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What an Employer!

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Bum Steer: The Alamo is (Still) Not a Public Lavatory

Remember the Alamo’s desecration at the, er … hands of Ozzy Osbourne? Who... more

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Police admit FED is private property, NOT federal land

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Democrat Ricardo Sanchez to enter race for US Senate in Texas

Source: Dallas Morning News

The latest in a long line of Democrats hoping to break the Republican hold on elective office in Texas will make it official this morning. Former Lt. Gen Ricardo Sanchez will announce he's running for the US Senate. As we reported on Monday , some Democrats look to Sanchez as this election's Democratic hope - Republicans say sacrificial lamb - when he announces today he's running for the seat Kay Bailey Hutchison is leaving. Sanchez comes to the race with high hopes among supporters that he can attract Hispanic voters. But he also comes with some baggage: he oversaw coalition forces in Iraq before retiring in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

Word in Democratic circles is that Sanchez will make his announcement on Facebook, then file the paperwork in San Antonio . Sanchez is 59 and was raised in San Antonio. He becomes the only Democrat so far in the race to succeed Hutchison. Several Republicans are in -- or expected to get in -- the race. Any Democrat comes into the race at a severe disadvantage. The GOP holds every statewide elected office and both Senate seats. The last Democrat elected to the Senate in Texas was Lloyd Bentsen , who resigned the seat in 1993 to become treasury secretary in the Clinton administration. (Bob Krueger was appointed and briefly held the seat before being defeated by Hutchison).

Democrats point to the growing Hispanic population in Texas. Hispanics tend to vote Democratic. They account for two-thirds of the population growth in Texas over the last decade. And President Obama's immigration speech yesterday in El Paso was clearly aimed at bolstering his political bona fides with Hispanics. But the Democrats' history of putting a Hispanic candidate at the top of the ticket -- billionaire banker Tony Sanchez for governor in 2002 and Senate hopeful Victor Morales in 1996 -- has not worked. While Hispanics constitute nearly 35 percent of the population, they accounted for only 20 percent of the vote last November.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/05...

"I am rooting for him, even though I do not live in Texas..."Source: Dallas Morning News The latest in a long line of Democrats hoping to break... more

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The First Guess: A Modest Proposal About Arizona | FOK News Channel

A modest proposal about why Arizona should be sold to China by Keith Olbermann.... more

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Breaking News Parry Romberg Syndrome

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Texas Department Of Transportation

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ASI COMENZO UNIVISION! Una estacion en Texas y otra en Los Angeles.

Los pioneros de SIN, perdieron mucho dinero al empezar, pero despues se volvieron... more

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San Antonio weather – heavy rains and flood being expected

San Antonio weather condition is not good and the area is under threat of heavy rains... more

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Getting Venture Capital for Tech Startups

I work in a building in San Antonio called the San Antonio Technology Center.... more

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The Teen Wolves of Texas

Forget emo and goth. According to San Antonio's KENS-5, being a werewolf is all... more

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Texas Oil Refinery Explosion 5/5/10

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Fuel-laden 18-wheeler explodes at Texas refinery

An 18-wheeler being loaded with fuel at a San Antonio refinery exploded Wednesday, setting off a chain reaction of smaller explosions and sending a towering plume of thick black smoke over the city's southeast side. One man was critically burned, and other employees received minor injuries.

A truck driver believed to be missing for hours after the blast was found after a dense funnel of smoke dissipated as the fire burned itself out, San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said. Firefighters focused on shutting off valves and cooling down tanks — the larger of which contained jet fuel — to prevent any more explosions.

"This could've been a tragic fire if we had explosions in those larger tanks, but we were able to cool it off," Hood said.

Three tanker trucks were at the AGE Refining Inc. fueling station when the explosion occurred, Hood said. The burned man was the driver of one of the trucks, but Hood said it was unclear which one. The man was taken in critical condition to Brooke Army Medical Center, which said it also was treating one other patient from the fire.

Several plant employees were treated at the scene. Hood said investigators do not yet know what caused the explosion.

"It looks like a burned-up gas station," Hood said of the fueling station.

Residents within a half-mile radius of the refinery were evacuated. Vanessa Valdez, 23, said she heard something like "gunfire" from her apartment about a mile from the refinery before a swarm of fire trucks and ambulances raced by.

Police went through nearby apartment complexes with sirens, blasting an evacuation notice over the loud speaker and banging on doors and windows.

AGE marketing director Jeff Dorrow confirmed a truck exploded at the refinery that handles about 14,000 barrels per day, but had no other details. Hood said he did not know how long the refinery would be closed.

http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-5760239/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNmZ2F0ZS5jb20vY2xpY2sucGhkbz9pPTQ4MWUyNjZkYzViMjU2ZWI0NGQ0NGRmY2JmNjk0MTA2An 18-wheeler being loaded with fuel at a San Antonio refinery exploded Wednesday,... more

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Dignity Not Detention National Campaign Launch in San Antonio at ICE Headquarters

Immigrants in the U.S. are detained in a secretive web of 350 private, federal, state and local jails and prisons, at an annual cost of $1.7 billion to taxpayers. Over 80% of detained immigrants go through the immigration system with no lawyer. Many are denied their fair day in court owing to mandatory and arbitrary detention laws and policies that severely limit judicial discretion. While detained, immigrants face horrific conditions of confinement, including mistreatment by guards, solitary confinement, the denial of medical attention and limited or no access to their families, lawyers and the outside world. Last year ICE announced plans to reform the immigration detention system, yet to date, there is little evidence of change.

Join Detention Watch Network as we launch our National Campaign “Dignity, Not Detention: Preserving Human Rights and Restoring Justice” which calls for an end to detention expansion nationally. Our demands:

• We are demanding that President Obama take immediate action to
prevent human rights abuses in detention centers.

• We are demanding that Congress restore due process to the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and guarantee that every person has the right to a fair day in court.

• We are demanding that the U.S. government put an end to the arbitrary detention of more than 300,000 people and start using cost-saving alternatives.

The campaign will include local site fights against detention expansion in Arizona, Georgia and Texas that underscore the impact of national detention policy on local communities. For more information, visit http://www.dignitynotdetention.org

On Feb. 25th, coordinated actions in support of the national campaign are taking place in cities across the country in cities including Gainesville (GA), Phoenix, San Antonio, New York, New Jersey and Los Angeles.

In Texas:
Bob Libal, Grassroots Leadership/TUFF
512-971-0487, blibal@grassrootsleadership.org
**Texas Event on Facebook: http://bit.ly/a9tp9M **
Location: San Antonio ICE HeadquartersImmigrants in the U.S. are detained in a secretive web of 350 private, federal, state... more

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San Antonio neighborhood crumbling away

Construction crews moved dirt to shore up a group of houses precariously perched on a crumbling hill in San Antonio on Monday as engineers tried to determine why the land below was shifting, causing dozens of homes to evacuate.

Gaping crevices, some 15 feet deep, cut across several yards as dirt cascaded into a towering stone retaining wall that nearly split in half. Fences crumpled like accordions as crews packed dirt under one home and around its exterior after part of its foundation was exposed.

One soil expert said the cause of the landslide appeared to be the result of poor retaining wall design, and a city official said the nearly 1,000-foot-long wall in the upper-middle class neighborhood of sprawling two-story homes was built without a permit.

No one has been injured, but about 80 homes were evacuated on Sunday after a resident in the northwest side subdivision reported that his backyard was sliding down hill. By Monday afternoon, residents in about 55 of those homes were allowed to return after inspections and soil monitoring found them to be safe, said Valerie Dolenga, a spokeswoman for Pulte Homes Inc., the parent company of the neighborhood's builder, Centex Homes.

One neighbor who was among the first homebuyers in the subdivision set among rolling hills on the outskirts of San Antonio said he was initially told no homes would be built on the crumbling ridge because it was too steep.

Romeo Peart, 32, said one retaining wall failed several years ago before the current one was built and homes were constructed above it.

"They can keep the view now," Peart said, shaking his head as heavy equipment stuffed dirt beneath an exposed foundation. "And they paid an extra $10,000 for those lots."

The development, which was started in 2004, has nearly 750 homes with others under construction. The neighborhood, with houses selling for $250,000, is one dozens that have sprung up on hilly former ranch land as San Antonio grew to be the nation's seventh largest city.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_soil_shift_evacuation
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had to get this up, this is occurring close to where I live!Construction crews moved dirt to shore up a group of houses precariously perched on a... more

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PICASSO SUPERHEROES

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Alienating for Aliens

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Bicyclists on the road treated no better than deer

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Top 12 reasons to move to the Texas Hill Country

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Defend Free Speech! Cities charging people to march and demonstrate in the streets.

The city of San Antonio, Texas passed an ordinance in 2007 that charges people... more

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