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Thursday, October 28, 2010

I Did It

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Even I didn't think I would actually cancel my subscription to the Albuquerque Journal.  But after 45 years as a reader I called them th...
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Corporate America a New CEOcracy

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We are all lamenting the actions of big shot corporate CEO's throwing secret money into right wing causes and candidates.  Thanks to the...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Flamingo Dreams

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I took this handheld time exposure of Flamingos for a night time photo assignment.  I kind of like it.  It looks surreal, wobbly, in and ou...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fatigue

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I had coffee with my good friend and former City Attorney Bob White this morning.  We love talking politics.  Today we centered on the ...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Questions from Friends

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We had a great crew over for our Sunday night Dinner.  We were all interested political types and two of our guests were employees of the Al...
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Sunday, October 24, 2010

A Gratuitous Picture of My Cat

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Hermes is growing up.  He always like to perch high on something, like a leopard.  At night he comes in to our bed and lays down between Bob...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

The Journal

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I am going to do it now.  I am canceling my subscription to the Albuquerque Journal after being a loyal reader for most of my life.  They ar...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

The Real World

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I went up to Truchas, New Mexico on Friday morning to a gathering of Northern New Mexicans who were presented with a grant from the US Depar...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

A Rope

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A rope might be too good for this nation's bank and mortgage company CEOs.  Why is the public not in the streets screaming for justice? ...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Misc.

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I keep wondering where Susana Martinez would find folks with experience in government to work in her administration if she is elected.  The ...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Morning in the Bosque

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I took arthritic Athena for a walk in the Bosque this morning.  The Rio Grande is definitely losing its flow and we may be in for a dry wint...

Oh, That Debate

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Sunday night Bobbi and me went to a great dinner party with friends in Corrales.  I suddenly realized sitting around the great Paella that a...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Wake Up Call for Public Servants

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The Tea Party types, the republicans and the far right wing are getting what they wanted.  Their incessant ranting about the government is n...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Befuddled

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If someone can explain to me the story in the Journal this morning about how state oil and gas regulations affected friends of the governor ...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Misson of Mercy

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Praying for a toothache to go away will only work if you have a skilled dentist.  Many of our citizens simply can not afford one and dental ...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Peanuts?

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I bought a bag of those good Portales Valencia peanuts the other day at La Montanita Coop.  There is nothing like them.  Now, they are reall...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Misc.

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It seems most people are thanking God that the miners in Chile are being pulled to the surface.  Should we be concerned that God put them in...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

RIP

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I have started taking a night time photo class at UNM Continuing Education.  I never really mastered it before nor spent much time thinking...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Toilet Bowl

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That might be the only offer the UNM Football team will get this year.  Thanks to a real lack of accountability on so many people's part...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

Comments from Afar

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I spent the last couple of days in Durango, Colorado at a meeting of the Governing Council of the Wilderness Society.  We had members in fro...
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Jim Baca
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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