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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
LinkSwarm for May 27, 2014
Texans: Don’t forget to vote in the runoff today! Now a LinkSwarm to follow the Memorial Day weekend. Hillary 2008: “Forget a new campaign managers[sic], she needed a Feng Shui consultant—or an exorcist.” How ObamaCare screws black doctors. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, ObamaCare, Welfare State
Tagged Amazon, Border Controls, Hillary Clinton, Japan, Jihad, MSNBC, New York Times, NRA, ObamaCare, People’s Republic of Donetsk, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, Welfare State, Yemen
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Final Statewide Race Runoff Update
Tomorrow is the Texas primary runoff, so now would be a good time to find your voting card and confirm your polling place. A final roundup of runoff tidbits: The Dallas Morning News says that Dan Patrick is poised to … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Attorney General's Race, 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, 2014 Senate Race, Dan Branch, Dan Patrick, David Alameel, David Dewhurst, Elections, Jim Hogan, Ken Paxton, Kesha Rogers, Kinky Friedman, Michael Quinn Sullivan, Paul Burka, Rick Perry, runoff, Texas
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What UKIP’s Big Election Win Means
The UK Independence Party (universally known as UKIP) won a big victory in UK Council and European Parliament elections. I’ve been struggling with how to frame the significance of UKIP’s victory without committing the sort of ghastly “distant observer” mistakes … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Elections, Foreign Policy
Tagged Border Controls, Elections, Foreign Policy, Mark Steyn, Nigel Farage, Occupy Wall Street, Peter Oborne, Tea Party, UK, UKIP
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Cronyism Lowering the Bar at UT Law
For an example of how the cronyism scandal Wallace Hall uncovered is harming the University of Texas, take a look at UT’s law school. According to Erik Telford: “Only 59 percent of its graduates passed the most recent Texas Bar … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Texas
Tagged Austin, cronyism, Dan Branch, Eddie Rodriguez, Erik Telford, Jim Pitts, Joe Straus, John Carona, Judith Zaffrini, Pete Gallego, Texas, University of Texas, Wallace Hall
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Charles Krauthammer on the VA Scandal
The scandal of veterans dying while waiting for care, and the wait lists being manipulated, continues to grow. Here’s Charles Krauthammer on the scandal and what it tells us about government-run healthcare and Obama’s competence: If the gov't can't even … Continue reading
Posted in Obama Scandals, ObamaCare, Uncategorized, video
Tagged Charles Krauthammer, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare, Veterans Administration, video
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More Signs of “Dewhurst Disgust”
More fallout from Jerry Patterson’s release of Dan Patrick’s mental health information from the 1980s to aid David Dewhurst. David Jennings of Big Jolly Politics, who was notable for being perhaps the only conservative blogger in Texas to back David … Continue reading
Ugly Campaign Against Dan Patrick Gets Uglier
Someone should contact the David Dewhurst campaign and inform them the the calendar doesn’t read 1989 anymore. There’s been yet another attack on Dan Patrick dating (like all Dewhurst’s attacks) from the golden age of hair metal. After Jerry Patterson … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 1980s, 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Elections, Jerry Patterson, Republicans, Texas
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Conservative America Now is Another Tyler Whitney Scam PAC
If you can remember all the way back to Tuesday, I noted how “Patriots for Economic Freedom” is a scam PAC run for the benefit of consultant Tyler Whitney and lawyer Dan Backer. Another group I get email from is … Continue reading
Posted in Elections
Tagged 2014 Election, Dan Backer, Elections, Julianne Ortman, PAC, Super-PAC, Tyler Whitney
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