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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
William F. Buckley and Saul Alinsky on Firing Line
Happy Thanksgiving! Instead of words, here’s a video of William F. Buckley and Saul Alinsky on Firing Line, which seems strangely appropriate following Ferguson.
Texas vs. California Roundup for November 26, 2014
Who knows how many people will read this in the rush of Thanksgiving travel: Texas’ economy continues to kick ass. In fact, Texas set a record for new jobs for the third month in a row. (Hat tip: The Twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Texas, unions, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, California, Democrats, pension crisis, San Bernardino, Texas, unions, Welfare State
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Tweets From a Riot
Tweets, from myself and others, as last night’s riot in Ferguson developed: I can not believe that #Ferguson officials delay timing the verdict for prime-night-time-ready-for-rioting-anarchy rather than light of day! — Charles Dickerson (@ChasD3) November 25, 2014 Protester tells me … Continue reading
Ferguson Verdict Due at 8:00 PM CST
The Ferguson indictment (or non-indictment) is evidently coming down at 8 PM tonight. Why the night rather than the day, and why now rather than during the next polar vortex, I couldn’t tell you. It’s almost like somebody somewhere wants … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, video
Tagged Crime, Democrats, Ferguson, Missouri, race relations, riot
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Washington Post “Fact-Checks” An SNL Skit
You know that Saturday Night Live Schoolhouse Rock parody I put up yesterday? The Washington Post actually put up fact-checking piece on it. Hey, remember all those times the Washington Post fact-checked SNL skits of George W. Bush and Sarah … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Media Watch
Tagged amnesty, Border Controls, Media Watch, Saturday Night Live, Twitter, Washington Post
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SNL Updates Schoolhouse Rock for the Obama Era
Who needs all that tedious Bill-wrangling on Capitol Hill when you can just issue an Executive Order?
Posted in Border Control, Media Watch, video
Tagged amnesty, Border Controls, Media Watch, Obama, Saturday Night Live, video
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LinkSwarm for November 22, 2014
I had an entire set of stuff lined up for yesterday’s LinkSwarm, but in the rush of amnesty-related news I managed to forget to paste it into the right file. D’oh! So enjoy your rare complimentary Weekend LinkSwarm! “Support for … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for November 21, 2014
Here in Austin, we’re enjoying a temporary respite from Winter in November, but I don’t expect it to last long. Links! All the lies of ObamCare: The growing impression that politicians don’t play straight with their constituents is completely toxic, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Economics, Elections, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Bill Cosby, Border Controls, due process, feminism, inflation, Jonathan Gruber, Microsoft, ObamaCare, rape, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
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Guns and Crime Roundup
Another roundup of gun and crime news: Washington state’s I-594 evidently makes it illegal to touch a gun you don’t own. Bloomberg’s long-term plan is to destroy gun culture by preventing new recruits. (Hat tip: Shall Not Be Questioned, which … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Guns, Texas
Tagged Crime, Democrats, Facebook, Guns, Michael Bloomberg, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C.
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A Real Texas Speaker’s Race? Don’t Count on It
Despite a broad consensus that he’s too moderate and holding up important conservative legislation, conservatives in the Texas House failed to unseat Speaker Joe Straus in both 2010 and 2012. Since then, one Straus ally after another has fallen to … Continue reading