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Texas traffic and the angry emu
As a driver in Texas, I have become pretty jaded.
There’s not a lot we don’t see.
Rolling west on Interstate 20 across the flatlands to a bumper-to-bumper 200-mile jaunt south on I-35, drivers in our state are apt to see anything. -
County steps up for its own in UW campaign
It’s an old saying Texans, long known for their spirit of independence, are especially fond of.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
And did they ever. -
The age of majority
Are you one of those rare and unique individuals who never did anything really stupid or embarrassing when you were a teenager? No? Yeah right, I didn’t either.
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Keep your laws off my body
“It’s a free country.”
That’s a popular saying — and true in many ways. But for a free country, America does ban a lot of things that are perfectly peaceful and consensual. Why is that? - It Takes a Village Idiot
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Gun safety instructors needed
When looking for training or certification classes, there are situations you obviously would hope to avoid.
You would hope if you ever had to go to a marriage counselor, the instructor would not be Mickey Rooney or Lisa Marie Presley. -
Law and order in Parker County
One of the favorite pastimes for young boys during the time I grew up in the 40s and 50s was to play pretend games with cap guns, pop guns or even BB guns. Thusly armed, we played cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers or soldiers in combat.
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Whose body is it?
People suffer and die because the government “protects” us. It should protect us less and respect our liberty more.
The most basic questions are: Who owns you, and who should control what you put into your body? In what sense are you free if you can’t decide what medicines you will take? -
It Takes a Village Idiot
Soon you’re going to get your 2010 census form in the mail. Some people are upset about it, claiming that it infringes on their privacy. I assume they are not the same people who are on Facebook right now posting pictures of themselves playing beer pong nude.
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It Takes a Village Idiot
This season’s final episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” is nearing.
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Texas traffic and the angry emu
