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Let us take a look at some thought out, truthful, marginal, effective tax rate information from the TaxFoundation.org that sheds daylight in the hidden darkness.
The Tax Foundation is holding to neither candidate. But remember that a minus tax rate is a non earned check from the taxpayer,...
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NUKES DO NOT DISCHARGE ANY TYPE OF NUCLEAR WASTE INTO THE WATER SYSTEMS,THEY HAVE ALL TYPES OF SYSTEMS TO CHECK FOR LEAKS. IF THEY DON'T BUILD IT IN VICTORIA , THEY WILL BUILD IT DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE SAME EFFECTS, VICTORIA NEEDS THE ECONOMY,ONLY WATER LOST IS IN EVAPORATION, WHICH TURNS TO...
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I talked to Adopt-A-Pet's Renee Wheeler today and she offered a scary warning: More puppies than usual are dying this year -- this week -- from parvo.
I'm interviewing local veterinarians on Tuesday to learn more about this rash of parvo. I also hope to talk to a pet owner whose puppy died from...
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Fixing American: The Financial Crisis
I read an interesting article today entitled “All That Money You’ve Lost – Where Did It Go?” The piece had to do with all the imaginary wealth many of us have had in stocks, bonds, real estate or other sectors of what’s...
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Ever since I started working at the Victoria Advocate, I am frequently asked to describe what it is I do here.
One of my many tasks as the new interactivity editor is to help promote and moderate community use of the Victoria Advocate's online features. These features include the blogs,...
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This time of the year it’s easy for Texans to forget about the tropics as the cold fronts begin arriving.
But looking at the National Hurricane Center Web site Monday afternoon shows why the hurricane season runs through November.
There are four...
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Finally, a plan that just might work within the newly structered governments rescue plan to help struggling taxpayers. Today Barack Obama proposed allowing people to withdraw up to $10,000 from their 401(k) or IRA without any penalty for the remainder of the year and...
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Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, folks. It seems a group calling themselves Anonymous is launching a campaign to expose what they call the human rights abuses of the Church of Scientology and they are doing it by trying to free Katie Holmes.
This Thursday, Anonymous will protest the...
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I toured the U.S.-Mexico border last week south of Mission and McAllen and received an up-close look at the border wall, which is being built in many stretches there.
The wall is made of 18-inch concrete.
Interestingly, the border wall is erected just south of a dirt levee, required because of...
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I re-wrapped my handlebars yesterday -- with super-sexy pink cork tape. Ooooohhh. Looks fantastic with the burgundy bike (that's why I picked it!) Aaahhhh.
I also figure this will be a theft deterrent. My understanding is your garden-variety bike thief (especially in a place that's not bike...
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has a broken pinkie on his throwing hand and will be out four weeks, a team source told ESPN's Michael Smith.
Romo initially was diagnosed with a pinkie sprain in Sunday's 30-24 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
Veteran quarterback Brad Johnson, the...
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Here we go again. To Friday's story about the anti-nuclear forum, an anonymous person named Pittink posted a comment about Bill Harris with Exelon.
Mr. Harris called that morning to complain about the post, but Pittink apparently had edited out the offending word before I went to the Web site...
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I got through to 40 folks in Glen Rose, Texas, where the “other” nuclear plant is in Texas. Of the 40, 10 hung up on me, 28 said the nuclear plant is a great thing and only 2 had negative things to say and that was only because of on-site storage of waste.
The President...
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In the sleepy town of Poth, Texas the strains of a scratchy Sonny Rollins record could be heard from room six at the Longmont Motel. The wailing saxophone served as a backdrop to to an event that has been the subject of much speculation fifty two years later.
Or.... it coulda just been a Limbo...
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Excellent article from National Review.
If nothing else moves you it should be character. Obama is an old time Chicago Democrat style of character.
Questions of Character
Obama's radical pals shed light on his cynicism, his ruthlessness, and his tolerance for the obscene.
By Charles...
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