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Comment on Class Calls IRS Rude, Crude and Abusive by Paula

Paula — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:32:51 +0000

How can we find out if our medical records were compromised?

Comment on It’s the cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. by #comment-19442#comment-19442 | Jack Carson Pickard

#comment-19442#comment-19442 | Jack Carson Pickard — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:56:27 +0000

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Comment on It’s the cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. by Jack C Pickard

Jack C Pickard — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:43:53 +0000

What a truly heroic group of men, there are no words that can sum up the brave actions of these men. I salute them all dead or alive.

Comment on ‘Open carry’ bill latest proposal to expand gun laws in Texas by dad0f3

dad0f3 — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:17:16 +0000

Actually, Texas DOES allow some forms of open carry. The narrow restrictions are only on hand guns too. Open carry of rifles by the public in public is legal.

For hand guns: You can open carry hand guns on property you own or are “in control of” like the store property you rent to run your business. Also I can give permission to anyone to open carry on my property.

Open carry of rifles by the public in public is legal.

Would like to see AZ, AK and VT style of open carry law here.

Comment on ‘Open carry’ bill latest proposal to expand gun laws in Texas by dad0f3

dad0f3 — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:16:50 +0000

Actually, Texas DOES allow some forms of open carry. The narrow restrictions are only on hand guns too. Open carry of rifles by the public in public is legal.

Open carry of rifles by the public in public is legal.

Would like to see AZ, AK and VT style of open carry law here.

Comment on King Passes Water Recycling Bill by Senator_Blutarsky

Senator_Blutarsky — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:31:34 +0000

I can only assume from the recent – ” Pol. ad. paid for by Phil King.” – , that King alone now has the authority to ” pass ” a bill. This is landmark.

Heretofore, a Bill – a proposed piece of legislation, is introduced , read, goes through various committees, procedures etc and is then voted on by a legislative body such as a house of representatives or a senate. Should a bill receive enough votes in both bodies it would then go to the chief of the executive branch ( a president or a governor ).

A bill may “pass” one house and fail to pass in another. Or it may fail entirely, but for a piece of legislation to be considered as “passed” , it would have received sufficient votes by the entire chamber.

From reading Phil Kings recent POLITICAL ADS , they could lead one to believe he-Phil King alone , now has the singular authority to “pass” a piece of legislation.

I guess we can send the rest of the legislative bodies home, and retire them.

Phil King alone seems to claim the authority to do it all.

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell

Comment on Weatherford’s “gang of 8″ by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:37:01 +0000

You didn’t raise me, and you certainly didn’t take away personal responsibility from my vocabulary. Maybe you failed at instilling a sense of responsibility and accountability in your kids, but my parents were successful at both. Furthermore, it’s obvious your definition of need vs. want is different than mine. However, I have an up close view of what the needs are for this district, whereas you make assumptions from a distance and pass them off as fact. You know why buildings make a difference? For one, they allow classroom instruction to actually happen in a CLASSROOM. Two, they provide settings for any number of extracurricular activities to take place. Three, they help keep classroom size at a manageable level, thereby allowing teachers to have more one on one time with students. To say kids don’t really care is to assume you know how kids think and behave today. They certainly do care, which would be easy to ascertain if you just asked them. Yes, there are many ways to improve education without increasing the budget. Just not in this case. Each generation is going to be different than the previous one, however, I do feel it is up to my wife and I to ensure our kids understand the importance of responsibility and accountability, so that these principles become their foundation as adults. I’m sure many of the folks who frequent this website are TEA party members, which by definition means “not another dime out of my pocket”. I’m taxed enough as well, just not when it comes to something as important as educating the next generation.

Comment on Weatherford’s “gang of 8″ by stangarner

stangarner — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:26:11 +0000

For the kids?

Comment on Weatherford’s “gang of 8″ by stangarner

stangarner — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:22:17 +0000

Bluto you and I helped raise these guys, we allowed this thought process at home and took away personal responsiblity from their vocabulary. The generation that you are talking to here is the one who can no longer decipher the difference between need and want, not once have I seen a better gynasium or football field or any of the facility improvements increase the ability of child to learn.There are many nice things to be had for the parents, in most cases the kids don’t really care, again I will say that it is the parents responsibility to instill the desire to learn and accomplish, And if it makes them feel better to send them off to a nice pretty building then they will have a harder time blaming it on someone else that Johnny didn’t make it. There are many ways to increase education quality without increasing the budget, but as always that starts at home.

Comment on Weatherford’s “gang of 8″ by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:55:16 +0000

Who are you? All I ever see from you on this website is strange quotes that have nothing to do with this bond. Obviously, you are one that prefers to keep a dollar in your pocket, rather than invest in educating the next generation. If you were concerned about anyones future other than your own, you would realize that this bond addresses serious needs that need to be addressed immediately. I seriously doubt you have any kids in the school system either. The “my childrens future” argument actually applies in my case, and I certainly don’t mind paying an extra $300 per year to give them what they need.

The only “tired argument” I see is the one you make about oppressive debt. Our federal government is the one with oppressive debt, not our local school system, who is simply trying to keep up with the county’s population growth at a time when per pupil funding from the state is at the lowest level in years.