http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire Kirk Watson's Watson Wire Newsletter en celinda.provost@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-11-21T07:04:30-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/pro-wrestling-legislative-style/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/pro-wrestling-legislative-style/#When:06:04:30Z As a kid, my brother Kyle loved – I mean, seriously loved – professional wrestling.  He watched it on TV all the time.  He made my poor father take him… 2008-11-21T06:04:30-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/are-you-ready-for-the-future/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/are-you-ready-for-the-future/#When:05:39:10Z Ahhh, fall.  My favorite time of year.  Now's when football season moves into high gear.  A man of my deep obsession with the game can start driving himself crazy thinking about who's going to… 2008-11-14T05:39:10-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/who-we-are-what-weve-done-whats-next/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/who-we-are-what-weve-done-whats-next/#When:08:53:56Z For 232 years, it's meant something to be an American. It's meant something to be from a nation that was founded on life, liberty, and the pursuit of… 2008-11-07T08:53:56-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/slip-slidin-away/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/slip-slidin-away/#When:07:07:54Z Last Sunday, I rode (together with my good friend, Senator Rodney Ellis) in the LiveStrong Challenge bike ride.  We rode 45 miles.As a cancer survivor, the son… 2008-10-31T07:07:54-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/london-homesick-blues/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/london-homesick-blues/#When:05:22:02Z I've been out of towne in London, studying issues about climate change, carbon reduction, and programmes related thereto.We've met with Members of Parliament, governmental experts, representatives of non-governmental… 2008-10-24T05:22:02-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/more-bull-headedness/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/more-bull-headedness/#When:02:38:06Z I've written about Emma, our mutant bulldog, before.  She's truly unique among God's blessed creations.She's developed a new annoying habit.  In her old age, she's started refusing… 2008-10-17T02:38:06-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/new-look-new-times/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/new-look-new-times/#When:04:25:58Z This week, we launched a redesign of kirkwatson.com.  There are a couple of new features, including a new, expanded biography and a re-vamped issues page. Economy 2008-10-10T04:25:58-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/intentional-grounding/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/intentional-grounding/#When:23:02:27Z Cooper Kyle Watson, our eighth grader, is what a loving father might call a happy kid with a good sense of humor.  A less-charitable dad might call him a smart… 2008-10-03T23:02:27-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/opportunity-knocks-let-it-in/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/opportunity-knocks-let-it-in/#When:00:25:59Z Creating opportunity is the defining role of a public servant.  Those in public office rarely miss a chance to declare the need for more of it.  Politicians continually talk –… 2008-09-19T00:25:59-06:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/help-hurricane-ike-victims/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/watson-wire/help-hurricane-ike-victims/#When:11:17:54Z For days, we've been watching and reading the news, thinking about and praying for those who were devastated by Hurricane Ike.The countless thousands who are digging out from the storm,… 2008-09-17T11:17:54-06:00