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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Tidbits and Considerations – The Wealthy, Big Oil and the Truth About Guns

April 30, 2011by lbwoodgate 2 Comments

Pity the poor wealthy   It’s clear that if we raise the taxes on millionaires and billionaires their income will suffer and their incentive to create jobs will wane.  If […]

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Budget Crisis, Business/Jobs, Economy, Energy

Rick Perry Has to Eat Crow but Will Voters Notice Come Election Time?

April 30, 2011by lbwoodgate 3 Comments

It appears that if your approach to appealing to area and state voters is to bad mouth the federal government while declaring how much better state government takes care of […]

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2012 Presidential Elections, Society and Politics, Texas/Local stories

Are Republicans Becoming the Real Over-Reaching Hand of Government?

April 29, 2011by lbwoodgate 4 Comments

Safeguarding corporate interests often entails depriving citizens of basic rights to safeguard themselves and their families.   Warren Darrel Chisum is no household name in the nation or even the […]

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Business/Jobs, Energy, Society and Politics, Texas/Local stories

Can I Escape My Escape?

April 28, 2011by lbwoodgate 2 Comments

Time for a little comic relief.  My friend Donna Cavanagh has a thing for metal, rubber and seat warmers. I got a notice in the mail that it is almost […]

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Humor, Our crazy and wonderful world, People

Understanding Paul Ryan’s Attack on Medicare

April 27, 2011by lbwoodgate 4 Comments

Paul Ryan’s GOP budget layout to lower the federal deficit has met stern resistance from constituents fearing that Medicare as we know will cease to exist not only for them […]

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Budget Crisis, Health Care Reform, Society and Politics, Texas/Local stories

No Money for the Unemployed but Plenty for a GOP Lawyer

April 26, 2011by lbwoodgate 4 Comments

There have been plenty of cases where the GOP hypocrisy about reducing deficits and eliminating frivolous spending have been exposed.  One of the mostly costly examples was the Prescription Drug […]

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Budget Crisis, Economy, Health Care Reform, Jobs

Are Major Media Sources Deliberately Failing to Broaden the Narrative on Extreme Weather Causes?

April 26, 2011by lbwoodgate 2 Comments

Did you hear on the news where the extreme weather we’re seeing around the country and the planet may be related to global warming?   Of course you didn’t.  Why […]

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Climate Science/Global Warming, Energy, Global politics, Journalism/Media, Society and Politics, Texas/Local stories

The Monks, Millie and the Rest of Mankind

April 25, 2011by lbwoodgate 12 Comments

I have a Shepherd mix that I rescued from the local animal control facility on April Fool’s day.  Her name was listed as Billie so to make the transition smoother […]

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People, Religion/Science, Social Discourse, Society and Politics

Tidbits and Considerations

April 23, 2011by lbwoodgate 5 Comments

Jesus, the zombie? My wife’s a school nurse at an elementary school and some of the real life stories she brings home are straight out of the comic books.  It […]

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Budget Crisis, Economy, Jobs, Social Discourse, Society and Politics

What to Make of the American Democracy Today

April 22, 2011by lbwoodgate 6 Comments

With the injection of the Tea Party mentality into the American political scene that’s  promoted by the global economic ideals of neo-conservatives and neo-liberals, I am uneasy with how this […]

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