On Fishing

El Hyena has decided to write about fishing, which is a happier subject matter than previous topics. El Hyena loves to fish, and spends as much time as he can (within reason) fishing. El Hyena also knows that fishing is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

This sometimes results in a contradiction, however. El Hyena fishes to maintain his sanity, but it sometimes makes him crazy. OK, crazier.

El Hyena feels like he ought to be catching more fish, which would not be hard to do because in the last month he has caught none (zip, zilch, nada). El Hyena is perplexed by this, as he is a self-proclaimed expert at fishing. His boat is sufficiently snazzy, he has all the right gear and he dresses appropriately. He uses all the right $9.00 lures in the most enticing colors. In other words, El Hyena spends vast sums of money in pursuit of fish. He devotes countless hours to fishing, time which a more responsible and self-disciplined person might think would be better suited to other activity that might benefit society. But what do they know?

El Hyena studies the weather reports and scrutinizes all the charts and tables. He reads fishing magazines, and asks other fishermen for advice. He goes to all the right places (the ones easiest to get to) at all the right times (when he feels like it). Some would say El Hyena might catch more fish if he’d get his lazy butt out of the boat and wade, as opposed to drift fishing. El Hyena is just too old and lazy to wade fish, but he is very stealthy and scientific about his drift fishing.

El Hyena has been fishing Port O’Connor waters for years, and has enjoyed respectable success in years past. Until last year, that is, which was a less than satisfactory year for El Hyena’s fishing. El Hyena has heard other fishermen express a similar experience, which makes El Hyena feel better. Misery loves company.

One would think, therefore, that there must be a reasonable and logical explanation for El Hyena’s recent lack of fishing success. Perhaps it’s been too windy or the wrong barometric pressure. Maybe the tides haven’t been moving enough, or the water temperature has been too low. It might be that the water clarity has been wrong, or the presence of terrified jumping mullet has been lacking. Finally, although they would be completely mistaken, some might say El Hyena has been fishing in the wrong places at the wrong times, using the wrong bait with the wrong technique.

El Hyena knows the real reason, however. Obviously, El Hyena is being victimized by a vast, sinister global conspiracy intended to deprive El Hyena of his God-given, unalienable rights. So who are these malicious conspirators? Is it Islamofascists? The Anglo-Dutch oligarchy? The Bildebergs and Rothschilds? The Department of Homeland Security? Hilary Clinton and George Soros? RINOs? Wall Street? Union Thugs? The Liberal Media?

No, it’s not any of these “usual suspects”, although they are all guilty of something. El Hyena is certain, despite the absence of any verifiable facts or evidence, that his fishing, and indeed civilization itself, is being threatened by the Obama Administration, through CRIMINAL MALFEASANCE and IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES.

El Hyena is not going to take this lying down. Join El Hyena and other right-minded patriots next Saturday for El Hyena’s March for Liberty, when he and the rest are going to walk down Adams Street openly carrying their Waterloo weapons.

Proud to be part of Port O’Connor…by Anne Key

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 17 Apr 14 - 0 Comments

My neighbors Parker and Patty are always telling me how proud they are to be a part of Port O Connor, Texas. They say it is a great community and so friendly. Patty’s best friend from grade school recently retired and was considering a move to POC. She called and asked Patty what kinds of things they found to do. She thought they must get bored in such a small town. Patty began to tell her of all the things they were a part of just recently. She told of POC Women’s Service Club meetings and the community garage sale, CCA meetings, Town Hall meetings, Friends of the Library plans, Ladies Bunco, the recent men’s retreat at Fisherman’s Chapel, the Senior Lunch, Women’s Book Club, the Cemetery Meetings, planning for Warriors’ Weekend, the Crawfish Fest, Easter Sunrise at the Beach, Republican Club, the Beach Cleanup, the Crafts Festival, a good friends birthday, several productive days of fishing with Parker and the grandson; and then when she paused to take a breath and tell her more….Her friend hollered stop! Stop! Stop! You and Parker sound like you are working harder now than you did when we were working together. Patty laughed and told her ‘No, it really isn’t like work at all. We have lots of friends, lots of fun, and really enjoy what we do. We volunteer some, we play some and enjoy outside activities. Come visit. You’ll see.” So, next month, Patty’s friend is coming to stay for a month. She wants to really visit in our community. You just might meet her when you are having Cookie’s coffee for breakfast; Cathy’s cooking for lunch or even Speedy’s pizza for dinner. She might be the newcomer sitting behind you in the next community function you attend. So, take a minute, say hello, make her feel welcome. As the temperature warms and the schedules get busy, you just might be meeting your next neighbor when you are out and about in our community. What will they think of POC after they meet you? Be a part of the positive that makes a difference, and just like Patty and Parker you’ll be proud to be a part of Port O Connor too.

VFW Meets May 6th

Archived in the category: Announcements, Events, General Info, Organizations
Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 17 Apr 14 - 0 Comments

VFW Post 4403 will hold their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:00 p.m. Located at 16 Konrad Rd. in Port Lavaca, Post 4403 welcomes all brothers in arms to join them. The Hall Canteen is opens at 5:00 p.m., (closed Thursdays), with dinner served on Mondays and Wednesdays. The Hall is also available for rental to the public for special occasions.

For information, please call Mary at 361-552-3886.

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the guest columnist to enlighten readers on a subject, as he views it,
and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication.


Conspiracy Theory? Incompetence? Or Intentional Evil?

There is so much bad stuff starting to come out in the news (at least in international and internet news), it is impossible to keep up with it. But a few of “The Big Winners” come to mind.

While Michelle was ‘chilling’ in China in a $8400 per day suite, Barack spent $1.5 million for one night in a hotel in Belgium. Is it any wonder that we have no Federal Budget restraint and Federal Deficits around $1.25 Trillion per year? Their idea of “cutting back” is using domestic champagne in their bidets! And this is the guy who said Bush’s $400 billion deficits (from actively fighting the War On Terror) were “unpatriotic” and somewhat criminal. Poor Barry gave a ‘big speech’ (his usual mealy-mouth promises and platitudes) to the European press corp and ONE GUY applauded, clapped about 3 times, then stopped. Will the NSA be tasked with investigating them, and the IRS figure out how to audit non-resident foreign nationals? Meanwhile 68,000 illegal aliens with dangerous criminal records were released from deportation orders. Obama talked with the Pope, but the press releases about their discussions were very different. Whom should we believe?

Hillary Clinton can’t remember any real accomplishments as SecState? Let’s see: She overthrew a pro-western moderate government in Egypt for the Muslim B’hood. Encouraged the overthrow of Ghadaffi for the Al Qaeda and got four Americans killed. Plus lost Tunisia to radicals. And encouraged a bloody rebellion in Syria. Seduced Huma Abedin, or vice versa…? Disappeared $6 billion, although that is easy in the Obozo Administration & Traveling Give-Away Show. Did you see the $400,000 white fiberglass camel statue at the new Pakistani Embassy? And since she fell down and got a concussion, she can’t remember ANYTHING. Especially in front of Congress. It has been suggested that Edward Snowden change his name to Ben Ghazi and he will never be mentioned in the Media again.

Attorney General Eric Holder is in the news again. He has consistently refused to enforce laws that were passed by Congress that didn’t suit their Agenda. There was video of the New Black Panther Party illegally intimidating voters in Philadelphia in 2008, but Holder refused to prosecute, even saying they had “too much to do” to prosecute “their people”!? He refused to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act and immigration law, and has brought Federal law-suits against states that do. He has brought suits against states that passed laws requiring photo ID to vote in an effort to stop vote fraud. He is deeply involved in Fast and Furious, a Federal gun-running scheme to incite more anti-gun laws. He has ‘stonewalled’ Congressional investigations into that, the IRS scandals, & other abuses of power. It is strongly suspected he has lied to Congress and is connected to efforts to hide Benghazi witnesses from Congress. His latest “You don’t want to go there.” comment to Congress demonstrates his total defiance to Congress, established Law, and the Constitution. Our Congressman Blake Farenthold remarked that he should be in jail. And he should! Maybe Congress will grow a spine, in spite of the Media and the RINOs.

Lois Lerner is cruising for Contempt of Congress. Kathleen Sibelius is going to resign. Both have lied repeatedly and should be held accountable by Congress.

The only war the Liberal Progressives will really fight is their War on the Constitution and patriotic conservative Americans. Dianne Feinstein told the Senate Judiciary Committee, “All vets are mentally ill in some way and government should prevent them from owning guns.” In her ‘Big Rock Candy Mountain Unicorn Ranch’ way of thinking anyone who takes an Oath to the Constitution and stands by it is “mentally ill”, this is an inversion and perversion of all things that made American great. Once again demonstrating that “Liberalism” is truly a mental disease and left untreated is potentially fatal. The “Ft. Hood Massacre #2” will be used for an excuse for more anti-gun laws against law-abiding citizens and even our MILITARY! EPIC Insanity! The only cure for a bad guy with a gun, or a crazy guy gone bad, is a good guy with a gun. An armed society is a polite society, and impossible for a totalitarian government to dominate. That is why the Liberal Progressives despise the Second Amendment.

Two of the major Triumphs of Progressive Socialist Democrats have been the Welfare System and legalizing abortion. They claim to be dedicated to improving the lives of poor people, but look at the record. In the past 60 years the Federal Government has spent Trillions (perhaps as much as the Federal Debt) on various welfare programs, but what is the result? They have created a large Democrat voting bloc, but what about the people ensnared? Welfare was originally targeted at unmarried women with children. Poor women found they could improve their income by getting divorced and not working. Next they found out they could get a raise by having another illegitimate child. Men found out that they could avoid their financial responsibility for fathering children by convincing their women not to get married but go on welfare. After 1971, women were encouraged to use abortion as ‘birth control’ unless they were on welfare. The government was subsidizing illegitimacy in poor, often ‘professional parasites’, and even criminal classes, herding them into crime-ridden ghettos, but encouraging those that tried to work their way out of poverty to abort their children. The government gave huge grants to Planned Parenthood and others for abortion mills, some 50 million American babies have been destroyed, many black and other minorities.. The end result was a population explosion at the very lowest level of society while productive, successful Americans were only subsidized to abort their babies. This is genocide on the lower middle class, the citizens that were most easily assimilated into society and could become good productive patriotic citizens. When the Liberals discovered they were not gaining the voting bloc as fast as they wanted, they increased immigration, refused to enforce immigration laws, and eased citizenship and voting laws. They are replacing the millions of aborted American babies with foreign minorities. Foreigners that are poor, often uneducated, anti-colonial (anti-white & anti-capitalist), with no understanding or even acceptance of American traditions, Constitutional government, or law. But to point that out is RACIST! So is to mention the Cloward-Pivens Strategy for a socialist America.

This administration is a ‘Criminal Conspiracy’! It is time for us to stop listening to the “Intentions” of these politicians, but look at the actual results. Failed government programs only get massive increases in funding and scope. There is no oversight by Congress. Those that protest these consistent failures are called “Conspiracy Theorists”. The Socialist Democrats are totally politically dominated by Their Agenda and are often corrupt, and many of the Republicans are scared to death of the Media, dedicated to their own re-election, or sometimes just corrupt. Why are there so many high political figures in both parties that have demonstrated their incompetence, and even their dishonesty, continue to be re-elected? Few are concerned with “to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,” (from the preamble to the Constitution, to which all of those Congresscritters are sworn by Oath or affirmation.) We in Texas are fortunate to have a few representatives that stand for what is right, but the prevailing atmosphere in D.C. and the ‘Media’ is usually against them.

Letters to the Dolphin

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 17 Apr 14 - 0 Comments

Thank You

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to all the friends and persons who prayed, gave words of comfort, cards, phone calls, help, food and flowers during Paul’s illness and passing. Port O’Connor has the most loving and caring people. Once again, thank you all.

Sara Apostalo


A Note of Thanks

Agnes Valigura loved Port O’Connor. It’s where she wanted to be. She loved the community and the people. She was proud of knowing and sharing Port O’Connor’s history and joining in all the town’s activities. She especially enjoyed the Saturday morning coffees and eating out at Cathy’s and Josie’s with friends.

Our family is honored by the way you loved and treated Agnes – helping her in her outings and watching out for her.

The kind respect everyone showed during her funeral services is something we will always treasure.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

God blessed Agnes and may God bless the Port O’Connor Community.

The Family of Agnes Valigura

Mad About MUD?

Anyone concerned, disappointed, mad, or hurt financially by the recent rate increase imposed by the MUD board members on the citizens of Port O’Connor should call their Texas State Representative and tell her how the rate has affected you. She wants to hear from you.

Geanie Morrison – 361-572-0196.

Thank you.

Marshall Bradford

Is your Water and Sewer Bill Outrageous!

by Leon Brown

Are you having a hard time to pay your Water and Sewer Bill?

Has your Water and Sewer been Disconnected?

Your Texas House of Representative has been Contacted and wants to hear from the Ratepayers of Port O’Connor!!

Geanie W. Morrison, Texas House of Representatives, District 30, wants you to call Her Office, 361.572-0196
to tell her what you think about the recent rate increases established by the Board of Directors of our Port O’Connor Improvement District.

The Dolphin welcomes letters from our readers on any subject that is of general interest to our audience. Letters should be 300 words or less (with exceptions at the Dolphin’s discretion). Letters reflect the opinion of the writer, and not that of Dolphin Talk staff, and we retain the right to determine suitability for publication. It is the policy of this newspaper to promote area interests: therefore, complaints against local businesses should be directed elsewhere. Letters must be signed and include day and evening phone numbers, which will not be published. Your name will be withheld upon request, but anonymous material will not be considered for publication.

Letters to the Dolphin
P.O. Box 777, Port O’Connor, TX 77982
dolphin1@tisd.net

 

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