Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio, Whose Side Are You On?

One of the best articles on the immigration debate to date notes that “the two sides in this immigration debate are being led by Hispanic Republican senators: Marco Rubio for the Gang of Eight, Ted Cruz for the opposition. One of them, needless to say, is making more sense than the other.” Count me on […]

Obama, Presidential Pimp

Everything he does is Magic. Those Presidential Alerts, the ones you can’t disable from the cell phone you pay the big bucks to use, are getting kind of annoying by now, right? Being that the phone came with a contract that requires a long term financial commitment in return for getting the phone at a […]

Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts — and other thoughts on Amnesty & the NSA

The pigs alone will make all of the decisions—for the good of every animal. Point 1. Why not secure the border before legalizing illegal immigrants? Other countries have no problems securing their borders. Countries with far less resources than the US, for sure. Isn’t it really just a case of making it a priority? Of […]

Do ya feel Lucky, Punk?

Harry Callahan: I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got […]

You Have Nothing to Fear – As Long As You Are Doing Nothing “Wrong”

From Red State’s article Lindsey Graham’s World: Yesterday South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham endorsed President Obama’s intrusive arm of big brother regarding the collection of data and phone records: “I’m a Verizon customer. I don’t mind Verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to […]

Secure the Border FIRST

Kristol added, “the impulse that we have to act or that doing something foolish is better than doing nothing is always a mistake, and particularly a mistake in immigration. Because once you legalize, you legalize. It’s done.” ~ Bill Kristol tells Marco Rubio to walk away on immigration, Politico, May 21 Downtown El Paso, TX […]

Dems Eye Julian Castro for Texas Governor — But Why?

Progressivism needs a new face to cover the failures in the WH. Via Newsmax, May 23rd: The growing Latino vote in the Lone Star State, coupled with the national interest in Castro since he delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention last year, would make him the most formidable candidate, his admirers say, […]

Castro Denies any Slippery Politics with Brooks Development Authority

In order for CPS Energy to strike the deal with South Korean solar firm Nexolon to bring manufacturing facilities to San Antonio, it had to entice the company with taxpayer incentives. One of the biggest incentives was a sweet deal for the land purchase at Brooks City-Base. More about that here. Some people are still […]

Say What? Another Solar Energy Firm Backed by Taxpayer Money Is in its Death Throes! Are You Listening, San Antonio?

It obviously isn’t about profit. Well, well, well. First, some background.  CPS Energy, a municipal utility that has Mayor Julian Castro as a board member, recently signed a deal with a South Korean firm to manufacture solar panel components in San Antonio at the site of the former Brooks AFB.   The billion dollar venture is backed with […]

Democrats Declare War on Texas

Declare your side When Democrats talk about “taking over” Texas, about “crushing the GOP” so that it no longer functions as a second party, is that divisive talk or conciliatory talk? It sure doesn’t sound like: Hey, let’s get together on work on making things better, does it? To progressives, the success of Texas isn’t […]