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Confession: I was once a tree-hugging liberal. It's true. In my early adulthood, I had a small stretch of being vegan and everything. Later, listening to Limbaugh every day while I was working outside fixed that. I realized I was wrong. Rush's clear logic, exposure of the...
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I wanted to know more about the history of the budget and appropriations process in DC. What follows is literally a copy and paste from two sources: The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction Omnibus Appropriations: Overview of Recent Practice Here you go...
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I was surprised to read yesterday that 41% of those under the age of 30 found it acceptable that an insurance CEO was shot in the back and murdered. Only 8% of those in their 50's thought it was okay - which is still alarming, but two out of five young adults had no issue with...
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I got a text this morning from a friend, who notes that two people notably unfriendly to the cause of smaller government are busy grooming would-be candidates to replace those incumbents who might retire. My question in reply: "And who will oppose their chosen successor?" You...
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Weirdly, many people esteem compromise, but I believe that's because of a misunderstanding. Compromise is not a virtue; compromise is a tool in negotiation. What's most important in a negotiation is the outcome - did you get a satisfactory result? Let's look at negotiation. What...
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In a rather telling way, the Burrows-Democrat team pivoted yesterday from lying about how conservative Burrows is (they used Gov. Abbott's name and image to do so and the Governor countered that) to now leaving Burrows' phony bona fides behind and saying they will enact...
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We get the culture we allow, and if the Democrat Party has its way, we get boob-flashing trans-mobs at the White House. That actually happened. We get drag shows for kids where signs that read "It Won't Lick Itself" appear in the background. We get mileage tax legislation. We...
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In 2022, well over a million Texas Republican primary voters cast declared their preferences. They chose their representatives and they also indicated their preferences on 10 ballot propositions. One of those ballot propositions was this:The Republican-controlled Texas...
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Obamacare is one of the most evil acts the government has ever passed into law. It ruined health care for everyone. It took your private relationship with your doctor and made it a relationship between the government and the insurance company - neither of which gives a damn...
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Muscular. If there's a word I would use to define today's grassroots, it's muscular. We've become the seasoned MMA fighter who looks forward to getting into the ring and we know what to do when we get in there. I remember April 15, 2009, very well. I helped to start the Tea...
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Back in the early 90's, I was a window washer and house painter and spent much of my time outside with AM radio. Jan Mickelson, morning WHO radio personality, was my daily companion. This video gives you some good insight into Jan. Advance to about seven minutes in and you'll...
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The fastest way to unite a room is to declare something with which they all agree. If I walk into a bar in Philly and say something pro-Eagles, everyone will raise a glass. If I am in Texas and declare that Texans are the finest people on Earth, few would challenge it. If I...
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I've been in the tea party movement from its inception. I've interacted with thousands and thousands of people. As much as you hear it discussed in the media, the only white supremacists I've ever met are those who got their post-grad from a liberal university and think that...
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President Trump's return to the White House will bring many things with it. One of those might be a renaissance of our essential liberties. I think, just maybe, we have a shot to "Make Privacy Great Again." Or maybe "Make America Private Again." Either way, it's been lost for a...
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It was never the intention of the founders of this country to install a government that could Obstruct, Disrupt, and Bankrupt (ODB) its citizens. But that's what we have today. President Trump's nominees have the ability to fix that. Those in government who love to ODB the...
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