Wednesday morning, after reading Lubbock County Judge Tom Head’s comments about an Obama-lead U.N. invasion, I said that he would be on the Drudge Report by day’s end and I was right. Head made it to red letters on the top row of the main listings – way to go Judge...
Pratt on Texas
Catering to the Texas welfare-class, will legislators act?
“Mobile grocers cashing in with food stamp users” read the headline in the Houston Chronicle. The story was about how much business is booming for mobile grocery businesses in Texas' largest city. “Why is business booming? The Lone Star Card, the food stamp-enabled...
Why Greg Parker isn’t ready for prime-time, or the Railroad Commission
Greg Parker is a man I’ve heard good things about and he’s in the Republican runoff for the unexpired term on the Texas Railroad Commission versus commission chairman Barry Smitherman. But unlike Smitherman who has appeared on Pratt on Texas several times by seeking...
Martinez Fischer, Holder, Teen a sick lot on Voter ID
My guess is still that the Texas Voter ID issue will not be settled until appeals are played out but, the trial in DC has been interesting. First, the ultra-liberal Democrat state rep. who chairs one of the Texas House' hyphenated caucuses, Trey Martinez Fischer of...
Should the Legislature ensure we have enough insurance agents?
Morris Communications' Austin bureau writer Enrique Rangel filed a story that contained the following: “In another joint hearing, the House Agriculture & Livestock and Border & Intergovernmental Affairs committees will discuss the adequacy of access to...
Who, Dewhurst or Cruz, would make a difference the fastest?
Texas conservatives have a direct opportunity to immediately affect change in these United States in the upcoming Republican runoff for U.S. Senate by noting how Florida conservatives have seen that leadership trumps the Senate's seniority system when offered. There...
San Antonio mayor makes clear how Texas Democrats see the world
A great and paramount difference between how Democrat leaders see the world versus conservatives was on full display at the Texas Democratic State Convention which met in Houston this past week. The ultra-liberal and aptly named mayor of San Antonio, Julián Castro,...
Texas has its own Scott Walkers who deserve accolades
Texas too has had its own Wisconsin-Scott Walker drama. Do you remember the last session of the Texas Legislature? The Texas affiliates of the big public employee unions rallied many times at the Capitol. They spewed forth propaganda daily through allies in the press...
TX19’s Neugebauer: A Fannie & Freddie Enabler
There’s no hiding the fact that Congressman Randy Neugebauer, of Texas' 19th District, was a Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac enabler who actively opposed the Bush White House’s attempts to reform the Government Sponsored Entities, or GSE’s, just before all financial-hell...
Public universities decry budget cuts but fill classrooms with waste
More than a few are beginning to understand my comments about how many are more concerned with, and more ready to financially support, their university than their church. I do mean such as a deep criticism of social priorities but, in a more practical sense my point...