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Today on Morning Joe, former US Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke out about the need for reasonable gun regulation.  Have a look:Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyWell said....

An open letter to Facebook user 2nd Amendment, and other gun advocates on Facebook and other social media who advocate unfettered gun ownership:I appreciate the way some of you have respected the tragedy that has been visited by us by senseless gun violence after taking down your inflammatory posts such as the one about how teachers who can't handle a weapon shouldn't be trusted with our children. Honestly, that post and similar ones are some...

My latest on HuffPo.  http://this-small-planet.com/2012/lets-talk-about-gun-responsibility-and-accountability/...

My latest on the pending BP criminal settlement that could occur as early as today:  http://this-small-planet.com/2012/circle-of-trust-at-bp-did-not-include-the-government/...

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It became apparent fairly early in the evening last night that the Republicans were going to get thumped.  As state results began to march across the map, with major battleground states turning blue, and Tea Party candidates losing, Republican hopes waned.  Their plan simply didn't work.  The hundreds of millions of billionaires' money didn't work.  The politics of division didn't work.  The Tea Party revolution of 2010 failed. Despite almost unanimous prognostication that the race...

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Today, one of my heroes, Neil Armstrong, died at age 82.  He was the first man to walk on the moon, stepping out of his lunar lander at  2:56 UTC on July 21, 1969.  As a 16 year-old, and son of an Air Force pilot, I was infatuated with everything that flew - airplanes, rockets, helicopters, gliders.  Having grown up watching the space race, and like most kids my age, I wanted to be an...

Truer words were never spoken.  Have a look:...

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Remember during the GOP primaries when Newt Gingrich said this?"What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]? That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior."At the time, it seemed that Gingrich was simply doing what he does so well, which is to spout utter nonsense with the gravity of a college professor speaking basic truths.  In this...

UPDATE 2: KPRC reports about our neighborhood thief.UPDATE:  KPRC Channel 2 in Houston has picked up this story; I will be giving an interview later this afternoon.  Also added is when the thief returned with an accomplice in a car to steal my neighbor's trees.  For about 6 months now, a thief has been stealing thousands of dollars worth of landscaping, trees, and bushes from our townhome development in mid-town Houston.  Last night he and...

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Well, we did it.  Under years of GOP rule in both the state house and governor's mansion, our elected leaders have finally succeeded in pushing Texas to the bottom of healthcare delivery.  In a new study by the US government's Agency for Healthcare Research and Study, Texas ranked 51st (even below Washington, DC) in healthcare for its citizens, scoring a whopping 31 out of 100 possible points.  Among our state's greatest accomplishments (failures) are preventative...

Arthur Berman is one of the few voices who has continually warned of the poor economics of shale drilling.  I'm a personal fan of his work and courage to speak out.  He was interviewed a couple of weeks ago by CBS News about Chesapeake's meltdown.  Have a look:You can find his work at the Petroleum Truth Report....

To those who died, we remember you.  To those who served, we thank you.  Blessed Memorial Day to all.BobPhoto by Joe Rosenthal...

President Obama speaks regularly about how the United States government should encourage the development and deployment of clean technology to reduce our dependence on oil, especially the oil imported from countries that hate us. I couldn't agree more. The problem is, though, that no matter who sits in the White House, there are thousands of nameless unaccountable career bureaucrats who arbitrarily stonewall the development of the very resources that the President himself is promoting. That...

Good friend and fellow founder of the OFBS (Old Farts Bloggers Society), Juanita Jean, has squared off with a lightweight politico who wants to be a judge, or something like that, in the local primary.  For those of us who know JJ well, we've all witnessed that it's triple DDD STUPIDDD to do that, especially when you've said, emailed, printed, or broadcast anything that's false; multiply that by eleventy seven if you're trying to get...

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