INHERENT POWER. An authority possessed without its being derived from another. It is a right, ability or faculty of doing a thing, without receiving that right, ability or faculty from another. (A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of […]
Continue reading »The Cost to the Jailer
One of the most expensive things the Commissioners Court has to deal with is the cost of keeping people in jail. ~ Hon. Margaret Keliher When I try to limit your impact on my lifeby holding you at bay, by […]
Continue reading »That NIMBY Mentality
NIMBY: Not in my backyard. Write a list of people, institutions, and principlesI resent? Oh, yeah! That ream of paper won’t cut it. I can tell you how this whole worldcould run, oh so much better. The hateful,vicious people all […]
Continue reading »Honest to God
“You can’t pray a lie.” ~ Mark Twain I’m good at lying, you know, God.Sometimes it just pours out, fearsbred in from years of reactions toinconvenient truths, to my own will,to not-the-expected. I can convincemost anyone, especially me sometimes.I’m good […]
Continue reading »Desperation
Diet’s didn’t work, the weight lurked, ruled, oppressed. Overeaters Anonymous? You’ve got to be kidding. People sitting in a circle, reading, talking, chanting rituals. No diets, no reporting, no plans to follow. Just talk about insanity, some higher power, resentments, […]
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