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TexTech Free

First off, my screen name. I am a Texan working in a technical field. I did NOT attend Texas Tech. I went to a real university in Texas. Born and grew up in Houston, then spent about 24 years in Austin, back to Houston, and then in Indiana, first time to live outside of Texas. Back to Austin ten years and now 26 months (as of late August, 2021) in Miami, FL. Work keeps me moving around. I am now on my way to North Carolina. While only living in three states, I have passed through or visited 35-40 of the lower 48 states. I have missed the Big Sky country (Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana) and upper New England states. As should be obvious from my comments, I am a yellow dog Democrat with views on social justice based on the teachings of all the great religious teachers. I love music of most types. Not opera. I can tolerate some C&W. Have heard very little rap I can tolerate. My music is traditional Blues and 60s-70s rock. Also like classical and easy listening.

Recent Comments

  1. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    This guy is a way down the food chain claims adjuster, not the CEO.

  2. about 14 hours ago on Tank McNamara

    I doubt the team owners are getting tired since ovreall WNBA attendance has been up everywhere. And especially the team owners that have had to move their games to bigger venues when Indiana comes to town.

  3. 1 day ago on Wizard of Id

    Okay, I will answer your question. I have absolutely no idea what 74 million saw in Trump to elect him president. So miuch of what I hear his supporters aay about him are wrong it seems that they are supporting a person who really does not exist. They just voted for the image. That is the only thing I can believe those people saw in Trump, an image of the leader hs is not. I answered your question to the best of my ability because i cannot get inside the heads of 74 million people and begin to know what they see in Trump. And I believe I did it without the childish Trumpian name-calling, unlike some commenters.

  4. 2 days ago on The Boondocks

    It is not unusual for the trailers to have scenes not found in the final cut of the movie.

  5. 2 days ago on Wizard of Id

    To answer your last question, I think it is what I did see that 77 million people did not. Most of the respected economists say that if Trump carries out his economic plan, prices and inflation will soar with a follow-on recession. I also saw the devastation to the economy that his mass deportation plan will engender. I saw that he plans to concentrate as much power in his own hands, not unlike what an authoritarian would do. I saw someone whom the rest of the world does not respect except maybe for a few dictators like Putin and Kim. I see someone who appears ready to hand Europe over to Putin by not upholding our responsibiities in the NATO treaty. I don’t think is was my failure to see but rather the failure of many of thos 77 million to see what they are really getting.

    And who the heck is CommieLA? And what billion are you talking about? If you are talking about money for the campaign, the reason Trump only spent a few hundred million is because most of the campaign contributions were paying his legal bills.

    Yes, I know Fox. I also know Newmax, OAN, Daily Caller, and a few other of the Republican propaganda machines. I admit I am not familiar with the liberal names you mention. Are they on the radio or are they podcasts. Big difference in those twos mediums. And please don’t hand me that “liberal media” story. If there was a liberal media they would be pointing out all of the Republican hypocrisy. Like how the national debt only seems to be a problem when a Democrat is in the White House. They would point out the the national debt has been growing in large measure due to massive tax cuts passed by Republicans. They would point out how Republican congress-critters take credit for jobs brought to their districts by bills they voted against. And the list of topics the not-so-liberal media ignores goes on.

  6. 2 days ago on Wizard of Id

    As I stated in my initial reply, those pronouns were chosen by human men not by the diety. No diety worthy of the name has a gender and it is only assigned by humans.

  7. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

    My nose and ears like to join that party as well.

  8. 3 days ago on Wizard of Id

    A couple of things. Where the heck do you find liberal talk radio? I have never found any. And since Air America went under in 2010, there has not been much liberal talk radio to be found. If you know where to find some, please pass it along.

    But the much bigger issue is your statement that conservative talk radio is always discussing the Democratic “agenda.” If the campaign literature is indicative of what Republicans think is the Democratic agenda, you are listening to BS. With the exception of a very few, very fringe Democrats, no one in the Democratic party is remotely interested in turning the country into a “Communist utopia” which seems to be what Republicans think. Do your conservative talk radio shows discuss the Democrats desire to help everyone get ahead instead of putting the rich ahead of everyone else? Do they discuss the Democrats efforts to make sure everyone has access to healthcare? Are these just some of the “evils” on the Democratic agenda to which you object? If they are not discussing these issues among many others, then they are not discussing the Democratic agenda. They are presenting Republican propaganda as fact when it is almost all lies.

    Or if I am mistaken, please pass along what conservative talk radio says is the Democratic agenda. I’m sure many Democrats would be interested to know what it is we supposedly support and believe.

  9. 3 days ago on Wizard of Id

    And you know G_d is male based on what? Books written thousands of years ago by men and that was the language they chose to use? G-d has no gender as G_d is not a human person. Therefore, referring to G_d with either gender seems fair and reasonable.

  10. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

    I would generally agree but as I stated, the MAGAts are the ones most likely to take him seriously. We thinking people will recognize the science is solid and ignore RFK. Let us hope they decrease their numbers and thus raise the total IQ of the US.