I seem to get a lot of jokes, pictures and videos sent to me from friends, co-workers, and family. This one hit my inbox today, but looking it up on YouTube, it’s now nearing 2 Million hits. As we move into the well-traveled Christmas and New Years vacations next week, many more people will be flying, and …
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Nov 10
An Excursion of a Lifetime… Coming to Houston?
Union Pacific Railroad is the only surviving major railroad that still regularly operates Steam locomotives. While other steam engines are operated through muesums and historical societies, and depend on donations and volunteers to keep operating, Union Pacific has a full time crew to maintain and operate two complete steam excursion trains. Earlier this year, Union Pacific’s 844 …
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Nov 03
2010 Election: Red Light Cameras to go Dark?
A personal hot-button issue that I have championed against may finally be getting the plug pulled. Red Light Cameras came to Houston under former Mayor Bill White. They have been controversial since their installation, including comments on this blog back in 2007. Today, the voters in the city decided by 52.8% to shut the cameras down. …
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Nov 02
Today’s Election Day: Get out there and VOTE!
With the ratification of the US Constitution in 1787, the framers set a course of a then unheard of form of Government, a Republic. Under that Republic, it is up to the people to select Representitives (and later by the 17th Amendment, Senators) to represent our interests on a National level. Today represents the one …
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Oct 24
“Queen Sheila” On The Campaign
Sheila Jackson Lee is once again making the wrong kind of headlines. Late yesterday, it was reported over at Big Government that she was electioneering within the 100 foot boundries of a polling place: Of course, The liberal media at the local news stations or the Comical will not go near damaging the credibility of their …
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Oct 18
Countdown to the Election
Today marked the beginning of early voting here in Texas. I took advantage this year, particularly in light of the warehouse fire that destroyed most of the voting equipment here in Harris County. My location of choice was the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center on West Gray: Being this was the first day, and it was after …
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Oct 03
“One Nation” was not indivisable with liberty and justice for all
I did not have the opportunity to view the “One Nation” rally yesterday. As I had commented over on Big Government, I suspected that we the taxpayers were going to be stuck with the overall costs of this event. It appears that I was right. Unlike the “Restoring Honor” rally on August 28th, this rally …
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Sep 06
Unions: Have they outlasted their purpose?
Author’s Note: While not directly a member of a union, I am the son of a union Ironworker (Now Retired), and have many other friends and family members that are members of various unions. Labor Day conjures up the last gasp of summer, and typically marks the beginning of the school year, along with the …
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