edited by: Ted McLaughlin,
Texas Editor
Is anyone scared yet?
Do you think we are going to make it through all this nonsense without being totally destroyed?
Do you think Government has their priorities all wrong?
We The People Stimulus Package Democratic Senate Passed their Health Tax Bill Upper Bracket May Be Needed For Afghan War Jobless rate to rise in developed [...]The Great Unemployment Mystery by Peter Stern Unemployment in the U.S. is at its highest rate in many decades. Apparently it is a mystery that only a Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan can solve because President Barack Obama has not fought significantly to bring jobs to hardly-working [...]
She has applied again to be a recognized volunteer at the school, and again, has been denied. The first part of a grievance procedure is to meet with the superintendent before taking it to the school board. (Here's from the previous time she was turned down).
WEATHERFORD, Texas - (Business Wire) In a significant victory for oil and gas producers and processors in the Barnett Shale, Lillard Wise Szygenda (LWS) obtained a jury verdict declaring that Crosstex Energy Services, L.P.’s Azle gas processing facility did not constitute a nuisance to surrounding homeowners...said Tom Lillard, who tried [...]
The holiday will be starting a little early next week at Dallas City Hall.
All scheduled City Council committee meetings are canceled for Monday.
City Hall, meanwhile, will be closed Wednesday for a city furlough day and Thursday and Friday in celebration of Thanksgiving.
[...]I completely agree that I want to see KSM brought to justice and put to death or imprisoned for life or whatever else can be done to him. But if you're going to say what the outcome will be, and YOU'RE the one who is recommending a *fair* trial [...]
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The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThings Not to Be Thankful For - Silverdome, Goldman Sachs & Congressional Recesswww.thedailyshow.comDaily ShowCourtesy Dana R
[...]At first, the wife said, she couldn’t understand what her husband was saying. It sounded as if he said he had been attacked by a lawn mower.
"I thought he said lawn mower," she said. "He said, 'No, I got attacked by a llama and I’m bleeding pretty' [...]
From the Waco Trib -Understand that every Republican except Michael Burgess of Lewsville voted No. So Chet Edwards voted with the Republicans.
Dr. Thomas Valigura, a Waco anesthesiologist who is president of the McLennan County Medical Society, said he understands concerns about the national debt. But fixing physician payments is critical, [...]
From Karen Haddon of SEED coalition
NRC Shuts Public Out on Comanche Peak and South Texas Project Compliance with Fires and Explosions Rules
The public was shut out of the bulk of two hearings last week on whether the proposed Comanche Peak and South Texas Project (STP) nuclear reactors have [...]
On Thursday evening, the city plan commission denied a request to demolish two historic buildings on downtown's east side - the 508 Park Avenue building and an adjacent building at 1900 Young Street.
But the plan commission did not entirely slam the door on Colby Properties when [...]
On Monday, council member Angela Hunt screened a movie for the council's Transportation Committee.
The film, Contested Streets, presents a history of New York's congested avenues where people often have to jockey with cars and buses just to get to the other side.
As the film points out, it's a history [...]
From the Dallas Morning News - Actually this is a pretty creepy story about how one of the executive directors of CPS didn't report some abusive personal problems that involved an arrest.
"Yes we are, obviously" concerned, CPS spokesman Patrick Crimmins said Wednesday. "All employees are required to report these incidents' [...]
This past Wednesday was the final Kaufman County Bar meeting for 2009. What a difference a year makes. It was only twelve short months ago when a dozen lawyers met for what was only then 5th KCB meeting of the year and elected Tracy Booker, myself, Keena Greling, and [...]
Welcome to the second installment in our series exposing SEIU’s internal documents.
This time we’re looking at the SEIU’s push for universal health care, I mean, quality affordable health care, that would include a public option like the Social [...]
As has been the case for many years, and especially most recently, the charge is that conservatives are falsely railing against a straw man in their observations and accusations leveled against the activities of liberals, and the Obama administration. Before I address this situation directly, let’s take a moment to [...]
I've heard of this happening at GRISD, where a student might actually make a failing grade but a minimum grade that is higher is what is given him or her. I think it's an interesting debate. Is it too discouraging to a student to get a failing grade, might he' [...]
In face, why the heck should GRISD teach anybody about fair trials or speedy trials? Forget the constitution. Our criminal justice system obviously Isn't Good Enough for a group of people who believe that allegations and an indictment that did NOT lead to conviction are good enough to say that' [...]
unless you're one of those that just hasn't been checked out.
In this video (in which one of the board members impatiently looks at his watch several times), Ms Ogletree mentions that allegations in America, generally, aren't enough to stop you from being a teacher... except at Glen Rose ISD. And,' [...]
From the grievance hearing regarding the denial for her to be a substitute teacher for GRISD. What's interesting here are 2 things. First, that whispery allegations from years ago that Ogletree has been cleared of are still being brought up as reasons not to allow her to substitute teach BUT [...]
I don't know what the ruling from the federal court in New Orleans will mean, but there are plenty of opinions.
Michael A. Lindenberger quotes CNN's report over on the transportation blog.
And Jim Schutze, who has followed the river for many a turn, weighs' [...]
Here is the current version of the Senate Health Bill released by Senator Harry Reid. Please read and review. Contact Senators at www.senate.gov to let them know what you think and for questions.
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This afternoon, the city plan commission will consider a permit for downtown's third video billboard.
Under a new ordinance, there are five available permits for the glowing and glittering billboards in downtown.
Some see them as a chic sign of urban growth. Others see [...]
Dallas City Hall very much hopes to build a huge water reservoir in Cherokee and Anderson counties around about the same place the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to create a massive nature preserve.
As you can imagine, you can't have both, and the fight over' [...]
From Stephenville Empire Tribune
Sid Miller, Debra's husband was, until this last lege session, on the Texas House agricultural committee.
Johnny Smith, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development director, presented a ceremonial check on behalf of the USDA. The school was selected to receive a more than $1.3 million [...]
Council member Ron Natinsky has been elected to the National League of Cities board of directors.
Natinsky was elected at last week's meeting in San Antonio and becomes one of 23 board members with the league, an organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of [...]
Courtesy Mygnonne T
[...]White House On “Stimulus” Errors: “Who Knows, Man, Who Really Knows”
Posted by Kevin Boland on November 18th, 2009
Ed Pound, the director of communications for the Obama Administration’s “stimulus” website (recovery.gov), dropped a bombshell in interview with the New Orleans Times Picayune , stating that the Obama [...]
Updated Nov 22, 2009
‘Send Congress a pink slip campaign exceeding wildest expectations
Total jumps to 7 million amid media attention WASHINGTON – With more members of Congress extolling it and the news media reporting on it, the “Send Congress a Pink Slip” campaign experienced its best 72 hours period ever with [...]No. From the GRISD School Board hearing for Joelle Ogletree in October 2009 where she was asking for (and subsequently turned down) to be able to substitute teach.
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I'm going to be doing a series of snippets from the last (October 2009) school board meeting regarding the hearing and subsequent denial by the Glen Rose ISD school board in allowing Joelle Ogletree to substitute teach. Really, it's pretty astounding that despite the fact that she has been cleared,' [...]
Times Up, sister. I've been wondering myself why I keep seeing articles about her all over the place. I've kind of decided that America likes to read about weirdos they can laugh at. But surely there's some new Nine Day Wonder to take over the stage.
[...]Maybe he was merely paying lip service to China.
To make the hypocrisy complete, Defense Secretary Robert Gates took the occasion of this weekend when Obama was lecturing the China on openness to block the release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors. The Obama [...]
Yeah. Let's extend that to ALL mentally incapacitated persons.Then we can have a Shoot Em Up Free for all! -from Jonathan Turley
[...]Heh. And that's the highest endorsement she's gotten. Don't Go Hunting With Him, Hon! -from the Houston Chronicle
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Dallas wants the World Cup to come back to town, and this morning the City Council will talk about ways to get it here.
Don't hold your breath, though. The earliest Dallas can win the cup is 2018, and it could be' [...]
No, it's not what you think. The budget passed way back in September.
The council will actually be talking about the city's drainage - getting water from your street into the sewers and sumps and on down the Trinity River.
Erosion is a big problem [...]
Tennessee school district accused of promoting Christianity in violation of the US constitution. ACLU files suit. -from NewsOK
The complaint states the schools showed a pattern of endorsing religion that included the distribution of Gideon's Bibles in class, a teacher who has a cross on a classroom wall and sectarian [...]
He says that 85 percent of Texans won't have enough water in case of a severe drought.
I notice that some of the changes being talked about in the state water plan are more reservoirs, more pipelines (wonder if anything to do with T Boone Picken's MESA) , etc.
For' [...]
Just in the last few days, we are being attacked again by the foolishness of the Whitehouse and Democrats. Have you ever in a million years ever thought that the man who occupies the office of President would try to jam a progressive, radical, socialistic agenda that is suffocating, crushing [...]
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price lashed out at a county vendor this morning that he said may have altered the outcome of a recent school board election.
Apparently, a local printing company was supposed to send out notifications from the elections office to [...]
From Reuters:
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan.
The findings, released as President Barack [...]
The Dallas Morning News' photo staff has been patching together a time lapse video of the demolition of Reunion Arena.
Watch it stripped to nothing but the roof in just under a minute.
--Rudolph Bush/Reporter' [...]
As noted yesterday, Mayor Tom Leppert and a delegation from City Hall are traveling in South Korea and China this week on a trade delegation aimed at bringing investors and flights to Dallas.
Leppert's' [...]
Turns out that Texas law is clear: A stop payment is good for six months, and extensions must be requested by the customer and granted by the bank.
[...]WASHINGTON – More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit.
The tax credit was for show. The money that was [...]
Beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, the final demolition of Reunion Arena will begin. In a few day's time, all will be dust and rubble.
Alas, it won't explode as many of us had hoped.
According to a city press release: A&R Demolition will bring in Advanced' [...]
