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Harassment Statute Violates First Amendment – Court Fails to Fix It

October 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Texas passed a law meant to address abuse (let’s call it bullying) in the digital age. But as written the law can be interpreted to limit the ability of citizens to criticize government officials. Another overstep, another opportunity to learn something, just don’t rely on the court (not that you should) to do the teaching. … Read more

I love It When The Left Proves Me Right

September 26, 2018August 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The really good news is that the Fifth Circuit has rejected a constitutional challenge to campus carry in Texas. The State allows concealed permit holders to carry on college campuses which got some professorial panties in a bunch. The law did not let the Profs prohibit concealed firearms in their own classrooms (some administrative areas on campus are still verboten), so they sued claiming “the law and policy violate(s) the First Amendment, Second Amendment, and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

The Court tossed it out, but what’s that got to do with the left proving me right? Plenty.

Those Austin Bombings Could have Been “Prevented”

September 26, 2018April 2, 2018 Steve MacDonald

We didn’t cover the subject of the Austin Bomber (at all) but I think this sums it up nicely.

Assailant In 2010 Garland, Texas Attack – Got Gun Thanks To Obama

January 25, 2023August 2, 2015 Steve MacDonald

The LA Times is reporting that a gun in the possession of one of the “terrorists” who went to shoot up Pamela Geller’s Draw Mohammad confab in Garland, Texas, was allowed to purchase the firearm as part of the Obama Administrations Fast and Furious Operation.

What Happened in Garland, Texas?

January 25, 2023May 5, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Forget all the media Hype and pictures of SWAT teams; a uniformed traffic officer working security at the event took out the two ‘Alleged’ terrorists with his duty sidearm before they could even get a few feet from their vehicle.

From The Edge Of Sequestration…We’re Walking, And We’re Walking, And We’re Stopping. [Updated]

September 26, 2018March 6, 2013 Steve MacDonald

In an effort to make sequestaria appear like a real crisis neither the White House nor the Vice Presidents residence will be conducting tours in the foreseeable future… because the evil Republicans voted for Obama’s bill and wouldn’t cave like the Democrats had planned. In response to this Rep Louie Ghomert, Texas, has proposed an amendment to HR 933 that would force … Read more

Don’t Mess With League City, Texas

September 26, 2018February 27, 2013

Heidi Thiess, City Council Member in League City, Texas authored a resolution to to “protect and defend the constitutional right to keep and bear arms’. It was introduced – and adopted – on February 12, 2013.

In her public statement, she said “It is not about having a right to hunt or shoot skeet, it’s about self-defense, from the criminal element on our streets, the common thugs, AND the criminal element within our own government – who wish to be masters of a disarmed and helpless people. Make no mistake, that is what this is really about, control.’

While non-binding in nature, League City, Texas has put those who might believe otherwise, on notice.

I’ve taken the liberty of reproducing it below (with minor adaptations to suit any New Hampshire city or town):

Humor with a lesson: Where would you rather be: California or Texas?

September 26, 2018February 9, 2013 Skip

CALIFORNIA: The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor’s dog, then bites the Governor.

1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie “Bambi” and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural.

2. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.

3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.

4. The Governor goes to a hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and getting his bite wound bandaged.

5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while the Fish & Game Commission conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.

Corrupt Chicago vs. Red-White-&-Blue Texas

September 26, 2018January 30, 2013

Texas wins.

Little old ladies like me

September 26, 2018December 20, 2012

From the PJ Tatler:

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Wednesday afternoon urged people to turn in their guns, arguing it would be an appropriate response to last week’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.

“I would personally just say to those who are listening, maybe you want to turn in your guns,” Jackson Lee said on the House floor. “Oh no, I’m not going to take your guns. But look at what Dick’s Sporting Goods did … they wanted to be part of the solution and part of America.”

I am shocked at Representative Jackson Lee’s appalling lack of knowledge of the history of the state in which I – unlike Ms. JL – was born and which she purports to represent.

Ted Cruz Wins Texas Primary

September 26, 2018August 1, 2012 Steve MacDonald

AP c/o Hot Air, calls the Texas US Senate Primary for TEA Party Backed candidate Ted Cruz. The followup should read…. Democrats double down on TEA Party is dead rhetoric. You know… that whole “The Bigger the Lie” thing.

Obama’s “Real” War On Women

September 26, 2018March 16, 2012 Steve MacDonald

While Democrat women were busy standing with planned parenthood in the NH state house last week, asking us to trust them, down in Texas a Federal Whistle-blower (who was also a woman), was getting help, preparing a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood in Texas–which has since been issued.

The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), on behalf of former Planned Parenthood clinic director, Abby Johnson, accused Planned Parenthood of submitting over 87,000 “false, fraudulent, or ineligible claims for Medicaid reimbursements” under Title XIX, in association with the Texas Women’s Health Program.

The Medicaid claims, filed between 2007 and 2009, were valued at more than $5.7 million. The lawsuit alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud by “improperly seeking reimbursements from the Texas Women’s Health Program for products and services not reimbursable by that program.”

So Texas is cutting off Planned Parenthood. And in response, the Obama Administration, in defense of a political ally, is waging war on Texas, and treating the very women they claim to be defending as acceptable casualties.