First, he should have never trusted the DA would play fair; next blunder was not putting those 10 witnesses on the stand. "lives ruined".....too bad, they made their beds now it's time to lose more sleep on it. What about the other lives ruined? BG also said that CC could never handle a second trial--no kidding. The chamber of commerce can't handle the lack of revenue once the visitors learn about the crap that goes on--it's has crime, corruption & cover-up like everywhere else in America. Only difference is the beaches hide all the scum that would otherwise show in daylight. And those seeking profits over a dead woman, that's one of the saddest aspects of this tragic story. BG is one of the best lawyers around, everyone makes mistakes. .

Dallas, I love you, but I've found Austin

The tragedy will be a unique part of town will be bulldozed and there won't even be money as compensation. Just poorly built structures that will be ratty in ten years. Not that anyone asked, but my grand plan would reduce the ceiling on buildings back down to five stories and keep a the core of Deep Ellum with its warehouse look and feel, while developing around in a horseshoe configuration (with the lucky side butting up against I-75). This scenario, I believe, will add a point of difference for developers as well as secure their vantage points. If everyone builds to the 15 story limit, they will devalue each other's property. Of course this is a complicated issue with lots of moving parts. But I am hopeful that there are enough good minds just in our neighborhood that can work together make Deep Ellum be successful commercially, musically, artistically and still keep it's bohemian underbelly.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate in South Carolina

And it is important for us to make sure that they are not just going to the wealthy. They should be going to folks who are making $75,000 a year or less, and they should be going to folks who only pay payroll tax, but typically are not paying income tax. If we do that, then not only can we stimulate the economy, those are the folks who are most likely to spend money right away.

OBAMA: Well, I think that we are going to have to get some immediate money. What I do is I say, for a typical family, $500 for a tax rebate per family. But also, for senior citizens, get a supplement to their Social Security check, because they get that every month. We know exactly how to do it.

Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure

The card goes everywhere with me; it's one of my favorite things. Evel was a good person, demonstrated quite recently by the fact that he forgave the rapper Kayne West before he died. I guess that was one of his last acts. "Happy Landings," Evel. RIP/Brent Andrews.

Beijing offers Olympic volunteers free eye surgery

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- People who volunteer to help during the Beijing Olympics will have a better chance to see the Games -- literally.

A Beijing-based military hospital announced on Monday an offer of free laser eye surgery for 100 near-sighted volunteers to "better serve the Games".

Games organizers said early this month that more than 800,000 people had applied as volunteers for the Olympics in August and Paralympics in September this year.

"As we know, most of the volunteers are university students and generally have a bad eyesight," said Liang Ge, director of the eye clinic of the General Hospital of Second Artillery Force of People's Liberation Army, adding that most could not afford the high cost -- normally about 10,000 yuan (about 1,370 U.S.

Her Majesty Queen Hillary

So the truly rich don't care about tax cuts, at least not income tax cuts. And, "rich people" (defined by me as "I am unemployed and I still have a six-figure income, indefinitely") are more likely to be Democrats. About 60/40. Trustafarian? Most likely a dem.

High income people skew more Republican, but not overwhelmingly so. They're the one paying 80%+ of all income taxes so you'd expect them to like income tax cuts. But they're still 1/3 or more dems, perhaps because AMT insures tax-cuts go to people in low-tax (mostly red) states.

The cat has long been out of the bag on economic nationalism. The USA has to import too many resources to realistically shut down significant amounts of trade (bauxite, sulpher, oil, lumber, programmers, GPs).