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Texas News Sun November 23, 2008
There go my fellow conservatives, glumly shuffling along, depressed by the election aftermath. Not me. I'm virtually euphoric. Don't get me wrong. I'm not thrilled with America's flirtation with neosocialism. But there's a massive silver lining in the magical clouds that lofted Barack Obama to the presidency. For today, without a shred of intellectually legitimate opposition, I can loudly proclaim to America: The Era of White Guilt is over. This seemingly impossible event occurred because the vast majority of white Americans didn't give a fluff about skin color and enthusiastically pulled the voting lever for a black man. Not just any black man. A very liberal black man who spent his early career race-hustling banks, praying in a racist church for 20 years, and actively working with America-hating domestic terrorists. Yet white Americans made Barack Obama their leader. Therefore, as of Nov. 4, 2008, white guilt is dead. So today, I'm feeling a little "uppity," if you will. For more than a century, the millstone of white guilt hung around our necks, retribution for slave-owning predecessors. In the 1960s, American liberals began yanking that millstone while sticking a fork in the eye of black Americans, exacerbating the racial divide to extort a socialist solution to the country's problems. But if a black man can become president, exactly what significant barrier is left? The election of Barack Obama destroys the validation of liberal white guilt. The dragon is hereby slain. So today, I'm feeling a little "uppity," if you will. From this day forward, my tolerance level for having my skin color hustled is exactly ZERO. No more Rev. Jeremiah Wright's "God Damn America," Al Sharpton's Church of Perpetual Victimization, or Jesse Jackson's rainbow racism. Cornel West? You're a fraud. All those "black studies" programs must now teach kids to thank Whitey. And I want that on the final. Congressional Black Caucus? Irrelevant. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.)? Shut up. ACORN? Outlawed. Black Panthers? Go home and pet your kitty. Black separatists? Find another nation that offers better dreams. To those Eurosnots who forged careers hating America? I'm still waiting for the first black French president. No more quotas. No more handouts. No more complaining that "the man" is keeping you down. "The man" is now black.
Chertoff's letter to Perry reveals a clash of the titans
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff fired back Friday at Gov. Rick Perry's sharp criticism of federal efforts to deport illegal immigrants booked into Texas jails. Chertoff sent Perry a four-page letter defending what he termed as aggressive and expanded efforts by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove illegal immigrants, while complaining of a lack of cooperation from local law enforcement who jailed them for criminal offenses. "ICE, however, cannot remove and deport criminal aliens in State or local jails that it does not know about,' " Chertoff wrote. "State and local officials have to be willing to share that information in a timely fashion in order for such removal to take place." Perry blasted DHS after a three-part Houston Chronicle series published last week indicated only one of four illegal immigrants booked into the Harris County Jail were processed by ICE for removal, allowing a number of immigrants to be released who later committed serious crimes. The governor characterized the ICE removal operation as a "de facto catch and release program," and asked that ICE provide all Texas law enforcement agencies with access to an immigration database that contains fingerprints of immigrants with criminal records. "I am outraged to learn that thousands of criminal aliens in our Texas jails who should have been detained, removed and deported ... were instead released back onto our streets after they completed their jail sentence," Perry wrote in a Nov. 18 letter to Chertoff. Friday's letter from Chertoff was a continuation of a clash between the two officials, and followed Perry's ire on Thursday when DHS officials confirmed Texas would get a lower level of reimbursement for debris removal than Louisiana received after Hurricane Katrina. In his letter, Chertoff said newspaper reports "fail to state that Harris County did not share with ICE existing lists it maintains of detainees who reported they were foreign born." Chertoff said the agency only received the list from Harris County on Nov. 18, and is vetting the database to determine the immigration status of each detainee.
$3 million in boots boosted from Justin warehouse lot
Those cool new Justin boots you saw at the flea market for an unbelievable price might be hot. As in stolen. And chances are decent that you might come across some, because 20,692 pairs of boots were stolen in two batches recently from the Justin distribution center, 3500 E. Long Ave., Lt. Paul Henderson, a police spokesman, said Friday. The value of the two hauls is about $3 million, he said. The first heist was during Labor Day weekend; the second was on Nov. 9, Henderson said. In both cases, a thief cut the locked chain on the lot's gate and drove a white tractor onto the property, he said. In the first theft, a surveillance video shows "a white single-cab tractor entering the property without a trailer and leaving with one, three different times. The tractor has no identifiable markings on it," he said. Three containers mounted on three chassis were taken, Henderson said. They held 10,740 pairs of boots and 7,404 sets of boot uppers priced at $2,386,414.04, he said. Two of the container-chassis sets were found empty and abandoned: one in Forest Hill at Southeast Loop 820 and Forest Hill Drive, the other in Grand Prairie at Interstate 20 and Great Southwest Parkway. The third was still missing Friday, Henderson said. On Nov. 9, two shipping container-chassis sets were taken from the same property. "A witness observed a white single-cab tractor towing a Green China Shipping trailer away from the property," Henderson said. "Access to the property was gained by cutting a chain-locked gate." The 9,952 boots in the containers were priced at $774,747, Henderson said. Both container-chassis sets, he said, were found empty in Arlington. Justin Brands spokeswoman Lisa Lankes said shoppers should be wary of new Justin products at any flea market because the company deals only with businesses that have "fixed brick-and-mortar locations."
Miss Texas preliminary pageant held in gay bar
Cassie Nova is resplendent in red. Her figure is flattered by an almost-there hemline. Heels, three-inch. Hair, teased. Makeup, porcelain doll smooth. As co-host of a preliminary Miss Texas pageant held Sunday night in Dallas, Ms. Nova was all woman - except for one thing. She's a man. Therein lies the problem. That and the pageant venue: a gay bar. "I didn't know a drag queen was going to have that prominent of a role," said Jean Magness, executive director of the Miss Texas Organization, who watched over the Miss Oak Cliff/Miss Oak Lawn Area pageant at the Oak Lawn lounge The Rose Room. "The question was Cassie's involvement. Was it appropriate? For me and other board members present, that was a major concern."
Missing Girl, 6, Found in Texas Drug House With Mom
A missing 6-year-old Texas girl was found unharmed in a drug house in Austin with her mother, police told FOX News. Comal County police tracked down Jewel Noel Klein and her 41-year-old mother Tonya Renee Martin Friday after an Amber Alert was issued for the pair earlier in the week, according to sheriffs department spokesman Mark Reynolds. "The child was unharmed and the mother's been arrested and taken into custody," Reynolds told FOX News. Police believe Jewel was picked up from school on Tuesday by her mother, according to MyFOXHouston.com. Deputies were called that night to the home of the little girl's grandmother, 68-year-old Melba Balantac, to find her severely beaten. Balantac was able to give them limited information implicating her daughter in the attack before she was taken to the hospital, MyFOXHouston.com reported. Balantac is Martin's mother and has legal conservatorship of Jewel. Investigators spotted the car sought in the Amber Alert, followed the male driver and stopped him for questioning, Reynolds told FOX. He led police to the house where Jewel was staying with her mother, and Martin was detained without incident.
Former Texas congressman, Attorney General Jim Mattox dies
Jim Mattox, the sometimes bare-knuckled campaigner who billed himself as the people's lawyer while Texas attorney general, died Thursday in his sleep at his home in Dripping Springs, Texas. Mr. Mattox, 65, had served as a Dallas County assistant district attorney, state legislator, three-time U.S. congressman and two-time Texas attorney general. He ended a successful string of political campaigns by losing the 1990 Democratic gubernatorial primary in a vicious race against Ann Richards. Mr. Mattox was a tenacious advocate for the people of Texas, said Texas Democratic Chairman Boyd Richie. "A tough public servant, Jim's life was spent working for the interests of all Texans," Mr. Richie said. "His legacy of service and dedication to our great state will endure, and he will be dearly missed." Gov. Rick Perry said Texans mourned the loss of a genuine leader. "His leadership, passion for and service to the state of Texas have left a lasting legacy," Mr. Perry said. The governor directed that in Mr. Mattox's memory, flags be flown at half-staff through Friday and on Tuesday, the day of his funeral. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in downtown Austin. He will be buried in the State Cemetery.
Explosion at Delek Refinery in Tyler; four injured, three critical, search ongoing
Clean up crews are continuing their work at Delek Refining in Tyler after an explosion at the local petroleum refinery, formerly known as La Gloria, that caused at least four injuries. The cause of the explosion, which happened just before 2:00 pm Thursday, is still being sought. OSHA says that its investigators are en route to Delek, and will take the lead in the investigation.
Dallas ISD hires firm to review false social security numbers
An outside law firm has been hired to look into the Dallas school district's practice of issuing false Social Security numbers to foreign citizens hired to teach in the district. The Dallas Independent School District announced Wednesday that it has asked former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins of Fish & Richardson, P.C., to look at "everything" concerning the practice, including how it got started and if any federal statutes were violated. DISD had been issuing the fake numbers - some of which had already been assigned to people elsewhere - for several years before ending the practice this summer. The false numbers were issued to get the foreign citizens - mostly teachers brought in on visas to teach bilingual classes - on the payroll quickly. "There has been understandable concern raised by the community over the issue of using temporary numbers that looked like Social Security numbers while these individuals waited for their permanent numbers," Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said in a news release. "Paul Coggins is a strong, independent authority on these issues. Obviously, there was a problem with the process and I want it corrected so it will never happen again." Mr. Coggins is expected to complete his work before the end of December. The Social Security Administration also is looking into the district's practice of issuing the fake numbers. Dr. Hinojosa has said that he wasn't aware of the practice until he received a report from DISD's investigative unit in September. The district has said that it has stopped giving out false numbers and has put in new processes to ensure it doesn't happen again. Those new processes include checking Social Security numbers of district employees against a Social Security Administration database. The Dallas Morning News has heard from several people around the country who were concerned that DISD possibly issued their Social Security number to someone. Their Social Security numbers begin with "200" - the same prefix that DISD began its false numbers with.
Teacher accused of having sex with student at school
A 26-year-old teacher in the Dallas school district has been arrested after a 14-year-old female student told police that they had sex in a school, authorities said. Calvin J. Beckton, who teaches at Boude Storey Middle School, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of sexual assault after the teenager said they had sex in the school's band hall on Oct. 28, police said. Dallas police declined to release any further details about the case. Mr. Beckton has been placed on leave and removed from campus pending the outcome of the investigation, said Jon Dahlander, a Dallas school district spokesman. Mr. Beckton was being held in the Dallas County jail Wednesday in lieu of a $25,000 bond.
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Thu Feb 23, 2006
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Tue Jan 10, 2006
Shine On Blinds Introduces Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning to Tarrant County
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Tue Sep 20, 2005
Evacuees in Texas Now Flee Rita
HOUSTON - They waded through the chest-high floodwaters in the streets of New Orleans. They were plucked from their rooftops in the rescue baskets of helicopters. They survived the hell of the Louisiana Superdome and a 350-mile bus ride to Texas.
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Now, just a few weeks after getting settled at emergency shelters in Houston, Hurricane Katrina evacuees are on the move again to escape another storm.
"This reminds me of the Israelites marching in the desert," Norman Bethancourt, 51, said as he waited for a bus to take him from Reliant Arena to Ellington Field, where he and the other refugees were set to board planes bound for a military base in Arkansas.
About 1,100 evacuees — down from a high of nearly 10,000 — living in Houston's two largest shelters, Reliant Arena and the George R. Brown Convention Center, began making their way to Fort Chaffee, Ark., as Hurricane Rita strengthened into a hurricane and lashed the Florida Keys with heavy rain and strong wind.
Forecasters said Rita would continue to gain strength as it crossed the warm Gulf of Mexico and would probably come ashore in Texas over the weekend.
Houston officials said moving the evacuees was necessary because the shelters might not hold up in a major hurricane. They hoped to have everyone moved by Tuesday night.
The evacuees carried little. Some had a backpack, others a plastic bag. A few had pillows. One girl, tears streaming down her face, carried a stuffed toy in a little cage.
"A lot of people didn't want to go," said Wayne Sylvester, who was wearing a T-shirt that proclaimed: "I Survived Katrina." "It looks like the storm is following me. Choice is you don't have a choice."
Coast Guard Lt. Joe Leonard said 10 planes flew refugees to Arkansas on Tuesday, and officials were prepared to move another 2,300 on Wednesday, if needed.
Other refugees went to shelters in Dallas, stayed with family and friends, or returned to Louisiana. "They can go wherever they want," said Leonard, who is overseeing shelters in Houston. "There are opportunities to be bused to various places."
Many of the evacuees were not happy about leaving for Arkansas and were looking for somewhere else to go.
"Hell. It's been pure hell," said Lisa Banks, 33, who was outside Reliant Arena with her four children, ages 8 to 15. "I'm not going to Arkansas. I feel like a rag doll, people throwing me around."
Seated on chair, she kept a black plastic garbage bag nearby. It was filled with towels. Banks, who was airlifted with her family out of their home in New Orleans, had hoped to settle in Houston, find a job and a place to live.
I don't know what's going to happen next," she said. "We really don't know what to do. We were supposed to get housing here."
Arkansas?
"No," she said adamantly. "Arkansas is not a good place for me."
"I don't even know where that's at," said Michael Russell, as he ate his lunch of macaroni and cheese and a sausage while he waited for his brother. They hoped to get to Hammond, La., not Arkansas. Both are from New Orleans.
Texas officials also were planning to move Louisiana evacuees out of shelters in Corpus Christi and Beaumont. In all, some 4,000 were headed for Arkansas and 3,000 to Tennessee.
At Reliant, Carmelita Speed, 25, clutched a box of tissue and periodically dabbed at tears. She reluctantly was going to the plane and Arkansas.
"I hope and pray it isn't like the Superdome," Speed said, describing how for days there she "slept on the ground, or on cardboard."
Her boyfriend, Roland Mitt, said: "I'm running out of patience. I'm upset. I'm mad. I'm disgusted. All of the above."
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Fri Aug 26, 2005
New Book Released!
Stacie Booth, a Texas resident, announces the release of her new book, Scuba Gear in the Bathtub, by PublishAmerica. Booth's book is a comedy that brings the nuances, miscommunications, and gender differences of marriage into humorous fun. Each section of the book contains a snapshot of the two main characters and their life together.
Edna Goldberg often finds herself exasperated by her husband, Henry, and his unconventional behavior. Henry enjoys his antics thoroughly and loves to annoy his proper, strong-willed wife. Thus begins a marital struggle of miscommunication, circumstance, and sometimes embarrassing situations. Like any married couple, Henry and Edna have their nuances. Henry's slow driving habits and rolling his hankie up in the window to dry are enough to make Edna want to shove him out the door. Henry must contend with his wife's snoring and hogging up the bed, but through it all they still love each other and in spite of everything, reminisce about their wedding and how their life together all got started. Though they encounter many minor mishaps they wed at last and live happily ever after – for the most part.
The author graduated from Arizona State University with a B.A. in Secondary Education and English, and unflappably taught seventh grade language arts and high school English for six years, two of which she taught sophomore English at Jack C. Hays High School. Prior to teaching at Hays High School, she also worked as an operator at Motorola in Seguin. Booth now lives a charmed, unassuming life as a wife, mother, author, Bible class teacher, and 2nd degree black belt certified trainee instructor in Taekwondo at Mr. Scott Larsen’s Black Belt Academy.
Additionally, Hastings Book, Music & Video in San Marcos, Texas, will host a book signing set for Friday, September 2nd, 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. All who visit Hastings will have the opportunity to meet the author and purchase a signed copy of Scuba Gear in the Bathtub. Booth will also be at B. Dalton Bookseller in Highland Mall, Austin, Texas, for another signing on Saturday, December 10, 2005, 12 noon to 3 P.M. The book is also available on-line from Amazon.com, at The BookPeople in Austin, and may be ordered through any Barnes and Noble book store. For more about the book and author, visit: http://home.satx.rr.com/staciebooth/
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