In OUR VIEW on energy bill a disaster and folly
The piece argues the energy bill is a disaster that fails to boost independence and harms taxpayers. It criticizes government mandates and subsidies, cites ethanol policy as costly and counterproductive, and urges relying on marketplace forces to determine an efficient energy mix.
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Congress
Gulf of Mexico
Washington Post
Lawmakers and officials contact list for Texas
A compilation of federal and state lawmakers with office addresses in Washington and Texas, including Rep Mike Conaway Rep Randy Neugebauer Rep Ciro Rodriguez Sen John Cornyn Sen Kay Hutchison Rep George West Rep Tom Craddick Sen Kel Seliger Sen Carlos Uresti with corresponding Washington and state office addresses and phone numbers.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington
D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
George E
Buddy” West
P.O
Austin
Tom Craddick
Austin TX
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
N. FM
P.O. Box
Carlos Uresti
San Antonio
Freedom and Self-Control Ideals in a Local Paper
The text proclaims a dedication to reader information, promoting freedom and its blessings. It asserts freedom as a divine gift rooted in self-control, aligning with moral guides like the Coveting Commandment, Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence.
Global democracy sagging amid 2007 turmoil across nations
Stephen Chapman surveys the 2007 scene where democracies rose to 118 in the 1990s then stalled, with Russia under Putin curbing pluralism, Ukraine's orange revolution praised, China clamping down, Tibet arrests, Myanmar crackdown, Cuba and Venezuela unrest, Zimbabwe abuses, Nigeria’s dubious vote, and Pakistan and Saudi Arabia jolts. Rulers cite instability as reason to expand control.
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Chicago
Freedom House
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Wall Street Journal
Ukraine
Economist
China
Hu Jintao
Tibet
Myanmar
Human Rights Watch
Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
Juan Carlos
Spain
South America
Africa
Human Rights Forum
Harare
Zimbabwe
Europe
Lisbon
Robert Mugabe
Charles Taylor
Hague
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Washington Post
Iraq
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah
Pervez Musharraf
Musharraf
Benazir Bhutto
Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan
Pearl Harbor and WWII memories from a regional veteran
Letter writers reflect on Pearl Harbor and D-Day, urging keepers of history to pass on dates and stories. A veteran recalls training in 1943 near Bowling Green Kentucky and urges honoring the wartime legacy while addressing modern irritants like wrong-number calls and the changing language around Christmas. Peggy Wright and Frances Rice contribute brief notes on free speech and courtesy in public life.
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Bill Salter
America
Tom Brokaw
Brokaw
8Th Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
English Channel
Bowling Green
I.D
Odessa volunteers praised for year of service
Community readers are invited to share feedback on local issues via letters to the editor. The note thanks volunteers in Odessa for their charitable work and encourages ideas for both supportive and critical comments while asking readers to email their submissions.
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Freedom.com
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