Rick Perry Announces Presidential Candidacy

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Thursday August 11, 2011 · 4:05 PM PDT

2011/08/11 · 16:05

Sorry for the short diary but the news just came through.

Rick Perry has announced his candidacy for the President of the United States.

Earlier today Rick Perry visited the studios of KVUE-TV here in Austin to make the announcement. The report aired as top story on our 6:00 news.

More information at www.kvue.com

O-ne-i-nis-to, Oh-no-mis-ta [Lakota]

WolfmanSpike

Personal Rapid Transit (Pod). Just say NO!

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 6:29 AM PDT

2008/08/27 · 06:29

Personal Rapid Transit, or POD (also known as Podcars) is a system of transportation which is in competition with other forms of mass urban transit. For those who don't know what a Podcar is, a Podcar is a form of public mass transit that uses "pods", or individual "personal" egg-style cubicles which move along a guide track from Point A to Point B. You are supposed to be able to go from any A to any B without stopping at intermediate stations or any other interruptions but that has yet to be shown.

At best the whole thing is no more than a bona-fide, overgrown amusement park ride. And amusement park rides are something I know a lot about because I've been involved in the engineering for many amusement park rides and their electronic system controls.

WolfmanSpike

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 6:46 PM PDT

2008/08/08 · 18:46

Sometime around 8:00AM on August 8, 1978 a man named A.B. Aytes who lived in room 888 on the 8th floor of the 8th Street Apartments took Bus Number 8 on an 8-block ride to the train station where he boarded the 8th train departing on an 88 mile journey to Batersville. The train broke down 8 times while on the trip, so the whole journey took 8 hours. Upon arrival, Mr. Aytes hailed Cab Number 8 which took him for an 8-mile ride to the offices of the Budget $8 Car Rental where Mr. Aytes spent 8 minutes filling out 8 copies of an 8-day car rental contract. He chose an 8-year old Olds Delta 88 for $8.00 per day. He then drove 8 blocks down the road to the Route 88 Cafe where he had the $8.00 special. He left the waitress an 88-cent tip. Later he then rented a room at the Stupid 8 Motel. He was checked in within 8 minutes and stayed in room number 8.

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Have you had a lucky day?

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Have you had a lucky day?

Woof! Yes! I won the lottery!

2 votes

You could say so 8 times!

0 votes

Not a bad Friday the 8th

3 votes

Same as any other day but TGIF!

6 votes

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed

2 votes

Hell no, everything has gone wrong today!

1 vote

I don't believe in luck

0 votes

Pie

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Solar Energy Projects--I Need Your Input

WolfmanSpike

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Sunday July 27, 2008 · 1:02 PM PDT

2008/07/27 · 13:02

Pre-Update: I apologize for not having photos showing details explained in this diary. This is because of the restrictions on hosting photos and I do not currently have an account at Photobucket or Flikr or any of the approved sites. This will soon change, and when it does I will update this diary. Thanks for the understanding in advance!

UPDATE: Enough users have asked me to write a diary with detailed explinations, drawings, photos, etc. of this project. OK-- you got it! Although I have a lot of it done already, I want to take a few more pics and do some more detailed explaining on how I did what I did and debunk some of the myths about how changing over to a supplimental solar system can yield a reasonable monthly savings on the electric bill. Some commenters have asked me how I managed to save up to $100 a month doing this -- well it is a joint effort combining the supplimental solar (which does NOT replace conventional grid power), eliminating a component of grid useage, more efficient appliances and a realization of waste and elimination of that waste, which means a slight lifestyle change.

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WolfmanSpike

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Tuesday July 22, 2008 · 9:12 AM PDT

2008/07/22 · 09:12

UPDATE 2: Thanks so much goes out to our Rescue Rangers for rescuing this diary! This is only my second entry, and to make it this far is very inspiring! WOOF's to you all!

I am part Native American. Although the blood in me is thin and the ancestry is long, the few drops of Seminole burn in my veins. I feel the warrior in me come alive. I feel that I should don my feathers and my war shirt and sharpen my spear, for the battle to reclaim what is ours rages on.

Many Native Americans live in hideous poverty. Indians on the Pine Ridge Reservation live at the lowest level of poverty found in the United States. Unemployment is as high as 45%. Children run around barefoot, wearing clothes so worn out that their mothers are afraid to wash them because they may fall apart, then the kids would have nothing to wear at all.

My warrior soul weeps for my spirit brothers.

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Do you live on or near an Indian reservation?

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Do you live on or near an Indian reservation?

Yes, I'm an Indian who lives on the reservation

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Yes, I'm not Indian, but I live next door to a reservation

7 votes

Yes, I live within 50 miles of a reservation

44 votes

There are no reservations near me

41 votes

I don't know

6 votes

Many Thanks to Netroots Nation

WolfmanSpike

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 8:25 PM PDT

2008/07/18 · 20:25

Update: Both of us will be at Nancy Pelosi's speech this morning. Keep an eye out for us! Thanks! And Stay Wolfy!

Hello everyone from Austin! This is my first diary since I have been a user here on KOS, so I ask kindly of you to be easy on me!

I am a local Austin resident so the thrills of Austin are everyday things for myself and my partner BlackWoof. But I see just how excited everyone is for just being in our great city. Austin welcomes everyone and I hope everyone attending Netroots Nation is having a great time while here.

But this diary is not about Austin per-se. It is about Netroots Nation and how everyone from everywhere has come together in a friendly and professional, but fun-loving way.

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Rick Perry Announces Presidential Candidacy

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08-08-08

Solar Energy Projects--I Need Your Input

As The Spirit of the Eagle Weeps (UPDATED)

Many Thanks to Netroots Nation