Polls are currently leading toward President Obama being re-elected. Texas will certainly remain a red state and push its electoral votes toward Mitt Romney. But there are other candidates running for president, Jill Stein among them. She is the Green Party candidate, and if you live in Texas or any other state not in contention, … Read more
I’m of the opinion that the state cannot spend too much money on education. Ever dollar spent reaps rewards many fold over. While the modern Republicans are more than happy to put words in the mouths of the Founding Fathers, and claim them as their own and no one else’s, if you return to the … Read more
I’ll start this post with an aside: some may even consider Robin Hood to be a terrorist. Have there been any retellings of Robin Hood from that perspective? Please point me to any such efforts. Alexis Madrigal (@alexismadrigal) asks in The Atlantic. “Who Do You Trust Less: The NSA or Anonymous?” prompted by the vague … Read more
From: Bill Shirley To: Jessica.Farrar@house.state.tx.us Cc: lillian.ortiz@house.state.tx.us, alicia.nuzzie@house.state.tx.us Dear Mrs. Farrar, I just became aware of a public meeting this evening in regard to a newly funded project to add feeder roads to I-10 inside the loop. I can not make it to the meeting this evening to let you know how much I STRONGLY … Read more
On Wednesday night, President Obama addressed the Congress about health insurance reform. One thing I’m wondering is how many Americans didn’t listen? More particularly, how many Americans are opinionated on the “against” side and listen to talk radio or any other conservative media and didn’t listen? I listened to most of President G. W. Bush’s … Read more
I guess it’s been off my numismatic radar, but a few days ago I ended up with two shiny pennies with new reverse sides (the obverse side is the same it’s been since 1909). Using as an excuse the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, they have create four new images to put on the reverse. … Read more