation between Kay Adams and Michael Corleone in the Godfather. MURDER: Few words, if any in the English language have more power, b …

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The Human Voice: The Most Beautiful Sound

Mon Sep 5, 2011 12:01 PM EDT

I am an American, a Texan, with a new found friend from Great Britain. I spoke to this person this morning. She knew immediately that it was me simply because she heard my voice. I didn't have anything that could be called an 'English accent.' Becaus …

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Why does anyone listen?

Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:18 AM EDT

I have been meaning to write this for a while, because I am a junky for all the political talkers on radio and television. Pretty much, if my television is on, I am pretty much listening and watching a political commentator, with an orchestration of guests who pretty much b …

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Now we Know.. Obama no surprise and we shouldn't be either

Mon Aug 1, 2011 12:51 PM EDT

So now we get the latest revelations about President Obama. One poster says this debt ceiling deal was the sure sign that his presidency is a failure. We of course, have heard from the start that he is not a leader. Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press said too, that th …

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You are living in a dream world. We pay for the oil that we get from the middle east. The oil does belong to 'us' after the check clears. The haters then take our money to the Soviets, the Chicoms, etc., and buy materiel with which to kill your children and mine.

I hope that we establish energy independence through alternative sources, including nuclear, as France has. We will then be able to join a cartel of food exporting countries, perhaps called 'OFEC', and drive the price of calories to an equivalent of hydrocarbons. Let those who hate us eat their oil, and let's see who gets fat.

I didn't do anything to encourage Muslims to beat rape victims to death, did you? Islam is a religion of hatred and a death culture. Let's just say "Death to the infidels, and let God sort them out. Allah be praised!" Does that make you comfortable?
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