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Former President George W. Bush was at Ridgewood Country Club on Friday morning for a charitable event to raise money for the education of spouses and children of service members killed or catastrophically disabled in the line of duty. Bush was named honorary chairman of the inaugural Patriot Golf Day Weekend, started this year by the Folds of Honor Foundation to raise money for the organization’s scholarship fund. The foundation’s name refers to the U.S. flag-folding ritual during a military funeral. Former President George W. Bush jokes with onlookers after one of the members of his group at Ridgewood Country...

Waco school district officials won’t be going to Mexico this spring to recruit bilingual teachers. The program is so well-staffed there’s no need to. For years, the state has granted Waco Independent School District an exception, allowing the district to put students who qualified for a bilingual class into English as a Second Language services instead because WISD could not find enough bilingual teachers. WISD is designated by the state as a bilingual district. It is required to offer bilingual classes if 20 students on a given grade level speak the same primary language. This year, 2,300 Spanish-speaking Waco students...

Did a search and didn't find this. Chocolate City Mayor Ray Nagin's home in Frisco,Texas is being auctioned to satisfy a $1500 HOA lien. This is an upscale townhome development in Frisco, a Northern Dallas suburb. Remember the Nagin's moved there after Katrina because New Orleans was too messy for them? The documents are .pdf and I don't know how to copy them to FR. The first one is a list of several notices, scroll down to page 6 to see Nagin's. The second one is the lien. Not a legal scholar so correct me if I've misinterpreted the documents....

By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman Sunday, August 24, 2008 Much to the chagrin of my liberal neighbors in Central Texas, the damn Yankee guitarboy from Detroit just keeps on raising Cain. With pure, unstoppable, logic-driven defiance coursing through my veins and slamming through my fingertips, I am compelled to exercise my glowing, unstoppable "we the people" crowbar of truth in spite of the anti-Texan editorial policy running rampant in the newspapers across this otherwise Great Republic. I keep looking, but for the life of me I cannot find any real Texans who agree with John Young. Go figure. That I...

By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman Sunday, July 13, 2008 I have a few questions for those running for president and expect some answers. After all, the winner will be my employee, serving "we the people," pledging an oath to the U.S. Constitution. * America is $9 trillion in debt. Does this concern you, and if it does, what would you specifically do to work toward eliminating this debt and shave the flagrant waste and corruption of out-of-control bureaucracies? * Do you think too many Americans receive a paycheck, one way or another, from the government? * Do you believe the...

By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman Sunday, May 18, 2008 Gather 'round, boys and girls, and listen closely. What I am about to tell you will help you immensely throughout the rest of your lives if you commit to practicing and living your Uncle Ted's proven modus operandi for quality of life. You won't get this ironclad and loving advice in a classroom or from a textbook. Sadly, some of you will not have received this advice from even your parents. Here goes: * Nobody owes you a thing. Nothing. Everything you will get out of life will only be based...

Ted Nugent: Black pride can turn this tide Solemn challenge amid celebration By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman Sunday, February 24, 2008 This month black Americans have much reason for pride and celebration. Black History Month showcases an American historical portrait that is fascinating and rich — a canvas graced with revered scholars, inventors, civic leaders, athletes, statesmen, entertainers and soldiers. Rosa Parks has always been my hero. I dedicated one of my platinum albums to her. Her brave, intelligent defiance embodies the American spirit that fuels my life. Her simple act of refusing to sit at the back of a...

Ted Nugent: Opinions? No, just the facts By Ted Nugent, Texas Wildman Sunday, August 26, 2007 I admit right up front — I didn't graduate from college. I was too busy learning stuff, traveling the world, creating a firestorm of rock-'n'-roll R&B and seeing the way things are. I fancy myself a human sponge for information, facts, data, wisdom and truth. I am convinced that quality of life comes as a direct result of learning good over bad, smart over stupid, responsible over irresponsible, and the making of pragmatic decisions based on evidence to that effect. Bottom line is, I...

My guitars are in a temporary, well-deserved state of suspended animation following the most outrageous rhythm and blues rock-n-roll audio orgy since the invention of Me too. Every night on stage for more than 45 years, I have celebrated a gung ho musical adventure. It's the likes of which could erupt only from the primal inspiration of my black heroes: Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Mose Allison, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, (I'll let you tell Jerry Lee he isn't black), Wilson Picket, Sam and Dave, Freddy King, Albert King, B.B. King, the mighty Motown Funkbrothers and,...

A federal judge in Waco ruled Monday that McLennan County ordinances restricting parking and camping along roads to President Bush’s ranch are constitutional and do not infringe on Cindy Sheehan’s right to protest the war. Chief U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith’s ruling was issued late Monday, despite his orders last week for both sides to try to break their impasse over enforcement of county ordinances. Fort Worth attorney David Broiles, who represents Sheehan’s group, said he and Mike Dixon, who represents the county, had worked out a proposal that Dixon planned to bring to the McLennan County commissioners court...

CRAWFORD — Cindy Sheehan is back in town. After flying in from Jordan on Saturday night, Sheehan led a day of anti-war protests that culminated in an afternoon march in heat exceeding 100 degrees from the site of Camp Casey I to a checkpoint outside President Bush’s ranch. The president visited Sunday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. About 40 protesters joined Sheehan, many toting signs that read “The War is A Lie” and “Bush Betrayed Our Troops,” while Sheehan carried a sign asking “For What Noble Cause?” The march followed a short protest at the Crawford Peace House, where...

LIMESTONE COUNTY — A Tehuacana woman told police she was beaten, stabbed, raped and left for dead along a rural road Wednesday before she walked and crawled a half-mile for help, authorities said Thursday. The 18-year-old woman remained in a Temple hospital Thursday, in stable condition after several hours of surgery, authorities said. Officers have arrested two men in connection with the woman’s assault. Javier Guzman Martinez, 17, and Noel Darwin Hernandez, 22, both of Mexia, were charged Thursday with aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson said. Authorities said the pair began following the woman as...

Although I rarely post (no time!), I email frequently with our contact in Kirkuk and try to stay in touch with PatriciaRuth. "C" in Kirkuk and I have been discussing the upcoming holidays, and what a tough time of year it is for our troops who are so far from home. I told him while there was nothing I could do to bridge the miles between them and their families, maybe I could provide things that would help give the desert that nice Christmas-y feeling. He gave me a very modest list, but it’s more than I can handle on...

Apologies if this has been posted before, I couldn't find it in a search. This is a beautiful tribute to our troops, past and present. Holding my breath I've made a link.

Pilots of private aircraft face increased restrictions while flying in portions of McLennan County during President Bush's weekend visit to his ranch near Crawford. Restrictions for aircraft have been expanded from 10 to 30 nautical miles around the Bush ranch, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The limitations will affect activity at 14 public and 22 private airports in Central Texas ranging from Lake Whitney State Park to Temple's Draughon-Miller Airport. Included in the area are the Waco Regional Airport and McGregor Executive Airport. A standing prohibition exists of aircraft flying within a 10-nautical mile radius of the president's home....

At 10:33 a.m. Sunday, President Bush ended his summer vacation, though he did it differently from most Americans. McLennan County's most famous resident left his ranch outside the tiny Central Texas town of Crawford, boarded Air Force One at the Texas State Technical College Airport in nearby Waco and headed for Washington, D.C. The president also spent his monthlong vacation differently from most Americans. He oversaw an economic forum at Baylor University that attracted everyone from working stiffs to CEOs. And he huddled at his ranch with White House advisers and Cabinet officials over military preparedness amid tough talk about...

President Bush listened first and talked later Tuesday as he moved from one friendly audience to the next at the Baylor law school. Bush made 20-minute cameos in four of the eight discussions that kicked off his economic forum. Vice President Dick Cheney visited the other four. Each of the sessions, which ran concurrently, lasted 90 minutes. Bush was the focus of every room he entered, but others did most of the talking. After opening remarks from two administration officials and investment executive Charles Schwab, Bush told investing and retirement panelists he was looking out for his McLennan County neighbors....

The talk was all economics on the Baylor campus Tuesday, but outside protesters sought attention on issues ranging from corporate influence in politics to abortion to human rights in China. More than 70 protesters braved 90-plus degree weather to demonstrate near Baylor University, site of President Bush's economic forum. Authorities closed off the core of the campus during the forum and earlier made it clear that protesters would be escorted off school grounds. Although police reported no arrests during the event, at least one person was asked to leave after repeatedly slipping past police barricades, said Jim Doak, chief of...

Local law enforcement officers will work overtime to provide security for tomorrow's economic conference at Baylor University, keeping an eye on protest marchers, directing traffic and helping protect the nation's top two leaders. President Bush's economic forum, which starts at 9 a.m. at the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center, will bring together Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, cabinet members, economists and business leaders. With so many VIPs zipping through the streets of Waco, local, state and federal officers will be out in force Tuesday morning. That includes officers from the Secret Service, Waco and Baylor police, the Texas Department...

The Western White House may be out near Crawford. But the inflatable White House will soon hit Indian Spring Park. Demonstrators plan to use the park Tuesday during President Bush's economic forum at Baylor University. Their concern is corporate money in politics. Their props will include a 20-foot inflatable White House and a 10-foot puppet of former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay. "We think corporate crooks are the ones who are buying influence from our politicians and selling out our democracy," said organizer David Martin, 34, who lives in San Antonio. Martin's late father was a petroleum geologist with Enron, but...