Weekend Report Jan. 29 and 30

Bucks Lose
Not enough players and a very good opponent.  "Ouch" is the word as the Americans spanked the Bucks in a home and home series.  Of to Arizona for 3 games.

TAMIU Mens Basketball
How great was that crowd (780+) at the TAMIU vs. St. Marys game.   Hope that is an indication of crowds to come for Laredo sports.

TSA Chief Backs Up on Allowing Privatization of Airport Security

Is the administration intervening to protect the labor union?  Would not be the first time.

Washington (CNN) -- A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the Transportation Security Administration said it was "neutral" on the program.
TSA chief John Pistole said Friday he has decided not to expand the program beyond the current 16 airports, saying he does not see any advantage to it.

Rep. John Mica, a Republican from Florida, wrote a letter encouraging airports to privatize their airport screeners, saying they would be more responsive to the public.  At that time, the TSA said it neither endorsed nor opposed private screening.  "If airports chose this route, we are going to work with them to do it," a TSA spokesman said in late December.
"It's unimaginable that TSA would suspend the most successfully performing passenger screening program we've had over the last decade," Mica said Friday night. "The agency should concentrate on cutting some of the more than 3,700 administrative personnel in Washington who concocted this decision, and reduce the army of TSA employees that has ballooned to more than 62,000."
"Nearly every positive security innovation since the beginning of TSA has come from the contractor screening program," Mica said.

Will the President Allow Big Oil to Drill Again? 

Will the administration end it's move to block oil production in the United States, or will "we the people" have to suffer through high gas prices again?  Last time it was on George Bush's watch in 2008.  Voters remembered just how much the republicans helped in lowering the gasoline prices then, and several of them were voted out.  Now, the current president, with his ban on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico may be facing some heavy opposition from "we the people" when gasoline prices go well over $3.00 per gallon if the Egypt crisis remains.  Will he heed the call to "drill now," or go the same route as some republicans who refused to hear that message?

Oops, I forgot, General Motors needs $3.00 gasoline to make it's electric car more affordable.  Looks like the unions win again.