Posted on October 24, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
President Barack Obama promised open door negotiations. He promised transparency in Washington, health care negotiations aired lived on national news syndicates for the whole country to see. Congressional Democrats promised bipartisanship and compromise, and yet Nancy Pelosi, and other Democratic House leaders sit behind closed doors, shutting out Republicans and the American people. What do [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Cross post from “Under The Lone Star Sky”
Texans for Tier-1 released an ad about the importance of Proposition 4, about how it will benefit the surrounding communities, and create jobs, and would not raise taxes. This organization that has developed to promote only Prop 4, which will be up for a vote along with ten [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Cross post from “Under The Texas Sky“
The language in Article 16, Section 40 of the Texas Constitution as it stands says that no civil servant can hold two offices or positions in the government. Technically, this would mean that a teacher, police officer, fire fighter or another individual whose job it is to provide civil [...]
Filed under: 2009 Elections, Texas Politics | Tagged: Aaron Pena, Dan Flynn, Phil King, Prop 7, Ryan Guillen, Texas, Texas State Guard | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Cross post from Under The Lone Star Sky
The Young Conservative of Texas announced last week their opposition to Proposition 4, a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a National Research University Fund (NRUF) that would dramatically increase the amount of public spending that is allocated to research conducted by institutions of higher education. When universities [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Barney Frank has done nothing, but support policies during his twenty years in Congress that advocates aggressive government expansion and irresponsible, wasteful federal spending. Such public policies are harmful to our nation, and Frank’s career has been built on fumble after fumble with taxpayer money. This is made all the more scarier now that GQ [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
There is one race going on right now that every Republican and conservative needs to be following. It is a race that will help shape the midterm elections next near and even the elections of 2012. The election I am referring to is the gubernatorial race in Virginia between Republican candidate Bob McDonnell and his [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst launched a new sit recently as he prepares to start up his campaign for re-election for another term as Lt. Governor. Of course, it is still possible that Dewhurst could run for KBH’s senate seat. However, there are no races, no official races until Kay Bailey resigns her seat. All eyes [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2009 by Shawn M. Griffiths