Who Would Jesus Tax?

February 9, 2012

Doug Giles

From TownHall.com, by Doug Giles, February 5, 2011 - This past Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, Obama said that his Christian faith crafts his domestic policies—particularly his desire to rob from the rich and give to the poor. In my humble opinion, I think the president is getting Jesus and His disciples confused with Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

I don’t know which White House wizard crafted that speech for him, but the verse he or she gave to our Spender in Chief to back his socialism was more twisted out of joint than a Gumby doll being worked over by a frustrated Gary Busey.

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TX Redistricting Deal Rejected –

February 7, 2012

NO Apr 3 Primary – Apr 17 Unlikely – Split Election Likely – TX Should Stand Up to Feds & RNC 

From Texas Conservative Republican News, February 7, 2012 -

Monday, February 6th, was the deadline for a Texas Redistricting agreement to be made in order to have a one 2012 Primary Election in Texas on April 3rd. There was an agreement made between Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and some of the minority groups who are plaintiffs in the Redistricting Lawsuit, but then a Federal US District Judge, Orlando Garcia, in San Antonio struck down the deal. Yep, this is the same Judge who is the brother in law of liberal Democrat State Senator Leticia Van De Putte. Van De Putte seems to have a history of unethically meddling in the affairs of courts and other departments like when she allegedly tried to influence a probation department’s decisions in order to help a family member.

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Rep. Herger is wrong about Agenda 21

February 6, 2012

Henry Lamb

From GOPUSA.com, By Henry Lamb February 6, 2012 -

California Representative Wally Herger offered an article on Agenda 21 which, unfortunately, reflects a lack of knowledge about Agenda 21 – shared by far too many elected officials. In the first instance, he said that Agenda 21 is a document developed at a U.N. Conference in 1993.

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Wrong!

Agenda 21 was developed over a period of time, traceable from the 1972 U.N. Conference on the Environment, which identified “environmental protection” as the world’s greatest problem, and gave the world the U.N. Environmental Programme, followed almost immediately by Nixon’s Executive Order that created the EPA.

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Want to See The World’s Biggest Caliber (.905!) Rifle in Action?

February 3, 2012

From The Blaze, by , February 3, 2012 - 

Shooting a .700 caliber packs a punch. Step it up to an almost unheard of .905 caliber, and you have a ballistic beast in your hands.

Want to See The Worlds Biggest Caliber Rifle in Action?

The Blaze brings you the SSK industries .950 JDJ. It’s the biggest centerfire rifle ever made.

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Statement by TPPF Executive Director Arlene Wohlgemuth

February 2, 2012

On Texas HHS Executive Commissioner Tom Suehs’ statement yesterday that Medicaid would require $15-17 billion in additional General Revenue during the 2014-15 biennium

Arlene Wohlgemuth

“Commissioner Suehs’ estimate is in line with what TPPF projected in our December 2010 report, Final Notice: Medicaid Crisis. Between the growth in caseload, surging medical costs, and the new mandates in ObamaCare, Medicaicaid will become the largest line item in the next Texas state budget and begin to crowd out priorities such as education.

“Sadly, the Texas Legislature has few good options to deal with this crisis. Texans pay federal taxes toward the Medicaid program, but only get our money back if our state complies with federal benefit and eligibility requirements that provide very little flexibility to the states.

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Gambling Against Texas

February 1, 2012

From Empower Texans, By Michael Quinn Sullivan, February 1, 2012 -

Much has been made by the Texas House speaker and others about the alleged need for “new revenues” in state government. So some big-spenders just happen to have a ready-made solution, a magic money-making elixir: expanded gambling. And some conservatives are foolishly lapping it up.

Let’s be clear: Texans are not under-taxed; our problem is that tax dollars are often poorly spent. The emphasis in 2013 must rest on fixing past budget gimmicks, weeding out inefficient and ineffective programs, and examining how services are provided.

Fiscal conservatives should be focused on restricting the growth of government, not looking for new ways to grab more cash to fund it.

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Armed Citizens

February 1, 2012

From NRA.org - 

It was 4 a.m. when Donna Hopper awoke to a stranger attempting to enter her home. When she refused to open the door, the man announced, “I’m coming in!” Hopper wasn’t sure what to do. “That’s when it came to me—I had a gun,” she recalled. Hopper had purchased a .38-cal. revolver just months prior for safety following the death of her husband. She retrieved the gun just in time as the burglar began prying open the window. That’s when she heard the voice of her father, a longtime police officer, in her head: Two hands, Donna. Keep your elbows straight. She opened fire and connected with the burglar on the third shot.

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Redistricting Update III – Recap and News From Friday’s Hearing

January 29, 2012

Redistricting Update III – Recap and News From Friday’s Hearing Friday afternoon, the Western District three-judge panel in San Antonio, which is overseeing redistricting and scheduling of the Texas primary, held a hearing in order to determine options as to when the Texas primary should be held, whether we will have one or two primaries, where the district lines will be, and an overall path forward on how to conduct the party’s primaries and state conventions.

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Judges move up Texas redistricting arguments

January 25, 2012

From chron.com, by HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press, Updated 04:43 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, 2012 –    

WASHINGTON (AP) — A three-judge panel hearing arguments about whether the Texas Legislature violated the federal Voting Rights Act when it redrew the state’s political maps said Tuesday it is moving up closing arguments in the case because of a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Judge Rosemary Collyer said a decision last week by the Supreme Court to send interim redistricting maps back to a San Antonio court means that many of the parties involved with the trial in Washington will be needed in San Antonio. Read the rest of this entry »

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Op-Ed from the Office of State Senator Craig Estes, District 30

January 25, 2012

For Immediate Release

January 19, 2012
Contact: Sam Carlson
512-463-0130

The Keystone XL Pipeline

State Senator Estes

Yesterday, President Obama and his administration rejected a permit application that would have allowed for the construction of the 1,700 mile Keystone XL Pipeline. With this decision, President Obama confirmed what many Texans have feared — that he cares more about politics than sound economic policy.

If constructed, the $7 billion Keystone XL Pipeline would have the capacity to transport over 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast. Read the rest of this entry »

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