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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Having My Gun And Eating it Too
Last Saturday, I had a combined movie viewing/birthday party for Dwight and myself. Here’s Dwight’s report on the event, and here’s a picture of the cake, and the object depicted on the cake, which should seem familiar:
Important Day Coming Up May 1st: Victims of Communism Day
Every year on May 1st, there’s a single day set aside for the little guy, the poor, unfortunate common man ground beneath the boot-heels of faceless oppressors. I am speaking, of course, of Victims of Communism Day. Just like last … Continue reading
Posted in Communism
Tagged Communism, Memorial to the Victims of Communism, memorials, Prague, Romania, statues, Victims of Communism Day
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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Elizabeth Ames Jones Pulls In Paltry $122,185
FEC Reports for the Texas Senate Race continue to be posted for the fundraising period of January 1—March 31. (Indeed, they’re being posted so slowly that I wonder if a single arthritic temp is doing all the data entry.) The … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elizabeth Ames Jones, FEC, fundraising, Michael Williams, Roger Williams, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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Obama Doesn’t Know Jack. Or Texas.
An interview that Brad Watson of WFAA-TV in Dallas conducted with Obama has been getting a lot of attention. A lot of it has centered on Obama’s visible testiness at the questions, but I’d like to point out his baffling … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Media Watch, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Brad Watson, John Tower, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Obama, Texas
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Texas LinkSwarm for Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Texas leads all states in attracting major plant openings. Includes extensive quotes from Governor Rick Perry on why Texas does so well. By contrast, companies are streaming out of California. How’s that Blue State model working out for you, Golden … Continue reading
Posted in Texas, Uncategorized, video
Tagged Brian Sellers, California, David Dziadziola, Holly Hansen, Possum Kingdom, Rick Perry, Round Rock ISD, Texas, The Toadies
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Fail All the Way Around
Dwight and Ann Althouse (among many others) are reporting on the vandalizing of a photographic print of Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ in France. (I’m not going to go into a history of the piece itself, whose heyday of controversy was … Continue reading
P. J. O’Rourke on the Atlas Shrugged Movie
Some people have asked me if I’ll be reviewing the Atlas Shrugged movie, since one of my gigs is reviewing science fiction movies, and Ayn Rand’s original novel certainly qualifies as science fiction. (I’m also familiar enough with the novel … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Watch
Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, movie review, P.J. O’Rourke
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Texas 2012 Senate Race Updates for April 18
Texas Iconoclast examines Ricardo Sanchez’s chances. Paul Burka doesn’t think any Democrat has a chance: Patty Murray’s explanation for why she thinks Texas might be in play is “demographic change.” We have been hearing that line for many years now, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Abu Ghraib, Democrats, Elections, fundraising, Michael Williams, Paul Burka, Republicans, Ricardo Sanchez, Spencer Ackerman, Tea Party, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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