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Established 2010
March 2013 Volume 103 32 pages Monthly
PRST STDPOSTAGE PD
#16
COLDSPRING, TXFree
The Right Publication for a Right-Minded Country www.thedamgoodtimes.com
The Dam Good TimesKeep In Touch...
Like Us...
...Follow Us!
She’s A Lady & She Needs A Hero!
Don’t Sink My BattleshipStory on Page 6
March 2013_TDGT Tabloid 3/5/13 7:09 PM Page 1
The Gulf Coast
Wing, is a unit of the
Commemorative AirForce. Gulf CoastWing (GCW) is avolunteer only non-profit 501-c-3 organi-zation of hardworking individualsdedicated to thepreservation,restoration, and fly-ing of Texas Raiders,an authentically re-
stored WWII B-17G
Flying Fortress
Bomber. Visit us at
gulfcoastwing.org
Where can you seeher?
March 9-10Brownsville Air Fi-esta Air Show,Brownsville, TX.
March 16 1940's AirTerminal Museum,Hobby Airport -
Houston, TX.
March 30 Tomball
Jet Center, Hooks
Airport - Spring, TX.
April 6 GCW OpenHouse Tomball JetCenter - Spring, TX..
March 14th --- Paintingwith a Twist a la PolkCounty with Rose West,at the Livingston FireHall. There will be afee associated with thisevent to pay for paintingsupplies.
We will have toRSVP and pay Rose in
advance for thesupplies and materials.We need to make surewe have enough sup-plies for everyone. I will
visit with Rose aboutthe cost of supplies.The RSVP date will
need to be around
March 1, 2013. We donot have to pay for theFire Hall --- they are al-
lowing us to use it free
of charge. Thank youCorky Cochran and allthe firemen!!
Everyone is respon-
sible for bringing theirown food and bever-
ages --- it's an eveningbrown-sack lunch
event! Bring pizza,
sandwiches, wine, etc,
whatever your heart de-sires. There will be nocalorie counting hap-pening at this event.We will start around5:30 pm. Make sureyou bring something tocover up your workclothes/nice clothes orbring extra clothing forthat evening.
The next noon meet-
ing will be at Jalisco's
Texas Pepper withRita Cromartie, "FitTexas" ---- just in time
for summer and bathingsuit season!
Sydney MurphyExecutive Director
Chamber of CommercePO Box 600Livingston, TX 77351
(936) 327-4929
sydneymurphy@liv-
ingston.net
WINOSWomen Interested in
Networking OpportunitiesJacqueline MorrisonKim LaymanceJ. Michael GowdyScott PaskeBubba CliftonTheresa SmithGene Womak Linda Atkins CurrieJoAnn ScarboroughFreda BurchamLinda LutzBarbara SheltonJim MillerPat LaramoreNathaniel Hickman
It’s your birthday! Treat yourself to some HOMEMADE icecream at Shuky-Deez! 202 N. Washington Ste 300, Livingston, TX 936.327.4144 (Pic:Crystal & Ceasar)
of San Jacinto Countyhas scheduled its annualspring style show andluncheon for March 14,
2013. The event will beheld at the ColdspringUnited Methodist ChurchFellowship Hall.
Spring styles andfashions will be providedby Sue’s Boutique on theLake in Onalaska and
modeled by members of
the League.A silent auction will
also be held. Bidding on
items donated by League
members and area mer-chants will begin at 11:30
a.m. League membersand guests may arrive
any time after 11:30.
Lunch, prepared by the
Church Ladies, will be
served at noon. Tickets for the event
are $20.00 and may bepurchased fromWomen’s League mem-bers. For more informa-tion call ArnetteDaugherty at 377-3906.
Top Left Picture: Bea Glassco, member of theSJC Women’s League, lookslike a spring flower in her newoutfit from Sue’s Boutique onthe Lake in Onalaska. She willbe modeling this outfit andother fashions at the annualSpring Style Show & Lunch-eon on March 14, 2013, atthe Coldspring UnitedMethodist Church.
Boom Picture:Katy Smith, 1st Vice-Presi-dent of the Women’s Leagueof SJC, had a hard time decid-ing which accessories tochoose for her new spring out-
fit. She will be modeling springfashions from Sue’s Boutiqueon the Lake at the SpringStyle Show and Luncheon onMarch 14, 2013, at theColdspring United MethodistChurch.
San Jacinto County Women’s League2013 Spring Style Show and Luncheon
It’s time again for our
Quarterly Membership
Luncheon! This lun-
cheon’s topic will be on
Tourism and will be heldat Camp Cho-Yeh from
12:00 to 1:00 pm on
Tuesday, March 19th.We are inviting all of our
members that have
Tourism related busi-nesses to set up an in-
formational table to tell alittle about yourself and
give others some ideas
for their families and/orguest of Polk County.
Continuing to educate
the community is impor-tant to assist and en-
courage local growth and
expansion. It is key to
know what is being of-
fered to our local resi-
dents and for our
welcomed visitors so wecan stay persistent with
our support and spend-
ing locally!!! Space is limited to
display information and
will be 1st come, 1stserve. Please RSVP a
spot if you would like totake advantage of show-
casing what you have to
offer as soon as possi-ble! Deadline to reserve
space is Friday, March
8th. Coupons are agreat idea, with hopes it
will encourage members
to visit your business
and promoting to spend
local and support our
community! Please let
us know if you will havesomeone at your
info/display table or if
you would like to just layout some info,
brochures, etc. in your
reply email. Tickets are$12.00 each and must
be purchased in advancefor food count. You must
have a ticket to set up an
in info/display table. NOTICKETS WILL BE
SOLD AT THE DOOR.
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By Crystal Laramore
Life works in mysteri-
ous ways and I metBruce Bramlett, executive
director of the BattleshipTexas Foundation,through a series ofevents that can only bedescribed as divine inter-vention. Most of youreading this article bleedall the colors of the Amer-ican Flag, as do I, asdoes Bruce, as does theBattleship Texas. During
the monthly meeting atthe Houston Gun Collec-tors Association I was ex-cited that our guestspeaker was someone
from the Battleship Texas.I was sure he was goingto speak of the splendor
of the Battleship Texas,
which he did. What I wassurprised to hear was thelevel of decay she is in.
Bruce was on a heart-
string-pulling-mission,aka a fund-raising mis-sion…for the USS Texas.
Her long-term survival,
her life, depends on get-ting her out of the water
and dry berthed. This willonly happen by the gen-
erosity of YOU! Whether
you are a Congressman,
a Senator, a General, a
Colonel, a veteran or apatriot or the mother/fa-
ther/son/daughter of any
of the above and you arereading this paper-She
needs YOU! She served her county
in a way no other ship
had before or has since.She has been strong,
brave and heroic for over
100 years and now SHEneeds a hero. She needs
many, many heroes.
And, yes, she needs dol-lars, $75 million of themto be exact. It’s a daunt-ing number at first glanceand almost unbelievable,but take a closer look ather, as I have, and youwill see not only hergreatness but also thevastness of her troublesand you too will haveyour heartstrings pulled.
How can you help?Many ways:
Are you a gun collec-
tor? Bruce Bramlett and
his team have guns forsale! .45-caliber Coltsemi-automatic pistols to
be exact! The pistols are
modeled after the 100weapons the arms makergave the crew prior to the
ship's 1912 launching.
About 2,000 pistols,engraved with images ofthe ship at various points
in its career along with
the Texas star, are forsale in observance of the
2014 centennial of thewarship's commissioning.
"The Mighty T - 100
Years" is engraved on
each pistol.
Until May 1, the pistolsonly cost $1,699; but
after that the price in-
creases to $2,014. Or-ders will be accepted
through Sept. 1. Whatan amazing piece of his-
tory to give as a gift or to
purchase for yourself!Close to 100 firearms
have been sold to date!
Why the pistols? Well,this is Texas and we ARE
in America! We are a pa-
triotic nation and Bruce isso patriotic that alongwith saving the USSTexas he wanted a wayfor people to afford op-portunity to grip a littlepiece of the history in thepalm of their hands. Plusyou will have an emo-tional, historic tie to the100th anniversary of thechristening of the Battle-
ship Texas. Bramlettsays the commemorativepistols, though functional
firearms are targeted pri-
marily at the collectorsmarket. Bruce and histeam are also trying to
figure out a way to makepistol grips out of theoriginal wood flooring thathas become unusable.
Are you a philanthro-
pist? The USS Texas’foundation is a private or-ganization that donates
money for the ship's up-keep and arranges tours
and overnight stays for
visitors. The ship isdocked near the San Jac-
into Monument in LaPorte, TX. There is quite
a view of the monument
from the bow of the ship.
The USS Texas is ownedby the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department and
you can make donationsspecifically for her.
Ship manager AndySmith said, “The most
critical repairs will be
strengthening areas be-neath the engines, which
weigh 1,100 tons each,
and the aft-most tanks.Presently, the supporting
structures have lost 80
percent of their viability.”Andy also said the re-
pairs are expected totake about 18 months tocomplete, which will befunded through a $25 mil-lion bond issue Texas vot-ers approved in 2007.
Until last summer, thestate had hoped to makenecessary repairs andthen place the old dread-
nought - the only existing
battleship to fight in bothworld wars - in dry dock.Then, beginning in early
July, a series of leaks un-derscored the vessel'sperilous condition.
State plans to exhibitthe ship in an out-of-
water setting wereshelved indefinitely after
it was determined that theeffort could cost as muchas $75 million. Repairing
the ship's summer leaks,Bramlett says, cost thestate more than $2 mil-lion.
Final thought: On theafternoon of SundayMarch 3rd my phone rangand it was Bruce. “Crys-tal, this is Bruce. Hey,
can you get in touch with
Glen Beck?” Imagine my
surprise. My first thought
was “NO. Are you KID-DING me right now?” My
second thought-which is
what I said to Bruce-was,“Of course I can. I will be
seeing him at the NRAconvention and I will
make sure to give him a
copy of this paper.” Todate that was one of the
most ego-boosting phone
calls I have ever had.When I say divine in-
tervention I mean it. If
not for the graciousnessof Jesse Coburn of
Coburn CB’s in Liv-ingston, TX I would notbelong to the NRA and ifnot for the generosity andfriendship of Jack &Penny Uselton and theircousin Rick Uselton, withUselton Firearms in Ten-nessee and Rick Clay(who I hope to write a
book with) I would not be
going backstage at theNRA convention andmeeting Glenn Beck and
Ted Nugent. BTW, Tedwill also receive a copy ofthis newspaper. Justsayin’! And if not forGod…
Bruce and I have a lotof plans to raise money,
have fun and save a ship!Ami Blackwell with Spin-Drift Media & Entertain-
ment and I have twoevents we are workingon. One involves TexasSinger-Songwriters, Polit-
ical Leaders/Activists andmaybe even a fly-over!
So, if we call you, besure we intend to incor-porate your help, take
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281.802.6327
Fellow Patriot,
I need your help now
more than ever.
In my last message Itold you about the effort
to remove me from office
through a recall cam-
paign.
Well, just this week,the group behind this re-
call effort posted a com-
ment on their site from anindividual who stated the
following:
"He should see thecolor of his skin and
where he comesfrom...stupid
motherf***er...let's kill
him. I will kill him for free.I am going to Arizona to
kill that a**hole."
Ignacio Carbajal is a U.S.Citizen living in Arizona
who wrote these words
while visiting Mexico. As disappointed as I
am about this, I under-stand that there are stillelements and people inthis country that have norespect for the Rule ofLaw; that there are thosewho cannot accept themajority will when it
comes to fair elections;that there are those whowant to thwart the will of
the voters and make
them pay for a costly spe-cial election.
What I don't under-
stand is why some ofthese groups would toler-
ate the idea of violence
committed by their mem-bers.
The threat was postedon a Facebook site called
"People Against Sheriff
Joe Arpaio." This site isone of many dedicated to
raising money and organ-
izing the effort behind myrecall campaign.
And, this is not the first
threat made against mylife. Many threats havecome in from drug cartelsin Mexico to other sus-pects around the country.And several people havebeen arrested for makingthese threats.
It's one thing to dis-agree about public policy
but threatening violenceagainst specific individu-als is way beyond re-
proach.
The same people who
tried to beat me in last
year's election are nowtrying to recall me from
office and now appear to
be tolerating murderthreats by individuals
within their organization.That's wrong.
I'm going to continue
to do the job you electedme to do despite these
threats against my life. I
will always work for youand I will never back
down one inch because
of political or physicalthreats against me.
Clearly the people be-hind this recall effort areserious. So serious thatnot only do they want toend my term in office,they seem to want to endme, period.
I ask that you pleasesupport my campaigntoday with a much-
needed contribution.
Please follow this link to
make your instant contri-bution of $25, $50, $100
or more. I don't have to
tell you what is at stake ifthese people are suc-
cessful.
It is an honor and aprivilege to serve as the
Sheriff. I took an oath toprotect and defend the
United States Constitu-
tion. I intend to do justthat no matter what the
consequences.
Please click here tomake a donation today. I
must have the support of
good people like you ifI'm going to survive thisrecall effort.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Sheriff Joe ArpaioMaricopa County, Arizona
Sheriff’s Roundup
Battleship
Cont’d from Pg 5
on your love of God &country in this daunting
and fulfilling task. And
Jay, we are also planninga little game of golf…
Anyone interested in pur-chasing a gun or donating tothe USS Texas should contactBruce Bramlett at 713-827-9620. If you are interested inhelping with the Music FestFundraiser “She’s a Lady &She Needs a Hero” or the GolfTournament, email CrystalLaramore at [email protected] and put Battle-
ship in the subject line.
Google Battleship Texas orUSS Texas to read more about
her.
March 2013_TDGT Tabloid 3/5/13 7:09 PM Page 7
ATTENTION Republicans!
The Polk County Republican Club meetsthe first Tuesday of each month and be-ginning in March (5) the meetings will be
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The Dam Good Timestravels all over the worldgetting attention. Re-cently one of our Liv-ingston readers had ourpaper in New York andnow we have our THIRD
subscriber there! Now,that may not sound like alot but seriously, its uswe’re talking about!
The Dam Good Times
paper has spread acrossthis country in a way thathumbles my heart. We
are passed out at gun
shows and various con-ventions throughoutTexas as well. We have
been seen and read by
some of the most influen-tial people in the UnitedStates of America and
have received countless
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Know that when you
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just yet...we talk aboutour advertisers in our
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once already...Inessence, we are passion-
ate about our publication
and our advertisers!When you advertise
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services. Our goal is tohave a small group ofloyal advertisers who be-lieve the way we do; in astrong America, a strongmilitary, the right to beararms and a small govern-ment. We believe in free-dom, liberty and justicefor all!
It's a win-win for ouradvertisers. They receiveads in a widespread, ap-
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After years at the same address across from Houston's Stratford HighSchool, Cafe Rita's has moved to a larger and more accommodating size. Their"spectacular" Armenian- Lebanese cuisine is served from 9:00 to 7:00 Mon-day through Saturday. You can now find them at 2352 South Dairy Ashfordnear Westheimer. Come treat yourself to wonderful eating!
March 2013_TDGT Tabloid 3/5/13 7:09 PM Page 9
Military MinutesBy Dean Garrison
I feel a tremendous re-
sponsibility to write this
article though I am a littleapprehensive. Thinking
about the possibility ofrising up against our own
government is a frighten-
ing thing for many of us. Iam not Johnny Rambo
and I will be the first to
admit that I do not wantto die. The reason I feel
compelled to write this,
however, is simply be-cause I don’t think the av-
erage American isequipped with the facts. Ifeel that a lot of Americancitizens feel like theyhave no choice but tosurrender their guns if thegovernment comes forthem. I blame traditionalmedia sources for thismass brainwash and Icarry the responsibility ofall small independentbloggers to tell the truth.
So my focus today is tolay out your constitutionalrights as an American,
and let you decide what
to do with those rights.About a month ago I
let the “democracy” word
slip in a discussion with a
fellow blogger. I knowbetter. Americans havebeen conditioned to use
this term. It’s not an accu-
rate term and it never hasbeen a correct term todescribe our form of gov-
our founding principles,they have no right to call
for a violation of constitu-
tional rights.If you are reli-
gious you might
choose to think ofit this way… Saythat members ofyour congregationdecide that massfornication is agood thing. Dothey have the rightto change theteachings of your
God? The truth isthe truth. It doesn’tmatter how manypeople try to stray
from it. Did I justcompare ourfounders to God?In a way I did, but
please note that I
am not trying to in-sult anyone. Forthe purpose of the Ameri-
can Government our con-
stitution and founderswho wrote it are muchlike God is to believers. It
is the law. It is indis-
putable.Our founders did not
want a “democracy” forthey feared a true democ-
racy was just as danger-
ous as a monarchy. Thefounders were highly ed-
ucated people who were
experienced in defendingthemselves against
tyranny. They understood
that the constitution couldprotect the people by lim-
iting the power of anyoneto work outside of it much
better than a pure system
of popularity. A system ofchecks and balances was
set up to help limit cor-
ruption of government
and also the potential for
an “immoral majority” de-veloping within the Ameri-
can People. We haveforgotten in this country
that we are ultimatelyruled by a constitution.
Why is a democracy po-tentially just as danger-ous as a monarchy? Let’slook at something that
Benjamin Franklin saidbecause it answers that
question more fully and
succinctly than I can.Democracy is two
wolves and a lamb voting
on what to have for lunch.Liberty is a well-armed
lamb contesting the vote.-Benjamin Franklin
Even 230+ years ago our
founders were perceptiveenough to realize that
democracy was a dan-
gerous form of govern-ment. How so?
Because the citi-
zens of a countrycan become just ascorrupt as any gov-ernment. We haveseen evidence ofthis throughout his-tory. Ask NativeAmericans andAfrican-Americans ifthis population can
become corrupt.I think in 2012
we are seeing evi-dence of what
Franklin was tryingto tell us. Just be-cause a majority ofpeople may support
certain ideas it doesnot mean that those
ideas are just. Insimple terms, just be-cause most Americanslove our president and
voted for him, it does notmean that he has thepower to go against ourconstitutional rights.
Next I’d like to reviewthe text of the second
amendment. It is veryclear. This is the law of
this land. So when Sena-
tor Feinstein or President
Obama talk about takingyour guns, you need to
think about something.
Are they honoring theirsworn oath to uphold the
constitution?A well regulated Mili-
tia, being necessary to
the security of a freeState, the right of the
people to keep and bear
Arms, shall not be in-fringed.
This is a pretty clear
statement. The fact is thatit took 232 years for the
Supreme Court to evenrule on this amendmentbecause it has neverbeen successfully chal-lenged. In 2008 a case ofColumbia v. Heller theSupreme Court ruled thata handgun ban in Wash-ington D.C. was unconsti-tutional. One also has to
take this into considera-tion. The Supreme Courtsupports your right to
own guns. If you want to
research this decision fur-ther you can start here.
For those who try to
debate the spirit of the2nd amendment, they aretruly no different frompeople who will try to takeBiblical quotes out of con-
text to try to support theirimmoral decisions. Thefounders were very clearon the intent of the 2ndamendment. Let me
share a few quick quoteshere:
The strongest reasonfor people to retain theright to keep and bear Continued on Page 12
If They Come For Your Guns, Do You Have A Responsibility to Fight?
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Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everyone stands around reloading. Thomas Jefferson
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Continued from Page 10
arms is, as a last resort,to protect themselvesagainst tyranny in gov-ernment. -Thomas Jeffer-son
Firearms stand next inimportance to the Consti-tution itself. They are theAmerican people’s libertyteeth and keystone underindependence … Fromthe hour the Pilgrimslanded, to the presentday, events, occurrences,and tendencies provethat to insure peace, se-curity and happiness, therifle and pistol are equallyindispensable . . . thevery atmosphere offirearms everywhere re-strains evil interference –they deserve a place ofhonor with all that isgood. -George Washing-ton
The Constitution shallnever be construed….toprevent the people of theUnited States who arepeaceable citizens fromkeeping their own arms. -Samuel Adams
I could find hundredsof quotes like these. Thiscountry was built on theright to bear arms. It wasbuilt on the rights of anindividual to bear arms,regardless of what hisgovernment or neighborhappened to think. This iscrystal clear. Ironically thepeople who voice theiropinions against this righthave their free speechprotected by your guns.Without guns in thiscountry, all other amend-ments become null andvoid, simply because “Wethe People” will lose ourpower of enforcement.
We need to keep thisin mind as our “represen-tatives” try to push gunbans. I don’t care if 99%of people are in supportof gun bans (which is farfrom the case), it is a vio-lation of our constitutionalrights, plain and simple.
A constitutional repub-lic protects the rights ofthe individual even whentheir ideas are very much
in the minority. If I werethe only person in Amer-ica who believed in the2nd amendment, I wouldstill be within my rights tocall upon it. You would allthink I was insane andpossibly celebrate if I wasgunned down, but in theend I would be the onlytrue American among us.
Our framers were veryclear on this. If my gov-ernment comes to takemy guns, they are violat-ing one of my constitu-tional rights that iscovered by the 2ndamendment.
It is not my right, atthat point, but my respon-sibility to respond in thename of liberty. What Iam telling you is some-thing that many are tryingto soft sell, and many oth-ers have tried to avoidputting into print, but I amgoing to say it. The timefor speaking in code isover.
If they come for ourguns then it is our consti-tutional right to put themsix feet under. You havethe right to kill any repre-sentative of this govern-ment who tries to treadon your liberty. I am think-ing about self-defenseand not talking about in-citing a revolution. Re-read Jefferson’s quote.He talks about a “last re-sort.” I am not trying tostart a Revolt, I am talk-ing about self-defense. Ifthe day for Revolutioncomes, when no peacefuloptions exist, we mayhave to talk about that aswell. None of us wants tothink about that, butplease understand that amajority can not takeaway your rights as anAmerican citizen. Onlyyou can choose to giveup your rights.
Congress could passgun ban legislation by a90%+ margin and it justwould not matter. I thinksome people are very un-clear on this. This is thereason we have aSupreme Court, andthough I do not doubt thatthe Supreme Court can
also become corrupt, in2008 they got it right.They supported the con-stitution. It does not mat-ter what the majoritysupports because Amer-ica is not a democracy. Aconstitutional republicprotects the rights ofevery single citizen, nomatter what their “electedservants” say. A majorityin America only matterswhen the constitution isnot in play.
I just wrote what everybeliever in the constitu-tion wants to say, andwhat every constitutionalblogger needs to write.The truth of the matter isthat this type of speech isviewed as dangerous andradical or subversive, andit could gain me a worldof trouble that I do notwant. It is also the truth.To make myself clear Iwill tell you again. If theycome for your guns it isyour right to use thoseguns against them and tokill them. You are pro-tected by our constitution.
Most of the articles Iam reading on the sub-ject are trying to give youclues without just comingout and saying it. I under-stand that because cer-tain things in this countrywill get you on a list thatyou don’t want to be on. Imay well be on that list.This blog is small andgrowing so I may not bethere yet, but I havedreams. I also have myown list of subversivesand anyone who attemptsto deny my constitutionalrights is on that list.
I am not the “subver-sive” here, it is the politi-cal representatives whoare threatening to takeaway my inalienablerights. If they come totake my guns and I leavea few of them woundedor dead, and I somehowsurvive, I have zero doubtthat I will spend a longtime in prison and mayface an execution. But Iwould much rather be apolitical prisoner than aslave.
If I go down fighting
then I was not fighting toharm these human be-ings. I was simply de-fending my liberty andyours. It is self-defenseand it is what our countrywas built on. We won ourfreedom in self-defense.We would not be ruled bya tyrannical governmentin the 1770′s and we willnot be ruled in 2012 by atyrannical government.There is no difference.
This is a case of rightand wrong. As of now the2nd amendment stands.It has never been re-pealed. If Feinstein orBarack have a problemwith the constitution thenthey should be removedfrom office. They are notdefending the constitutionwhich they have swornan oath to protect. It istreasonous to say theleast. They would likelysay the same about me,but I have the constitu-tion, the founders, andthe supreme court on myside. They only have theirinflated egos.
I am not writing this toincite people. I am writingthis in hopes that some-how I can make a tiny dif-ference. I have no ideahow many of my neigh-bors have the will to de-fend their constitutionalrights. 2%? 20%? I amafraid that 20% is a highnumber, unfortunately.When push comes toshove many people maygive up and submit tobeing ruled. I believe thatour government is bank-ing on this.
What I do know is thatthis country was foundedby people who had ballsthe size of Texas and Pa-triotic Americans take shitoff of no one, especiallyour own government. Forevidence of that, youmight research the Revo-lutionary War. My ques-tion is how many Patriotsare left?
I would hope that ourofficials come to realizethat, regardless of ournumbers, we still existbecause they are callingPatriotic Americans to ac-
tion. They are making usdecide if we want to diefree or submit to theirrule. I can not tell youwhere you should standon that. I do know that itmay make the differencebetween living a life offreedom or slavery.
You must start thinkingabout this because Ibelieve that the day iscoming soon and I per-sonally believe it hasalready been planned.Not all conspiracy the-ories are hogwash.They may throw downthe gauntlet soon andmy suggestion is thatyou prepare yourself toreact.
I mean no disre-spect to our elected of-ficials but they need tounderstand that “Wethe People” will not bedisarmed. If they pro-ceed then it is they thatare provoking us andwe will act accordingly.We are within ourrights to do so.
For those who arein support of taking theguns, you need to askyourself a very impor-tant question, and I amnot just talking aboutthe politicians, be-cause if you supportthem, you have chosenyour side.
prohibiting concealedweapons from his bankand decided to make apolicy change. Licensedto carry a handgun?Come on in, and bringyour weapon.
The sign, now promi-nently displayed on thebank's front door, says:
"Lawful concealed carry
permitted on these prem-
ises. Management rec-
ognizes the Second
Amendment of the U.S.Constitution as an in-
alienable right of all citi-
zens. We thereforesupport and encourage
the carrying of licensed
concealed weapons." Smith said he made
the policy change to senda warning to potential
robbers, and to express
support for Americans tobear arms. "We had the
conventional sign on the
window, with the red cir-cle and pistol inside and
a line through it. I started
thinking...we've got this"no gun" sign up, so a
robber can come in anddo anything he wants.But if we've got a policythat allows handguns, hewon't know how manypeople in the bank aregonna be carrying a con-cealed weapon. Theremay be some little oldlady who's mad at thegovernment, and would
love to use her concealed
weapon," he said.
The bank has been
robbed twice in the last
three years, including last
March when a manwalked in, ordered bankemployees to fill a canvas
bag with money, and thenfled in a pickup truck.
The man, who didn't
brandish a weapon, has
not been caught.
The sign has made
Chappell Hill Bank some-what of
an Inter-
net cu-riosity. A
photo of
the signhas
made itsway
around
theworld,
and
Smithhas
been in-
ter-viewed
for theNationalRifle As-socia-tion'sradio
networkwww.nranews.com/#/nranews . He's also beencontacted by variousmedia outlets wanting in-
terviews. "It's kind of
gotten a life of its own,"
he said. Expressions of
support have far outnum-
bered criticism. "I haven't gotten any
reactions from Chicago or
California, which doesn'tsurprise me," Smith said
with a chuckle.
The policy change hasalso brought Chappell Hill
Bank some new cus-tomers, as well as com-
ments from people
outside WashingtonCounty, saying that
they'd bank there if they
lived here, said Smith. "Itell them that we're a full-
service bank, and we're
on the Internet. They canbank online," he said.
Editor’s Note: I wouldalso like everyone to notethe bank is backed by$45,000 worth ofGold...wonder when thesign was made and howmuch the gold is worthnow?
March 2013_TDGT Tabloid 3/5/13 7:09 PM Page 13
Commentary
March 2013 The Dam Good Times Page 14
By Matt Bruner
Years ago, I had fin-
ished a restoration of aVolkswagen Convertible
and was looking for an-
other project. A friendpointed out a VolkswagenKarmann Ghia in a localauto repair’s junk corral.For those of you thatdon’t remember, the Ghiawas a small and sportytwo-door Volkswagen, farahead of the “bug” instyle. I visited the shop,
made a quick deal withthe car’s owner andtowed it home.
The body was in pretty
good condition, includingthe protruding nose,which typically had beendented in once or a few
times. Good news, butthe paint and interiorwould wait until the me-
chanical issues were ad-
dressed. First the enginewas seized. Word wasthat it ran when it was
parked, so I assumed it to
be rust and not a me-chanical failure. Isprayed a bunch of rust
dissolver into the cylin-
ders, removed the rockerarm covers and tapped
the rockers with a ham-
mer. All moved exceptone – problem found.
The exhaust valve on onecylinder was stuck open,
which kept the piston on
that cylinder from movingbeyond a point. I would
give that cylinder a spray
and tap it a few timeseach day. After several
days, it came free.
I poured a little gasdown the carburetor and
it started. So I was ontocleaning out the old gastank and replacing therotted fuel lines, rebuild-ing the seized brakecalipers on the front axle,checking light bulbs anda host of other little me-chanical issues.
When the mechanicalissues were solved, Kelly
and I took the car out toget pizza. About one milefrom the house at a stop-light, a full-size truck
pulled beside us. The bigchrome bumper was ateye level. We decided atthat moment, while star-
ing at that bumper, that
the car would be sold, notkept.
I ran an ad in the local
paper. The first guy that
came to see it offered meabout half of what I wasasking and half of what a
fair price would have
been. On my refusal, hebecame indignant and
said he had another “bet-ter and cheaper” car to
look at and left abruptly.
As he was pulling away,
my second prospect ar-
rived. He quickly looked
over the car, acknowl-edged the work to be
done, welcomed it as a
father-son project andagreed to my asking
price.
While he was peelingoff $100s, the first guy re-
turns, apparently havingdriven around the block.
He asks me what I am
doing with “his” car. I re-minded him that he did
not want it at my asking
price, so I sold it to some-one else. He began tocry, kick the ground, andloudly exclaim how stupidhe was. I offered no re-assurance for his mentalcapacity, but I did tell himthat there were othercars. He left a wet andsobbing mess.
That was actually thesecond time I sold the
car. The first time was toa gentleman who “always
wanted a red car.” I re-minded him that the carneeded work, that it wasa restoration that had just
begun. He just bought itand drove it. I bought it
back where it sat forabout half of the selling
price, with a perforatedpiston and a showing ofmy big heart. I towed ithome again. Under atarp during a rainstorm, Ireplaced the engine with
a spare I had. For thosethat don’t know, the Volk-
swagen engine has fourbolts, a fuel line and a
couple of wires – that’s
about it.
After I sold the car the
second time, I bought a
1951 Chevrolet. I hadseen the ad in the paper
and had tried to reach the
man dozens of times withno answer. (This was be-
fore cell phones and the
ubiquitous answeringservice.) When the ad
reappeared, I called andgot the man. He basi-
cally said, “It’s in the yard
– if you want it knock onthe door.” I looked at the
car, knocked, and offered
him about 60 percent ofhis asking price. He said“nope” and slammed thedoor. No negotiation, no
insistence on the full
price, not even a second
word. I left, got about two
blocks and called himfrom a pay phone. “Your
full price, cash, I will be
back in four minutes.”
“Deal.”
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March 2013 The Dam Good Times Page 15
By Penny Uselton
I wrote this piece be-
fore the November elec-tion of 2012 in late
September. I was hop-ing, upon hope, that we
would have new leader-
ship at the helm of ourcountry getting ready tosteer us out of this abyssand on the right coursewith honor and dignity.
Benghazi is a perfectexample of everythinggone wrong with the di-rection of this inept, and
feckless, executivebranch of our govern-ment under Obama’sleadership. Talk about
getting caught with yourpants down! TheFACTS are they
knew within the first
hour that the consulwas under attack byterrorists. They knew
within 24 hours who
was taking credit forthe attack. By 5:00PM EST in Washing-
ton, D.C., the presi-
dent, vice presidentand Leon Panetta,Secretary of Defense,
had a meeting at the
White House for overan hour. (We
learned, during recent
congressional testimony,
that there was ONE tele-
phone conversation with
the president and it in-
cluded the Joint Chief of
Staff. No further conver-sations occurred with the
president that day.) Offi-
cials within the State De-partment, specifically
those who were charged
with the security of ourembassies and con-
sulates, visibly watched,
in real time, what washappening on the ground
in the Benghazi com-pound? The Deputy As-
sistant Secretary of State
for International Pro-grams, Charlene Lamb,
was one of those who
observed live from asatellite broadcast.
This was an attack onour country and its’ peo-ple…no doubt about it!Libyan governmentforces couldn’t, or would-n’t, help us. The U.S.military got on “readyalert” status. Special opsin Tripoli, and othersflown in from Sicily, werewaiting on an aircraft car-
rier, with one hour flying
time from the consul.
NO ONE gave the orders
to rescue our people.
Evidently the consul and
the information officer
were killed from smokeinhalation within the first
hour…but NO ONE has
verified that fact. If thisis true, that is better than
we were first led to be-
lieve by the news media.The other three men, two
Navy seals and a con-
structions representativewere killed six hours after
the initial raid started.The two Navy seals man-
aged to rescue some 34
people and get them outsafely. To this day NO
ONE has told the Ameri-
can people, or Congress,who these people are sothey can be interviewedand their story told. Wehad ample time to rescuethe Navy seals and payback the attackers forwhat they did. NO ONEdid anything and we arelucky another 34 people
were not killed!!
In the months leadingto this attack, there werenumerous episodes of
Middle-
East terrorism (200+) in
2012 that were directedtowards Western powers.
We were attacked in Apriland, then, June where a
large area of our com-
pound wall in Benghaziwas blown up and still
needing repair on Sep-
tember 11, 2012. By lateAugust, numerous con-
suls had shut down andsent their people out of
Libya, including the Brits.
Wouldn’t you think thatthe United States of
America might have fol-
lowed suit and pulledout? What, you wonder,
was Obama’s group think
when they had their brief-ings….or did they have
briefings on the subject?So far it seems asthough little, or no,thought was given to thesubject. Who waschecking the emails andcables coming in fromthe consul? Did they notunderstand the concernsabout the lack of protec-tion?
We have gotten lie,after lie, from the Obamaadministration. The
plethora of lies on this
September 11, 2012
episode is UNFORGIV-ABLE! We lost Ameri-
cans who were servingtheir country and doing
the job we asked them to
do. Our government“ALLOWED” them to be
slaughtered; and, then,
have stonewalled andlied to the American peo-
ple. We still have over-seas personnel, who are
in harm’s way. They are
working for us and count-ing on our protection.
This is NOT the kind of
government we want, norexpect. The majority of
our countrymen sent the
pathetic excuse for apresident, and supposed
leader, back for a secondterm. Remind them youget what you vote for.Believe me more, andmore of them will beginto start waking up…un-fortunately a lot of themare low information peo-ple…but hopefully we willfind a cure for that in thefuture. We are stuck withhim; his cronies; hisknow nothing econo-
mists; his green
groupies; his expen-sive policies, andhabits, flitting
around, here andthere, by planecosting us mil-lions and millionsand billions and
billions and tril-lions of taxpayerdollars.
Benghazi Betrayal Revisited
Millican Construction & RoofingPainting, Remodeling
Hope it is a great morningfor everyone. It is nice
and cool outside rightnow. Just got the backporch swept and hosedclean. My mama duck
has decided that she
likes it up here and shereally likes the dog food.Trying to figure out a way
to keep her off the porch.
She likes to leave a "sur-prise" to let me know shewas there and I am really
getting tired of those sur-
prises!I have been debating
almost all week about this
article. I hate to write
about things controver-sial. We have so much ofthat to read already andhear it every time we turnon the tv or radio, but, Ithink I am going to haveto. I like writing about myyard and my crazy ani-mals because I like tothink someone may get a
kick out if and of course
before I go today, I willhave to share somethings about them withyou.
I have just beenamazed at some of thethings I have been read-
ing and hearing lately. I
think the Chick-fil-A upris-ing is what has amazedme the most. I just don't
understand people's rea-
soning. The owners haveto right to their beliefsand opinions just like
everyone else does. If it
is not the same as minewell that is what our
country is about isn't it? Idon't understand how an
official can say they don't
want these restaurants in
their city....what is up withthat? These are also thepeople who have beenpraised for not openingon Sundays in order fortheir employees to attendchurch, IF THEY SOCHOOSE. They don'tsay they have to attendchurch, they are just of-
fering them the opportu-
nity to do so. If I don'tagree with their opinionand I don't want to eatthere because of that dif-
ference, that is mychoice. I don't really thinkthis whole thing has any-
thing to do with gay
and/or lesbian marriage.I think people have gotten
eaten up with the powerto protest and the govern-
ment has just jumped on
the band wagon and runwith it. Wasn't one of the
reasons for the beginningof our country the right tohave freedom of religion?
Or was it just the freedomof religion the loudestpeople believe in?
I also don't understand
how an official can tell mewhat size drink I can con-sume. I agree that alco-hol consumption iseveryone's business. Wesee why this is trueeveryday when we get upto news of another alco-hol related accident. But,if I drink 20 oz. of coke in-stead of 8 oz. I don't thinkit will effect my driving.And, if the government
tells me I can't buy a 20oz. coke, then I guess Ican just buy two 10 oz.
ones? What is happen-ing here?
Ok, I feel better; I gotthat off my chest. I knowthere are many people
who can hold this samediscussion much betterthan I just did, but, I justhad to vent for a minute.And as far as I know
today at least I am still al-lowed to do that.
Now, on to other top-ics-hasn't this summerbeen different so far? Ihave things blooming in
my yard that I have neverseen bloom before. Wehave 12 crape myrtles infront of our house. Thisis the first time in all theyears we have been herethat I have seen all 12blooming at the sametime. The trumpet plantsare absolutely goingcrazy with flowers as arethe moon flowers. This isthe first time we haveever had canna lilies andI don't know why. Thosethings just multiply overnight. I have to say I lovewalking in the yard andjust looking. The gardenhas been the same wayuntil now. The stink bugshave discovered ourtomatoes and they likethem. I don't think we willbe having any more freshtomatoes this year. Wehave sprayed them, but, Ithink that was just likesalad dressing to them.But, the banana peppershave gone crazy and thatalmost makes up for it.Actually, I like them best any-way so that has been goodfor me. Continued on next page
By Blake Kellum, SJRA
Looking out my officewidow across the south-
ern expanse of Lake
Conroe this morning, thescene reminds me more
of looking out of the cabin
window of a crab boat onan episode of Deadliest
Catch. There are 4 to 5foot swells, with white
frothy tops cascading
down the lake under a 35mile per hour north
wind... yesterday I was in
shorts and a t-shirt; today
its back to the jacket and
long pants.
Unfortunately thisfront, as has been the
case lately, passedthrough with little or no
rainfall to help with the
continuing drought.Make no mistake, SE
Texas remains in a se-
vere drought and predic-tions for the coming year
are not encouraging.Evaporation rates under
windy, sunny and cool
conditions can almostmatch those of a hot
summer day.
Lake Conroe remains
2 3/4 feet below normalpool elevation and is re-
porting in at 198.25msl.Normal pool elevation is
201.00msl. The San Jac-
into River Authority ismaking no releases form
the Dam at this time.
Lake Livingston,meanwhile, remains a lit-
tle above full pool at131.20msl (normal pool
is 131.00msl), and the
Trinity River Authority isreleasing 1000cfs
through the Dam.
This report is last that
I will submit as SJRA’sLake Conroe Division
Manager. After nearly 30years of public service I
have elected to retire
early in order to pursuesome other exciting op-
portunities. I intend to
keep my fingers on thepulse of the surface-
water industry, and par-ticularly how it impacts
South East Texans. I will
continue to submit thisreport as long as the
“Boss Lady” will have it.
(Note from “Boss Lady”…
Oh, she’ll have it all right!Congratulations to you
and Edith for pursuingyour dreams! May we all
be life-long partners in
our endeavors and ourpursuit of the American
Dream! God Bless you
both! I love you, Crystal!)See you on the water!
For Lake Conroe info-www.sjra.net, for Lake
Livingston info –
www.trinityra.org.
Lake Livingston/ConroeMarch 2013_TDGT Tabloid 3/5/13 7:09 PM Page 16
By Slim Randles
“I believe I’ll write some Celticmusic,” said Dud one morn-
ing at the world dilemmathink tank down at the coffee
shop. “I’ve been studying it.”“I didn’t know you were
Celtic,” Steve said.
“I’m not, but I do get occa-sional bouts of depression
and that qualifies me. I’ve
thought about it a lot. Maybe
they sing that way because
they don’t have sunsets like
we do, or because the
horses run around the race-
track the wrong direction. All
I know is, after two hours of
Celtic music, circus clowns
would look at each otherand say ‘Why bother?’
“But writing Celtic music
should be fairly easy. To startwith, just find a girl who has
a voice like a mouse caughtin an echo chamber or
empty septic tank, then you
add in some stringed instru-ments and a flute played by
someone whose
dog just died. You
start out by havingthe singer say how much
she loves the guy despite
her condition, and we know
what condition that is, right?
Those Celts are trying tooutnumber the sheep again.
“Then she wails that her fa-
ther was depressed one dayand ran the young man off.
He was told not to returnuntil he either had more
sheep than the old man or
had done something worth-while, like whittling down the
House of Lords or starting a
distillery.”“Isn’t that kinda depressing,
Dud?” Doc asked.
“Of course. That’s the
whole point. Then she wailsthat Mr. Wonderful became
an outlaw and wandered
freely, thinking only of her
until he was either shot by
some English guy or inflictedon Australia. And that’s why,
as soon as she finishes this
little ditty, she’s off to drownherself in a loch.”
The gang shook theirheads.
“There is some variety,
though,” Dud said. “Some-times she’s expecting twins.
Sometimes her beau is at-
tacked by sheep. Some-times he sails away to
darkest Cleveland to escape
her singing.
But in this depression thereis at least a key to the entire
culture.”
“How do you have that fig-
ured?” said Steve.
“It’s obvious,” Dud said,grinning. “The application of
single-malt whisky is to kill
the pain, and they raisesheep so they can stick
wool in their ears.”------
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...Our great dane ischanging colors. He waswhite with a few black spotsor freckles as we call them.Now he is getting brownspots all over him. He gets abath once or twice everyweek and the poor thing isprobably raw from us tryingto scrub those spots off. Wethought his fur was just dirty.I did not think this dog couldget any bigger but guesswhat? He has. And, he is stillgrowing. He is such a funnyanimal. He loves attentionand is happiest when some-one is petting him. He ab-solutely worships thehusband. He (husband, notdog) went to a friends housefor the day last weekend towork on things for deercamp. This dog mopedaround here all day, going tothe door many many timesto check the driveway.When the husband gothome he went bananas.You would think he had beengone for a week or a monthinstead of a few hours. He isvery possessive where the
other dogs are concernedand now he thinks he has tostand between the two of us.I am not allowed any closerand since he weighs morethan I do, there isn't a lot Ican do about it.
The baby cat (she will al-ways be that even when sheis ten) is as sassy as everand will be having her firstbirthday the third of nextmonth. I will also be havinga birthday on the 12th of nextmonth, not my first by farthink we may have a jointcelebration. The funny thingis cake and ice cream aresome of her favorite things toeat so she would enjoy that.
Well, I guess I better closethis out. It is close to feedingtime for all these animals andthat is a two man job thesedays.
Paula Garcia lives in Coldspring, Texaswith her husband Oscar, three dogs,two cats, nine geese and threeducks...She welcomes any and all cor-respondence be it hints for articles,complaints, or just a plain hello.shecan be reached at [email protected]
little economic good at acost of hundreds of thou-sands of dollars per job,even based on the ad-ministration's own in-flated job estimates.Cash for Clunkers cost$3 billion merely to shiftcar sales forward a fewmonths. The PPIP (Pub-lic-Private Investment
Program for Legacy As-sets) to buy toxic assetsfrom the banks to speedlending generated just
3% of the $1 trillion that
the program planners an-ticipated.
And now? Mr. Obama
proposes universal pre-
school ($25 billion peryear), "Fix it First" repairsto roads and bridges,
plus an infrastructure
bank ($50 billion), "Pro-ject Rebuild," refurbish-ing private properties in
economic adviserChristina Romer, docu-ment the negative effectsof higher taxes on theeconomy.
As for adventures inindustrial policy, formerObama economic ad-viser Larry Summerswrote a memo in 2009
about the impending$527 million loan guaran-tee to Solyndra and otherrecipients of government
largess. "The govern-ment is a crappy v.c.[venture capitalist]," hewrote, in what is also the
best postmortem. In
2010, Harvard economistEdward Glaeser con-cluded in the New York
Times that infrastructure
is poor stimulus because"It is impossible to spendquickly and wisely." Fed-
eral infrastructure spend-
ing should be dealt within regular appropriations.
Will more spendingtoday stimulate the econ-
omy? Standard Keyne-
sian models that claim aquick boost from higher
government spendingshow the effect quickly
turns negative. So the
spending needs to be re-peated over and over,
like a drug, to keep this
hypothetical positive ef-fect going. Japan tried
that to little effect, start-
ing in the 1990s. It nowhas the highest debt-to-
GDP ratio among thecountries of the Organi-
zation for Economic Co-
operation andDevelopment—and that
debt is a prime cause, aswell as effect, of Japan'senduring stagnation.
The United States isheading in this wrong di-rection. Even if the $110billion in annual seques-tration cuts are allowedto take place, the Con-gressional Budget Office
projects that annual fed-eral spending will in-
crease by $2.4 trillion to$5.9 trillion in a decade.The higher debt impliedby this spending will
eventually crowd out in-vestment, as holdings of
government debt replacecapital in private portfo-lios. Lower tangible capi-tal formation means
lower real wages in thefuture.
Since World War II,OECD countries that sta-
bilized their budgets with-out recession averaged$5-$6 of actual spendingcuts per dollar of tax
hikes. Examples include
the Netherlands in the
mid-1990s and Sweden
in the mid-2000s. In apaper last year for the
Stanford Institute forEconomic Policy Re-
search, Stanford's John
Cogan and John Taylor,with Volker Wieland and
Maik Wolters of Frank-
furt, Germany's GoetheUniversity, show that a
reduction in federalspending over several
years amounting to 3%
of GDP—bringing nonin-terest spending down to
pre-financial-crisis lev-
els—will increase short-term GDP.
Why? Because ex-
pectations of lower futuretaxes and debt, and
therefore higher in-comes, increase privatespending. The U.S. re-duced spending as ashare of GDP by 5%from the mid-1980s tomid-1990s. Canada re-duced its spending asshare of GDP by 8% inthe mid-'90s and 2000s.In both cases, the reduc-tions reinforced a periodof strong growth.
An economically "bal-
anced" deficit-reductionprogram today wouldmean $5 of actual, not
hypothetical, spendingcuts per dollar of taxhikes. The fiscal-cliff dealreached on Jan. 1 in-stead was scored at $1
of spending cuts forevery $40 of tax hikes.
Keynesian econo-mists urge a delay onspending cuts on the
grounds that they willhurt the struggling econ-omy. Yet at just one-quar-
ter of 1% of GDP thisyear, $43 billion of this
year's sequester cuts in
an economy with a GDP
of more than $16 trillionis unlikely to be a major
macroeconomic event.Continued delay now
leaves a long boom as
the only time to controlspending. There was
some success in doing
this in the mid-1990sunder President Clinton
and a Republican Con-gress. More commonly
the opposite occurs: A
boom brings a surge intax revenues and politi-
cians are anxious to
spread the spending farand wide.
In any case, the de-
mand by Mr. Obama andSenate Democrats that
any dollar of spendingcuts in budget agree-ments this spring (to fundthe government for therest of the fiscal year andwhen the debt limit againapproaches) be matchedby an additional dollar oftax hikes is economicallyunbalanced in the ex-treme. Those who are at-
tempting to graduallyslow the growth of fed-eral spending while mini-mizing tax hikes havesound economics on
their side.
Mr. Boskin, a professor ofeconomics at Stanford Uni-versity and senior fellow atthe Hoover Institution,chaired the Council of Eco-nomic Advisers under Presi-dent George H.W. Bush. Thisop-ed is based on the author'stestimony last week beforethe U.S. Congress Joint Eco-nomic Commiee.
Larger Spending Cuts Would Help the EconomyCountries that stabilized their budgets have averaged $5-$6 of actualspending cuts per dollar of tax hikes.
March 2013_TDGT Tabloid 3/5/13 7:09 PM Page 19
Last Month?s Answers
Crossword PuzzleAcross
1. Set of rules,
principles orlaws
5. Concentrate10. Money
14. Overt
15. Entertain16. Having the
capacity to do
something17. Baseball
glove18. First public
appearance
19. Juicy fruit20. Unable to
move or resist
motion22. Orderly23. Receivesomething given24. Breakfastfood26. Plant with peaor beanseedpod28. Smell31. Sense organ32. Immense35. Having a
On trade, the recentchairman of the TradeSub-committee said: “I’m
pleased the President lis-tened to me and othertrade leaders in America
who have been pushingthe White House tolaunch serious talks withEurope on a 21st centurytrade agreement that can
grow both oureconomies.”
State-of-the-Union: Jobs Clearly Aren’t President’s Top PriorityWhy are ‘guns, green cards and global warming’ more important than jobs for 22 million Americans still struggling to find work?
Editor’s Note: As mostof you already know,The Dam Good Times isa friend of the militaryand vice versa. Wecould almost print apaper a week based onthe military data I re-ceive. Hmmm.
Anyway, the follow-ing is an exchange ofinformation betweentwo marines, a retiredNavy Officer, a retiredarmy Colonel and oneof the highest rankingcivilians on the globe.I’ve decided not to printtheir super secret iden-tities or their super se-cret locations; Hmmm…my second group of pro-tected sources this week.Whew! We are on a roll;must be somethingRIGHT…get it? Right.
From Super Secret Marine Spy 1:
Hey everyone,I don't know if you've
heard about this, but re-
cently the DOD releasedthe Distinguished WarfareMedal, an award de-
signed for drone pilotsand cyber-warriors (com-puter hackers) to recog-nize the important effortsthey have made in the
defense of our nation. Ifully agree that theirunique billets should be
recognized. However, the
DOD has ranked thismedal just below the Dis-tinguished Flying Cross
and ABOVE the Bronze
Star, and subsequentlythe Purple Heart.
This is a slap in theface to those that have
actually stepped foot in a
combat zone. When Ithink of the Marines that I
have served with, and theamazingly heroic actions
they have taken, I am dis-
gusted at the ranking ofthis medal. Many service-
men are presented the
Bronze Star w/ "V"posthumously after being
killed in action while self-
lessly serving their coun-try. Think of the
thousands of single, dou-
ble, and triple amputeesthat have returned from
Iraq and Afghanistan
while serving and sacrific-ing for their country with
nothing to show exceptdisability payments, life-
changing dismember-
ment, and a Purple Heart- which they wear
proudly.Please take a moment
out of your day and regis-ter to sign the WhiteHouse petition bycopy/pasting this link intoyour browser:http://wh.gov/dfzD
Thanks again for allthe support you've givenus through my deploy-
ments. Please continueto support veterans byspreading this word in
order to keep the awardswe use to recognizeheroism and sacrifice ap-propriate to the actionsand service of our amaz-
ing servicemen andwomen.
From Super Secret Marine Spy 2:
Crystal, Department ofDefense is creating anew medal called the Dis-tinguished Warfare Medalspecifically for UnmannedAerial System (Drone) pi-lots and Cyber "warriors"who conduct their mis-
sions from the safety ofoutside the combat zone.What has everyone allpissed off is that the DODintends to "rank" thismedal higher than theBronze Star and the Pur-ple Heart, medals whichusually require exposureto hostile fire and ad-mirable performance inthe face of an enemy (aswithin the same TimeZone…face of theenemy).
Response from Super
Secret Navy Spy 1 (Youcan tell by his tone why I
decided to keep his iden-
tity secret…just sayin’…):
Already fully aware.This has been a majortopic of discussionamong the Veterans or-ganizations and they arePO’d!!!!! They don’t careabout adding another rib-bon, but to rank it abovethe Bronze Star is consid-
ered an insult to MOSTfolks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Response from SuperSecret Marine Spy 2:
I'd just like to ask,since words have mean-ing, what precisely is"DISTINGUISHED" aboutthis Distinguished War-fare Medal? How shouldwe consider it "DISTIN-GUISHED" above othermedals associated withwarfare?
I can just hear the con-versation now inside theunmanned Drone missionvan at some undisclosedair base in Nevada:
"Wow Skipper, thatwas a really draining mis-sion. I tell ya, I'm just
soaked in sweat and myback is killing me! Isn'tthere SOMEBODY wecan complain to abouthow these simulatedEjection Seats are sogosh-darned uncomfort-able? The padding's onlya few inches thick!They're so bad that I ac-tually had to get up out ofthe cockpit 3 times duringthis flight and walkaround the room so that Icould stretch my achingmuscles! Thank good-ness Technician Suzywas here to take over thecontrols for me while Istretched! And thankgoodness the RoachCoach is back up and op-erating so that I couldstep outside to get a hotmeal! I don't know howI'd take it otherwise! Ithink my flight today prob-ably merits another oneof those DISTIN-GUISHED WarfareMedals Skipper! After all,I hear those Cyber War-rior Geeks are handingthem out like CANDYover on the other side ofthe Base! I saw one ofthem loud-mouthing it atthe Club last night and hehad SIX of those medals,I'm telling 'ya! And allthose LAME-O's do is de-sign and launch somesoftware code!!!!! Why,they can actually go tolunch at the Base BurgerKing! What a bunch ofSissies! Talk about skat-ing by in this War!!!!!They don't know whattough is I tell 'ya! Owww!My back is just killin' me!Well, I'll see 'ya tomorrowSkipper! I'm off to homefor a hot shower, someAmerican Idol, dinnerwith my kids, a couple ofbeers and maybe even
chasing the Wife aroundthe house a little... if youknow what I mean!!! "
Meanwhile, back inthe REAL world, I wonderhow the IDJUTS whocame up with the brightidea for the ranking ofthis Medal think it will af-fect morale of our REALSoldiers and Marines.You know...the guys man-ning a post and sleepingin mud-filled holes in theirKevlar, in the freezingground...
Response from Super
Secret Civilian Spy 1:
AMEN!!! Obviously
pushed forward by abunch of bureaucratic
weenies who have NOclue the difference be-tween playing war in avideo game and actuallyliving and dying in a realwar zone in constant riskof losing life or limb fordays, weeks, months,and years, watching bud-dies blown apart, etc! It'sshameful, embarrassingand just WRONG onevery level!!
Response from SuperSecret Army Spy 1:
I’m betting the littlelady with a newspaper inTexas would be glad toprint a smoking hot storyif a Marine wanted to ver-balize it to a louder audi-ence…no, she is notcopied on this email…
And THAT’s how YOU,
global smart reader, end up
with this super secret infor-
mation!
Distinguished Warfare Medal...for DRONES!
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Sent in by the Colorado Bu-reau of TDGT
In BUTTE , MON-
TANA two illegal aliens,Ralphel Resindez, 23,and Enrico Garza, 26,
probably believed they
would easily overpowerhome-alone 11-year-old
Patricia Harringtonafter her father had left
their two-story home. It
seems the two crooksnever learned two things:they were in Montana
and Patricia had been a
clay-shooting championsince she was nine.
Patricia was in her up-
stairs room when the two
men broke through thefront door of the house.
She quickly ran to her fa-ther's room and grabbed
his 12-gauge.
Mossberg 500 shot-gun. Resindez was the
first to get up to the sec-ond floor only to be thefirst to catch a near pointblank blast of buckshot
from the 11 year-old'sknee-crouch aim. He suf-fered fatal wounds to hisabdomen and genitals.When Garza ran to the
foot of the stairs, he tooka blast to the left shoul-der and staggered out
into the street where hebled to death before
medical help could ar-
rive. It was found outlater that Resindez was
armed with a stolen 45-caliber handgun he tookfrom another home inva-sion robbery. That victim,
50-year-old David0'Burien, was not so lucky. He died fromstab wounds to thechest.
This story was onlyreported on FOX News!Ever wonder why good
stuff never makes NBC,CBS, PBS, MSNBC,
CNN, or ABC news...?
An 11 year old girl,properly trained, de-
fended her home andherself...against two mur-derous, illegal immi-grants...and she wins,
She is still alive. NowTHAT is Gun Control!
Thought for theday...Calling an illegalalien an “undocumented
immigrant” is like callinga drug dealer an “unli-censed pharmacist”.
Sent in by the Wyoming Bu-reau of TDGT
The Canadian GrayWolf runs in packs of upto twenty wolves. Forevery one animal they killto eat, these Canadianwolves kill about three
more just for the fun of it.
The biologists call it"sport-reflex killing" or
"lustful killing". The Cana-dian Gray Wolf is a killingmachine. These are fed-eral wolves, as it was thefederal government whointroduced them intoIdaho over our objec-tions. They told the Stateof Idaho that the wolves
would be considered re-covered when they had atotal of 100 wolves in
Idaho .
Now they have be-
tween 800 and 2,000
wolves and the situation
is out of control. Idaho 's
wolf emergency is a state
issue. And in this situa-tion, the State of Idaho
has both a duty and the
authority to protect itspeople and their property.
House Bill 343 lays out
the facts, the argumentand the authority to do
so. - Idaho Rep Phil Hart.
Can you imagine guncontrol out there.
This is not a good
place to let the cat out.Make sure you are pack-
ing protection when yougo for a walk in themountains. You neverknow when a wolf packmight surround you! Re-member Uncle-GovernorAndy Cuomo only wantsyou to have 7 rounds inyou gun and no morethan 2 magazines, too. Ifyou are a GREAT shot,that still leaves 6 to 11wolves to chew on your
butt. Enjoy your stay.
This is also a big prob-
lem in Alaska. Go to yournearest arms dealer andget yourself a gun!
Bear Arms in
Livingston, Texas hassome! Call James at936.967.3633
Shotgun Armed Preteen vs. IllegalAliens in Home
The Canadian Gray Wolf; Man vs. Beast/Govt.
All Pics Sent in by PaulPhillips, Wyoming Bureauof TDGT
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By Crystal Laramore
Did you know
1,300,000 people at-tended the HLSR in
2012? Did you know that
the HLSR kicked offGeorge Strait’s career?
Well, it did. Eddie Rabbit
was supposed to playone year and he got un-
expectedly sick andGeorge Strait replaced
him at the last minute-
thus kick starting his ca-reer! Wonder if he sends
Eddie a bottle of cham-
pagne every year?How did the HLSR
begin? With 7 men sitting
around (a bar I imagine)at the Rice Hotel in Hous-
ton, TX. As a matter-of-
fact, the original namewas the Houston FatStock Show. In 1957 thefirst scholarship of$2000.00 was awarded.
The benefactor became
an educator and is now a
dean at a college. TheHLSR has since donated,
through its generous do-
nations, over $300 Mil-lion!
Every year over
30,000 volunteers makethe Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo possi-ble. And without the vol-
unteers, the generous
donations and givinghearts the size of Texas,
they would not be able to
give so many scholar-ships that mean so much.
Knowledge is freedom
from poverty used prop-erly and every dollar do-
nated goes toward ending
poverty in that sense.
Houston Livestock ShowRodeo Music Round-Up
March
1st: Mary J. Blige
2nd Brantley Gilbert3rd Demi Lovato/Austin
Mahone
4th Styx5th Lady Antebellun
6th Dierks Bentley (Value
Day)7th Bruno Mars
8th Tim McGraw9th The Band Perry
10th Julion Alvarez & Los
Invasores de Nuevo Leon11th Jason Aldean
1th Kenny Chesney
13th Jake Owen (ValueDay)
14th Pitbull
15th Blake Shelton16th Luke Bryan
17th George Strait, Mar-
tina McBride & TheRandy Rogers Band(Sunday 6:30 pm ConcertOnly-NO RODEO)
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Washington DC—Rep.Kevin Brady (R-TX), in-coming Chairman of the
Joint Economic Commit-tee, will preside over ahearing focusing on the
state of the U.S. econ-
omy, lagging economicgrowth and job creation,and recommendations to
accelerate both. The
hearing will be heldThursday, February 28that 10:00 a.m. in room 216
of the Hart Senate Office
Building.
In preparation for the
hearing Brady said, “Thecurrent recovery is notsatisfactory and is a con-
cern shared by both polit-
ical parties. Five yearsafter the January 2008peak, the American econ-
omy is still down 2.7 mil-
lion private payroll jobsand suffering from a stub-bornly high unemploy-
ment rate of 7.9%. We
need faster growth andmore business invest-
ment to create jobs andsolve our nation’s fiscal
crisis. I look forward to
our witness’s constructive
suggestions as to how we
can jump-start America’seconomic recovery. ”
The following persons arescheduled to testify:
The Honorable MichaelBoskin, former Chairman
of the Council of Eco-nomic Advisers, SeniorFellow at the Hoover In-stitution, and the T. M.
Friedman Professor ofEconomics at StanfordUniversity.
The Honorable Austan
Goolsbee, former Chair-man of the Council ofEconomic Advisers, and
the Robert P. Gwinn Pro-fessor of Economics atthe University of Chicago,
Booth School of Busi-ness.
When the heart stopsbeating or someone
stops breathing, there isonly a 6-minute window
for oxygen to reach the
brain. A lack of oxygencan result in brain dam-
age or death. By per-forming cardiopulmonary
resuscitation—or CPR—
there is a greater chanceof survival until profes-
sional help arrives.
Cardiac arrests canhappen at any time, and
are more common than
people realize. Eighty-eight percent of cardiacarrests occur at home,that’s nearly 383,000heart attacks per year.According to the Ameri-can Heart Association, ifmore people had CPRtraining, the number ofindividuals who die from
sudden accidents suchas a heart attack woulddecrease drastically. If a
loved one life’s depended
on you, would you beprepared?
No one should everbe placed in such a horri-
fying position, and that’s
why the San JacintoCounty Office of Emer-
gency Management ishappy to announce it will
be hosting a series of
CPR courses one Satur-day of each month start-
ing in April.
The first CPR classwill be held at the EOC
from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00
p.m.:Saturday, April 20,
2013 51 East PineAve, Coldspring
Currently, the class isopen to 16 students on afirst come-first servebasis. A $10 donation willbe asked to cover thecost of course materials.For more information onhow to register, please
contact 936-653-3823 or936 653-3395.
State of the U.S. Economy: Why Has EconomicGrowth & Job Creation Lagged? What Should Con-gress Do to Boost Them?
A Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee
San Jacinto County Office of Emergency Management
to Host CPR Class
Spring Forward this
Saturday at Midnight!
Daylight Savings Time is
Sunday March 10th!
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Polk County ChamberPresident, Sydney Mur-phy, that is! Peg Husoncreates these fun hats fora very wallet-friendlyprice. Most are between$15-20! Just a little FYI:Fascinator is the name
used in England to de-scribe outrageous hats!
The hats were auc-
tioned off at the monthlyRotary Club meeting inLivingston to raise fundsfor Sadie's trip to Spain.Peggy Huson is makingthe hats for all kinds ofoccasions; birthdays, an-niversaries, promotions
and various holidays. Canyou say DERBY?
Pictured below (l to r) are Sadie Hicks and Carol Moseley whoboth became proud owners of Peggy Huson's "Fascinator" hats.Sadie is being sponsored by the Livingston Rotarians on a tripthis Summer to Spain. She is an outstanding young lady!
...The iPhone 5S is coming out in the fall...also, do you know that the ONLY differencebetween the 4S and the 5 is the speed with which data is transferred? Is it really worththe money? Plus the plug-in adapters are completely different...none of your currentiPad, iPhone adapters will work with the new iPhone 5. Not exactly a wirelessworld...yet.
...Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to
completely forget what that purpose was? Turns out, doors
themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.
Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discov-
ered that passing through a doorway triggers what's known as
an event boundary in the mind, separating one set of
thoughts and memories from the next. Your brain files away
the thoughts you had in the previous room and prepares a
blank slate for the new locale. It's not aging, it's the
door! Thank goodness for studies like this.
...SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The popular wine known as "Two-Buck Chuck" will need a new name after the bargain beverage'sprice was raised. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports thatover the past decade shoppers at Trader Joe's Californiastores paid $1.99 for a bottle of Charles Shaw shiraz orcabernet sauvignon. The new $2.49 price tag had shopperssearching for new names. Some customers joked that the brandshould now be called "Inflation Chuck" or "Upchuck." TraderJoe's sold about 5 million cases of the wine last year. Themaker, Bronco Wine Co., said it was able to keep the price solow because it owns 45,000 acres of vineyard, which insulatedit from large fluctuations in grape prices. But bad crops in2011 and 2012 impacted the price.
The President dons a Huson Original!
Polk Co. Chamber President, Sydney Murphy, Sadie Hicks & Peggy Huson Photo by Penny Uselton
SNICKERSent in by Dan SheltonAmerican Legion Post 629Commander
A large group of Iraqi
soldiers are moving downa road South of Basra,
when they hear a voice
call out from behind asand dune, "One
Louisiana Cajun soldier isbetter than ten Iraqi."
The Iraqi commander
quickly orders 10 of hisbest men over the dune,
where upon a gun-battle
breaks out and continuesfor a few minutes. Then
silence.
The voice once againcalls out, "One Louisiana
Cajun is better than onehundred Iraqi."
Furious, the Iraqi com-mander sends his nextbest 100 troops over thedune, and instantly ahuge gun fight com-
mences. After 10 minutes
of battle...silence.
The Cajun voice callsout again, "One
Louisiana Cajun is betterthan one thousand Iraqi."
The enraged Iraqi
commander musters1,000 fighters, and sends
them to the other side of
the dune. Rifle fire, ma-chine guns, grenades,
rockets and cannon firering out as a terrible battle
is fought. Then silence.
Eventually, one badlywounded Iraqi fighter
crawls back over the
dune, and with his dyingwords tells his com-
mander, "Don't send any
more men, it's a trap.There are two of them."
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can’t spend all day; we’vegot bills to pay! Let’s keep
deficits and higher taxes
away.”The Senate next door
to the House just refused.“We don’t like yourbudget. We’ve got somebad news: The Presidentsays we can spend all wewant, and we’ll simplyraise taxes whenever we
choose.”So they spent and
they spent and they bor-rowed some more. Andwhen all that was spent,they spent same as be-
fore.But not everyone thoughtthe spending was nice. Inthe House and the Sen-
ate, some spendersthought twice. “We’ll cutdown on spending. We
have a bad feeling…”
then—SMACK!—right onschedule, they hit thedebt ceiling.
Then the President’s
office, confronted withdebt: “If it’s cuts they
want now, then it’s cutsthey shall get. We’ll
threaten such cuts that
NO one would take, and
show them that cuts are
not smart to make.”
“This will make Con-
gress move. We’ll justfloat out a tester… broad,
haphazard cuts that we’ll
call the sequester.”The Senate and even
the House said, “Okay!
That will motivate us tofind a good way. We’ll fig-
ure this out and stave offthose cuts—to allow them
to happen, we’d have to
be nuts.”So the deadline was
set, but the spending
went on. A year and ahalf had soon come and
gone. The House passed
a budget; the Senate saidno; the President very
much enjoyed the show.“Spend higher! Spend
faster! Grow the welfare
rolls! Soon, love for the
spending will show up in
the polls.” He even raised
taxes, but it wasn’t
enough—the levels ofspending grew too fast to
keep up.
“Don’t you mind thesequester,” he told Capi-
tol Hill. “You said you
would fix it, and I’m sureyou will.”
But they could notagree on ways to cut
spending, and before
they knew it, the se-quester was pending.
“Oh no!” they all cried.
“We can’t let these cutsstand!”
And the President
said, “WHO thought ofthis terrible plan?”
They didn’t rememberhis plan all along. He dis-tracted them with his
spending-cut song. Now
he returned to save them
from harm, and to keep
them forgetting all but his
charm.So the President said
with a glint in his eye,
“You tried to cut spend-ing. I saw how you tried.
But it’s just too painful—
I’m sure you can see.From the beginning, you
should have listened tome.”
“I’ll save you all from
the spend-cutters’ axes.You see, the solution is
just to raise taxes.”
***
We don’t know yet
how this story will end.Will Congress raise taxes
and continue to spend?We need a balancedbudget with smarter
cuts—reforming entitle-
ments will take guts.
Let the President
know that we’re onto his
plan. Share this story withas many people as you
can.
Amy Payne is the
Assistant Director,
Communications, The Heritage Foundation
heritage.orgThis araticle reprinted
with permission from
Amy! Thanks Amy!
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Youth Club Fundraiser @ Crystal’s BistroA Valentine's Treat
Granny Evergreen's
Lovefest -- Dinner and a
Show gave SJC a localromantic evening to re-
member. Crystal's Bistroawash in red sparkles and
velvets was the backdrop
of the February 14 event,benefiting the Youth Club
of San Jacinto County.
Chef Tif provided ascrumptious dinner and
dessert in the candlelit,
romantic, music-filledBistro. Amid roses,
flowers, and chocolates,Granny gave her "lesson"
on love, eliciting huge rau-cous laughter from theSRO crowd. Her songsmatched the tone of theevening and astonishedthose who had neverheard that wonderful, pro-fessional voice.
The Youth Club pro-vides after-school care
and help for children ingrades 1-5, and it subsists
on community supportthrough donations, mem-berships, and volun-teerism. The group hosts
seasonal fundraisers;raising awareness anddollars that stay in thecounty is part of the mis-
sion of the group. Creat-
ing community to rallyaround our youth is an-other. YCSJC President,
Sandra McQuiggin en-
courages the communityto find out more.
Mark your calendars:Valentine's Day 2014...
you'll want a ticket.Our next event will be held
at Crystal’s Bistro on May18th. Mark your calendars!