Public Schools in Texas
What's the current stereotype of public schools our right wing brothers and sisters try to spin? Public schools are filled with secular humanists who teach socialist doctrine, global warming lies, and...
View ArticleAny University of Texas Football Fans Tired of This?
Given that my beloved alma mater has signed a deal with ESPN to create the Longhorn Network to televise any and all things University of Texas athletics, I actually anticipated not being able to watch...
View ArticleWhat Drives Me Nuts...
Today, on another blog that will remain nameless, I saw a story about Michelle Bachmann and her performance at Jimmy DeMint's South Carolina Republican presidential softball contest. Not surprisingly...
View Articlemmmm... Republican Fancy Feast
I am in my forties. In fact in a couple of weeks I will turn 42 years old. I have been working since I was 21 in the education field, first as a teacher, then as an assessment specialist in special...
View ArticleRick Perry, the HPV Vaccine and This Dad
As Rick Perry has started his campaign, the many dramas of his tenure as governor in my state have been replayed in my mind. In fact, my father and I have been saying things to each other like: "I...
View ArticlePerry and the TRS
This will be short. One of my favorite reporters Andrew Kroll has released a new article about Rick Perry and his use of the Texas Teacher Retirement System as a tool to reward contributors to his...
View ArticleI'm not Much of a Protester but...
Glenn Beck will be here in San Antonio tomorrow evening at John Hagee's Cornerstone mega-church at his annual "Feast of the Tabernacles." It seems to be a three day festival complete with carnival...
View ArticleMortgage Question
I have always had my money in a credit union. However, when I bought my house last year, eventhough I started at the credit union to get my mortgage, eventually one of the big U.S. banks wound up...
View ArticleI'm a Collectivist Parasite Waging War on my Own Country
I think one of the great mistakes of those of us today who call ourselves liberals (I used to consider myself a mainstream Democrat) was allowing Rush Limbaugh, et al, to peddle hate radio unanswered...
View ArticleNaomi Klein Scares the Hell out of Me
Climate change/global warming scares me. Naomi Klein scares the hell out of me. Have you read her latest article in the Nation? "Capitalism v. the Climate" was my morning reading today and she...
View ArticleMy Governor Ricky Perry Gets Away with this Shit (and Kos actually helps him...
I was watching Keith last night and Kos came on and discussed the idiot running my state right now and his new ad in Iowa. It's a laughable ad, by a laughable candidate and there are plenty of blog...
View ArticleJust to Make My Point About Ricky Perry's Lies
Here is the Madison High School Orchestra and Choir and Band not celebrating Christmas at a local church last year (the school's performing arts center was being constructed through, shock, a bond...
View ArticleFighting Back Against Rush and Clear Channel
I live in San Antonio, the home of Clear Channel Communications the company that employs Rush Limbaugh. His show is broadcast here on WOAI, a station with the nickname "Blowtorch" since its signal at...
View ArticleTed Cruz was Elected by my State
This week I took my two teenage boys to the state capitol building in Austin. The legislature is in session right now and I wanted them to be aware of where the laws of the state are voted on,...
View ArticleThe Real News is in Detroit
I get that CPAC is fun to cover. Listening to the right wing speak to their base and push out one liners crafted for our Twitter society entertains us much like a Steven King novel or movie. We all sit...
View ArticleA Fascinating Radio Feud
I am a sports radio nut. Listening to the soap operas in the world of sports is a great escape from the stress of life. Because I took a job close to Dallas, I began listening to a new sports radio...
View ArticleI Shook Hands with Wendy Davis
What Wendy Davis did last week was amazing. When I was a kid growing up in Austin, my dad was an attorney for a prominent state agency, so I have been in the capitol building often. I remember once...
View Article"Glee" for Wendy Davis
Kathleen Parker is an opinion writer for the Washington Post who got published in my local paper in San Antonio today with an article titled "Too Much Glee Over Abortion Filibuster." As she probably...
View ArticleMy Son Goes to Madison High School
My son goes to San Antonio Madison High School. Today at about 10:30 a.m. I got an email from the school saying that they were on "lock down." This is an unfortunate term that has come into school...
View ArticleI Voted
I gave money today. Money I do not have really. But I voted and gave. C'mon vote. Do it. Or I'll be disappointed. More after the break.
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