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Growing Federal Debt Hurts Small Businesses

In late January, the U.S. Senate voted to raise the United States’ debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, or $45,000 for every man, woman, and child living in America. Our massive federal deficit levels should send up warning flares to all who are interested in the short-...

Happy Anniversary Mr. Obama

In the third major political contest since Barak Obama took the oath of office, the people of Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts have rebuked the President. Two of the three states -- MA & NJ -- are blue, if not deep blue. Virginia, while electing a Democrat...

A Year of Obama

Elected on the vacuous slogans of “hope” and “change,” the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency has proven to be one of broken promises, failed leadership and blame shifting. While he works to satisfy the most strident elements of his political base, the rest of...

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Congress, Administration Should Stay Out Of Texas Classrooms

Earlier today Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his decision to refuse to apply for the federal “Race to the Top” grant program. The president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Michael Quinn Sullivan, praised the course of action, saying it protects Texas’...

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Americans Don’t Want More Gas Taxes

So the tax-hike proponents at the Dallas Morning News are once again pushing the false choice between higher taxes or no new roads, after word hit their newsroom that only 15 percent of American voters support higher gasoline taxes. The Rassmussen Reports poll found...

Copenhagen: Socialism Required, History Ignored

With the world's busybodies meeting in Copenhagen, it's apparent they are a band of ideologues with a solution looking for a problem to which it can be applied. Establishment "science" is a tool of their brand of religion, facts contorted and distorted to fit the...

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Now Some Feds Want To Hike Your Gas Tax, Too

It’s not enough that Republican lawmakers Vicki Truitt of Southlake and John Carona of Dallas want to hike gasoline taxes and vehicle fees. Now the Obama Administration’s token Republican, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, wants the federal gasoline tax raised,...

The S-Word

Governor Perry's speech in Midland yesterday is being widely reported with some of the stories focused on the Governor's comments pertaining to illegal immigrantion. The real import of the speech is the Governor's use of the "S" word to describe the Obama...