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wow. just how much stuff can texas schooling screw up? Am I confusing this guy with Jack Bauer? Id swear this Jack Ellis name has come up with texass problems before.

We had quite a campaign in College Station and against every, EVERY, tactic and tool of the city council we put them to a vote and won by a very narrow percentage. All nine cameras are gone.

Red Light Cameras Draw Voters to Polls - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/65934627.html
Suit Filed Over Red Light Camera Vote - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69728592.html
CS's Red Light Cameras to Stay On; Restraining Order Issued - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69006022.html

We had quite a campaign in College Station and against every, EVERY, tactic and tool of the city council we put them to a vote and won by a very narrow percentage. All nine cameras are gone.

Red Light Cameras Draw Voters to Polls - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/65934627.html
Suit Filed Over Red Light Camera Vote - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69728592.html
CS's Red Light Cameras to Stay On; Restraining Order Issued - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69006022.html

We had quite a campaign in College Station and against every, EVERY, tactic and tool of the city council we put them to a vote and won by a very narrow percentage. All nine cameras are gone.

Red Light Cameras Draw Voters to Polls - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/65934627.html
Suit Filed Over Red Light Camera Vote - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69728592.html
CS's Red Light Cameras to Stay On; Restraining Order Issued - http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/69006022.html

Pro-abortion means straight up that you are in favor of more abortions, and that's not the case for anyone.

Really? "not the case for anyone"?

Funny you should say that given just a few min ago I ran across this story which said in part:

According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it's business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.

... and I wasn't even looking for anything related to abortion.

And note... this is all being said by a guy who generally sits out the abortion debate because I think there are a couple of larger issues that need to be dealt with before I'll focus on a side... and it is these issues which tends to tick off both sides fairly equally.

You are falling into he same trap as the original replier to my comment above... you are attempting to use specific framing words that are deemed 'safe' so as to try to move change the focus of the issue... after, no one opposes choice in general... right? The anti-abortion folks do the same thing figuring that no one is actually against life in general either.

This is why one should be clear in what they are saying.

Now... if someone who normally would say 'pro-choice' were instead to themselves 'pro-choice towards having the right to choose an abortion or not'... that would be another matter... unfortunately the only word you hear repeated is 'choice' from the left and 'life' from the right.

Climate change hasn't affected bushfire occurrences significantly in any way. This is all speculation and from a very unscientific standpoint as far as I can tell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfire#Significant_bushfires
Notice where many of these fires occur...Australia. And the documented dates go back to 1851. Climate change has nothing to do with anything, a bushfire is longstanding and naturally occurring event, and has been observed that way for 150 years on record.

Where is the data that shows that fires have occurred more often and burn longer and stronger AND the reason so is climate change and not the fact that suburban sprawl introduces woodland areas to power lines, lit cigarettes as litter, and other human fire related causes?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_wildfire
There is the same issue with wildfires occurring in California. And an even bigger threat or cause of wildfires than global climate change is still lit cigarettes being discarded in woodland areas. More on that later.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2327145120071023
Here's a short article from Reuters discussing some basic wildfire facts in California.

* During Santa Ana conditions, fires can be easily ignited by nature, in the case of lightning, or by humans. Some are arson, while others can be sparked by machinery operated near dry brush, campfires or carelessly tossed cigarettes. Downed power lines also pose a fire hazard. Once the wildfires are whipped by the winds, they spread quickly and are extremely dangerous and difficult to fight.

* "Fire Season" officially begins in early summer and lasts through October, though officials say that as the state suffers through cyclical drought conditions, they consider the season to be almost year-round in Southern California.

http://ca.prweb.com/releases/20061010/6/prweb393120.htm

In September 2002, a wildfire that scorched 247 acres on the Camp Pendleton, California base was started by a cigarette butt tossed by a passing motorist.

In January 2001, a motorist driving along Interstate 8 in San Diego County flicked a cigarette butt onto the center median, sparking a fire that burned more than 10,000 acres, destroyed 16 homes and charred 64 vehicles.

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/40452047.html

In Texas, people cause 95 percent of wildfires. The Texas Forest Service says residents should not engage in activities, such as throwing out lit cigarettes, welding and burning debris, that could lead to an accidental wildfire start.

So we are causing a vast amount of wildfires. In some places even 95 percent.

Maybe climate change plays a large role in bushfires, but I need way more evidence to convince me that it's not people being careless with litter, downed power lines, or household electrical fires, etc. causing the majority of these fires.