11:34 am CST - July 03, 2009

Posted under Quotes

robert-nichols2“We can do nothing; we can kick the can down the road a couple more years, or we can fix this thing. I’d like to fix it. My only goal in authoring Senate Bill 3 was to make sure that if the Legislature decided to allow CDAs, we would only do so in a way that returned local control of transportation projects & established important protections for Texas drivers and taxpayers.”

Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville

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July 03, 2009

The Scoop

INSIDE WASHINGTON POLL: Congressional Leaders on Health Care & “Cap-and-Trade”

by Richard E. Cohen & Peter Bell, National Journal

capitol-fadeCongressional Insiders – as in Democratic and Republican congressmen & senators themselves – discuss the chances this year for comprehensive health care reform legislation and global warming cap-and-trade legislation. More

July 03, 2009

The Scoop

Survey: Houston Not as Sweaty as San Antonio, Dallas

houstonbjHoustonians are less sweaty than people living in San Antonio and Dallas, according to Old Spice’s Top 20 All-Time Sweatiest Cities in America poll. More

July 03, 2009

The Scoop

Ethics Complaint Against State Board of Ed Member

Mary Helen Berlanga says move is politically motivated
By Jaime Powell

texas-politics-flagCORPUS CHRISTI — A Conroe man has filed an ethics complaint against State Board of Education (SBOE) member Mary Helen Berlanga alleging campaign finance reporting violations. More

July 03, 2009

The Scoop

Boeing to Ramp Up San Antonio Hiring

By Tamarind Phinisee

boeing21The Boeing Co. expects to hire about 100 new employees in San Antonio over the next couple of months. More

July 02, 2009

The Scoop

Labor Unions May be Exempt from Proposed Health Care Tax

What We’ve Learned About Obama’s Health Care Plan

obama-barakWashington, DC – With the White House PR machine out in full force the past two weeks selling the Obama government takeover of health care, the picture of what exactly the President is proposing has begun to come into focus. More

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The Scoop

Europe Weighs Pulling Envoys From Tehran

Confidence in Stimulus Plan Ebbs, Poll Finds

The Men & Women of July 4

Rep. Gohmert’s Job Fair Offers Opportunities to East Texas Job Seekers and Employers

Sen. Hutchison’s KTSA-AM Interview: Obama, Pelosi’s Cap-and-Trade & Health Care

July 03, 2009

On The Record

NBC, CBS & ABC Highlight GOP Label; Downplays Label For Disgraced Dem

Lauer omits ‘D’ next to McGreevey during gay affair, labels Sanford a Republican

By Geoffrey Dickens & Kyle Drennen, Media Research Center

sanfordIn a 2008 study of evening & morning network newscasts following the Spitzer scandal, NewsBusters found that within the first week of coverage Spitzer was identified as a Democrat only 20% of the time. However, within the first 24 hours of Gov. Sanford’s confession, he was identified as a Republican 100% of the time during coverage on all the networks. More

July 03, 2009

On The Record

Could Australia Blow Apart the Great Global Warming Scare?

By Robert Tracinski & Tom Minchin

capitolmoneyAs the US Congress considers the Waxman-Markey “Cap-and-Trade” bill, the Australian Senate is on the verge of rejecting its own version of “cap-and-trade”. More

July 03, 2009

On The Record

Dallas ISD to Pay $750K, Drop Tech Funding Requests

By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News

dallasmorningnewsThe Dallas school district must pay $750,000 and drop more than $150 million in requests for federal technology funds to settle claims that district officials abused a program aimed at providing technology for needy schools and libraries. More

July 03, 2009

On The Record

Let’s Do Something — Anything

By David Harsanyi

windpowerFacts. Costs. Consequences. Who cares? We’re in the middle of pretending to save the planet, baby.

 

As I’m sure you’ve heard, a lot of smart and compassionate folks tell you lately, doing something — anything! — is better than doing nothing. So the House did something. More

July 02, 2009

On The Record

The Political Comeback: How to Recover from Sexual Improprieties

washingtonpost13The Washington Post asked former politicians and political experts what it takes for officials embroiled in scandals – ala Sen. John Ensign & Gov. Mark Sanford – to recover their political viability. Below are contributions from Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Christine Todd Whitman, Ed Rogers, Linda Chavez, Douglas E. Schoen, Susan Wise Bauer, Lisa Schiffren and Lanny J. Davis.

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Social Security Audit Finds Dead People Getting Checks

Capitol Update From Diane Patrick State Representative District 94

Rep. Flynn: “Special Session is here & I am ready to work”

From Medical School Measure to Public Safety Goals, Rep. Martínez Playing Key Role in Valley’s Successes

It’s Summer Time!

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11:29 am CST - July 03, 2009

Posted under Opinion

‘We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident …’

The American Creed
By Chuck Colson

chuckcolsonThe great British intellectual G. K. Chesterton wrote that “America is the only nation in the world that is founded on [a] creed.” Think about that for a moment.

Other nations were founded on the basis of race, or by the power of kings or emperors who accumulated lands and the peasants who inhabited those lands. But America was—and is to this day—different. Continue Reading.

7:20 am CST - July 03, 2009

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Obama’s To-Do List: A Sentence, Not 10 Paragraphs

By trying to do too much, he risks not doing enough.
By Peggy Noonan

obama-pelosi-hoyerSomething seems off with our young president. He appears jarred. Difficult history has come over the transom. He seemed defensive and peevish with the press in his Tuesday news conference, and with Charlie Gibson on health care, when he got nailed by a neurologist who suggested the elites who support a national program seem not to mind rationing for other people but very much mind if for themselves. All this followed the president’s first bad numbers. Continue Reading.

9:34 am CST - July 02, 2009

Posted under Opinion

A Family’s Valor, a Nation’s Freedom

By Karl Rove 

Why would a 61-year-old civilian surgeon volunteer for Iraq?

karl-roveAt a dinner last week in California, I was reminded of the debt we owe to those who have, for 233 years, sustained our freedom and independence. One remarkable family in particular exemplifies the best in the American spirit of courage and sacrifice.

Sitting at my table was a friend, Christine Krissoff, wife of Dr. Bill Krissoff and mother of Nathan and Austin Krissoff. One of her sons, Marine First Lt. Nathan Krissoff, was killed in Al Anbar Province in December 2006. A Williams College grad, athlete and musician, he’d left for Iraq on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was 25. Continue Reading.

9:22 am CST - July 02, 2009

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Michael Ramirez

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