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POPSTexas State Fair Finalists - Best Fried Foods Oh my... Sorry no pics. Fernie’s Deep Fried Peaches & Cream – Sweet juicy peaches are coated in a delicious batter of cinnamon, ginger, coconut, graham cracker crumbs, eggs & milk, then deep fried to a crunchy golden brown on the outside, while luscious and sweet on the inside. Served on a plate drizzled with raspberry sauce and sprinkled with streusel topping & a dollop of whipped cream. A side of vanilla butter cream icing is provided for dipping. Texas Fried Pecan Pie – A mini-pecan pie is battered and deep fried to a golden brown. Served drizzled with rich caramel sauce, then topped with whipping cream and chopped candied pecans. Country Fried Pork Chips – Thin sliced pork loin is seasoned, surrounded by a tasty corn meal batter and deep fried. Served with sides of ketchup or cream gravy.
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POPSLive Cats Used in College Medical Training The school could easily adopt better, more humane training methods, a PETA spokeswoman said. Most universities use human-like manikins instead of animals to practice life-saving procedures, PETA Research Associate Ian Smith said. PETA studied medical training methods at hundreds of universities, Smith said, and TTUHSC is the only one he is aware of that still uses cats, he said.
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POPSSoak the Rich, Lose the Rich One last point: States aren't simply competing with each other. As Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently told us, "Our state is competing with Germany, France, Japan and China for business. We'd better have a pro-growth tax system or those American jobs will be out-sourced." Gov. Perry and Texas have the jobs and prosperity model exactly right. Texas created more new jobs in 2008 than all other 49 states combined. And Texas is the only state other than Georgia and North Dakota that is cutting taxes this year.
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POPSBragging on the Texas Economy Thank you Gov. Perry for staying out of the way. For the third straight year, the nation’s leading executives rank Texas as the best state in which to do business, applauding the state for controlling taxes and spending as well as for its positive regulatory burden, quality of life and infrastructure. (Chief Executive Magazine, January 2008) This ranking is significant because it is not based solely on arbitrary economic indicators. Instead, it reflects the sentiment not of CEOs and decision makers throughout the nation. Voicing the positive sentiment of many respondents, Charles Hannabarger, President and CEO of PSI Associates, said, "Texas has a strong economy with a diversified economic base. The cost of living is low and the quality of life is very good. The attitude and capabilities of the workforce are outstanding!”
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POPSCorruption in Texas Beer It’s not like the state forbids bakeries from selling bread–or, for that matter, wineries from selling wine. But in Texas, the beer distributors give money to hundreds of state officeholders and candidates from both parties, allowing them to gut any revision to the state’s alcoholic beverage code that would reduce their business.
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POPSWhy Doctors Have "GTT" This has allowed doctors and hospitals to cut costs and even increase the resources devoted to charity care. Take Christus Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system across the state. Thanks to tort reform, over the past four years Christus saved $100 million that it otherwise would have spent fending off bogus lawsuits or paying higher insurance premiums. Every dollar saved was reinvested in helping poor patients. Texas recently became home to more Fortune 500 companies than New York and California. Things are trending well for the Lone Star State. Anecdotally, we can see that while doctors are moving in, trial lawyers are packing up and heading west. They're GTC -- Gone to California.
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POPSStarry-eyed Quetzalcoatl in Texas Quetzalcoatl was one of the most important gods in Mesoamerica, and was worshipped by most major Mesoamerican cultures, from the Olmecs and Maya to the Aztecs.
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POPSSecret Texas Hurricane of 1943 The only news of the hurricane was published in the two states that were affected, Texas and Louisiana. An added historical note on this storm...the first documented intentional flight into a hurricane was accomplished as the storm moved into Houston from the Bay.
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POPSWichita Meteorite Traders pilfered the rock in 1856 and moved it to San Antonio. Later it was moved to the Texas Capitol in Austin. When the building burned down in 1881, the meteorite was pulled from the ashes and stored in a warehouse. It was part of the Texas exhibition at the St. Louis world's fair in 1904, and the Texas centennial celebration in Austin in 1936. A few pieces of the Wichita meteorite have been chipped off and sent to scientists and museums around the world. But the bulk of the meteorite -- about 225 pounds of it -- is on display at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin.
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POPSMedicine Rock After a year of effort, though, they finally arrived in Louisiana. The men turned down several offers for the meteorite and shipped it to New York, where a chemist found that it was made not of platinum, but of iron. The explorers didn't profit from the meteorite, which was named the Texas Iron. But their foray prompted Spain to step up its patrols. And the meteorite was one of the first to receive extensive scientific review. Today, it's on display at the Peabody Museum at Yale University.
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POPSLone Star Statement I'm not the biggest fan of Gov. Perry, but I give credit where it's due. Governor Perry is saving Texan businesses $260 million all told in unnecessary unemployment taxes. In recent months he has also directed the state to rebate $170 million that employers paid into the trust fund in 2007.
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POPSTexas v Ohio There's no doubt times are tough in Ohio. The state has lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000, home foreclosures are soaring, and real family income is lower now than in 2000. Meanwhile, the Texas economy has boomed since 2004, with nearly twice the rate of new job creation as the rest of the nation. Ohio now ranks 47th out of 50 in economic competitiveness...Ohio politicians deplore plant closings even as they impose the third highest corporate income tax in the country (10.5%) and the sixth highest personal income tax (8.87%)...By contrast, Texas has no income tax, a huge competitive advantage.
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POPSGalveston Hospital Considers Denying Healthcare to Illegals "Painful cost-cutting measures included 381 layoffs last year, which shattered morale at the island campus and may have driven off some highly regarded staff and faculty members." This move hit particularly close to home. A solution isn't very clearcut either. I have compassion, but there's got to be limits at some point. There's only so much UTMB can do. This problem is bigger than them. Hell...it's bigger than Texas!
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