The False Analogy: Car vs. Health

A few weeks ago I had this same discussion with my wife so I felt I had to repost this when I heard it on the radio today….   BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH:  Ten days ago on a spectacular edition of Open Line Friday, I said to each of you — in response to a question [...]

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Happy 4th of July, America

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Texas Poker: Vote Now!

Texas Poker: Vote Now! Tags: Austin, HB 222, houston, houston-poker-raids, Polling, War-on-Poker KTRH-AM 740 out of Houston followed up the Morning News story about our efforts to legalize poker in Texas with one of their own. In their piece, the opposition claims we poker liberators* are simply seeking a regressive tax that will punish the [...]

Another Perspective

Here is another Perspective of Saturdays events by Amy and Charlie… Charlie and I were celebrating the two-year anniversary since we proposed to each other and our one year anniversary when we went to the Renaissance Festival this Oct. 11. We were staying in my mother-in-law’s Silver Leaf timeshare condo in Conroe and celebrating fall [...]

A Special Day

Yesterday I attended opening weekend of the Renaissance Festival with my girlfriend Jennifer and a few of our friends. Jennifer’s friends Amy and her husband Charlie came in from Austin as my friend Primo and his Fiance Rashna were coming from San Antonio. My girlfriend Jennifer and I met out at the Renaissance-festival 8 years ago and it has always been a [...]

Bob Barr 2008

Why Vote Third-party? My goal here is to convince you to vote for a third-party candidate — ANY third-party candidate — in the 2008 presidential election. The reasoning is simple: First, it should be evident to all that the Democratic and Republican parties are ‘in cahoots’. There’s not much real difference between them. They distract [...]

The Princess Bride

So this weekend I went to a wedding in San Antonio…A wedding in a castle…thats right a castle. I went to a friends wedding that was taking place at Castle Avalon just north of SA. We got there on Friday for the rehearsal dinner and to fortify the front gate from wedding day attacks. We [...]

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