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Category Archives: News
Hurricane Earl Threatens the East Coast
Earl looks like its going to brush by the east coast. This could prove to be an interesting weekend. This thing is huge, a Cat four is a serious hurricane. North Carolina’s Governor Purdue, has declared a state of emergency and … Continue reading
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La Marque Loses Volunteer Firefighters
A volunteer fire department is something pretty special. No where will one find a group of people more dedicated and responsive to their neighbors and fellow citizens. They training they go through is tough and hard. Fighting fires is hard … Continue reading
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Obama signs Pro Gun Bill Ron Paul Voted Against.
They say politics makes strange bed fellows. Hot off the NRA press. Friday, August 27, 2010 Last week, the NRA-backed “Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010” (H.R. 5552) was signed into law. H.R. 5552 — originally introduced in January … Continue reading
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NRA Rejects Harry Reid
The NRA Yesterday announced that they weren’t going to endorse Harry Reid. Pretty big news. In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as … Continue reading
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Harris County Fire Burns Up Voting Machines.
Ten Thousand machines up in smoke, Don’t know wow they are going to get through this one, When I became the precinct chair and election judge in my precinct in 2002, I had the privilege of helping voters get … Continue reading
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Galveston Listed as Dead
The reports of our death have been greatly exagarated! A blog 24/7 Wall St. Claims that Galveston is one the 10 dead cities in America. This Texas city was one of the largest ports in the US a hundred years … Continue reading
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GPAL having Problems.
Paypal had adopted an antigun policy so someone filled in the niche, folks could use it not only only for gun related purchases but for anything in effect not supporting a company that are supportive of the gun grabbers. Beware … Continue reading
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Court rule against Sugar Beets.
90% of sugar beets are genitically modified by a process from Monsanto. The modification is to cause resistance to their proprietery product the herbicide/weedkiller Roundup™. Makes it easy for the farmers and sells a lot of Roundup™. The Environmental groups … Continue reading
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Not, impressed
Ann Althouse isn’t impressed at the scale of the great egg recall. Cook them and wash your hands. Neither are her Commenters. or not.
The Port of Houston Boondongle
What if they built a cruise terminal and no one came to play? In the Port of Houston’s big field of dreams the Port of Houston commissioners built the Terminal as part of a $387 million bond package. They didn’t … Continue reading