Category Archives: Texana

The sun, the sun…

Posted on December 24, 2008 | Comments Off on The sun, the sun…

Finally, I awaken to sunshine and a moderate warm morning. Temps are climbing into the seventies. Now that’s the real Central Texas Christmas I remember. Others may crave cold. But not me.

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Cotton Bowl-bound

Posted on December 22, 2008 | Comments Off on Cotton Bowl-bound

The first time I saw Jeven Snead in person was when Mr. Boy’s cub scout troop was invited to a Longhorns football practice back in 2006. Snead looked taller than Colt McCoy, to whom JS seemed doomed to play backup forever, and I got the feeling that, in line with the rumors of the time, he wouldn’t be satisfied with that for long. So I was not surprised when he jumped ship for Ole Miss. Nor, given his high school performance in Stephenville, that he’s done well there.

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Aggie Band seniors

Posted on December 19, 2008 | Comments Off on Aggie Band seniors

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More of the 9/11 generation, headed for commissions next June and ultimate deployment.

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Iraq safer than Mexico

Posted on December 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Iraq safer than Mexico

It’s official, size ten flying shoes to the contrary notwithstanding:

"The police are generally helpless, hundreds of thousands of middle-class Mexicans have fled the border region, often to the United States (if they had dual-citizenship, which many do). Those without money must hunker down and wait for someone to win this war."

We could put the gangsters out of business and stop it all, if Barry had the nerve to end the failed drug war.

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CCC parks

Posted on December 9, 2008 | Comments Off on CCC parks

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Speaking of old Texas state parks built by the CCC, one of our favorites is Palo Duro Canyon, southeast of Amarillo. It’s well-hidden on the flat Llano Estacado in the Panhandle until you drive right up on it. Also known as the Grand Canyon of Texas. The lighthouse, above, stands sentinel. 

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“The infrastructure flim-flam”

Posted on December 9, 2008 | Comments Off on “The infrastructure flim-flam”

I’m not so sure that Barry’s idea to throw money at the nation’s sagging infrastructure amounts to no more than one guy digging a hole and another guy filling it in, as some conservatives are suggesting. I see no reason to be that cynical yet.

I agree that it probably won’t do much for recovery from the recession. But there undoubtedly is work to be done–see Minnesota’s bridge disaster of 2007. Some of what the old CCC did survives today in such as state park facilities in Texas. There are going to be lots of ways to ridicule Barry’s presidency, but I don’t think this is going to be one of them.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE:  Well, it turns out I’m a bit naive. Seems to be more about parks and sports centers than pot-holed roads and falling-apart bridges. It really wouldn’t be like pols to fix the obvious stuff since at best the only thing they could point to would be a little sign with their name on it. Feh! 

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Centex drought continues

Posted on December 6, 2008 | Comments Off on Centex drought continues

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November ended very dry, putting Austin in the exceptional drought category, i.e. the worst possible. We’re surrounded by an extreme drought area (the red on the map) with no end in sight. Our driest year since 1956. Odd combination: no rain and an early winter of chilly days andfrigid nights. Yech.

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