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Category Archives: Texas
Texas vs. California Update for April 15, 2014
Today sucks if you still have to finish your taxes. It sucks more in California than Texas, since you have to pay state income taxes as well. That includes a marginal tax rate of 9.3% for all those millionaires making … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Bell, Budget, California, Crime, Economics, fraud, Taxes, Texas, unions, Welfare State
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Texas Statewide Race Updates for April 4, 2014
My taxes and family health issues have curtailed blogging somewhat, so here are some statewide race updates, some of which stretch back to just after the primary: The Weekly Standard covers the Abbott campaign. One Abbott supporter in Edinburg, former … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Attorney General's Race, 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Dan Branch, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Elections, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Kinky Friedman, marijuana, Midland, Mike Huckabee, Paul Burka, Republicans, Rick Casey, Ross Ramsey, Texas, Wendy Davis
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Ft. Hood Shooting Followups
A few random followups on the Fort Hood shooting: Three people remain in critical condition. More on Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez, who was apparently Puerto Rican, not Mexican American as some sources erroneously asserted. Lopez saw no combat in … Continue reading
Another Ft. Hood Shooting
Another active shooter at Fort Hood. One confirmed dead. 14 reportedly injured. (Some reports have the shooter dead of self-inflicted wounds; let’s hope so.) Early reports of two shooters are most likely erroneous (as is fairly common in these situations). … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Guns, Texas
Tagged Crime, Ft. Hood, Guns, Iraq, Ivan Lopez, Karl Rehn, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Texas
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Red States Produce Jobs, Blue States Produce the Homeless
Will Franklin has a detailed piece up correlating homelessness with Democratic Party rule. “It turns out that when it comes to mitigating homelessness, the blue state model is just as deeply flawed as the failed blue state model for job … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Texas
Tagged Blue State, California, economy, homeless, Red State, Texas, WILLisms
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Ethnic Grievance Lobby Tries To Get Its Hooks Into SBOE
Here’s one of those stories that buries the real news under bright, shiny affirmations of political correctness: Texas State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez says he’ll propose a vote to decide whether to create a statewide Mexican-American studies course … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged Critical Race Theory, Democrats, education, Hispanics, Librotraficante, Ruben Cortez, State Board of Education, Texas, victimhood
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Could Kinky Win?
Short answer: No. Especially not this year. But Ross Ramsey is probably correct in saying that Kinky Friedman’s run for Agricultural Commissioner has a better chance of winning statewide than any other Democrat. Kinky has higher name recognition and fewer … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Agricultural Commissioner, Democrats, Jim Hogan, Kinky Friedman, Tenth Amendment, Texas, Wendy Davis
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Texas vs. California Update for March 24, 2014
In California, I would say that March Madness is ignoring the looming pension crisis, except that madness extends to every other month as well… Where is income inequality worst in the U.S.? Well, for one thing, in California: Perhaps no … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged California, Channell Commercial, Chevron, environmentalism, fraud, Jerry Brown, Occidental Petroleum, Rick Perry, Texas, unions, waste, Welfare State
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LinkSwarm for March 21, 2014
Enjoy your complimentary Friday LinkSwarm, and be sure to tip your waitress! Fourteen different ways you can you can avoid the ObamaCare tax. Joaquin Castro to boycott Buc-ees? He should have almost as much luck in Texas boycotting air conditioning … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, ObamaCare, Texas, video
Tagged 2014 Election, amnesty, B-2, Buc-ees, Cesar Chavez, Crime, Democrats, dogs, Elections, Energy Policy, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Guns, Illegal Aliens, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Joaquin Castro, Keystone Pipeline, Koch Brothers, Media Watch, Military, Neil Young, ObamaCare, Russia, Scarlet Johansson, Tom Steyer, Ukraine
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Gun and Crime Roundup for March 19, 2014
A quick tab-clearing roundup of some gun and crime news: Another dead goblin finds out why it’s a bad idea to rob people in Texas. Bonus: Dead perp was carrying duct tape and zip ties. Likewise, a home intruder with … Continue reading