Taking Texas Back episode 2

There's No Bidness Like Soul Bidness by: livesinashoe Senator Dan Patrick (R., Houston) has introduced Texas Senate Bill 1567, captioned "Relating to the creation of the adoption incentive program." The text of the bill can be found here, in html,.pdf and Word formats. This bill proposes to pay each and every Texas woman who opts for adoption rather than abortion the sum of 500 American dollars. To incentivize adoption in this way is dangerous for the women of Texas, and exposes them to emotional damage and suffering beyond their imagining at the time of adoption. The damage can be so severe that it can be tantamount to losing one's soul. Check the rest of the story at Texas Kaos Another Democrat with Spine: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) by: lightseeker You have to see the video. Trust me you will not regret it. Here is a man who is focused squarely on serving the best interest of the American people and of our sons and daughters in uniform. When he says that we should only deploy troops who are "trained and mission ready", he means it. When he says that a vote against this appropriations bill is a vote against the troops , he frames the issue beautifully. See the rest of the story and the link to the videao at Texas Kaos. My response to Big Oil's BIG GUNS by: TXsharon Hee hee Big Oil sent out their big guns after little old me just because I tried to help Wise County residents understand the truth about Groundwater Conservation Districts--a truth Big Oil does not want us to know. As I explained in my Op-Ed piece that was published in the Wise County Messenger on February 22nd, and in my diary here: Oil and gas exemption should be eliminated Groundwater Conservation Districts are not going to have ANY control over oil and gas companies because Groundwater Conservation Districts are EXEMPT. For the rest of the story, check out Texas Kaos Another AIDS Ride Diary by: BeckyH So, I have asked folks who work at AIDS agencies about their finding, and, as usual, it isn't good. Warning, the following diary is not for the faint of heart. Actually, it is purposefully intended to break your heart. About AIDS in Austin: Austin has experienced over 4,400 diagnosed AIDS cases through December, 2006. Over 2,300 of these men, women and children have died.The CDC estimates 25%-30% of HIV-infected people - perhaps as many as 1,500 Central Texans - do not know that they are HIV-positive, because they have not gotten tested or tested recently. Of Austinites with full AIDS, about ? are 20-29 years old. Given an average incubation period of about 10+ years from infection to AIDS, this suggests they were infected with HIV in their teens or early 20's. Of 1,300+ HIV cases in the last 7 years, 53% are white, 22% are black, and 23% are Hispanic. Currently, about ¼ of those with full AIDS are African-American, but only 10% of the population is black. Latinos are about even (about ¼ of both cases and population), as are whites (55% vs. 60% of population). For the rest of the story, check out Texas Kaos It's A Mystery Why Gonzalas Still Has His Job by: fast2write "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." - Albert Einstein Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson My favorite answer to just about any political, social or technological question these days is: "It's a mystery." When it concerns the workings of computers and the Internet, it's "a dang old dot dot dot mystery." Life is full of mysteries. Love them or hate them, you can't avoid them. There are things we can know; things we can't. For a journalist or a scientist, even a social scientist, this can be infuriating. But you learn to live with it. One of the things we humans do to deal with all the mysteries of life is to turn for answers to literature, movies or music. Some people turn to tabloids and soap operas. But they are not worth considering in this discussion. Why is it that some news stories "get legs" and tons of airplay, and others don't? I've been in and around the news business for almost 30 years and sometimes still don't get it. Is the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's baby or Britany Spears' shaved head and rehab experience really that much more interesting than Natalie Maines' musical fight with Bush and miraculous comeback? For the rest of the story, check Texas Kaos