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Saturday, March 31, 2012

I Hate It When This Happens

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I ran into an interesting water show this morning at the corner of Adams and Copper in Albuquerque.  A water main let loose propelling roc...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Live

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I have been really enjoying watching this live-cam of a pair of bald eagles raising their young eaglets in Iowa.  I sign on a couple of tim...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Bobbi!

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My wonderful wife Bobbi turns 60 year old today.  This is the first photo I ever took of her back in 1976.   This is a little video of he...
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Misc

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So former PRC member Jerome Block Jr. is out of the slammer again.  A lot of people are upset about his being released after failing more dr...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Courage

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We watched a great documentary last  night on PBS about Vashti McCollum who brought suit in 1945 challenging the teaching of religion in ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Unwanted Advice

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Ajax the cat strikes this pose at the evening dinner table every night we have salmon or fish.  He is looking for some munchies.  He alway...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Whither Science?

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We had a really nice fundraiser for Martin Heinrich at our home last night.  We had about fifty guests and raised around $5K for Martin...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Out Classing Arizona

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The Governor's gracious welcome to President Obama yesterday in New Mexico's southeastern oil patch showed she does have some class,...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Misc.

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Over a decade ago we were in a big fight when I was Mayor to get a new baseball stadium built.  The republicans on the city council did all ...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Stick in the Eye Redux

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Here is something GOP candidate Heather Wilson can run on.  The republicans in congress will push a budget that will continue a wage freeze ...

OOPS!

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OOPS! has to be the word of the day in Albuquerque Mayor Berry's 7th floor office today.  He took one on the chin on trying to pass a $5...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Obama Visit

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President Obama will become the first President ever to visit Carlsbad, New Mexico.  He will visit oil producing lands in the area.  There a...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Bi Partisan Idiocy and Some Cahoots

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Governor Martinez's selection of a Texas firm to do New Mexico's Tourism ad campaign was bound to blow up.  And it has.  The compa...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Hats Off

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I really admire these two New Mexican doctors who have filed a lawsuit that would seek protection when working with patients on end of life ...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Misc.

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Channel 13 and the Albuquerque Journal did stories about the State of New Mexico handing out a big contract to an Austin, Texas firm to prod...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

My Day's Reading List

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Senator Bingaman tells it like it is right here.   I like this because it shows what liars oil executives and republican presidential candid...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

I'm Baaack!

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Hackers should try and be like our cat Ajax.  He can be happy with the simplest of things!  But no, Hackers are just assholes. Google fo...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Conspiracy Theorists

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I always get a kick out of conspiracy theorists.  You know, the black helicopter crowd.  You wonder where they come  up with this stuff, b...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Meaningless

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The State Democratic pre primary nominating convention is over.  In another 24 hours the results of the voting will be meaningless.  Any can...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

Must Read

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My friend Charlie sent me this article .  If anyone cares about our natural landscapes, wildlife, watersheds and wild lands they should defi...
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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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