Author: XicanoPwr

Is Texas Really a Red State?

I find it hard to consider that the election went smoothly here in Texas for the Republicans. Just because  there was a good political outcome outside of Texas doesn’t mean they didn’t continue to slime their...

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Rest in Peace Brad Will, May Justice Prevail

On October 27, 2006 Indymedia journalist and videoblogger Brad Will was the killed while covering the teacher’s strike in Oaxaca. He was known to have supported the protesters and their cause New York City Independent...

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All Good Things Must Come to an End

To paraphrase Shakesphere, “Alas, … poor YouTube! I knew them well.” Jeff at NewsCloud (via The Raw Story) is reporting that YouTube is removing all of Comedy Central Clips based on DMCA claims. This would...

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Texas Lt Gov and The Intelligence Business

Here in Texas, Lt Gov is the office you if you want to run Texas Gov, even though on the books it considered the second-highest office in Texas. It is considered the most powerful post because the Lt Gov controls the work of the...

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Profiting From Public Education

Back in Oct 2005, the US Department of Education (ED) had published a decision that forbids educators (teacher unions) affiliated with a troubled school to offer remedial services to struggle students. Decisions in Florida by...

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