Cactus Jack And FDR End Up Not On Speaking Terms
Cactus Jack And FDR End Up Not On Speaking Terms John Nance Garner put on a happy holiday face for his family on Dec. 25, 1938, but there was no hiding the fact that the Vice-President
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Now What? A Tsunami?!
Now What? A Tsunami?! Like most people these days, I
Deregulation Of Electricity Was An Accident Waiting To Happen
Deregulation Of Electricity Was An Accident Waiting To Happen
Once upon a time in American history, “deregulation” was a good thing. Few wanted government involved in our daily lives; however, that was then, and this is now. Various industries have become too greedy for profits. For many years in Texas electric cooperatives have been protected from oversight. They do NOT come under the same laws and scrutiny that other electric companies must.
Finally Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) and its questionable activities are being investigated.
It also is important to look at the Attorney General and Office of the Travis County DA
The Joke
The Joke
Okay, Maybe Fruitcake Doesn
Okay, Maybe Fruitcake Doesn
A Road Is A Road Is A Road
A Road Is A Road Is A Road As Uncle Hugh used to say, “I had a choice when I was on the run. The two safest places for me were Louisiana and Oklahoma. They run me outa Louisiana because I wasn
Press Pool Refuses Beer From Obama
HONOLULU, Hawaii – A few members of the press pool following President-Elect Barack Obama in Hawaii refused to have a beer on his tab last week. Obama had been on a holiday vacation in the state he once called home when the refusal occurred. The press pool was sitting outside the club house of a golf course on which Obama had been playing poorly by his own admission. Obama offered the round of beers at the snack bar half way through his five-hour game of 18 holes. The pool noticed that Obama ran up a $17.75 tab that consisted of two spam masubi rolls among other items. Spam musubi is made from spam and a fried egg on a bed of rice on a dried seaweed wrap, according to the New York Times.
WSJ Drops Few Sports Puns In Obama Basketball Story
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – The Wall Street Journal went easy on the basketball puns in a recent story about the president-elect
Ringing In New Year Is Old Tradition — Year Used To Consist Of 10 Months
Year Used To Consist Of 10 Months CRAWFORD While the notion of ringing in the new year has been around for quite some time, celebrating on the first of January is not nearly as old a tradition. In fact, March 1st was designated the beginning of the new year according to the early Roman calendar. In those days, the year consisted of just 10 months, a fact that is still evident today in the names of certain months. For example, the months of September through December, currently the ninth through twelfth months of the year, were originally positioned as the seventh through tenth months of the year. The name September is derived from the word “septem,” the Latin word for “seven.” The ensuing months of October (derived from “octo” for “eight”), November (“novem” for “nine”) and December (“decem” for “ten”) all trace their origins back to the early Roman calendar. Nowadays, of course, the new year is celebrated on the first of January, a month that did not even exist until 700 B.C., when the second king of Rome added the months of January and February to the calender. It wasn’t until 46 B.C. that January 1st was officially decreed the new year by Julius Caesar. That tradition would last more than half a millenium until 567, the period known as the Middle Ages. Deeming the new year celebrations pagan un-Christian, the Council of Tours abolished January 1st as the official start to the new year. Through Europe, the new year was then celebrated at various times, including December 25th, March 1st, and March 25th. In 1582, the Georgian calendar restored January 1st as the start of the new year. However, the British Empire and its American colonies did not adopt that calendar for another 170 years, and the British and their American colonists continued to celebrate the new year on March 1st until they officially adopted the Georgian calendar in 1752.
2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation
2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Multinational Monitor released its 20th annual list of the top 10 worst corporations last month.
Some of the usual suspects returned to the list. “But we
Heat Tops Threats On
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Bush Lets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The healthcare industry can refuse medical treatment for patients on moral grounds, according to a midnight rule change by the Bush adminstration. If healthcare workers – be it doctors, hospitals, or volunteers in medical experiment – find a procedure to be against their conscience, then they have the right to not perform it. So birth control, abortion, emergency contraception, stem cell research and assisted suicide could all be dead on the operating table, so to speak. The 11th-hour rule was published last week in the Federal Register and goes into effect once President George W. Bush leave the White House. President-Elect Barack Obama has already criticized the rule and went on record in support of women
Party With
AUSTIN, Texas – The team that produced the documentary about the residents of Crawford, Texas has launched a new creative effort to screen their movie. To get these screening parties off the ground, the producers of
Best And Worst For 2008
The Icon of the Year is: The Republican Presidential Ticket, Plus One 2008 was a year in which America realized it was about to go “full retard” and then didn
Best And Worst For 2008
The Iconoclasts of the Year are: Those who saw the Wall Street “bailout” bill for what it really was
French Exiles Try To Pull Fast One On Spaniards
French Exiles Try To Pull Fast One On Spaniards A boatload of Napoleonic exiles sailed from Philadelphia on Dec. 18, 1817, on a mysterious mission to establish a secret beachhead in Spanish Texas. Because he always liked to keep power in the family, Napoleon Bonaparte put no fewer than four siblings on as many European thrones. His oldest brother Joseph ruled Spain for five years before fleeing with 50 million francs to, of all places, New Jersey. In the aftermath of the disaster at Waterloo in 1815, the Little Corporal himself tried to reach sanctuary in the United States. But the victors got wind of his vacation plans and deposited him for safekeeping on the island of Saint Helena 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa. Hundreds of Napoleon
Chicago Cops Dodge Blagojevich/ Sears Tower Investigation
Chicago Cops Dodge Blagojevich/ Sears Tower Investigation
A Chicago Police Department official, who refused to be identified by name, stated that city law enforcement would avoid investigating allegations against embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Former Army intelligence officer Capt. Eric H. May, military/political editor of the Lone Star Iconoclast, recently repeated that the governor and mayor were co-conspirators in a May 2-4, 2006, attempt to sabotage Chicago
American Capita-Socialism
American Capita-Socialism
Who is to blame?
As long as humans have been inhabiting the earth and up through modern times, those in power often engage in corrupt activities to acquire more power, influence, and wealth.
Currently, Illinois is in the news regarding the questionable actions and activities of its governor, which also has uncovered the fact of corruptive influences throughout the state legislature and others holding high positions.
Back in the 13 colonies corruption was prevalent in many forms. When the colonists were free of English rule, they needed revenue to pay bills and provide public services. Lotteries became a method to generate government income. At one time all 13 original colonies established lotteries, usually more than one, to raise revenue. Playing the lottery became a civic responsibility. Proceeds from the lotteries helped establish some of the nation
