The Quest For More Money

  "More Money" has become an obsession in our society. Yesterday Texas Tech was still trying to huckster buyers for 11,000 unsold tickets to a non-conference game. Last night the Lion's Club was auctioning off donated goods for dough. The Cowboy Symposium was still cooking for a buck and selling their wares at the Civic Center. A local democrat has been trying to circulate a newspaper with guest editorial writers that are obviously socialists. The democrat can't sell ads,the paper folded and it's hard times for that editor. Government wants "more money" to hand out raises,buy more cars and other wasteful spending projects. A local couple is still raising money to find their son,who disappeared. Another local couple is looking for funds to pay bills after their daughter fell from a balcony and died this week. "More Money" is also gonna rear it's ugly head in two weeks. Many Lubbock charities will peddle overpriced,poorly cooked food at the South Plains Fair. Struggling businesses will rent booths,hand out fliers and hope to generate more customers and get their money. I understand capitalism but it's side effect of greed is unacceptable. Churches will even practice the "more money" routine at the fair. I  practice "not spending" more money at the fair.

Rumors That WT Free Press Didn't Print

 Rumors run rampant in Texas. It's call the "Loose Lip Society". Shallowater ISD was gonna prevent it's students from eating off campus to help finance a cafeteria upgrade. The upgrade happened but the student lockdown didn't,not yet anyway. Smart Meters were gonna cause radiation monitors to react and create countless side effects on humans and animals. None of that has happened,not that it won't. Rumor had it anyone using rain barrels would be arrested,fined and jailed. My rain barrels are out and I've yet to be arrested,knock on wood. Recall petitions were supposed to be circulated in every neighborhood in Lubbock. One was successful in east Lubbock and two have been rejected in another east Lubbock district and the same guy is circulating a third petition. The wildest rumor was courtesy of Tom Head. Lubbock was gonna have a riot,UN troops were gonna be called in and LSO's "goon squad" was going to repel the UN troops and restore U.S.sovereignty. The Tom Head "delusion" made national news,got a few laughs and Lubbock looked silly. Rumors will grow legs and go from coffee shop to restaurant to church to school and end up in a senior citizens center. The rumors get juicier as they move. Those rumors got rejected by this blog.

Joke Of A Game

  Texas Tech continues to search for three soft opponents and maybe a fourth in some seasons. This folly has resulted in mediocre bowl games for 15 long years. Tech has borrowed a few million bucks to modernize an old concrete stadium with restaurants and bars. Teams like SMU and Stephen F. Austin not to mention Texas State show up on Tech's schedule to give an artificial high to the numbskulls calling themselves Tech fans. Students even pay an athletic department fee to subsidize these non-competitive games. As the Obama recession becomes more wide spread at what point will the Tech moron supporters not have money to waste at SBC Jones Stadium. Time will only tell.