Monthly Archives: May 2011

Texas Taxpayers Defeat Liberal Interest Groups

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Over on BurkaBlog I chanced across this framing of the debate over passing the state budget: Who has more clout: A fictional Texas Ranger and a former major corporate CEO or a cadre of right wing interest groups? Texas Senate … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Friday, May 6, 2011: Immigration, the NYT, and Tom Leppert’s SEIU Ties

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A small LinkSwarm for a lazy Friday: Mickey Kaus: “Why do these Democrats tell pollsters that immigrants are a burden because they ‘take our jobs’? Maybe because they do. Just a thought.” The New York Times gets the Texas Senate … Continue reading →

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More Texas Senate Race Fundraising Nuggets and Race Tidbits

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Though the aggregate FEC totals have been up for a little while, the FEC has finally put up the lists of individual contributors to examine. Ted Cruz: The first thing that jumped out at me from Cruz’s contributors was the … Continue reading →

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The Ted Cruz Campaign On His Fundraising Quarter

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

This press release from the Ted Cruz campaign (penned by J2Strategies consultant Jason Johnson) on those Q1 Texas Senate Race fundraising totals makes interesting reading. The classic lawyer advice is “If the facts are on your side, pound the facts.” … Continue reading →

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Obama to Texas: Die In a Fire

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

“On Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rejected Perry’s request to declare Texas a federal disaster area.” In other news, Obama will be in Austin and El Paso next Tuesday. Perhaps those affected by the wildfires might make their … Continue reading →

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Pelosi Thanks Bush

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Lawrence Person

To congratulate him for taking a leading role in hunting down Osama Bin laden. And the moon became as blood…

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And Still More Bin Laden Fallout

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few more post-Osama postmortem tidbits: Ace of Spades presents a timeline of the hunt for Bin Laden. It turns out that, despite initial reports, Bin Laden was unarmed when the SEAL team sent him to Allah. I’ve got absolutely … Continue reading →

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Still More Bin Laden Fallout

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The ever-readable and redoubtable Christopher Hitchens. James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal. Including why we went in with troops rather than B-52s: “The president wanted proof that bin Laden was dead. So he assembled a small death panel, which … Continue reading →

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More Bin Laden Fallout

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

First, I called it on the ISI’s involvement in hiding him, since he was taken out in a “former” ISI safehouse. Belmont Club’s Richard Fernandez connects the dots: Ironically the circumstances surrounding the death of Osama Bin Laden tends to … Continue reading →

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Give Our Regards to Hitler and Stalin

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So. Osama Bin Laden is dead. Good. If there’s an afterlife, he’s moved on to a place where his ideas about Jihad will be warmly received. A few points: This was an important victory, but the war against terror continues. … Continue reading →

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