Dec 22, 2008 | 9:02 PM
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News
HARRIS COUNTY DOGGIE LIMITThe little fellas pictured below are really cute, but Harris County Commissioners Court may soon have the authority to limit the number of dogs an individual may keep at home.
Texas counties currently have no authority to impose such a limit on residents in unincorporated areas. In other words, in areas outside a city.
But San Antonio state Rep. David Leibowitz filed a bill today that would allow Texas counties with a population of one million or more to limit the number of dogs that an individual may have at home in a residential subdivision in unincorporated areas.
Leibowitz"s bill
It is against the law to own more than three dogs over the age of six months in the City of Houston, unless you obtain a kennel license, but no such law applies outside the city of Houston.
Harris County does have
animal regulations but none with limits on the number of dogs.
What do you think? Should Harris County also have limits for unincorporated areas?
Dec 22, 2008 | 8:18 PM
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News
JURY DUTYWhile going through my mail today, I noticed it included a summons for jury duty.
As I looked over the list of requirements for jurors, I noticed one of them states:
"(You must) Be of sound mind."Now how is someone who is missing a few screws going to know he or she is not of sound mind?
Dec 22, 2008 | 8:05 PM
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News
Strange how justice works for Americans convicted of crimes in Mexico Take the case of U. S. citizen Jesus Ortiz, who was convicted of kidnapping in Mexico and sentenced by a Mexican court to 15 years in prison.
Under a treaty with the U.S. government, Ortz was transferred to a U.S. prison to serve his sentence. Under federal law, he is required to serve a sentence determined by the U.S. Parole Commission.
The Commission decided Ortiz should serve 12 years and two months in federal prison, not the 15 years ordered by a Mexican court.
The commission ordered the lighter punishment because of Ortiz's contention that he was tortured and abused at the hands of police and prison officials while in Mexico.
I don't know Ortiz,but he should get the full 15 years in prison, and the U.S. government should have left to Ortiz to sue Mexico for damages for his abuse by Mexican officials, rather than reduce his sentence.
In contrast, if you're convicted of kidnapping in Texas, you can get up to 20 years in a state prison.
Dec 22, 2008 | 7:41 PM
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News
SEX CALENDARS, FIREMEN CALENDERS....NOW THIS! If you're still stuck on what gift to get someone who has everything, you might want to try a calendar.
The calendar we're talking about doesn't feature cute puppies or kittens or famous city skylines. It doesn't feature half-naked firemen either but it does feature young, fully clothed priests!
The Roman Priest Calendar 2008 features many young priests in various historic sites around the Vatican, the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, as well in the Italian capital Rome.
Created by Italian photographer Piero Pazzi, the calendar has been published since 2004. Pazzi justifies featuring the priests in a calendar because he says they exemplify the classic images of Rome.
While it feels somewhat sinful to lust after these young priests, it seems the calendar has the blessing of the Vatican.
Calendar Web siteThe calendar is available in very limited areas of the U.S. but you can e-mail Pazzi for a calendar which costs 10 euros (about $14.00).
Maybe Fox26 should consider putting out a calendar featuring news, sports and weather employees--yes, fully dressed--as a way to plug the station.
Dec 17, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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News
Now the man in your life can smell like this hamburger
Burger King is hoping to be known as more than “The Home of the Whopper.”
The fast food chain rolled out “Flame,” a new men’s body spray billed as “the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat.”
The news is that the Burger King cologne does not smell like a perfume, but the body spray for men smells like a hamburger. "Have you always wanted to smell like a hot juicy burger from Burger King? Burger King is making that dream come true without you have to rub those burgers on yourself. Burger King is attacking the fashion world with it's new men's body spray called "Flame," writes the Post Chronicle.
Just in time for the holidays - the fast food chain began selling the body spray, for $4 a bottle.
Is there a man out there who wants to smell like a hamburger? Is there a woman out there who wants her man to spell like a burger?
Dec 17, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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News
Why in heavens name would anyone name their child Adolph Hitler!Go figure.
Nonetheless, Heath and Deborah Campbell named their son Adolph Hitler Campbell.
The couple's choice for a name drew public attention when they asked a grocery store to write their son's name on his birthday cake. The store's bakery denied the request, including the parent's desire to have a swastika on the cake.
The store said, "We reserve the right not to print anything on the cake that we deem to be inappropriate. We considered this inappropriate."
The Campbells (pictured below with their son, Adolph) ultimately got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart store.
A Wal-Mart spokesman said that in light of the incident, the company would review its guidelines regarding cake decorations and other requests.
Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name."
Should Wal-Mart and other retail stores and bakeries set standards for words and symbols they put on cakes?
And what do you think of the parents' choice of a name for their son?
Dec 17, 2008 | 9:51 PM
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Political
A POLITICIAN WITH A SENSE OF HUMORHouston native and Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced today that he will not be a candidate for the U.S. senate seat if Kay Bailey Hutchison vacates her post.
With great humor, Patterson says, "After a great deal of consideration, and much soul-searching, I am today formally announcing my intention to join many of my fellow elected officials and not seek the U.S. Senate seat," said Patterson. "I have been urged by many of my fellow Texans to seek this seat . . actually only a few Texans . .. truthfully just a couple members of my staff and a few other officeholders who want my job . . . so I'll to sit this one out."
Patterson says, "I will form an unexploratory committee to be sure, but my heart tells me that I am deeply ambivalent about being a U.S. Senator."
"After all," said Patterson "I don't want to share statewide office with anyone, and D.C. is a tough commute for my thirty-year old single-engine fabric-covered aerobatic airplane."
As author of Texas' concealed handgun law, Patterson says it would be tough for him to live in Washington,
Owner of a lot of guns, Patterson says, "Just like Johnny Cash, I'd definitely take my guns to town. Living in D.C. would be tough only because of the lack of gun ranges and available ammunition."
By removing himself for consideration for Senate, Patterson says it will affect his health. "I'll live longer."
Live Long, Jerry! I love your sense of humor.
Dec 15, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Political
IS THE NEWS MEDIA ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONSWith Barack Obama about to become the leader of the free world, what are the pressing questions that reporters are posing to his transition team?
Here's a sample of the low-octane questions being posed to the Obama team:
- What type of MP3 player does Obama use when he goes to the gym?
- What does he listen to on his MP3 player?
- Does Obama prefer Macs or PCs?
- Who designed that tie he's wearing?
- Where does he buy his suits?
- What's his morning exercise routine like?
- How about his basketball techniques?
- What movie has he seen recently?
- Who cuts his hair?
- Will he sell his house in Chicago?
- What did he have for Thanksgiving dinner?
- What’s his favorite food?
- Does he still smoke?
- Why hasn’t he been going to church on Sundays?
- And if
he does start going regularly, where does he plan to attend church once
he moves to Washington?
Earlier in the year, Us Weekly echoed that 1992 MTV moment when Bill
Clinton was asked if he wore boxers or briefs. Obama's reply: "I don't
answer those humiliating questions. But whichever one it is, I look
good in 'em."
What questions should the media be throwing at Obama?
Dec 15, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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News
A FEDERAL AGENCY WITHOUT A PLACE TO CALL HOMEWhat more than $40 billion dollar federal agency has been in business since 2002 and is still homeless?
If you answered the Department of Homeland Security, you're right.
The six-year- old Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still has no permanent, consolidated headquarters. Instead, the unwieldy combination of 22 separate federal agencies operates out of 70 buildings at 40 different locations in the Washington area.
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff needs an office. He has temporary offices in two locations in Washington, D.C.
And the lack of a real home is just the beginning of the department's bureaucratic problems. The most recent survey by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on the job satisfaction of federal employees in 36 agencies ranked Homeland Security last or near last in every category.
I doubt the Department of Homeland Security is on a war-time footing, since its employees are often unaware of overlapping initiatives championed by their colleagues,
This lack of teamwork can't be what Congress had in mind when it created Homeland Security following the 9-11 attacks.
Dec 15, 2008 | 8:24 AM
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News
A TON OF FEAR DRIVES PEOPLE TO PAY THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THEIR MONEY
Would you be willing to lend the federal government money without getting any interest in return?
I know, I know, you think such a move would be stupid.
Still, the U.S. Treasury Department early this month sold $30 billion of four-week Treasury bills at a high interest rate of 0.000 percent, a level never seen before, as investors look for a place to save their money without losing a dime.
Dec 15, 2008 | 8:17 AM
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TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE A TOOL OF PERVERSION, SAYS TEXAS OFFICIALI just don't understand why Fort Bend County attorney and educator Cynthia Dumbar is on the State Board of Eduation, considering how she feels about the state's public education system.
Dunbar says public education is a "
subtly deceptive tool of perversion," that public schools are tyrannical and unconstitutional because they don't conform with the Bible's call for parents to educate their children.
Dunbar educates her children at home or in private schools.
Dunbar says, "This battle for our nation's children and who will control their education and training is crucial to our success for reclaiming our nation"
Dunbar believes that "any person desiring to govern have a sincere knowledge and appreciaton for the Word of God in order to rightly govern."
Dunbar says that by sending Texas children to public schools, "we are throwing them into the enemy's flames even as the children of israel threw their children to Moloch."
Okay, I get it Dunbar! You think parents should pull their children out of Texas public schools and either educate them at home or in private schools, because public schools aren't Christian acadamies.
We have separation of church and state in this country, to protect our liberties. Obviously, Dunbar doesn't believe in separation of church and state.
Dunbar needs to go!
Dec 15, 2008 | 8:01 AM
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News
PUNISHMENT OR A MEDAL, WHAT SHOULD IT BE?You probably heard about the Iraqui jouranlist who threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad and who denounced Bush as a "dog" who had delivered death and sorrow in nearly six years of war.
In the Arab world, shoe flinging is a gesture of extreme disrespect. When U.S. forces pulled down a giant statue of Saddam Hussein during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, many Iraqi detractors of Hussein threw their shoes at the fallen statue.
While most Americans will be glad to see Bush leave the White House,no one should disrespect the president as the journalist did, because he is not only insulting Bush, he's also insulting the U.S.
The journalist should be punished by having shoes thrown at him for his actions.What do you think the Iraqi's punishment should be? Prison, a reprimand, shoes thrown at him or a medal.
Dec 11, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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News
From MediaBistro:
FOX O&O's Bracing For Cuts
While cuts have been seen at many major media companies over the last few weeks, News Corp. has stayed largely in the clear. That appears likely to change.
According to a local spy, News Corp. is preparing for a round of cutbacks after the new year, mandating major O&O's to make "across the board" cuts. Stations like New York's WNYW, Chicago's WFLD and
Houston's KRIV are expected to be hit hard.
Our source tells TVNewser some talent contracts are not being renewed, and that any talent who want to renew their deals will be asked to take a pay cut. As for existing talent "balking at signing a pay cut," our source says, "There's plenty of good talent on the street looking for work."
Dec 11, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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News
A customer of a restaurant where I had dinner with friends this evening made me laugh when she told her boyfriend, as she held a gossip rag (the kind available at grocery store checkouts), "These are so much better than books because they have pictures."
When the rag-loving woman paid their dinner tab with two $100 bills, I was left wondering what she does for a living that requires no brain.
Dec 11, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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News
Hey, Dread-Head,
I'm sorry I missed your death early this month.
I hope in your new life in 2009 that you take steps to fulfill your dream to run for public office.
All the best to you!
This is Dread-Head's note from one of my blogs:
Dread-Head
Dec 2, 2008 | 9:45 AM
Jesse H.
Obituary: Jesse was Known affectionately as Dread-head to two of the
blogging communities to which he belonged, he was never short of a
quip, or witty comeback and was known for his over all zest for life.
Sadly Jesse died laughing at a photo posted by fellow Blogger Chassan
on December 2, 2008 21 days before his birthday. He leaves behind
neither wife nor children, but a very miffed, small buxom Japanese
woman who wanted him to get a haircut.
