Category Archives: Texas

LinkSwarm for May 10, 2013

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Lawrence Person

For a shocking change of pace, the Friday LinkSwarm will be on Friday: “How can we ‘gun people’ honestly be expected to come to the table with anti-gunners when anti-gunners are willfully stupid about guns, and openly hate, despise and … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for May 9, 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California update! “It’s time for public employee unions to wake up and take a look around. Government services are shrinking, cities are crumbling, and they’re enjoying pay and benefit packages that many in the private … Continue reading →

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I’m Not at the NRA Meeting in Houston. But Ted Cruz Is.

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I couldn’t go to the NRA annual meeting in Houston this weekend, as much as I would have liked to, because I went to a family even in Houston last week. But fortunately, Ted Cruz is there. “The Constitution matters. … Continue reading →

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The Decline and Fall of the Austin American-Statesman

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I’m not sure if you noticed (and it’s entirely possible you haven’t), but the Austin American-Statesman has instituted a paywall on their website. Obviously the Statesman feels that their slow, steady decline just isn’t getting the job done, so they’ll … Continue reading →

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Rosemary Lehmberg: The Hits Keep Coming

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Lawrence Person

In a followup to yesterday’s video drop of Travis County’s Democratic DA Rosemary Lehmberg, we now have the dashcam footage of her DWI arrest: Deputies couldn’t believe who they had stopped 2:10 in, hear her say “My career’s over.” Yep, … Continue reading →

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Someone in the Travis County Sheriff’s Office Must Really Hate Rosemary Lehmberg

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Otherwise they would have never released this video of Democratic Travis County DA Lehmberg, who plead guilty to DWI charges: (Edited to add: Dead video clips replaced with single arrest video. – LP 10/14/19)

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Texas vs. California Update for April 16, 2013

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California update: The Stockton Bankruptcy: Alarm bells have been ringing loudly in the heads of municipal bond investors…If you’re the chief of municipal bond investing for a big bank, whether on Wall Street or in … Continue reading →

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Liberal Anti-Gun Ads Target…Ted Cruz?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Lawrence Person

ObamaOrganizing For America is using anti-gun ads to target Sen. Ted Cruz. That’s some mighty fine political ad targeting you’ve got going on there, Lou. The same Ted Cruz that pantsed David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff because Dew … Continue reading →

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Clarification: Bold Ideas/Colt Competition Moving to Texas, Not Colt Firearms

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I have some clarification to yesterday’s extremely short blurb on Colt moving to Texas. The company doing the moving is Bold Ideas, which manufactures Colt Competition rifles, including two AR-15 pattern rifles. Bold Ideas is apparently a licensee of Colt … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 4, 2013

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Been a while since the last Friday LinkSwarm, so here it is! The problem with Europe’s economy? It’s the spending, stupid. Government spending on bailouts, subsidies, grants, salaries and entitlements commands a much larger share of these economies than it … Continue reading →

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