Chron: True Colors

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On Monday the Chronicle stated in their editorial that: Finally, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who got his start in Houston, wrote a sad footnote to his mostly distinguished career when he sued his old employers for $70 million. The suit alleges that CBS made Rather a scapegoat for an inaccurate story about George … Read more

Digital Rights Management Screws

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There is a great pool on flickr called “DRM is like…” Digital Rights Management. It’s only on legally purchased music and keeps you from doing things that are legal to do with purchased music. It’s what makes “squirted” music on Zunes only play three times. It’s what makes NBC’s new “free video service” (with commercials) … Read more

Our Dirty Little Secret – Blackwater

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The US Military can’t patrol their own camps, they pay others to do it. Oh, they can patrol the camps, but they don’t have enough people to do all the jobs that need doing in Iraq, so they hire “private contractors”. Basically, mercenaries. But the State Department hires as many as 8 times more (from … Read more

NBC Announces Closed Video Podcasting

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In something so boneheaded it’s bound to fail, NBC (who previously withdrew video content from iTunes) will now be providing proprietary DRM’d video downloads of their programming that expire after a week. And it only works on Windows. “With the creation of this new service, we are acknowledging that now, more than ever, viewers want … Read more

Lone Star’s National Anthem of Texas

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Lone Star GuitarA lot of great songs on their list.   A few I could do without.  You can chase the link on the guitar and vote on the National Anthem of Texas (as anointed by Lone Star beer).

Boogie Back to Texas — Asleep at the Wheel
Miles and Miles of Texas — Asleep at the Wheel
Colors Are All the Same — Bill Pekar
San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
I’ve Been Everywhere (In Texas) — Brian Burns
Llano Estacado — Cooder Graw
Texas Time Travelin’ — Cory Morrow
That’s What I Like About Texas — Dale Watson
Way Down Texas Way — Dale Watson
Lone Star Blues — Delbert McClinton
Rolling Stone from Texas — Don Walser
Beautiful Texas Sunshine — Doug Sahm
Texas Me — Doug Sahm
Yellow Rose of Texas — Ernest Tubb
Waltz Across Texas — Ernest Tubb
Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio — Flaco Jimenez
London Homesick Blues — Gary P. Nunn
What I Like About Texas — Gary P. Nunn
I’m a Texan — Gary Stewart
Deep In the Heart of Texas — Gene Autry

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Dad’s View

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dad’s view I was in Canyon Lake a few weeks ago for the show in Gruene. Took this picture from the balcony outside the breakfast area – it’s the same view as the living room. The lake was quite high, and the damn was running full open. You can see the peninsula across the way … Read more