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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Leslie Rules and Solar

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Leslie Lithicum of the Albuquerque Journal is a jewel.  She had the most heartfelt column this morning on the demise of old Hispanic names ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Misc.

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The New York Times had a fascinating story on its editorial page today about American's awareness of how things work in congress and how...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Sanity and Insanity

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The jury has convicted the murderer of the abortion Doctor in Kansas.  It took the jury just 37 minutes.  The religious fundamentalist catho...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Misc.

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The Albuquerque Journal this morning had its top item on the front page a banner on the Lobos victory  over BYU.  Second was a story about f...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Revenue Enhancer

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Senator John Sapien has a really bad bill in the Legislature that would put a 25% excise tax on medicinal marijuana.  He would also charge p...
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Bunglers

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Census Games

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The ten year census has started.  Quietly.  It will count us and categorize us and possibly shake up politics on a national and local basis....
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Bric a Brac

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I watched the NFL playoffs on Sunday.  The games were enjoyable, except for the asinine behavior of the players beating their chests. doing ...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Trial by Camera

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There are a couple of lawyers in town who really work the media system.  One is Sam Bregman.  You always see  him on TV as he argues his cas...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Democracy Earthquake

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The Supreme Court's ruling today, on a 5-4 decision to let corporations spend as much as they please to elect candidates, will rattle ou...

Naivete

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Sometimes I wonder about the naiveté of of aspiring political candidates.  This morning the Journal had an article asking the republican can...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Eyeopener

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So, while the fundamentalists work against Gay marriage, I notice a report from the Brookings Institution .  Maybe the religious could bette...

Saving Us

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The Vatican and the Bishops are at it again.  Now, the Vatican is weighing in on the movie "Avatar".  Yes, they think its message ...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Recall Religion?

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I contribute to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation which is headquartered in Albuquerque.  They have fought the Christian fundamental...
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Tit for Tat

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So, the New Mexico Republican Party Chair, Harvey Yates Jr., is trying to connect Lt. Governor Diane Denish to the troubles at the New Mexic...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Noelle's Race

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Noelle and her significant boy friend Lucas ran their first marathon Sunday in Phoenix's Rock and Roll Marathon.  They finished in 4 an...

Tax

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I am a well known Liberal and I think government is a positive force if used correctly.  I am left of center and proud of it because if we ...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

El Camino Real

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These are the flags of the U.S, Mexico, Spain, New Mexico and Texas that fly over the Camino Real International Heritage Center which is ab...
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Prayers?

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The Haitians don't need prayers.  They need medical help, food, water and shelter.  Yesterday that great man of God, Pat Robertson, said...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Send Money

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About all I can say today is send relief money for Haiti.  I  gave some to Doctors with out Borders.  This poorest of Nations is really on ...
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Jim Baca has a strong record of visionary service to New Mexico. He retired as the State of New Mexico's Natural Resource Trustee 1n 2010. He has served as Mayor of the City of Albuquerque, as well as two prior terms as New Mexico’s elected State Land Commissioner. He served as the Director of the National Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior in the first Clinton Administration. Jim Baca also has served on the Boards of numerous non profit organizations including The Wilderness Society, the Wyss Foundation, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Baca has run a successful public affairs consulting practice when not serving in public office. He spends his retirement playing golf, attending board meetings, and generally doing what ever he wants to do.
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