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                Tee Hee, Ain’t I The Dickens, Part One
                    
                    The Bush administration is at it again. Thanks, Naderites! (Unfortunately, the Onion didn’t archive possibly the best What Do You Think ever, which generated at…                
                                
                
            
                        
            
                
			
                
                    
                                                
                            
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                Irresponsible Neighborhoods, Part Two
                    
                    I was watching Channel Six for a bit while waiting for my wife to get ready to go out to a childbirth class, and I…                
                                
                
            
                        
            
                
			
                
                    
                                                
                            
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                Get Off Da Bus
 
                                                            Austin
                                                            Republicans Hate Poor People
                                                            Republicans Hate Public Transportation
                                                            Texas Republicans Hate Cities
                                                    
                                       
                        
                
                
                    
                    It’s been rumored for a long time, but further more credible signs are afoot that Capitol Metro is abandoning plans for in-town light-rail transit in…                
                                
                
            
                        
            
                
			
                Bad Choices, Part One
                    
                    I always pick the best days to bike. Here’s the transcript of my IM with a cow orker this morning: mdahmus: so today’s trip in…                
                                
                
            
                        
            
                
			
                
                    
                                                
                            
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                Bad Neighborhoods, Part One
                    
                    Austin’s neighborhood Nazis are at it again. In an article about the current activities of the Envision Central Texas project, an inoffensively driven planning exercise…                
                                
                
            
                        
            
                
			
                
                    
                                                
                            
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                Categorization
                    
                    One of the great dilemnas of corporate life is shown here: are you a badger, a mushroom, or a snake?                
                                
                
            
                        
            
                
			
                
                    
                                                
                            
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                Dilweed in Paradise
                    
                    It’s ironic that this dilweed lives in Honolulu, one of a very small number of really effective city-bus-only transit systems in the United States. This…