Aug 232010
Poor Texas…Hell poor America… I live in Texas and the Gov. Rick Perry sucks. The elections will be coming up in November but the Democrat running against Rick Perry sucks. A person could vote for the lady running for on the Green Party ticket but she is not going to win.
Welcome to American elections.
"The Secessionist talks a big game. He loves to prance around playing Jefferson Davis, complains endlessly about the federal government’s “power grabs” — and is constantly bragging about how well the Texas economy is doing. Our tax dollars even pay for a website called “Texas Brags” which begins,
Thanks to Gov. Perry’s work to keep taxes low, provide a pro-growth regulatory structure and implement solid economic development incentives, the Texas economy remains strong in the midst of a national economic cool down.
Uh-huh. We’re doing so well, in fact, we can’t afford to pay for our schools.
Texas has applied for $830 million in federal education dollars intended to help schools through the recession.
The Texas Education Agency submitted the application a day after Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to school administrators saying restrictions placed on Texas in the federal law “make it unlikely for your school to receive these federal funds this year.”
Hey, at least he’s consistent. He also bragged about Texas’ “balanced budget” while quietly covering his massive shortfall with $12B in stimulus money.
Notes Michael Landauer at the Dallas Morning News,
Rick Perry has increased Texas’ dependence on federal funds and decreased our own ability to cover basic government services. The Lone Star State has become less independent under Perry, not more.
The Secessionist talks like a cowboy but in reality, he’s a big welfare queen. How does he keep getting away with it?"
The above is from Fire Dog Lake dot Com
"The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, the first United States case to strike at the heart of the company’s main search business.
The issue at hand — referred to as search neutrality — is whether Google manipulates results to thwart competitors and advance its own businesses. Some companies worry that Google has the power to discriminate against them by lowering their listings in search results or charging higher fees for their paid search ads.
“This whole issue of how Google treats these vertical competitors, that’s a big issue now,” said Gary L. Reback, a lawyer at Carr & Ferrell in Palo Alto, Calif., who has advised small companies that have brought antitrust cases against Google.
Google announced the inquiry by the Texas attorney general, Greg Abbott, on Friday after Search Engine Land, an industry blog, reported on it. Lauri Saathoff, a spokeswoman for Mr. Abbott, confirmed the existence of the investigation but declined to give more information because the review was not complete.
Don Harrison, Google’s deputy general counsel, wrote in a company blog post that Google’s responsibility is to its users, not to Web sites, and that the company’s priority was to “provide the most useful, relevant search results and ads for users.”
“Given that not every Web site can be at the top of the results, or even appear on the first page of our results, it’s unsurprising that some less relevant, lower-quality Web sites will be unhappy with their ranking,” Mr. Harrison wrote…" New York Times
Aug 292010
I been blogging since 1982. I have covered a lot of subjects. I was a member of the Green Party back a long time ago. I have always been interested in living green and promoting it.
But I knew nothing about gas drilling and fracturing fluid until I moved to Fort Worth. It is an issue in Fort Worth and Dallas. It is an issue in Texas and in other states.
It seems when the oil corporations drill for natural gas they use dangerous hydraulic fracturing fluid. They drill by using a LOT of water with sand and hydraulic "fracturing" fluid. The oil corporations refuse to tell the public or government what fracturing fluid they use!
I know it is hard to believe that they have been doing this for years and they just thumb their nose at the public and government. Hell they give us the finger.
Now the oil corporations say that the fracturing mix is 95% water. Hell they will say it is 99.5 % water. But they use millions of gallons of water.
After they pour that dirty dangerous mix down the well to do the drilling they pump out the sludge and they may bury the sludge right there. We do not know what they do with the left over unknown crap.
Warbirds on Parade
Amateur Radio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas
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Aug 222010
"I think there are many of you on the list that might enjoy this event. Fort
Hood is supposed to be sending up quite a bit of equipment.
The DFW Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is hosting its annual Warbirds
on Parade September 4th from 10AM to 4PM, at the Lancaster Airport, south of
Dallas.
For more details, please visit the link below.
http://www.contrails.us/caf_dfw_wing/index.htm
It’s primarily a static display show, other than the aircraft arriving and
departing. There will be several ground vehicles and lots of equipment from
Ft. Hood. There is also a classic car show area.
Happy Scanning,
Ben"
ZUMBA
Fort Worth, Health and Fitness
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Aug 212010
They have classes about one block from here.
"The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. The Zumba goal is: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, and to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting 45 minute to hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life! Our classes are a combination fast and slow rhythms for a full body workout. In a true Zumba workout the music is the KEY element, Instructors use non-verbal cueing where the students learn the steps by following the movements and hand signals. The purpose of format is to get participants to “feel” the music and not get caught up in perfect 32 counts that other aerobics depend on…" Zumba Fort Worth
Summer Heat Wave and Power Costs
Fort Worth
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Aug 202010
In June we used 814 Kw. In July we used 864 Kw. The August amount was 1567 Kw! I am in Fort Worth and we have had weeks of temps over 100 degrees.
I got my electric bill and this month it was $130.12 for the month.
That is a lot of money for me but I know it has been hot and the air has been going full time.
But I noticed something on the bill this month. I got two credits that total $55.63 so my bill should have been $185.75 without that discount. I would have a hard time paying an electric bill of that amount.
The discount is for low income people. I am sure a low income person but I do not remember applying for any assistance. I checked last months bill and I got no discount so something is going on. I will have to find out what is going on.
You get the discount if you are on food stamps or Medicade. I am not getting food stamps or Medicade.
You also can get it if you apply and your income is less than 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
You can find those numbers at this LIHEAP ClearingHouse Site.
So for one person 125% of the poverty guidelines would be $13,538.00
For two people 125% of the poverty guidelines would be $18,213.00
With my SS of $1095.00 a month and the $175.00 retirement I get that puts me just over the guidelines. If my grandson was counted I am not sure where that would put me. He is working part-time. So I do not think we would be over the poverty guideline. I sure do not feel like it.
So I will have to find out why I got a discount. I may have filled out some form but I sure do not remember filling out a form and if I did fill one out it does not look like I would be accepted.
Aug 192010
I was just watching the car chase (well pickup truck) by Dallas PD. They chased the guy for about an hour and he drove to Love Field and crashed a gate and drove out on the runway of Love Field. They got him on the grass and fishtailed his truck and got him.
Love Field had to close down. I hope they check that runway. He was driving on a rim and there might be metal bits on the runway. I hope the airport has enough sense to check that runway before they allow any aircraft to land or take off.
I worked FAA control tower security for a few months back about 7 or 8 years ago.
Aug 192010
"FORT WORTH — John Peter Smith Hospital officials will review the medical response to a man who collapsed and died Tuesday in the hospital pharmacy after witnesses complained that help was slow to arrive and that emergency equipment did not appear to work properly.
Jeff Dickerson, who was picking up a prescription at the pharmacy, said it took medical workers nearly 10 minutes to get there. Once there, he said that two defibrillators the workers tried to use did not appear to work.
"I thought this was all so ridiculous because you’re in a hospital and the equipment doesn’t work right," Dickerson said, adding that he was in a group of witnesses who agreed after the incident that they should contact the media about their concerns.
CEO Robert Earley said hospital staffers did all they could to resuscitate the man and suggested that witnessing someone in trauma can cause emotions to run high…"
A story like this has a strong effect on me. I worked hospital security for 30 years in Kansas City (MO). I was a CPR instructor for one hospital for years. I took training and was certified as an EMT in Missouri.
We do not know what took place at the hospital pharmacy. I suspect there were problems. I have no details but let me just guess at a few problems that might have taken place.
#1 The pharmacy staff had contact with the man. I suspect he must have looked sick and showed some signs of distress and they failed to pay attention to them. Why? Because the are "pharmacy" and they had out pills. But they need to trained and looking for things like this event.
#2 The call for help. The citizen that told someone that the guy was not responding through no fault of their own may not have got the word to someone right away and in the correct manner. They did not tell pharmacy staff? They walked around the corner to a another department and what did they say? Did they say someone needs some help? Did they say "CODE BLUE" in pharmacy? My guess is they said a guy needs some help. Hospital staff are thinking someone needs a wheelchair or something like that.
#3 If an announcement went out of "Code Blue" or whatever they use at that hospital let me tell you that within seconds there would have been all sorts of help at that location.
#4 The defibrillator not working troubles me. Location of emergency equipment and condition of equipment and training of staff to use the equipment I would want them to look into and check and double check. How is that equipment checked? The bio-med department should be checking it. The last person to use that equipment should have made sure it was operational and charged. There should be a sign off sheet on it were it is checked daily! The equipment is in your department then it gets checked not just daily but during your shift! Security checks stuff like that often. As a security officer I would not expect to check the charge on the equipment but the the crash cart was in an open area I would be checking the seal on the crash cart to make sure the seal was intact. If not intact then they would have to check the cart.
#5 Yes, the CEO is correct…When they are doing a code on a person in public it does may not look right to the non-medical public. I have seen hundreds of codes by the way. At all the hospitals I worked at security had to respond on all codes. We had a number of duties.
It is sad when a person dies like that…I have seen a person walk in the door of the hospital and drop over dead or be sitting at a desk giving their insurance information. I have seen people drive in the parking lot and die in their car. Let me tell you that hospital staff are very professional and when something like this happens they respond fast and they know what they are doing. I have nothing but the highest respect for doctors, nurses and other hospital staff.
Aug 192010
Fox News and the right wing talk people are going to have a field day with this story:
"Washington (CNN) — Memorial crosses erected along Utah public roads to honor fallen state highway troopers have been found unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.
A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the 14 large crosses would be viewed by most passing motorists as "government’s endorsement of Christianity."
"We hold that these memorials have the impermissible effect of conveying to the reasonable observer the message that the state prefers or otherwise endorses a certain religion," concluded the Denver, Colorado-based court. The state of Utah and a private trooper association have the option of appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court…"
Of course these very large crosses are unconstitutional. They are government supported in your face statements of religion. If all of the fallen officers had been of the Muslim religion or Jewish religion they would not put up a large symbol of their religion.
What they needed to do and need to do now is erect a tome stone or some non-religion memorial.
The right wing will be going nuts on this subject…It will be a Communist Obama attack on religion. We will hear it all "liberal judges" etc. I get so tired of their crap. It is a matter of our Constitution and Bill of Rights. This is what makes America the great nation we have been and that we need to remain.
Aug 182010
After watching a couple of videos on Real Catholic TV I posted "Real Catholic TV is a black operation? A front group?"
One video was on government and one was on Jews.
The video on government and you are not going to believe this called for an end to democracy and the installing of a Catholic dictatorship.
So the video says that democracy is NO GOOD. The only government that is good and will last is a government in a Catholic nation where only true Catholics can vote! The guy talking in the video is Michael Voris S.T.B.
As I reported on ShowMeBlog and Howard’s Notebook I did a search of the Internet and only found sites that had posted the video and talked about correct and wonderful Michael Voris was!
Today I found an excellent blog called "Joe.My.God." It is a very well written blog and he has a story on "Catholic TV Host: It’s Time to End Democracy, Install Catholic Dictatorship."
"JMG reader Bernard tips us to this post by Pharyngulabloggger PZ Meyers:
We’ve been doing politics all wrong. Michael Voris has the answers. The problem with democracy is all these voters with different views on things like abortion and homosexuality, where people who vote for such things are just rotten parasites who want to destroy civilization. So he has two solutions: 1) only allow good Catholics to vote, and 2) ideally, get rid of democracy altogether and instead install a Catholic dictatorship. Really. He says that. I’m not making it up!
Watch the entire clip, you’ll be awed by the asshattery. Real Catholic TV is "the world’s first Catholic internet television network" with "hundreds of hours of instructional programming" that you can view "for a modest gift." They do not allow comments or ratings on their YouTube clips, of course.
UPDATE: Real Catholic TV has taken the video private, probably out of shame. And I was just about to mirror it to my own YouTube account. If anybody saved it, please email me."
Yes, Real Catholic TV has taken the video down. I guess they moved it to their private area. I wish I had saved the video. I should have known they would take it down. If you are a member of Real Catholic TV please download the video and send it to me so I can get it back online for every American to see.
They still have "The Jews" video online.
All I can say is Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world please take away RealCatholicTV.
Aug 172010
"(CNN) — Erykah Badu must pay a $500 fine and serve six months on probation for her naked stroll through downtown Dallas, Texas, while making a music video last March, a city official confirmed Tuesday.
Badu reached a plea deal to settle a misdemeanor disorderly conduct citation issued after she released a music video, according to Dallas spokesman Jose Torres.
The singer shed her clothes as she walked through Dealey Plaza until she was nude and then fell near where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Badu said the video was "shot guerrilla style," without a crew and in one take March 17, 2010…"
"I want to thank the OFA supporters who stood with House Democrats as they raced back to Washington this week to cast a vote on a state assistance bill. I’m proud to say they passed the bill yesterday and the President immediately signed it into law.
And, because of it, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be saved — including an estimated 14,500 public school teachers across Texas.
Republicans called this bill a "bailout" and a "handout." They called the police officers, firefighters, and teachers whose jobs were on the line "special interests." And nearly every House Republican voted no.
But Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats did the right thing, reminding us again of what we’re fighting for in the upcoming elections. When voters cast their ballots in November, it’s up to us to make sure they remember who’s fighting for them.
Thanks for all you do,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America"
"Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed into law a $26 billion measure to help avoid teacher layoffs — a move Democrats claim is necessary in the wake of state and local government cutbacks.
The House gave final approval earlier Tuesday to the bill, which had already passed the Senate.
The measure, which passed the House on a largely party-line 247-to-161 vote, is designed to save the jobs of approximately 160,000 teachers across the country, as well as create and save positions for police officers, firefighters and nurses, according to Democratic leaders.
Specifically, it includes $10 billion for teacher positions and $16 billion to help cover state Medicaid payments…"
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is such a fucking prick. He met the President of the United States at Love Field (Dallas, TX) and had a letter in his hand that he wanted to give to the president.
He was allowed to hand-deliver it to an Obama aide.
It was all just a fucking stunt .. a PR piece …. President Obama should have had the aide hand him a letter saying if you attempt to take Texas out of the United States we will hang you for treason you piece of shit.
The letter from Gov. Perry asked for resources to secure the border of Texas with Mexico.
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