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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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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Just Do It and Ask For Permission Later
I read an article on a magazine the other day about the notion that innovators should just do and ask for permission later. I apologize but I don’t remember where I read the article or the title of it so I can’t share it with you. However, the gist of the article was that innovation […]
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Once again, the legal shenanigans conceal the city’s corruption
As if the stench of corruption were not so overpowering in El Paso, the city government has decided that the rulings of the Texas Attorney General’s office are to be ignored. The city, as in Joyce Wilson, John Cook, Ann Morgan Lilly, Susie Byrd, Emma Acosta, Michiel Noe, Steve Ortega and Courtney Niland have decided […]
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The Malfeasance of the News Media
I have been a critic of the local news media for too many years, more than I can count. Even with that, the latest malfeasance of the El Paso news media is such that I’m at a loss of words to express my disgust. Disgust is not even strong enough to describe the utter stomach-sickening […]
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Coincidence, or Maybe Not: Follow up on Karlsruher
The thing about pattern analysis is that sometimes a piece seems unimportant and because of this it is quickly forgotten. However, the small piece may be the item that connects all of the dots in the future. Because of this, it is sometimes very difficult to make a determination if an action warrants further study […]
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Text of the State of the Union 2015
The text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address 2015 as released by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long […]
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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 […]
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Adrian Pena Answers Questions About Public Corruption
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Hash tags and URL Shortening, Oh My What Does all this have to do with Activism?
As you may have noticed, in the last few weeks I have made some changes to my blog. I have introduced new features that I will describe later in this blog post. But first I want to discuss two Internet technologies that are powerful tools for activism, information sharing and organizing. They are hash tags […]
