South Loop 288: why are the barriers still there?

Here are a couple of pictures I took this evening in going by the Golden Triangle Mall in Denton on South Loop 288. This is the place where the never ending road construction has been occurring. I probably shouldn't complain because it has gotten easier to get through there now. However, I can't help but notice the continued eyesore of the orange barriers and barrels that line both sides of the center median from I-35 all the way to Spencer Road. I was wondering why those were still there as the construction appears to be complete. Even the street painting appears to be complete. Anyone got any answers? Why don't they take that stuff away and open up all of the lanes?

In the news...

I was interviewed for a column in the Star-Telegram about hot checks. I believe it was in the Friday paper. I tried to set the guy straight on what is Theft by Check and what is not. I hope I succeeded a little. He didn't put in everything I told him, but we talked for quite a while. It looks like the Brazos County District Attorney backed me up on it.

Aren't all crimes "hate crimes"?

New Federal Hate Crime Bill passed by House and going to Senate.

Did Fox miss that call?

I searched some more and found this article, and then I found another article, and yet a third article which share the same theme. Apparently, the Fox attempt to blame this on the obamination were incorrect. Apparently, this came from the pseudo-democrat branch of the Bush administration. And moreover, it was $400,000 instead of $4 million (I thought I might have heard the figure incorrectly). It was some study sanctioned by the National Insititute of Health to determine how HIV is spread through the bar scene. That's what I get for not looking further into the issue.

Did I hear correctly about government waste?

Did I hear correctly on Fox News Radio this morning that the federal government gave some group $4 million to study the alcohol consumption habits of gays in bars in Argentina?
I heard it on the radio, but I can't find the story online.
Anyone else hear about that?
Is that a good use of our tax money?

These guys are too dangerous to release!

Congress rejects funding for release of Gitmo prisoners because the obamination has no discernible for disposition of the prisoners. Could even the democrats in Congress be seeing the light about the obamination?

Let's see:

1. We don't want to keep them in the prison set up for them on foreign soil because obama made the lame, uninformed promise to close the prison.

2. We can't release the middle eastern prisoners back to their own countries because they would go right back to the battle field against our guys.

3. We can't release the European islamic terrorists to their European countries because their European countries don't want them.

4. We can't put them in continental U.S. prisons because we can't guarantee their security and it would invite terrorist attacks on U.S. soil to try break them out.

5. We can't release the Chinese islamic terrorists to China because the Chinese government woule likely have them promptly killed.

Maybe the obamination should realize that this was a bad promise and one from which he should refrain from keeping.

No, No, No

Oh my, this is bit frightening to me. We have a very good Congressman representing us right now. We do not need this guy anywhere near the Congress.

Mayoral Race in Jacksboro?

We saw this sign on the way out of Jacksboro yesterday. We have met Dr. Jamal before. Very nice guy. I wonder who is running against him.