Abuses like those other Tea Party groups suffered at the hands of the Internal Revenue Service stymied the Katy (Texas) Tea Party’s efforts at a critical time leading to the 2012 elections, said the group’s former president, Darcy Kahrhoff. Darcy this week disclosed the written demands different IRS offices issued from 2010 to 2012, detailing [...]
Abusive IRS Tactics Stymied the Katy Tea Party Leading up to the 2012 Election
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Pigford Seminar Location Served as 2010 Sheila Jackson Lee Campaign HQ
May 3, 2013 By 1 Comment
What do Big Jolly Politics, Breitbart, and the Houston Chronicle all have in common? All three now share a bond through coverage of the Pigford Fraud scandal. After Lee Stranahan of Breitbart wrote about the Houston Chronicle’s advertisement of the Pigford Workshop held at the Communications Workers of America union hall, he called for May [...]
The “Chicagoization” of the Democratic Party
April 24, 2013 By 6 Comments
Prior to 1995, candidates for mayor and city council in Chicago ran on partisan tickets. In 1995, the Illinois legislature supposedly changed this practice by requiring that such candidates run in non-partisan elections, like those for municipal offices in Texas. However, this veneer of recent non-partisanship has simply institutionalized the control of Chicago government by [...]
It’s Simple, Really
April 10, 2013 By
Day after day, I read something new or hear something about the latest and greatest invention or “angle” from different groups or individuals within the Republican Block who have the answer on “Outreach.” Notice I didn’t say Republican Party, because I will get to that shortly. I am somewhat, no, very amused by how quickly [...]
United States Air Force Retiree Can’t Keep His Doctor After All
April 9, 2013 By 11 Comments
The letter Ron and I had been awaiting arrived in yesterdays mail. “Doc” has been our PCP for over 10 years. Dear Mr. and Mrs. xxxxx It is with a great deal of regret that I am terminating my contract with Medicare due to the costly red tape and requirements to file claims beginning July [...]
Opening the Books on the Federal Spending
March 25, 2013 By 3 Comments
According to Veteran Journal, sequestration is a charade that was not supposed to happen: ” Designed by Congress as a measure so drastic that it would never be allowed to happen, the sequestration of funds in the government that went into effect on the first of March has gone into effect and now each political [...]
Texas Sen. John Cornyn did not “flip” on Obamacare
March 21, 2013 By 15 Comments
Will attacks on Republicans by Republicans ever cease? Well, not as long as I’m around but how about we say it this way: will UNWARRANTED attacks on Republicans ever cease? Gosh, I hope so. Today’s installment features, once again, Redstate’s editor Erick Erickson. Look, I’m an unpaid conservative that tries to get things right – [...]
UPDATED: Sen. John Cornyn – out of touch or poorly staffed?
March 8, 2013 By
I admit that I’ve been a bit reluctant to write about Sen. John Cornyn ever since I posited that he was setting himself up for a primary opponent with his vote helping the President regarding the “fiscal cliff” at the beginning of the year. I lost several “friends” because they thought that I was criticizing [...]
Did Democrat Strategist Penny Lee Meet With The GOP Senators?
March 7, 2013 By
The email subject line read “You’re not gonna believe this!” In the body of the email was a link to this HuffingtonPuffington Post story publicizing a dinner between President Obama and GOP Senators at The Jefferson Hotel Wednesday night. As a guest of The Jefferson Hotel since Sunday night, I had a prime spot outside [...]
Ted Cruz holds blogger conference call to start new era
January 3, 2013 By
Not forgetting where he got his start on his journey to an improbable win in the race to replace retiring Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sen-elect Ted Cruz held a conference call yesterday, the day before he is to be sworn in to office. He had a short opening statement, then took questions from call [...]
