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Here's an excerpt from the letter Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas sent to the President. I write to express my concern about a new White House program to monitor American citizens' speech opposing your health care policies, and to seek your...

A little over a month ago the Barton Chevrolet dealership in Slaton TX closed down. One day it was full of cars and suddenly it was an empty building and lot. At the time I didn't think on it very...

There is a growing movement afoot called the Patrick Henry Caucus. If you read my blog with any kind of regularity then you know I advocate a smaller fed and a more independent state. And, within my state of Texas...

There's one person who has alienated parts of his base as reality collides with his stated agenda. Now, Mr. Obama has nominated an Hispanic Woman to be the next USSC Associate Justice. Is this a payback for the folks who...

Even after Obama was elected people are still filled with hatred over the two terms of President George W. Bush. Those people with any intellectual honesty will admit that historically speaking there are many others to fit the bill. read...

Actually, let's go to the "other news" first. It's funnier that way. Biden Bombs Barack: Potentially Explosive Joke is a Dud. We all like to take potshots from time to time at other peoples expense. There are jokes for Lawyers,...

If you follow political blogs and listen to talk radio you are inundated constantly with the mantra that the country is divided. The Republican Party is known as Repugs. The Democratic Party has been called the Demonrats and worse. If...