August 1, 1946 - The Battle of Athens Tennessee
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Michael Swickard
on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Battle of Athens was an armed rebellion led by WWII veterans and citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the tyrannical local government on August 1,1946. View and think.
Partly personal: one life in the day of the hospital
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© 2012 Michael Swickard, Ph.D. - There is no better time to talk about healthcare than when I am at a hospital intake area a couple of hours away from a heart operation. This column started the morning of July 17 at the Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix. I will not keep you in suspense; I survived the procedure. Me and my heart are much better. The first thought I had that morning: I am so glad I was born in the 20th century where there are treatments when my heart decides to be a bit funky. There was the regular boring beat, ka-thump, ka-thump and then there was the heart deciding to run away at 200 beats a minutes or do the Samba. The procedure which has been available for several decades is an ablation where two wires are threaded up into the heart and the part of the heart that wants to Samba is fixed so it does not. While doing paperwork, I admired how easily John the concierge at the front desk got people to the correct place as they completed paperwork and made them feel at ease. I had an odd thought: I am used to people being quite scared in my radio studio, knowing they are being heard all over New Mexico when I have no anxiety whatsoever. I caught up with the anxiety index even though I had confidence in the doctor and hospital. Both my local heart doctor and my sister, who used to work in a Lubbock Heart Clinic, urged me to do this procedure in a place that only did heart procedures. My sister said, “Go some place where there is a Conga Line of patients, three before you, three after, all with the same need.” I am glad I did. Read column
Partly personal: one life in the day of the hospital
Texas GOP Chooses Tea Party-backed Cruz for Senate
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Michael Swickard
Winner! |
Texas GOP Chooses Tea Party-backed Cruz for Senate
El Paso Times guest column asks some hard questions
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Seems some administrators missed the bus |
El Paso Times guest column asks some hard questions
West Nile Virus mosquitoes in Albuquerque area
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Michael Swickard
A. albopictus mosquito carries West Nile virus |
West Nile Virus mosquitoes in Albuquerque area
What Next You Ask? Obama Administration Tries to Grab Control of New Mexico's Water
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Jim Spence
Jim Spence (left) |
“Oh you are just an anti-government reactionary,” defenders of big government respond. New Mexicans seem mostly unconcerned that the government is seizing control of everything from healthcare, to lending, to energy production, to freedom from domestic spying. It is all about creating a greater good is the progressive's standard argument.
On Monday July 30th freedom loving New Mexican’s got their answer to “what next?” The next thing the federal government will seek control of is management of water and water rights in New Mexico.
According to the Las Cruces Sun-News, yesterday lawyers representing the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, Elephant Butte Irrigation District, and the city of Las Cruces, announced that a state Water Court hearing will be at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, in Las Cruces. It seems that authority over future management of state's water supply will be at stake.
What could the Obama Administration’s officials be thinking? Both Democrats and Republicans in attendance during the meeting of the New Mexico Legislature's Water and Natural Resources Committee seemed stunned by the revelation of the latest grab.
The answer of course is simple to anyone paying even a little attention to public policy in America since 2009. The Obama administration is thinking about same thing it always thinks about. It is determined to grab more power away from individuals, local governments, state courts, and state governments. What it wants to do is concentrate more power and control in the hands of people in Washington D.C.
You see, not only can this administration direct taxpayer “investments” into companies that are the key to our future (like Solyndra and Amonix) it also thinks it can do a better job of managing water that belongs to New Mexicans than New Mexicans can. Has 51% of New Mexico voters had enough yet or should we simply go back to wondering what is next?
What Next You Ask? Obama Administration Tries to Grab Control of New Mexico's Water
Federal Gov't Tries to Grab New Mexico Water
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Las Cruces Sun-News - Clearly, it was jolting news the New Mexico Legislature's Water and Natural Resources Committee wasn't prepared for. During Monday's committee meeting, in the Barbara Hubbard Room at the Pan American Center Annex, lawyers representing the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, Elephant Butte Irrigation District, and the city of Las Cruces, told the committee that a state Water Court hearing will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, at the Third Judicial Court Complex, 201 E. Picacho Ave., and the future management of state's water supply could hang in the balance of the hearing's outcome.
Elephant Butte Dam |
"Why hasn't this been front-page news?" asked a surprised Clinton D. Harden Jr., a state senator from Clovis. "This is one of the biggest things ever. Frankly, what we're looking at is under the camel's nose. This is an unprecedented legal claim to water."
The lawyers told the committee the U.S. government is apparently trying to take over legal management of the state's water supply. The federal government has asserted claims for damages to groundwater in a natural resource damage case in New Mexico involving Chevron/Molycorp. The claim seeks for those damages to be awarded in the form of future water rights management. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Federal Gov't Tries to Grab New Mexico Water
85,000 Descend on Farmington for Baseball
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Jim Spence
Ricketts Park in Farmington, NM |
While players stay with host families, the hundreds of other attendees that come to watch the series fill up the hotels. Local restaurants said they see an increase during the day and after the games. Organizers estimate the economic impact for the area to be about $ 2 million. Read full story here: News New Mexico
85,000 Descend on Farmington for Baseball
Frackin' B.S.
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Marita Noon |
Frackin' B.S.
New Mexico: Film hot spot on the mend
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Lone Ranger |
New Mexico: Film hot spot on the mend
250 Cars Stolen in Duke City in 2012
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Jim Spence
KOAT - Albuquerque police said the city has seem more than 250 car part thefts since the beginning of the year. Police said most of the crimes happen between midnight and 6 a.m. "We're always concerned of any kind of criminal activity that takes place. It's sad that this goes on," said Jerry Gallegos with the Southwest Alliance of Neighborhoods.
In a notice recently sent out, Action 7 News found out that hundreds of cars have been stripped for their parts in 2012. Most of the vehicles targeted are luxury SUVs, such as Cadillac Escalades and Chevy Tahoes. Read full story here: News New Mexico
In a notice recently sent out, Action 7 News found out that hundreds of cars have been stripped for their parts in 2012. Most of the vehicles targeted are luxury SUVs, such as Cadillac Escalades and Chevy Tahoes. Read full story here: News New Mexico
250 Cars Stolen in Duke City in 2012
Transparency and Right to Access Rule of the Day
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Jim Spence
KRQE - The state Court of Appeals has ruled that citizens have a right to access to public records kept by an independent contractor on behalf of a governmental agency.
A lawyer for the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government said Monday the decision was important for preserving government transparency.
The court issued the decision last week in a case involving the city of Truth or Consequences and a nonprofit corporation operating a public access cable channel for the community. Read full story here: News New Mexico
A lawyer for the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government said Monday the decision was important for preserving government transparency.
The court issued the decision last week in a case involving the city of Truth or Consequences and a nonprofit corporation operating a public access cable channel for the community. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Transparency and Right to Access Rule of the Day
Resse Takes the Stand
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Jim Spence
Eric Holder |
Rick Reese, owner of New Deal Shooting Sports, testified Monday that the man was boisterous and bragging all the time, so he didn't believe anything he said. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Resse Takes the Stand