1989NDN

In my best voice imitating the late, and creatively talented, Johnnie Cochran: If the shoes don't fit, you must acquit.

Carlos Correa with a 2-run HR to start things and Jake Marisnick with the assist to Brian McCann to tag out Jacoby Ellsbury to end things. A great way to open the series vs the NYY. Is Aaron Judge a prototype of the next generation's baseball player? 6' 7" and 280 lbs. He can hit, run, and play right field. I wonder if, eventually, he will make the move from right field to first base? It would be hard for an infielder to miss a big target at first base standing 6' 7".

Yes. I have no issue with a portion my tax dollars being used to fund programs for those most in need. I pay taxes for lots of things, e.g., the military, highways, federal and state parks, etc., all of which I appreciate, am thankful for, and enjoy. Why not use a portion of tax dollars to help something more important than material things ---> people. I'm not for funding welfare kinds and queens, but I am for helping others that need it. I'm all for finding the proper balance. Go Indians. Peace.

Regardless if you are a Dem. or Rep., we should all agree on some basic principles for all of mankind (humankind): 1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 2. To those who have been given much, much will be required of you. 3. Those less fortunate (by no circumstance or choosing of their own) should be able to get help/assistance. As one of the wealthiest and greatest nations on earth, with a society of innovative, successful and caring people, we should find a way to offer assistance and care to our elderly, disabled, children/infants, widows/widowers, and orphans. A combination of private, charitable and public funds should be available to help our neediest neighbors. No one should have to go hungry, go without medicine, or have to choose between eating one hot meal vs. paying for medication to survive another day. Go out and volunteer. Take a Saturday and deliver Meals on Wheels. You will meet great people who will make you think twice about ending all social programs. Too many elderly people and families with special needs children/adults having to make tough choices about eating versus paying for health care/doctor's visits/medicine. I've met them. These are not people looking to abuse social programs. These are retirees who have just enough to make ends meet, but they have to forego some necessities, e.g., they don't turn on the A/C or water for fear of a high utility bill, they don't shower everyday for fear of a high utility bill, they don't eat everyday because they need $100 or $200 at the end of the month for more medication. These issues will move you to be more compassionate and less worried about Dems v. Reps., less worried about having a few extra dollars taken from you paycheck to help provide for your community. 4. We need to find a way to ensure that systemic and/or individual abuse of social programs is stopped. Like most people, I don't like it when I see or hear about welfare kings and queens. But, that dislike does not move me to the extreme of ending all social programs for our most neediest brothers and sisters. We need to be fiscally responsible. Hardworking people will pay taxes and give to charities to help others, but there is no denying that abuse of the public programs diminishes one's willingness to pay those taxes or to freely give. We need to find the right balance. When I visit this forum, there is always too much extreme focus on the left vs. the right. Start looking at what's in the middle. Few people on the extreme left or right. There's a whole bunch of great people in the middle. Go Indians. Peace.

Any more updates from local news sources? I saw where [Hidden Content] posted another story about more alleged wrongdoing by the NHF BOD. Is the reporter, P. Klein, a trustworthy source for the news? What sayeth the other local news outlets, e.g., PA News, Beaumont Enterprise, local television channels? Or, does P. Klein have an ax to grind? Trying to discern fact from fiction? I will say it does make for interesting reading. I'm not a resident of Nederland, I don't know any of the parties involved, and I've been gone from the area for 25+ years. Still, it is interesting to read and follow the allegations. As a teen in the eighties, I can remember going to the NHF...fun times with friends. PA, Groves, Port Neches and Nederland all shared good times for my family and friends. Go Indians. Peace.

I know it is early in the 2017 season, but the Astros could have something special. Barring injury, and Lord forbid our early season high hopes jinx the team, but the Astros could be a strong contender for the AL crown and a legitimate threat to win the World Series. I know, it's April. Slow down 1989NDN. It's early, but so far the Astros have average to above average starting pitching, a strong bullpen (middle relief and closing), and the pieces of the puzzle on offense are starting to gel. One through nine in the batting order can get hot and swing the stick. And, who doesn't love Jose Altuve? He is 5'5" of dynamite. My favorite Astros player for the past three seasons. He is what young kids should strive to be as they grow up playing baseball. Hey kid, you're too small, you're to slow, blah...blah...blah...you can't do it at 5' 5"...you can't do this...you can't do that.... Yet, Altuve can do it all. Love his tenacity and grit at the plate. He can fight off the inside heat, he can fight off the curve ball and slider, and he can wait for his pitch to hit. Great player. NO INJURIES in 2017. Go Astros. It could be a special season. Go Astros. Peace.

PN-G fan...I don't know what Coach Monte Barrow did or did not do on the staff at NHS, but I can tell you from past W/L results -- and not from just the PN-G game each year -- that Coach Barrow put together some good offensive game plans. Game plans approved by Larry Neumann. That should be good enough for Coach Barrow to get his shot under the bright lights as head coach. As for Delbert Spell, I'm guessing each August for the past 20+ years, Coach Neumann said, "Delbert, on defense, you know the pieces of our personnel puzzle, so go put the best pieces together and let me know when you are finished." That seemed to work well for 20+ years. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Go Indians. Peace.

There are some Texas fans, and I believe the number is growing, that would not be all that upset if Shaka Smart left Austin.

Tom Herman did the same things at Houston. Before that, he learned his tricks of the trade from Urban Meyer, who did the same things at Utah, Florida and Ohio State. If a unit, e.g., the defense, had a bad practice, then they ate watered down eggs and 2-day old toast. The flip side, if a unit had a great practice, e.g., special teams did well in a given practice, then they got extra perks, i.e., got to skip running drills or got their choice on the dinner menu. If a certain player within a unit performed poorly in a practice or game, i.e., a RB fumbled during the offensive session or a QB threw an INT during a game, then that player got called out in front of his teammates and had to take a "penalty," i.e., maybe five extra gassers or he had to run gassers with weight belts on his legs. Tom Herman is big on eliminating mistakes -- no fumbles or INTs or stupid penalties, and he is big on accountability. His practices are physical. It may look like hazing to an outsider, but it's not. It's a system of rewards vs. penalties. If you crack a helmet or bend a face mask due to a hit, you get a reward. If you screw up and cost the team, you get penalized. If you can survive Coach Herman's practices, the games will seem like a walk in the park. From Coach Herman's time at UH, I can tell Texas fans that UT teams will not be worn down. Those kids that get tired and make mistakes in games and those that will not "out physical" their opponent, they will not play. Those kids that sell-out and physically dominate an opponent, e.g., Ed Oliver at UH, Stephen Taylor at UH, Elandon Roberts at UH, etc., those kids will play for Tom Herman regardless of their pedigree (5-star, 2-star, walk-on) and regardless of their classification (FR, SOPH, JR, SR). It's not hazing. It's called creating a culture. It worked at Utah, Florida, Ohio State, Houston...and it will work at Texas. Peace.

Is Vidor out of Quirante kids? Are there more in the pipeline? Go Indians. Peace.

I've said it many times. I prefer the traditional look established in the seventies and eighties. Home: All purple uniforms or a mixture of purple and white (zig/zag trim). Away: All white storm trooper look (purple zig/zag trim). Most of the PN-G graduates and fans that I keep up with do not care one way or the other. There are a few vocal die-hard alums that do not want anything but purple/white. I can understand that view. There is nothing wrong holding on to the traditional purple/white look. That said, if today's kids want to mix things up with a purple/white/gray combo, I can live with that, too. It's not the end of the world. Uniforms come and go. What stays with Indians forever...Honor, Pride and Tradition. Go Indians. Peace.

True, but the cost of doing business, i.e., losing skilled workers due to immigration policy, will be passed down to the consumer.

Bullets13...BINGO...we have winner. And, those specialized engineers being sent home to England/Scotland, they have companies like Valero, ExxonMobil, Motiva, Chevron, and others behind them, probably sponsoring them, and yet, non-renewal...go home. Peace.

Some of the "illegals" - who came here legally, but now are not - they don't have control over who renews or reissues their visa. It is not as easy as some would have you believe. Peace.

Tell us what that pathway is? How long does it take to get a travel visa, green card, etc. What if there is a quota that prevents your pathway? What if your country of origin refuses to process a visa? If the pathway is so easy, and only lazy people fail "to get it," explain the pathway in laymen's terms and how the non-lazy undocumented people in this country can so easily come through the front door? Peace.

I understand the terms legal and illegal. Now that the "illegals" are here, and they are law abiding people, working, paying taxes, and contributing to society, should they not have a path to citizenship? You would rather round up people, send them their country of origin, and tell them, "try again...but, next time, do it legally, whatever legally is, just do it...and go ahead and research the quota that applies to you foreigners." Why not give them a path to citizenship? After the period for citizenship ends, then you can round up the ones who choose to remain "illegal". Do you believe all of the people who immigrated to the United States from 1850-1920, i.e., Irish, Italian, and other Western European people, all came legally? Look at the big picture, not all of the undocumented or "illegal aliens" are here for a hand out. Like your ancestors, they are pursuing the American Dream. Peace.

Where is a cite to the research confirming 70% of undocumented people in the United States are receiving government assistance? I know undocumented people who work, pay taxes, contribute to the economy, and they do not receive a dime of government assistance. Of the people I know that are undocumented, you would think that I would have come across at least one who received government assistance. Not so. Several undocumented people actually work...they don't all show up and cry for government assistance. Likewise, I know there are cases of citizens who abuse government programs. Perhaps start there, since you can document them, i.e., find them, and clean up that area of abuse. I'm guessing most on this board would be opposed to a streamlined program that would enable undocumented people to begin a path to citizenship? Just out of principle, you would be opposed to that? What if the undocumented person could prove he/she worked and paid taxes? Could they have a pathway to citizenship? Go Indians. Peace.

Long over due. Stop wasting time and resources on small amounts of Mary Jane. Harris County DA Kim Ogg should have made this announcement on April 20 (420).

If NISD screws up the coaching hire, which I don't think they will, but if they do and Coach Barrow and Coach D. Spell no longer want to remain at Nederland, then they can walk right over the railroad tracks and apply at PN-G to be assistant coaches on the staff of Coach Faircloth. My beloved Indians can find a place on The Reservation for two more excellent coaches and high quality men, e.g., Barrow and Spell. I'm not suggesting that PN-G get rid of any coaches on its staff. I'm suggesting that PN-G enlarge its coaching staff and add two more excellent coaches who know how to contribute to winning programs. Delbert Spell has forgotten more defensive strategies than most Texas high school coaches claim to know. He has seen it all. If NISD wants to be a basketball school, then no worries. No need to leave the area. Coaches Barrow and Spell can join the best place to be, The Reservation. Once and Indian, Always and Indian. There is precedent. I can remember back in the nineties when Coach DeRouen left Nederland, he coached at PN-G for one or two years. I don't know Coach DeRouen, but I'm guessing it was the best years of his life (ha-ha). Former Bulldog Bruce Bush coached at PN-G under Doug Ethridge, won a state title, and had 40+ years as a top-notch Texas HS football coach and AD. I'm betting NISD hires Coach Barrow and he persuades Coach Spell to hang on for a few years (putting off retirement) so they can keep the Bulldog program moving forward. If not, then...give Coach Faircloth a call and ask to join the great staff at PN-G. Go Indians. Peace.

Federal judges are not elected. They are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Some state court judges are elected, e.g., Texas. Others are appointed by the state's governor, and others have a hybrid system for appointing/electing judges. Too much of a knee-jerk reaction to call for impeachment of a judge because you disagree with his or her ruling or the opinion of a court. If you disagree, then appeal. Argue the flaws of your opponent's case and the merits of your case. If we attacked the judiciary and impeached every judge that did not agree with the then-existing/prevailing majority, then we would still be stuck with separate-but-equal, Jim Crow laws, limited protections for free speech, limited rights of privacy, etc. Things balance out. The Warren Court was countered by the Burger and Rehnquist Courts...ebb and flow of life. Go Indians. Peace.

Go one step further...if these reports are true, and the e-mails published in recent court filings suggest that they are true, then why is Kendall Briles coaching at UT, Casey Horny coaching at UT, and Phil Bennett at Arizona State? Aren't they all toxic? You mean to tell me that Kendall Briles, Horny, and Bennett did not know about the culture at Baylor? Yeah, right. They all knew. Under the Briles regime at Baylor, Monday-Friday = sex, guns and drugs; but, come Saturday = football wins; and, Sunday, we all go to church. Why are we surprised? It's Baylor. They had a men's basketball coach, Dave Bliss, cover up a murder by one of his players. Now, the Briles era. Time for the athletic death penalty in Waco. How do you argue against it? Baylor defender: "Well, no dancing was involved. It's all going to be OK." (sarcasm). I'm betting UT dismisses Horny. Tom Herman doesn't like distractions in his program. At UH, he ruled with an iron fist. No distractions. Horny will be a distraction. The brass at UT will not stand for anyone in its athletic department being remotely associated with the toxic mess in Waco. Perrin and Herman will say that new evidence has emerged and Coach Horny is no longer employed by Texas. The end. I wonder if Lane Kiffen and FIU will do the same? Or, if Todd Graham and ASU will do the same? Then again, Kiffen and Graham are no saints. Kiffen has his own demons and Graham would not know what the truth is if it punched him in the face. Ask Rice. They remember 'ol Todd Graham as he boarded a plane for Pitt saying, "I love Rice, I have not signed a contract at Pitt...(yet)." Go Indians...Go Coogs. Peace.

The news story reported by KFDM (Channel 6) said nothing about free housing. It is a news story about affordable housing for senior citizens in a part of Beaumont where they can walk to and from stores that offer goods and services. Most senior citizens are on fixed incomes, be it from Social Security, or retirement investments, or both, and they need housing at a price point that fits within their budget. Many of those seniors likely paid into Social Security and Medicare in the form of payroll deductions. Are they not entitled to the Social Security benefits they are receiving? Where is the "Do Less, Get More" mentality? Why not use public funds to assist senior citizens? The story reported by Channel 6 was not about Section 8 subsidized housing for welfare queens and kings. Why bash Beaumont for being dumb? What is dumb about using public funds to assist local senior citizens in your community? Find common ground and work together to make American great again. Isn't that what President Trump wants? Conservatives push a Bible-based agenda, but they overlook the scriptures where the Lord said to care for the poor, widows, orphans, and society in general. See Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Proverbs 14:31, Jeremiah 22:16, Matthew 19:21, 25:35, and 1 John 3:17-18. 3...2...1...those in the center, or on the left are dumb, radical, too eclectic, too liberal, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, taking from the workers to give to the lazy, taking from the haves to care for the have-nots so they can push a gay agenda, etc. Response: No, not at all. Let's spend tax funds wisely to take care of our armed services, seniors, vets, and rebuild infrastructure. No one is advocating giving free money or free housing to the Jerry Springer crowd. That was not the story reported by KFDM. Peace.

Trump won because he found an audience that Hillary Clinton took for granted, i.e., working class Americans. Trump vowed (and to his credit, thus far, he has kept his vow) to get Americans back to work. People of all color, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, etc. want an opportunity to work and provide for his/her family. People in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Florida, Texas and all across this great nation want Americans back to work. That is exactly why Trump is pushing his agenda with Carrier, Ford, General Motors, Boeing, the steel industry, the coal industry, etc. It's time we stop sending jobs elsewhere, be it to Mexico, Taiwan, China, or India. Let's put the great people of the USA back to work making the goods and services we need. We can make refrigerators, toasters, steel bridges, cars, trucks, etc. right here in the USA. Let's give lower and middle class Americans an opportunity to earn decent wages and provide good products and services. Yes, business owners/shareholders should make a profit. No one denies that premise. But, CEOs and other executives making tens of millions while the common man and woman risks losing his/her job to an overseas job market is not what made the USA the land of opportunity. Trump figured out the frustration of John Q. and Sally Q. Public, and he made that his platform. Whereas, Hillary Clinton took that vote for granted and stayed focus on buzzword politics, i.e., Dem v. Rep, corporations v. unions, tax increases v. tax cuts, spending for social services v. spending on the military, a woman's right to choose v. pro-life, etc. It's like Bill Clinton used to say: It's not about who sleeps with who or any other social issue...it's all about the economy. Here's to the President (be it President Obama or President-elect Trump) being a good leader for all Americans. 3...2...1...let the hard core conservatives tear apart this post. Go Indians. Peace.

Never. Go Indians. Peace.

Response to question from Remmus on page 1: She is a beautiful second generation American. Her family is from Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. White Hispanic = American citizen classified as white and of Hispanic decent. My wife says the term refers to Hispanic people with lighter skin tones and European decent, e.g., Spain, vs. Hispanics with darker skin tones and non-European decent. My wife would be the latter...and did I say, she is beautiful! One more time, she is beautiful. She is more conservative than me...I'm trying to bring her over from the far right...back to the center. Go Indians. Peace.