Texas VIE Encouraging Study Group Report Sparks Debate
A Texas report on hydraulic fracturing by Secretary Chu's Shale Gas Advisory Board highlights opportunities and risks. It finds fracking not inherently dangerous to water, but warns on well construction, air emissions, and air quality impacts, urging careful, environmentally responsible development.
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Texas
Secretary of Energy
Steven Chu
CIA
John Deutch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen Holditch
Texas Axm
Chu
Lawmakers and Federal Officials Contact Directory for Texas
A compiled list of U S representatives and senators from Texas with office addresses in Midland Odessa San Antonio Lubbock and Amarillo plus Washington D C contacts and phone numbers. It includes Rep Conaway Neugebauer Canseco Sen Cornyn Hutchison and state officials from Odessa Austin and surrounding areas.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Varnon
Washington
Canseco House
John Cornyn
S. Hart Senate
Kunding Wastendtan
Corny Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Washington, DC
Autchison Senate
Aa Lewis
West 4Th Street
Austin
Lewis House
Tom Craddick
Capitol
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
University Kvd
Sute
Senate State
Carlos Uresti
San Antonio
Seiate State
Tx Us
Senate
Let Peace Begin With Me Editor Praises Freedom
Pulitzer Prize winner Laura Dennis 1988 writes of freedom as a gift from God and self-control guiding individuals to develop to their fullest. The newspaper pledges to inform readers to better promote and preserve freedom and encourage others to see its blessings.
Morality and Law in a Free Society debated by Williams
Williams surveys constitutional limits on government power through Hornberger's hypothetical church attendance mandate. He contrasts Article I powers, state contracts, and historic cases like gold nationalization to argue that obeying immoral laws is not required. He cites Bastiat and Spooner to stress natural rights and moral disobedience.
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Jacob G. Hornberger
The
Future of Freedom Foundation
Hornberger
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Williams
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Franklin Roosevelt
Obama
Lysander S. Spooner
America
Frederic Bastiat
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Bin Laden Revisited by Ron Hart on Libertarians and War
Ron Hart argues in a satirical guest column that libertarians oppose wars, contrasts Ron Paul with the GOP, and mocks Osama bin Laden as a “paper tiger” while deriding U.S. war rationale. The piece riffs on media portrayals, Pakistan, and political figures, ending with contact details for Hart.
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Ron Paul
Paul
Obama
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
America
bin Laden
Hollywood
L.A
New York Times
U.S
Debbie
Damascus
Tor
CIA
D.C
Kate Middleton
Prince William
al- Qaida
Kardashian
Leon Panetta
White House
Pakistan
Schultz
John Kerry
Bill Clinton
Ashton Kutcher
Charlie Sheen
Bachmann
Santorum
Perry
GOP
Ron Hart
Ron
RonaldHart.com
RonaldHart
Thumbs Up for Local High School Football This Week
Odessa American invites reader opinions on high school football results with a thumbs nomination. Submit positive or negative comments via email indicating thumbs nomination.
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Odessa
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