Texas Sharon's Bluedaze

Why Can’t Wise County Have a Bernie?

October 5, 2007 By TXsharon

Bernie Scheffler Proposes New Gas Drilling Ordinance for Fort WorthBernie Scheffler, the frontrunner in the campaign for Fort Worth City Council District 9, called for a new city ordinance regulating neighborhood gas drilling to ensure the safety of … [Read more...]

Cornyn Caught Telling Whoppers

October 5, 2007 By TXsharon

Senator Cornyn, who voted against the SCHIP bill, has been caught telling some untruths about that very same bills. Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) issued a statement:CPPP has released a statement regarding Senator Cornyn's SCHIP claims. … [Read more...]

SCHIP

October 5, 2007 By TXsharon

If you want to get the facts on this program, check out FactCheck.org.If you want to get the latest Compassionate Conservative rhetoric, check out Liberally Lean. … [Read more...]

Government Energy Savings Plan

October 4, 2007 By TXsharon

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The Issue of the So-called Global Warmings

October 4, 2007 By TXsharon

I laughed … [Read more...]

SCHIP Round Up From Texas Progressive Alliance

October 4, 2007 By TXsharon

President Bush today vetoed an important and widely supported bi-partisanexpansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (H.R. 976).WhosPlayin takes a look at what the blogs of the Texas Progressive Alliance are saying about this … [Read more...]

Don’t Drink the Water

October 4, 2007 By TXsharon

If you live in the Barnett Shale area go listen to Don't Drink the Water.Today I got the following message:Fruit of the Orchard on American Public Media's "The Story"Greetings! Folks,Today at 2pm, CST, The Story will broadcast an interview of some of … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale: Fort Worth Residents Sell Out Cheap

October 3, 2007 By TXsharon

XTO Energy, Inc. and Fort Worth Energy kicked in $25,000 to Friends of Tillery Park toward their park revamp.XTO's NET profit for the first six months of 2007 was a mere $815 million.XTO and oil and gas drilling companies are ravaging Fort Worth and … [Read more...]

AT&T to Customers: If You Can’t Say Something Nice…

October 2, 2007 By TXsharon

My mother used to quote Thumper in Bambi all the time: "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." Then one day, my brother took his new shotgun and went rabbit hunting. He brought back a dead rabbit and swore it was Thumper. I … [Read more...]