Monthly Archives: April 2011

Having My Gun And Eating it Too

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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:

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Final Q1 Fundraising Reports

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The FEC finally has fundraising totals for all the major declared candidates in the 2012 Texas Senate race. Ranked from most to least, they are: Tom Leppert: Raised $2,690,081 (including a $1,600,000 loan) and still has $2,592,219 on hand Ted … Continue reading →

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Important Day Coming Up May 1st: Victims of Communism Day

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Elizabeth Ames Jones Pulls In Paltry $122,185

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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Obama Doesn’t Know Jack. Or Texas.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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Texas LinkSwarm for Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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Fail All the Way Around

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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P. J. O’Rourke on the Atlas Shrugged Movie

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Updates for April 18

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

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 →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Roundup for April 17

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Texas Democrats may have finally lured a high-profile candidate to the race: retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. The only problem? His last notable job was being commander in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Which was, as Democrats wanted … Continue reading →

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