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The Texian Blog: 06/27/2004 - 07/04/2004
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Technology, Finance, Politics. BRINGING BACK THE DRAFT? BRINGING BACK THE DRAFT? This is a reactionary idea. Worse, it is wildly impractical in our present military, political, and economic circumstances. So, we will not have a draft just because, say, the national and international security situation under the GOP is deteriorating. The Republicans will hire Croatian mercenaries first. Why not? So, that is that. CHALABI arranges for the slaughter of. WOLFOWITZ's legions in T. Actually, we have already lo...
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The Texian Blog: 03/06/2005 - 03/13/2005
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Technology, Finance, Politics. On the Cold War. On the Cold War. I say this mindful of using a broad brush, well, a mop in a paint can, but the interesting aspect of convergence now is the considerable difficulty that the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R. are both having getting back to something normal,in our case, or just viable in the case of the former Soviet Union. I am unlikely to be around then. But, students need to be able to think ahead but also to study history at least to the extent of their o...
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The Texian Blog: 04/11/2004 - 04/18/2004
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Technology, Finance, Politics. The Alamo - Movie. The Alamo - Movie. As military history, the War of Texas Independence was one of two U.S. and Mexican Wars which did, indeed, separate some of Northern Mexico from the rest. Most of the military detail depicted in the recent? I think that two? Would have been worse than one, but we will never know. That may not continue to be the case, but, so far, the "second chance" ethos of "Gone to Texas" accurately depicted in the recent movie has not degenerated int...
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The Texian Blog: 02/16/2003 - 02/23/2003
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Technology, Finance, Politics. THE HYDROGEN FUEL-CELL versus THE DIESEL-ELECTRIC HYBRID - Part II. Clinton/Gore had their $1.6bn "SuperCar" deal. Bush/Cheney have a "FreedomFUEL" deal that will probably cost more and yield less, less than zero, actually, compared to the worthless "SuperCar". The SuperCar, it turned out, not surprisingly or secretly, was really a minority-women bogus enterprise (MWBE) deal all along, not an energy deal, at all. But, all these deals look the same, regardless of which party...
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The Texian Blog: 07/25/2004 - 08/01/2004
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Technology, Finance, Politics. Privatizing the Democratic Party - I. In a long article in the New York Times Magazine. Matt BAI takes on profound reform of the Democratic Party. First, he notes that Rob STEIN has picked up where Hillary CLINTON, Sidney BLUMENTHAL, and John PODESTA took off with characterization of a "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy":. This is perhaps the most potent, independent institutionalized apparatus ever assembled in a democracy to promote one belief system, [STEIN] said.". Third, of c...
