I realize that as a blogger I sometimes tend to write novels instead of getting right to the point. I also realize that this drives many of you crazy. Many times I have to dig through layers and layers of disinformation to get directly to the crux of the matter. Seldom does the object of […]
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Email Scandal: It’s Not All Good
As much as El Paso’s city government tries to create the illusion that it’s all good, the fact is that; “El Paso.It’s Not all good”. On one hand we are led to believe that the city is transparent and releasing all of the emails as requested by citizen activists, and then just as quick we […]
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Navy Yard Murders Exposes Gun Control Fallacy
Yesterday’s senseless murder of thirteen individuals will once again mobilize the two sides to the gun debate as each tries to use it for their own propaganda purposes. As law enforcement continues to piece together the history of murderer Aaron Alexis and his motives the demand for gun control is already being organized. According to […]
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The Quest for Mexican Independence that Never Ended
Not a day goes by when someone, somewhere perpetuates a misconstrued concept about Mexico either in person or through the news media. It doesn’t matter if I’m in the United States; some other country or even in Mexico the perception of my country is often mischaracterized by preconceived ideas often created by agendas seeking to […]
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Another Example of El Paso News Media Incompetence
As usual, the local English media does not completely inform the community about the ongoing issues at city hall. Even issues that are controversial and important to the community go unreported because the local reporters are too lazy to sit through the city representatives’ meeting to properly inform the taxpayers. Last Tuesday, September 10, 2013, […]
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9/11: When the World Changed
Twelve years ago today the world significantly changed. Today, many will remember the day the United States was attacked and there will be much commentary and discussion about the event and its repercussions. The truth is that there have been many years of analysis and armchair quarterbacking and therefore there is not very much I […]
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The Motives of Useful Idiot David Karlsruher
I have been writing consistently about the people who are driving public policy in El Paso and how they have been relying on various levels of useful idiots to manipulate public perception with the help of an incompetent news media. The political undercurrent they create is designed to manipulate the electorate into voting into office those who […]
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The Email Scandal Facts the Local Media Continues to Obfuscate
I often write about how the public is deceived by the horde, often times through manipulation and other times through incompetence and sometimes through both. Ask the people on the street and most, if not all, would tell you that the city has released the emails sought by Stephanie Townsend Allala and others. The truth […]
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City Moves to Quash Depositions of Byrd, Niland and Wilson
The city has moved to quash the oral depositions of Susie Byrd, Cortney Niland and Joyce Wilson in regards to the ongoing email open records request. Yesterday, I speculated about what might happen and today we learn the city doesn’t want certain people deposed. On Monday, I’ll be looking into this latest action in depth. […]
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The El Paso Baseball Fiasco Bonds: The Rest of the Story
As you all know the city was finally successful in selling the ballpark bonds. The ballpark is also under construction. What you may not know is, as they say; the rest of the story. There are two reasons for this; the first is the inability of the El Paso Times to properly and effectively keep […]