January 2009
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When did it become bad to be good?
A Dallas high-school basketball team wants to forfeit because they played TOO well? What the hell?
Texas girls hoops team seeks forfeit of 100-0 win
This is another sign that we as a society are headed the way of the dinosaurs.
While, I understand the disparity between the teams, it is a bad idea to forfeit the game.
First, doing so completely devalues the effort the Dallas Academy players...
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Politicians Really are DUMB!
I try to be pragmatic about politics. I believe most (not all) politicians enter politics because they are unable to find success in the private sectors. I am defining success as their ability to tell other people what to do. As pragmatic as I am, I was taken aback by the bill introduced by Rep. Jose E. Serrano [NY-16], on January 6, 2009. In H.J.RES.5 he proposes repealing the twenty-second...
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Presidential Facts #1
Since we have seen a new President take office today, I’ve decided to post some things I find interesting about the Presidency.
AIR FORCE ONE
No matter where in the world the President travels, if he flies in an Air Force jet, the plane is called Air Force One. Technically, Air Force One is the call sign of any Air Force aircraft carrying the President. In practice, however, Air Force...