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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 2008

Page

3

One Nice Label Theme at the Convention

In Our View argues against hyphenated identities for Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. It states Obama is American by birth and heritage, not African American, and questions labeling politicians by ethnicity, emphasizing melting pot identity and urging simple American identity.

Barack Obama Africa America Nancy Pelosi House Pelosi United States House of Representatives Springfield Obama

Lawmakers federal and state office contacts listed

A compiled directory of U S representatives and senators in Texas and nearby states with office addresses in Washington D C and local district offices in Midland Odessa Lubbock Hobbs and San Antonio plus phone numbers for each official including Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Ciro Rodriguez Steve Pearce Sen John Cornyn Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison and state officials Tom Craddick Kel Seliger Carlos Aresti and the late Buddy West.

U.S Mike Conaway Midland Cannon House Washington D.C Fox W. Eighth St Odessa Desta Drive Randy Neugebauer Lubbock George E Buddy” West P.O Austin TX Tom Craddick P.D Kel Seliger Amarillo N. FM Carlos Aresti San Antonio Austin

Freedom and self control ad from 1988 Pulitzer winner

A newspaper editorial page proclaims freedom as a divine gift and self-control. It asserts peace begins with the individual and links freedom to moral guidelines like the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.

amateurs outperforming pros challenges to expertise and central planning

Thomas Sowell argues that amateurs often beat professionals in economics and education. He cites homeschooling success, market-driven economies like China and India, and the impracticality of central planners managing millions of prices to explain why laypeople can outperform experts.

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The real damage from Dolly and Edouard

Texans face steep costs from Dolly and Edouard with TWIA depleting its reserves and prompting a $100 million levy on Texas insurers. The column warns of potential tax revenue loss and calls for 2009 TWIA reform amid a fragile insurance market and looming hurricane season.

BY Berman Floyd Dolly Edouard Texas Rio Grande Valley el Paso Texarkana General Revenue Fund Texas Windstorm Insurance Association TWIA Twias Sunset Commission Texas Coalition For Affordable Insurance Solutions Sunset Gulf American Insurance Associa

Andrews Labor Day Bluegrass Festival Seeks Feedback Nominations

Organizers of the 19th annual Andrews Labor Day Bluegrass Festival welcome public input. Readers may email onletters link.freedom.com and indicate a thumbs nomination with ideas for both praise and criticism on current topics.

Andrews Labor Day Freedom.com

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