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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Outta Here

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We are off to Havana, Cuba, and a few other stops.  Our house sitter has invested in Claymore mines so we will still have cars in the garag...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Out of the Wilderness

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I have just come out of the Wilderness of the worse cold/flu virus I have dealt with in years.  Most of our friends have been dealing with ...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Sheeesh

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Well, why do I feel as if this Pence visit to Afghanistan really is meaningless? This Christian Fundamentalist understands little of the is...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Grandkids Lament

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Think of it this way.  An old white GOP member of Congress decides he needs a new $5 million dollar house.  He buys it with a huge mortgage...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

More to Come

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If you think things are falling apart in government now, just wait.  Case in point.  A  train derailment on a new route kills and injures p...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

No Regressive Taxes

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It never fails.  Republican officer holders leave deficits for incoming Democratic office holders.  Mayor Berry with the help of the city c...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Divided

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The real takeaway from Alabama should be the huge divide between rural and urban America.  And it just isn't in that Southern State.  O...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Alabama

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If I weren’t an atheist, I would say there is a god. 
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Scale

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A person labeled as a terrorist yesterday set off a feeble pipe bomb in NYC that caused minor injuries to bystanders and a serious injury t...
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Monday, December 11, 2017

Toasting Les

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When I was State Liquor Director in the late 70's and early 80's the licensing system was corrupt and dangerous.  We set out, wit...
Thursday, December 07, 2017

Of Course a Fire Sale

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A submission by a good friend, Ned Farquhar. Yes, if you are producing oil and gas, or want to, you do pretty well under the tax ref...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2017

PED Stupid

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Susana's Public Education department is being run by idiots.  They have condemned four Albuquerque Schools for having bad test scores. ...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2017

GOP

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G=Greed O=Oligarchy P=Pedophilia
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Monday, December 04, 2017

Ravaged

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As a former Director of the Bureau of Land Management, I am trying very hard to understand why trump and zinke are working so hard to destr...
Saturday, December 02, 2017

Corpse

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How do you make a corpse out of a corporation?  The right-wing supreme court has said corporations are people.  And these people are destro...
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Friday, December 01, 2017

Damn Journal

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The Journal just had to rag on Mayor Keller on his first day in office.  And they did it in an editorial that singled out an accomplished y...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017

New Era

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Mayor Tim Keller has signaled his intention to have Albuquerque enter a new era.  His appointment of Oriana Sandoval as a Deputy City Attor...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

How I Really Feel.

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When trump and his Utah Congressional enablers meet next week they will destroy a historic tradition of protecting, honoring and valuing ...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Serious

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It sure looks like Mayor-elect Tim Keller is serious about cleaning up Albuquerque's Police Department.  His interim Chief is coming ov...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Petrified

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We can see our Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce petrified in its beliefs.  They feel that trickle-down economic theory works and hence they ...
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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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