Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

Senate Race Updates for July 15, 2011 (Including Some Fundraising Numbers)

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The candidates have started releasing their fundraising totals for Q2: Ted Cruz came out on top of the fundraising quarter with $800,000. According the the Statesman, Leppert raised $750,000 and Elizabeth Ames Jones raised $313,000. Ricardo Sanchez raised $160,000. Which … Continue reading →

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Senate Race Update for July 13, 2011

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

There’s two big senate race shoes waiting to drop over the rest of July: The announcement (whatever it is) Dewhurst is going to make on July 18, and FEC releasing Q2 fundraising results. In the meantime, here’s a smattering of … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul to Retire From Congress

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

To concentrate on his 2012 Presidential run. After which, since he won’t be the GOP nominee, he will presumably retire from politics. More about Paul’s somewhat-mixed legacy, and the nature of his supporters, at a later date…

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This Month in Jihad

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Well, I’m not really updating it weekly anymore, am I? So here are some notable Jihad-related stories from the last month or so: Geert Wilders acquitted. Pakistani generals helped sell nuclear secrets to North Korea. Lovely. Christopher Hitchens, who is … Continue reading →

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Tom Leppert’s Campaign on Programs He Cut as Mayor of Dallas

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

At the Texas Tribune Senate Candidate Forum back on June 8th, Tom Leppert said that he could be counted on to be a staunch budget cutter in the U.S. Senate, and for supporting evidence claimed that he had cut or … Continue reading →

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Blogrolling In Our Times

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Today Matt S. Dowling named BattleSwarm his blog of the week. Thanks! This inspired me to finally get up off my lazy ass and add two of the three blogs I’d been thinking about adding to my blogroll anyway: Matt … Continue reading →

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Pat Buchanan 1, David Brooks 0

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Since leaving the Reagan Administration, Patrick Buchanan has been, at best, an erratic conservative, on any number of issues (Israel, Iraq, Free Trade, etc.), flogging a philosophy (“paleoconservatism”) that failed to catch on with any but a tiny fringe, and … Continue reading →

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Ezell vs. Chicago: An Extremely Lazy Blogger’s Roundup

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So Ezell vs. Chaicago has been decided, and the three-judge panel basically bitchslapped Chicago into the 21st Century. Basically, Chicago was saying 1.) You have to get firearms training at a licensed firing range to own a gun, and 2.) … Continue reading →

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Sen Dan Patrick on the Legislative Session and the Senate Race

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

First here’s an extensive piece on State Senator Dan Patrick’s work in the 82nd Legislative session. There’s the usual minimum of liberal bias, including the now requisite “drastic cuts in public education” lie the MSM feels a need to trot … Continue reading →

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Portugal’s Bonds Downgraded to Junk

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

By Moody’s. Between strikes in Greece, constitutional challenges to the Greek bailout in Germany, and other agencies rating the latest Greek bailout as tantamount to default, efforts to prevent a Euro-default contagion may fail sooner rather than later…

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