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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
LinkSwarm For February 15, 2012
Time for another roundup of this and that: Media Matters is a paranoid interest group that works as an extension of the Democratic Party, and which many liberal journalists take their marching orders from. In other news, pro-wrestling is fake. … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Democrats, Guns, Media Watch, Texas, Welfare State
Tagged abortion, Catholics, Clayton E. Cramer, Guns, LinkSwarm, Lloyd Doggett, Mark Steyn, Media Matters, Media Watch, Redistricting, Round Rock, Round Rock ISD, Texas
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Liberal Contempt for Religious Believers
(This piece originally appeared on December 20, 2010. Given the Obama Administration’s recent decision to force Catholics to fund contraception against their religious beliefs, I thought I would repost this, as it remains all too timely.) Yesterday I read this … Continue reading
No Wonder Ricardo Sanchez Dropped Out
While it may be unseemly to kick someone when he’s not only down but actually out, the FEC report for now-withdrawn Democratic Senate candidate Ricardo Sanchez tells why he had to drop out of the race (even apart from his … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Election, Democrats, Elections, fundraising, Ricardo Sanchez, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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Athens Burning
So the latest “final” bailout is agreed upon, the Greek parliament passes the austerity measured decreed by their German overlords like good little members of the Eurocratic elite, and for their troubles Greek citizens (whose input on the issue is … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Crime, Foreign Policy, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged arson, Euro, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Germany, Greece, looting, PIIGS, riot
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Blogroll Additions: UrbanGrounds
The latest blogroll addition is UrbanGrounds written by Robbie Cooper, “a conservative, a biker, a Veteran, a professional writer, and a blogging enthusiast in the heart of uber-Liberal Austin, TX.” It has a nice mix of local and national news … Continue reading
First New Nuclear Reactors Since 1978 Approved
This is good news: “A consortium of utilities in the South won government approval Thursday to construct two new atomic energy reactors at an estimated cost of $14 billion, the strongest signal yet that the three-decade hiatus of nuclear plant … Continue reading
Blogroll Additions: An American Housewife, Formerly in London
I’ve been meaning to update the blog roll for a while, so now’s as good a time as any. Today’s addition is An American Housewife, Formerly in London. She spent five years in London, then moved back to Houston, and … Continue reading
Why the Tea Party Exists
This piece by Dan McLaughlin encapsulates why the Tea Party exists, and why it has to fight a willfully heedless Republican establishment, so well that I’m going to quote whopping great chunks from it: As anyone with a passing familiarity … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Elections, Republicans, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, deficits, Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Tea Party, Welfare State
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Texas Senate Update for February 8, 2012
Both the Senate race and the redistricting fight continue to grind on, with the primary date for the former dependent on the latter. Report on the Texas Association of Business forum where Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, Tom Leppert and Craig … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Craig James, Curt Cleaver, David Dewhurst, Democrats, Mark Davis, Paul Sadler, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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Dewhurst Tosses in Another $2 Million of His Own Money
David Dewhurst loaned his campaign another $2 million of his own money, according to his Q4 report. That’s a considerable chunk of change, but I imagine the Cruz campaign is breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn’t 5 times … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, FEC, fundraising, James Bognet, Kevin Moomaw, Michael Baselice, Republicans, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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