Category Archives: Texas

Dry Counties Are Going Wet Throughout The U.S.

Today nearly 18 million Americans live in dry counties. Those counties are 10% of the landmass. While much of the rest of the country debates legalization of marijuana, dry counties that stretch from the Atlantic to the Great Plains are debating … Continue reading

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Texas Board Of Education Approves Controversial School Curriculum

It is official by 9-5 votes. The Texas Board of Education has adopted new guidelines that remove Thomas Jefferson as one of the main intellectual contributors to the founding of the United States. The new curriculum also suggests that separation … Continue reading

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Lingerie Store Needs Food Permit to Sell Edible Panties

This is either some kind of very odd city rule, or a municipality’s cynical way of prying more money out of business owners. San Antonio, Texas, is now requiring a lingerie store to have a food permit to stay in … Continue reading

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Texas Board Of Education Finds Jefferson’s Ideas Too Radical For The Textbooks

The Texas Board of Education has finished its tortuous struggle at rewriting history. The board is an elected body that, among other things, selects the social studies curriculum for Texas schools. The 15-member board is filled with seven die-hard social … Continue reading

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LaRouche Candidate Wins Democratic Primary For Congress In Texas

Remember Lyndon LaRouche? He is the Reagan-era conspiracist who thought he was the world’s greatest economist. He never went away. LaRouche sees Americans being pulled into economic despair by the same people who brought us Hitler and World War II – … Continue reading

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Kay Hutchinson Is The “Earmark Queen”

This has got to hurt Senator Kay Hutchinson’s chances in her primary challenge against Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry. To the beat of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” Hutchinson is plastered with charges of voting for non-Texas earmarks. Add that to still … Continue reading

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Texas Board Of Education Fears That Children’s Book Is Work Of Marxist

The Texas State Board of Education is supposed to be setting the curriculum for that state’s schools. The problem is that the Board has not done its research like it demands of its students. Author Bill Martin Jr. had his … Continue reading

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Drones Being Considered For Domestic Spying

Why is the Houston Police Department making this a big secret? And, if the Houston PD is doing it, what other law enforcement bodies are looking into the use of drones for domestic spying. The drones come with high resolution cameras … Continue reading

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Texas School District Claims Obama Speech Would Disrupt Instruction; Arranges Field Trip To Listen To Bush

On Tuesday, a Texas school district prohibited President Barack Obama from speaking to its students because they did not want the President to interrupt that day’s instruction. Yet the district arranged to bus fifth-graders to an event that former President … Continue reading

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Texas Judge Draws Comparison Between Obama And Criminals

I have no idea what County Judge Tom Head of Texas was trying to initiate when he plastered a printout and poster of nine criminals on a public bulletin board in the courthouse. The printout includes a narration of a … Continue reading

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Texas Board Of Education Fighting Over Social Science Curriculum

The Texas State Board of Education, which earlier fought over its science curriculum in a battle between intelligent design and evolution, now has its sights on the social sciences. Keep in mind that the Board of Education has members who … Continue reading

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Perry Not Happy With Gay Tag

Rick Perry is gay. So goes the rumor about the Texas Governor. Thanks to a SEO program used by Senator Kay Hutchison’s campaign website, you can find that phrase there. Perry is not the first Republican governor to have gay rumors circle … Continue reading

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Texas Congressman Thinks Texas Is Bigger Than The Constitution

It amazes me that the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, and now a Texas Congressman, John Culberson, can buy into fiction. In this video, Culberson spouts the line that Texas can split into five states because it reserved that right … Continue reading

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Texas Police Accused Of “Theft” With Search And Seizure Laws

A Texas State Senator wants to crack down on police in some Texas jurisdictions. Some of the police have targeted African-Americans and Latinos in traffic stops and deprived them of their valuables. Courant.com reported how Shelby County handled some of … Continue reading

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Texans Want Bush’s Name Added To Courthouse

In Midland, Texas, George Bush remains popular. Bush is so popular that the Midland County Courthouse will probably be named after him. Only two Democrats of the thirty-two Texas representatives in the House have failed to sign onto the idea. … Continue reading

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