There's one good thing you could say about Fascists

At least they can make the trains run on time.
I wonder what kind of NGO is in charge of S. Africa?

It looks like the RINOS in the House are living down to their name

They decided to kill the ANWAR drilling in the budget bill being sent to a vote. I guess our $3.00+/gal was some once-in-a-lifetime anomality, so we don't need divergant oil supplies here at home.

WASHINGTON - A solid phalanx of Republican moderates drove House GOP leaders to drop a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wilderness area to oil drilling as a sweeping budget bill headed toward a vote Thursday.

A plan to allow states to lift a moratorium on oil drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts was also axed.

. . . snip. . .

... Florida Republicans were especially active, helping kill the offshore drilling plan and loosening proposed restrictions on food stamp benefits for legal immigrants.

The decision on the Arctic refuge was a big setback for those who have tried for years to open a coastal strip of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, to oil development. It was a victory for environmentalists, who have lobbied hard against drilling.

And lets not forget the fiscal side of being in bed with the Libs:

"I have to represent my district," said Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Ill., who represents farmers opposed to cuts in commodity payments as well as the University of Illinois campus, which is upset about cuts to student loans. "At this point, I am very, very skeptical."

The overall bill is a top Republican priority. The Senate last week passed a milder version of the bill to curb the automatic growth of federal spending by $35 billion through the end of the decade.

The House plan cuts more deeply across a broader range of social services, though Republican leaders say the effects will be modest to programs like the Medicaid health system for the poor and disabled. It will still grow much faster than inflation even after beneficiaries face increased copayments and the likely loss of some benefits.

"We are not cutting Medicaid for those truly in need," said Rep. David Dreier (news, bio, voting record), R-Calif.


Someone want to tell me just WHY I should bother to vote for anyone with a big old (R) behind their name?



Daym, those crickets sure are loud.

I note a whiff of hypocrisy from the RINOs in D.C.

You have heard about the OUTING of the secret prisons holding terrorist enemies in foreign lands. Trent Lott (R-ex Speaker Senate Majority Leader*) guessed that it was probably someone in the employ of a Republican Congress-critter.

Ok, if it was- or it wasn't. Why are you shutting down the investigation? If you thought it might be Dems, you'd, , , ummmm, , , well , , , probably do nothing, like you didn't go after Kerry during the Bolton hearings, and you roll over to the Libs anytime they start whining about not being in charge.

If you're shutting down the investigation because you think it was one of you, you are as bad as the Dems and their obstructionalism. If you're scuttling the investigation because you might rock the boat by p*ssing off the Dems- WHY should I bother to vote for a Republican?

All this cr@p you're playing along with in the Wilson/Plame B.S. and not looking at a REAL blown security problem tells me that YOU are not serious about the G.W.T. you are nothing but talk.

I know how well talk accomplishes anything- I was awake during the Clinton reign.


*As I was corrected by Aelfheld. Since I'm not a graduate from a Jounalism school, or a producer of a network news show- I'll change my error AND acknowledge it.

I forsee even more of a lack of posting ahead

Now I know why I haven't been feeling like doing anything lately. Seems I've caught the latest version of the crud. It came on strong at work, about 2 hours before quitting time.

I'll see if there's anything I feel strongly enought to write about.

There's alot of good reading in my blogroll, if your looking. . .

I just got good news, now I can retire



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This is what I wrote back:

I won (almost) the Austrailian lottery!!!!!!!!

WOOHOO, and to think- I din't do a damn thing to get into it.

Just how can I win something I didn't enter?
You Aussies and Europeans sure do things different, see over here in America- we're not so trusting. We make people PAY for their tickets upfront.

Hey, to help you to avoid the trouble, and transfer fees; just write me a check I'll take care of the rest. You know enough about me that I don't even have to add my name.

Cheers!!

If you hadn't heard, the governor of Alabama wants a nationwide Aruba boycott

Since Aruba hasn't found Natalee yet, or her killers; Alabama Gov. Bob Riley called for a travel boycott of Aruba today. Natalees mother saw some cameras and hopped up on stage, too.

Now, I wonder if they will understand when nobody comes to Alabama since I'm sure there are several unaccounted for missing girls there, too. We just don't know who they are because they obviously weren't photogenic enough to garner widespread media attention. And they didn't have a media savvy blond babe for a mom, either.

Ok Gov. I won't go to Aruba, as long as you prove you don't have any outstanding missing people in your state -Deal?

Here's an animal question for y'all

I don't feel like writing about what's going wrong on in the rest of the world today.

I'm watching the dogs play.
As you may know, we have the white Hefalump and the black wiggler.
I'm sure they know which paw is theirs, so they don't bite it.

They may be aware that the other isn't the same as themselves.

The question is: Do they KNOW that they are black and white?
Would they notice if they changed colors?

Now, Here's a study I'd like to get my hands around

Exept that I'm like- married.

To give you a bit of scientific enticement, I give you the title of the article:

The Physics of Bras
Force = Mass x Acceleration
Overcoming Newton's second law with better bra technology

. . .

To best support breasts, a designer has to understand how they move. To that end, McGhee's team in Australia, headed by biomechanist Julie Steele, tags women with light-emitting diodes and asks them to run on treadmills. (The women run with and without bras, so the laboratory doors are bolted to prevent uninvited people from bursting in.) Darnit
Computer systems then track the breasts' motions in three dimensions by following the moving lights. "We can actually work out exactly where they're going, how they're moving, and how this movement is affected by bras," Steele says. Breasts move in a sinusoidal pattern, Steele has found, and they move a lot. Small breasts can move more than three inches vertically during a jog, and large breasts sometimes leave their bras entirely. "We have videos of women who, particularly if the cup is too low, spill all over the top," Steele says.


I wonder how long THAT particular study will stay off the internet.

BUT they do make the effort to remind you that this IS a scientific study

"Force equals mass times acceleration," Steele says. "That's Newton's second law. You have a large mass, and it's going quickly, and the force is going to be large. If you have breasts that are slapping down and hitting the chest and having to come back up, they accelerate very quickly." No one really knows the long-term medical consequences of "excessive breast bounce," as Steele calls it. But it can cause pain and is the most likely reason for sagging breasts.

These anti-France riots seem to be becoming a recurring theme

Anyone remember just a year ago in the Ivory Coast?
They were facing rioting there, too. But instead of just letting them fan the fires, they started shooting unarmed protesters.

I guess there were differences, they were part of a U.N.illateral invasion of sovereign soil. The Ivory Coast was a colony of theirs (the people weren't imported), they were fed-up with a history of French interference, they didn't set cripples on fire. They were also unarmed.

That was on Nov. 10, 2004 when the valiant French Army fired their ASSAULT weapons into an unarmed crowd killing and wounding many.

This year, to answer the MOSLEM rioters who are trying to burn anything they can- including cops and cripples.
The French answer to the 11th day of these "spontaneous" jihads are, , , to hold MEETINGS to decide what to do!

Everyone's watching Jock, even us Americans who you presume to lecture on race and religious tolerance.

Go ahead big boy- show us what you can do.

Or do you want us (the U.S.) to come in and pull your fat out of the fire again?

Which US Naval command lets their fruit run free?

Where do Grapes, Oranges, Lemons and Limes have the run of ship


On a Flight deck!

Each shirt color has it's specialized job.
Red (apples)= Armorers/Explosives Firefighting
Green(limes)= Aircraft handlers/and jacks -of-all-trades (Firefighting)
Purple(grapes)=Fueling (Firefighting)

I can't remember the rest.

(UPDATE 5:16PM) Ok, there is a link to the official colors of the flight deck. My appologies to all who knew/know better.

(UPDATE Nov 06) Lets see if this link works better.

I'm just reading about what's going on in France

I really should be aghast and all out of sorts about how the adherants to the "Religion of Peace" are reacting to a pair of juvies electrocuing themselves.

But I'm not.
I'm sorry to tell you that I look at it as their (Frances) just deserts. They allowed the cheap labor that had NO affinity with the host country.
They were allowed to form their own mini cultures and enclaves exempt from the common and historical ummm,,,,,, culture of their host country- including their own language (seperate from the host), their own habits and mores (again not the same as the host culture), no respect or patriotism at all to the country who was giving them jobs, shelter and all the goodies of the nanny state.

I've heard speculation that it's not sporadic and isolated events, more some kind of Jihad.

But WHY you ask? Because France is majority Christian, it hasn't accepted the Calephate as the ruling religion.
It doesn't matter (to the moslem) that they do everything they can to shut down America any way they can. They don't care about Frances' cowering to islam. They want to control France.

France is getting what it's been asking for for decades. The craven cowering to anyone who raises their victimhood is eating their inner city slums right now.

I have to feel for the ones trapped whohad no hand in this tinderbox, but I can't dredge up any kind of feeling for the government, or the religion of the rioters.


If you look at the alienation of the "cheap" labor, it kinda looks like what has been happening (to a much lesser degree) here.

Bird flue strikes America






You can now PANIC.


(UPDATE NOV 04-05)
I'm going to hafta remember to DOWNLOAD the pics I steal from Dogsnot before I try to post them, sorry.

Well, at least Bush and Co. can snow the Beeb

When they talk about shutting down illegals at the border.

Any American that has any kind of a clue knows that an extra 1,000 agents won't make much of a dent without some other dis-incentives.

We have employers who turn a blind eye on obviously false documentation.
A public safety net that's better than the well off in Mexico can afford

• FREE health care
• FREE public schools- you don't even have to go thru the bother of learning english
• FREE money for food (food stamps)
  
• FREE rent (even if it is Sect. 8 or the projects)
• TAXPAYER subsidized utilities
• TAXPAYER funded instate higher education

You can even vote if you're so inclined.
Now, there are prestigious banks advertising HOME LOANS to illegals.

We'll never get a handle on these illegals as long as we have all these handouts.

Bush and Co. are nothing more than talk- and worse their amnesty undocumented reform programs add yet another incentive to hop that fence.

So much to post about, so little talent.

I'll leave the Liberal hissy fit to others today.

Two of the three things are from San Antonio all or in part, and the other is Texas wide.

As you remember, San Antonio among others took in alot of Katie refugees. Apparently, FEMA is not paying their rent anymore and our RINO-in-Charge Rick Perry (R) is talking about shifting responsibility to other government agencies. I've heard alot about the poor refugees and the landlords who don't want to be forced to turn them out right before the holidays.

OK, the landlords have some kind of heart. They need their rent though, that's why they have these places out to rent. All I've heard today was who is going to take responsibility for these people.

The ONE thing I specifically DO NOT hear was the people needing to take responsibility for themselves- you know GET A F*CKING JOB so you can pay your rent!


Second, on a local talkradio program, theyt were talking about the new S.A. city ordinance allowing for towing vehicles without insurance. GREAT! WOOHOO! Lets get those who lost their insurance because of excessive wrecks off the road. That goes for the ones who can't/won't pay for insurance because they're too irresponsible. I'm all for it, but I'm sure we'll be hearing from the ILLEGAL apologists as soon as the first mojado gets their car towed because they rear-ended someone.


Rick Perry was visiting S.A. today and he proposed a teacher incentive plan. Sounds good. What is it? How about a MINIMUM of $100,000 per "Schools that show marked improvements in student performance would be eligible for a grant of at least $100,000 to distribute to the teachers they determine are having the greatest impact," Perry said. "A minimum of 75% of the funds sent to a campus must go directly to those hard working teachers who have been improving the learning in the classroom.

Sure, the better the teacher, the more (s)he should be paid. Where will the money come from?
Perry implemented the incentive program by executive order, and said $10 million in 'existing discretionary federal funds' will be used to pay for it.

OH? Why not send it BACK to D.C.?
Well, then we couldn't add our states tax money could we?
Perry said he will ask the Legislative Budget Board, which has control over the Texas budget when the legislature is not in session, to approve an additional $25 million in state funds to expand the program to another 250 schools.
Again where will the money come from? The over chargo on our property taxes that they won't give back- maybe?


Finally, I'm not even going to touch this publicly financed exercise in political hate speech compliments of the city's hotel/motel tax.

Anybody want a '98 Chevy pick-up?

I'm sure you could get it pretty cheap.

It's only wrecked on the right side.

Could use a new hood, and windshield- and an alignment probably wouldn't hurt either.

Ok all you Libs, You keep equating Conservatsm with Fascism

Here's what you, Mother Sheehan and the rest of your "Patriotic" cause would face if Bush really were as bad as you claim.

Exept this come from political protests in Ethiopia.
Maybe they learned from Bu$Hitler.

I'd like to ask my readers comments on this

Yep, I'm asking all three of you to read and comment.

Wife and I are having a "disagreement" on ummm,,,, to be delicate- 'shortcloths'.
We've had this go around before, and the girls have both heard it-I though it was settled.

I had to put the girls ( 14 & 17) cloths into the dryer Sunday.
After the first armload a piece (pair?) of anal floss fell onto the floor. I threw it away- it was small enough for the 14 yr-old. The next armload was another -whatever- on top, belonging to #17.

They both know that they were banned from wearing that slutty underwear.

All the females (except Meg-the-dog) are from England, and see nothing wrong with putting out a "DO-ME" message in their underwear. Because "It's comfortable" and "(tsk) guys don't even THINK of sex when they see these" and "It's nothing- I don't know WHY you're making such a big deal out of this."

My take- I'm a guy. I was a teenage guy- I KNOW what teenage guys are thinking about.
If I saw a girl; a EUROPEAN girl wearing that anal floss (or nothing- who can tell?), I know the first thing to come to mind would NOT be "Gee- she must be wearing that because it's comfortable." It would be something like "WOW! No panties, AND she's from Europe- where they have recreational sex at the drop of a hat. I wonder just how easy she is?"

Now the question.

Thongs: worn for comfort or advertising?

Well, I certainly hope we won't hear L.U.L.A.C gnashing their teeth over this SCOTUS nominee

Since L.U.L.A.C. represents LATIN American citizens.
Unless he's not the "right" kind of Latin citizen, being an Italian and all.

Anyone who has the Left howling like Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito has GOT to be good for the country, or the Constitution at least.

Ok, W you did right this time. Lets try to get on track with the Republican conservative base a little more often, ok?

A sports story




This is a detective story

So Pay Close Attention!!!






Three elderly ladies are excited about seeing their first baseball game




They smuggle a bottle of Jack into the ball park




The game is real exciting and they are enjoying themselves immensely...
mixing the Jack Daniel's with soft drinks.





Soon they realize that the bottle is almost gone
and the game has a lot of innings to go.



Based on the given information, what inning is it

and how many players are on base?











Think!













Think some more!!













You're gonna love it .













Answer:



It's the bottom of the fifth

and the bags are loaded!

OK, I didn't say it was a GOOD sports story

I keep hearing about Scooter Libby

I don't really care about that snip hunt they call the Plame outing.
I remember seeing her on the front cover of several magazines BEFORE she was "outed" by...

UMmmm, , ,

well, , ,

" we're not sure, but the Bush Whitehouse was involved AFTRE it was all over the MSM, so we'll go after them."

Now, Scooter Libby has been indicted for lying, falsehoods, mis-statements, faulty memory- you choose the word depending on which side you fall on.

Ok, what I remember is that a former president, his wife, and most of his people got away with a HELL of alot more than just "lying" by 'not remembering' what they were being asked about. One prominent member was charged with Perjury for helping an intern lie in a deposition.

Now, the very SAME people who were tripping all over themselves for camera time to defend blatent, baldfaced improbable lies are trying to find the high road by wailing and gnashing their teeth about the other party being in the same situation as they used to be; by calling for resignations, and appologies.

Is there ANY honor in the DNC any more?
Did anyone over there FINALLY remember who hired Craig Livingstone (of the 1,000+ FBI files)?

If they were so worried about CIA agents being outed, maybe they should look at Sen. Kerry for calling a REAL covert agent by name on the Senate floor, instead of chasing after a glorified secretary who hadn't been officially out of the country in 7 years.

What I did on my Saturday vacation

About a month ago I had to slam on my brakes to avoid a run-in with a Schnieder semi.
My truck picked up a bit (somekind) of a harmonic whine at around 70-75 MPH from the left front. I took it to the Brakecheck on Perrin-Bietle since I'd had the entire front end re-done at their San Marcos shop about a year ago. They didn't 'find' anything wrong with my front brakes, or bearings (Hmmm, you don't know my truck like I do). They DID, howerver reccomend they do a bearing and seal job to my rearend. To the tune of about $350. "Because you can start to feel the bearings when you rotate the wheel" (AHHH, well that kinda feels like the gears in my differential- which I've been meaning to add 90 wgt. to for about 6 months)

"Ok, so I don't have a problem with my front wheels?"
'None that we could find, but I would highly reccomment you get that rear end serviced'
"I'll think about it."

Now, almost a month later I take it in to the Brakecheck on Marbach because the truck is really starting to show brake problems- brake smell, HOT rotors, losing almost 1½ MPG. . .

"Mr. P. we found your brake callipers were stuck, your rotors are heat glazed and need to be resurfaced, your pads are shot (well at least you eat that cost), as hot as your wheels got, your bearings really should be replaced before they (seize-up and cut my spindle like a pipe-cutter). Your rear brakes need to be turned, your wheel cylinders are leaking and your shoes are so old they have spider cracks.

Ok, because the N.E. side Brakecheck didn't put my visit into their computer, it ended up costing me $371 in parts and labor- and almost 5 hours of listening to either Sat. AM cartoons or Mexican language TV.

I told the store manager I'd do the back brakes, just throw the drums on a lath (at $25 each) so I don't have to come back.

I got all the way home before I looked at my cell phone that I'd left charging in the truck.
My Real Estate agent had called (from San Marcos - about 90 min away from here) and wanted me to sign some forms so my bidder could start the buying prosses on the trailer. I want to get it out of my loan file, so we sold $6,000 less than I'd have liked.

I also spent $40 to get a prgrammable thermostat that "Slimer" couldn't change- since no-one in the house EVER thinks about resetting the thing. I came in Fri. and the A/C was set at 55º. No one had a clue how it got their, or how long it was like that.

This should p*ss-off some Liberal activists

(Those are Geese by the way- if you can't tell)

So should THIS redneck Christmas display.




H/T Dogsnot Diaries

I guess This is the "Meme of the week"

How average are you?

• Eats peanut butter at least once a week (PBJ sammiches, fast to make and keeps well in 100+ heat)
• Prefers smooth peanut butter over chunky
• Can name all Three Stooges (All 5, actually)
• Lives within a 20-minute drive of a Wal-Mart
• Eats at McDonald's at least once a year
• Takes a shower for approximately 10.4 minutes a day
• Never sings in the shower
• Lives in a house, not an apartment or condominium
• Has a home valued between $100,000 and $300,000 (ok, if you combine both of them)
• Has fired a gun
• Is between 5 feet and 6 feet tall ( 6'2"+)
• Weighs 135 to 205 pounds (I like my beer)
• Is between the ages of 18 and 53
• Believes gambling is an acceptable entertainment option
• Grew up within 50 miles of current home

Via alot of blogs, but the original is at NPR

Can someone explain PDF to me?

As you all know, I live in the sticks (ok, Tx brush country) and have a 26K connection -when SBC lets me.

I was adventurous enough to try opening this PDF file from Utterly Boring and, needless to say I gave up on opening it before tomorrow.

I *know* it stands for some kind of data file. WHY do people use it? I don't think I've heard of anyone who likes it (but I don't hang alot with computer geeks). All I know is that I dread clicking on a link with a PDF warning on it. I don't if I don't NEED to look. I shy away from video, too- same 26K reason.

Almost everyone has Word, or Apples' version that can be translated, why is PDF so used?

Do not, , , EVER , , ,join Curves

The wife did and signed up for the auto deduction.
She's been trying for the past four months to get them to cancel - they still are thaking their $31/mo out of our checking account.

The Bank can't help because Curves changes the day they steal our money. If they did it on the same day every month, the bank could stop payments.

I'll never let her do auto payments again.

grumble....

Instructions on cleaning your toilet


1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.

5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash" and rinse".

6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

Sincerely,

The Dog

But, then again,,,

There is 92 Dakota
or this 94 Explorer
I guess it's one of the survivors of the Firestone wars. Ya know Darwin and all- survival of the fittest.



Sorry about the lack of blogging, just kinda burnt out lately.

BTW, this is what I'm thinking about buying





That is all.

I sure am glad I'm not Rachel Ray

But I could force myself to, , , ohhhhh Hi!

Never mind



Which Food Network chef are you?
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Here are the 9 proposed Tx Constitutional amendments

For the Nov. 8th. Ballot.

Prop. 1 HJR 54 McClendon - Staples

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment creating the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund and authorizing grants of money and issuance of obligations for financing the relocation, rehabilitation, and expansion of rail facilities."


Brief Explanation
HJR 54 would create a Texas rail relocation and improvement fund in the state treasury and would authorize grants of state revenue and issuance of public debt to relocate, rehabilitate, and expand privately and publicly owned passenger and freight rail facilities and to construct railroad underpasses and overpasses.


Prop. 2 HJR 6 Chisum - Staples

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage."


Brief Explanation
HJR 6 would provide that marriage in Texas is solely the union of a man and woman, and that the state and its political subdivisions could not create or recognize any legal status identical to or similar to marriage, including such legal status relationships created outside of Texas.


Prop. 3 HJR80 Krusee - Ogden

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment clarifying that certain economic development programs do not constitute a debt."


Brief Explanation
HJR 80 would provide that local economic development program loans or grants (other than debts secured by a pledge of ad valorem taxes or financed by the issuance of any bonds or other obligations payable from ad valorem taxes) do not constitute or create debt. Any provision of state constitutional law that may prohibit or limit the authority of a political subdivision of the state to incur debt does not apply to those loans or grants.


Prop. 4 SJR 17 Staples - Gattis

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a criminal defendant who violates a condition of the defendant's release pending trial."

Brief Explanation
SJR 17 would authorize a district judge to deny reinstatement of bail or new bail to a person accused of a felony, if the person's bail had been revoked or forfeited as a result of the person's violation of a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.


Prop. 5 SJR 21 Averitt - Flynn

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to define rates of interest for commercial loans."


Brief Explanation
SJR 21 would authorize the Legislature to exempt commercial loans from state usury laws that set maximum interest rates. "Commercial loans" are loans made primarily for business, commercial, investment, agricultural, or similar purposes and not primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.


Prop. 6 HJR 87 Farabee - Lindsay

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment to include one additional public member and a constitutional county court judge in the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct."


Brief Explanation
HJR 87 would increase the size of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct from eleven to thirteen members by increasing from four to five the number of public members and by adding a constitutional county court judge. The additions would ensure that the commission has an odd number of members, which is required by another provision of the state constitution.


Prop. 7 SJR 7 Carona - Hochberg

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment authorizing line-of-credit advances under a reverse mortgage."


Brief Explanation
SJR 7 would authorize new options for reverse mortgage agreements for senior homeowners allowing them to draw advances at unscheduled intervals, if and when needed, and only in the amounts needed, during the loan term. These are in addition to options that would allow a lump sum payment after settlement or regular periodic, predetermined equal amounts over a term of years or the lifetime of the homeowner. Additionally, SJR 7 would: (1) prohibit the agreement from requiring the use of a credit card, debit card or similar device to obtain an advance; (2) prohibit the charge or collection of a transaction fee solely in connection with any debit or advance, after the time the extension of credit is established; and (3) prohibit the lender or holder from unilaterally amending the extension of credit.


Prop. 8 SJR 40 Eltife - Hughes

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment providing for the clearing of land titles by relinquishing and releasing any state claim to sovereign ownership or title to interest in certain land in Upshur County and in Smith County."


Brief Explanation
SJR 40 would clear individual land titles by relinquishing and releasing all claims of state ownership interests, including mineral interests, in two local areas, namely, a roughly 4,600 acre area located roughly 14 miles southeast of Gilmer, Texas, and a separate 900 acre area located north of Tyler, Texas.


Prop. 9 HJR 79 Krusee - Staples

Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a regional mobility authority."


Brief Explanation
HJR 79 would authorize the Legislature to provide staggered six year terms of office for board members serving on regional mobility authorities, with no more than one-third of the board positions being appointed every two years.

I'm not making any recommendations, just copied it from the Tx Sec. of State website. All I did was remove language that should be unnecessary in the United States.