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Texas and Brown Gold

David Barach — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:00:26 +0000

Greed and deregulation has sent the US economy into the toilet. The sooner we accept it, the sooner we can use it to start making some money! That’s exactly what San Antonio, Texas is doing. A state that struck it rich with Black Gold is doing it again, but this time with what they are affectionately calling biosolids, or as I like to call it, Brown Gold.

San Antonio will harvest methane gas from the 140,000 tons of human waste that its residents produce per year and turn it into clean-burning natural gas. Does gas get any more natural? Getting methane from human waste isn’t new, but San Antonio plans to use 90% of its human waste which makes it the first large scale project of its kind. They already use the solid waste for composting and the liquid waste for irrigation, this is the next logical step in a state that uses every part of the pig.

Speaking of pigs, I hear only two things come from Texas, and one them is steers. With all the cow and pig farms in Texas, you’d think animal waste would be a more logical step.

Did you see that? I just used logical and Texas in the same sentence. Yeeha!

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Kids in Texas Grow Up Fast Like

David Barach — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:45:11 +0000

While we’re on the topic of Texas children and driving, Corpus Christi, Texas Police spotted a 12-year-old boy driving his grandmother’s car. When they tried to stop him, he led them on a 60 mph chase before swerving to avoid spikes in the road and crashing into a fence. That’s what they call growing up fast in Texas.

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School is Safer in Harrold, Texas

David Barach — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:26:24 +0000

For many children, today is the first day of a new school-year, the day kids go off to be coddled taught those subjects important to their success in US society. This can be stressful for parents, what with all of the dangers children face today in school, but let’s remember that it’s also stressful for the teachers. One local school board in Harrold, Texas has taken action to help relieve the stress and make school a safer place, by authorizing teachers and employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.

Granted, I don’t know anyone in Harrold, Texas, but from the looks of that tombstonesque sign near the school, and the fact that all of the shootings at schools in recent history have been committed by students, I know I’d want to be able to protect myself if I were teaching there. Way to protect the innocent teachers, Harrold, Texas, and make school safer for those who really matter.

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Twelve-Year-Old Designated Driver

David Barach — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:05:53 +0000

AP reports that a 35-year-old woman was arrested in Longview, Texas after admitting that she had her twelve-year-old daughter drive her to a bar. Let’s see one of those Chinese gymnasts do that! Yeah! We still got it!

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