H Paul Garland

There's no point in living if you can't feel alive. - James Bond

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Obama TV Special

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- Frankly I was a little worried about him buying 30 minutes of time on three networks. I was concerned. I don’t know why, but I was fretful...

General Motors

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- For many years American automakers in Detroit have intentionally not followed the desires of the market or their customers. They were well...

Craig Ferguson

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- I am reading Craig Ferguson's book called Between The Bridge And The River. - The is an absolutely incredible book. I had no idea he ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Old Passports

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- I was putting some papers away in one of my filing cabinets a few days ago and came across my file of old expired passports. Old passports...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Obama

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- I have really enjoyed wearing a different Obama campaign button every day! - - - - - - -- - - - -- - -
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Deregulation

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- Vindication. That is what it feels like. - Alan Greenspan today said that he was wrong in thinking that the markets could self-regulate. I...

McCain - Not Who You Think He Is

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- The McCain campaign is distributing a mail piece that says "Terrorists" on the front and opens to a big picture of Barack Obama ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Anti-Obama e-mails

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- Several times per week I receive racist and degrading e-mails forwarded from friends claiming to tell things about Obama's past. - Dem...

Health Insurance In America

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- The Los Angeles Times has an article today on the health care system in America. - The way that health care is handled in the United State...

Alternative Energy

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The board of directors of the electric power utility providing electricity service to Austin, Texas (the state capitol) has approved a reso...
Monday, October 20, 2008

I Voted!

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- Early voting is soooo nice! I voted today. - It is a tradition to not have to tell who you voted for. But I will give you a hint: He is no...

Sweden

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- The Dutch press today reports that Sweden is in trouble financially: * Sweden presents financial bailout plan The Swedish government today...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Netherlands

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- I lived in The Netherlands for 15 years. It is a nice, clean, well organized little country. It is a bit larger than some counties in West...
Friday, October 17, 2008

David Letterman

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- From my DVR (like a Tivo but you don’t have to pay a monthly fee) I just watched the David Letterman interview of Senator John McCain last...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Indiana Jones

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- The new (and final) Indiana Jones movie is now out on DVD. I watched it today. Back when the movie was in theaters I heard all sorts of c...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Leukemia Journey

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- Six years ago I was diagnosed with an incurable form of leukemia called CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia). At the time I was living in Eu...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

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Yesterday evening I attended a fund raiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society called Light The Night Walk. A large group of people walk...

In Place Out Of Time

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- About a year and a half ago I met an interesting old man up in Hillsboro, New Mexico. A guy by the name of Embree “Sonny” Hale. In his ear...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Tree Hugging Liberals

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I received this today by e-mail from a friend: - Joe Six Pack gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning co...

Hurricane Norbert

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------------------------------------- CLICK ON THE PICTURE AND IT WILL ENLARGE - The American government's weather service, NOAA, says t...
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H Paul Garland
Like the Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I went to Austin High in El Paso, Texas. I moved to California right after high school. Graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1971 with honors. Worked on a master's degree, then to avoid going to Vietnam I joined the U.S. Army to be at 3rd Armored Div HQ in Frankfurt, Germany. I was there for almost 3 years. Bicycled and backpacked a lot in the Swiss Alps. Had some good times, saw some of the world, and grew up a little. I went to law school at U.T. Austin for a while, raised a family, got elected to a minor political position in El Paso, had 3 great wives, owned a Corvette then later a Prius, became a scuba diver, got my private pilot's license including multi-engine and instrument ratings, and lived in the Cajun country of Louisiana for a few years. For 15 years I was the general manager for a food procesing company in Europe. I really enjoyed living in Europe. I'm now retired, and to quote from Martin Luther King, I'm finally "free at last, free at last." I've moved out to the wonderful high desert in the Southwestern city of El Paso, Texas USA.
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