explanation I could come up with is that this is angst that is machine made, probably with union labor. The Chinese are probably already mass producing it, and their angst is cheaper than ours.11-21-2009
Close it now and see what happens....the hypocritical administration will never do that ...there is and won't be something to replace the power put out by fossil plants...nuclear, out, wind, not reliable, solar, too expensive...so instead of stop issuing building permits to build humongous downtown buildings that suck power and water, the "progressive council" dances and lies and creates more false promises that they will never deliver with their regulations..it all about control people of Austin...CONTROL OF YOU11-21-2009
The Fayette Power Project is a clean facility in the state of Texas. The facility was rewarded for its uniqueness of clean burn emissions. The Plant should not be closed within this decade.......11-21-2009
oldsquid, I did a google search this morning and came up with the same support pillar photo. I fullsized the pic and was oddly drawn in for several minutes. Funny how some pics will do that.11-21-2009
going to corpus christi for thanksgiving and i need to pick up my car. so just need a ride from austin/lockhart to corpus. will pay gas plus. ph# 361.249.223011-21-2009
shhs97, One of my favorite examples of this is the six month lease, $236 million, of three Carnival cruise ships to house evacuees after hurricane Katrina.
Carnival's bid to the Govt. worked out to cost us roughly $1,275 a week for each evacuee. The cost for a seven day Caribbean cruse out of Galveston was going for $599. We could've spent $118 million less by just sending the evacuees on a six month Caribbean vacation.
I want to thank everyone for sharing their kind memories of my father and his work. Reading such accounts and knowing how respected and loved my father is helps during this very difficult time. My dad was a modest man, and I think few people know what a truly amazing and supportive father he has been to me. I am so proud of him. I miss him terribly and always will, but I take comfort in the fact that he passed away in peace in his studio on his farm at the Acorn with friends close by. On behalf of my sister, dad's soulmate, and our family -- thank you.11-21-2009
Another scientist willing to fudge a few figures to maintain funding...http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2009/11/hadley-hacked-roundup-with-updates-and.html11-21-2009
Kudos to dobbs. Brokenlibrarian suck on this and make some snarky remark. http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/do-hacked-e-mails-show-global-warming-fraud/11-21-2009
I found your letter interesting and sympathize with your plight. A study I heard about a few years ago concluded, via polling people’s responses to uncomfortable questions to which the answers are universally “yes”, that it is the most dishonest among us who are the happiest.
Modern folks have coped with industrial angst by an assortment of neuroses--rationalization, projection, (my personal favorite) cognitive dissonance, etc.--to deceive themselves that their problems lie outside themselves.
As a lifelong introvert, I believe that some amount of depression is normal, that there is something wrong with anyone who is so unaware that they do not recognize some sadness.
I say buck up, deal with it, don’t take drugs for artificial happiness (particularly constantly). (I do realize there are many people with emotional problems so severe that that outlook is lacking.)
In response to a letter I posted 2 weeks ago, an anonymous, spineless mollusk posted repeatedly that I was “the local loony,” etc., not because he believes it, but because it was just the nastiest insult he could come up with. This type of bigotry is still rampant in our culture; the mentally ill are among those whom people can discriminate against with little or no resistance from peers, social institutions or their own consciences.
Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife should be put in jail until this arson science can be sorted out. If they're able to rely on "latter-day supposed experts" (and their friendship with Gov. Perry and others) to stay out of trouble when 724 people sit waiting to see if the commission decides to bring fire science into this century, that hardly seems fair.Medina himself apparently advised Perry to reject the arson science in 2004 when Medina was Perry's counsel. It's hardly right for him to rely on the science he, himself, rejected just to save him and his wife.I can imagine that if the Medina case relied on this commission finishing its work to keep the couple out of prison, the commission would not only be allowed, but encouraged, to complete their work.11-20-2009
Bill Narum has personified Texas art and Texas music art for over four decades. He has projected that contribution into the national and international arenas, providing his vision to the world. It is hard to match his accomplishments in radio, video, underground publications, film work, documentaries and publishing, computer gaming, web and online imaging, fine art, commercial art and music art. His passing will leave a void impossible to fill. Farewell, buddy.11-20-2009
If I remember it right, in 1974 living in Houston, I found my way into a rathskeller called La Bastille. Inside played a new bar band called ZZ Top. They sounded like the heart and soul of Texas to me and changed my music tastes forever. A fan ever since,I loved the covers as much as the music, the taint of Texas was upon them! Wherever I found myself in the world, I was immediately brought back to the dingy bar in Houston the moment I saw the latest album cover. Thanks for the memory.Scott Moser11-20-2009
I will bet you, you don't know anything at all about a coal mine. Where do they grow the coal at?What kind of soil does it take to grow it? I can't believe so many idiots could be born in one place. Austin, Texas. They are spilled their brains in the toilet.11-20-2009
Thank you, Nora Ankrum for comprehensively covering the efforts to move Austin beyond coal. Sierra Club, our environmental and bicycling community partners were delighted with the turnout and unity behind the Roll Beyond Coal message at our rally on Oct. 31. Sierra Club is committed to getting Austin off of coal as soon as possible. We are working in Austin neighborhoods through weatherization workshops to make Austin homes as energy efficient as possible. Sierra Club fully supports on-site solar power as soon as possible on rooftops of Austin government buildings, businesses, schools, churches, homes, and parking lots. We believe Austin can do it. Austin can roll beyond coal. We are one of the first cities in the U.S. leading the way to clean power, green jobs, and clean air.11-20-2009
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Well, you see, times are tough, and if its between doing something that the masses enjoy and wasting money...Government will always choose to waste money.
Around the country, states and cities are running out of money, they say they need more...I say they need to waste less.
You do realize that the constitution and bill of rights were written by ordinary men. Just regular people. Who were doing it by the seat of their pants. Additionally, its not like they all agreed on what they wrote. It was basically just the best they could come up with that they could partially agree upon. So, if the people who wrote the constitution didn't agree on what was to be in it, then why should everyone agree on it now?11-20-2009
Another liberal bleeding heart. What about the guy who shot the convenience store clerk. What the hell was he? I'll bet someone forced him to carry that gun into the store. Where is your compassion for the guy who got murdered by this clown and his friend. No bleeding heart for him, huh? Just the poor victimized criminal.Oh, by the way, The Governor of the State of Texas (no matter his name or party affiliation) doesn't kill anyone, a jury of the convicted criminal's peers did. But don't let FACTS get in the way of your "Feelings" Amanda. Poor misguided criminal, boo hoo.11-20-2009
Permit me to make a correction: The Celtic Christmas Concert is indeed full of traditional music, and suited to the beautiful, spiritual environment where it is performed. Far from dreary dirges, the Schola Cantorum performed Scottish, Welsh and Irish carols, many in the native tongues that were beautiful, engaging, some lyric, some lively. Accompanied by hapr, irish guitar, flute, and fiddle (not sure ho wmuch more "celtic " one can get). The Tea Merchants offered up a lively mix of the poignant and nostalgic along with the rhythmic and fiery. The lead fiddler announced the pedigree of each tune, some of which had deep roots in the Old Country indeed. Gregory Grene, fast becoming an Austin favorite, did indeed offer some original tunes, accompanying himself on the accordion, and drew his audience in with each phrase.This is a holiday show like no other, I'm there every year and will be every year it is offered!11-20-2009
I love synchronicity. For the past couple of weeks I have been working on a benefit for my brother, Phillip Fajardo. He is an Austin musician who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor after having a seizure 3 weeks ago. I told a couple of my friends and family last week "I think I am earning my name Saint Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music, do you think Mom knew what she was doing when she named me?" So my sister called me yesterday and said "The ad you did for the benefit at the Scoot Inn is in the Chronicle and it looks great and oh by the way, Saint Cecilia is on the cover." Love It!While we are speaking of Saints, thank you Robin Shivers for starting HAAM, otherwise Phillip wouldn't have insurance. Now if we could just start a Health Alliance for Austin Artists!Cecelia Christina Fajardo11-20-2009
Sad to see Jody take off, but can't blame anyone for needing a break. KGSR won't be the same without him, and hopefully his departure isn't signaling a significant change to what is arguably, but widely accepted as one of the coolest stations in America.11-20-2009
Adrian Maceiras states in his Nov. 20th letter that "policies and the ideas they espouse should be debated on their merits". I agree entirely with this statement, which is why I feel that people running to the Constitution or to the private writings of Jefferson as defense for their political ideas to be intellectually dishonest. You cannot claim to judge ideas purely on their merit and then turn around and accuse others of "cherry-picking" when they do the same. Just because Jefferson said or did something does not make it immune to judgement.
Howver, back to the subject at hand: Ron Paul has stated very clearly that he does not believe that the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights should apply to State governments. (See http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul120.html for his own statement on the matter.) This is not a "fierce defense of liberty" by any stretch of the imagination. It is a call for localized theocracy. Anyone who lives in Texas and is not a conservative Southern Baptist should be scared to death of Ron Paul's ideas.
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shhs97, One of my favorite examples of this is the six month lease, $236 million, of three Carnival cruise ships to house evacuees after hurricane Katrina.
Carnival's bid to the Govt. worked out to cost us roughly $1,275 a week for each evacuee. The cost for a seven day Caribbean cruse out of Galveston was going for $599. We could've spent $118 million less by just sending the evacuees on a six month Caribbean vacation.
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Modern folks have coped with industrial angst by an assortment of neuroses--rationalization, projection, (my personal favorite) cognitive dissonance, etc.--to deceive themselves that their problems lie outside themselves.
As a lifelong introvert, I believe that some amount of depression is normal, that there is something wrong with anyone who is so unaware that they do not recognize some sadness.
I say buck up, deal with it, don’t take drugs for artificial happiness (particularly constantly). (I do realize there are many people with emotional problems so severe that that outlook is lacking.)
In response to a letter I posted 2 weeks ago, an anonymous, spineless mollusk posted repeatedly that I was “the local loony,” etc., not because he believes it, but because it was just the nastiest insult he could come up with. This type of bigotry is still rampant in our culture; the mentally ill are among those whom people can discriminate against with little or no resistance from peers, social institutions or their own consciences.
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Howver, back to the subject at hand: Ron Paul has stated very clearly that he does not believe that the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights should apply to State governments. (See http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul120.html for his own statement on the matter.) This is not a "fierce defense of liberty" by any stretch of the imagination. It is a call for localized theocracy. Anyone who lives in Texas and is not a conservative Southern Baptist should be scared to death of Ron Paul's ideas.
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