Texas scores another first

Seems Texas has acquired another first. We lead the nation in the most convicts exonerated by testing of DNA evidence. We got rid of one idiot (sorry, nation) and elected an other to replace him. I used to believe Texans were independent and willful. I'm seeing in them the same sheeple quality that infects the majority of the citizens in the US. There is no outrage in the public at large.

The scandal of perversion and pedophilia in the Texas Youth Commission (those in charge of minors with problems) gets buried by the Federal Attorney (a buddy of Bu$h) and there is no outrage by the public at large.

TXU scales down its desire of 11 new coal fired power plants to three but, wants to build at least three Nuclear plants instead and...The public at large shows no outrage.

I miss the Texas I grew up in. I've known for a long time that the USA as proclaimed in our schools was a farce but, the people I grew up around had pride in their independence of thought. Political arguments were common and varied. Now, nobody seems to want to express strong opinions about anything that doesn't adhere to the Republican Party line.

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Long time no posts

Too busy playing with videos over at U-Tube to do much writing. Politics was getting me down. Seems them Dimocrats weren't going to do much of anything other than blow their horns about how different they were. A little bit of noise about ethics reform. The Supreme Court thinks legislators are more qualified than Doctors about how to treat women. Impeachment off the table and lastly continue the Iraq war at least one more year with no restriction on bombing Iran. Lately, things seem to be warming up. Rep. Waxman is getting ready to issue subpoenas. Everybody's mad at A.G. Gonzales. Congress is beginning to look like an actual branch of Government.

Global warming is getting a whole lot of talk but, I don't really expect any real action. Too many people still grubbing for the next dollar to buy the latest new toy. Even good and good hearted people are too burdened by their daily lives to do much more than pop open a beer, turn on the boob tube, and turn up the A/C at the end of their workday to even realize how their life style contributes to the problem. Took me eight years to convince one friend and he only came around when he heard $hrub admit it was real.

Believe it or not but I found me this place back in '86. I hear a lot of talk about what people are going to need when the economic crunch comes. Stockpiling food, gold, and all kind of things. Me, I found a place with a year round spring that flowed even during the dust bowl days. I reckon with water I can trade for any other need.



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