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Well, Texas ranks with London, as we both have our own Breitbart pages!
For those Jose Straus haters, he gets an article.
Shining Light On Texas House Speaker Joe Straus

According to Texas conservatives, legislation brought forward by Democrats has fared better than GOP measures in the Texas House under Straus. Hal Hawkins, who runs the analysis website Hardhatters.com, crunched the numbers and found:
“51% of the laws sent to the governor’s desk from the House were Democrat-written or co-written. This means the MINORITY party in the House, outnumbered by nearly 2-1, was the MAJORITY when it came to laws passed. How can this be? There is one probable answer: Speaker of the House Joe Straus.”

But the real reason Texas is such a hot spot is probably Ted Cruz. This man is a force of nature.
Cruz: Don’t ‘Turn Texas into a Liberal Swamp’

Over the past decade, Texas has been an economic powerhouse. The state has created 3 out of every 10 American jobs over the last decade and recently surpassed California in tech export sales. Heck, even Jim and Pam fled Pennsylvania for Texas in search of a better life in the final episode of The Office.
Today, political operatives are swarming the Lone Star State to turn Texas into a liberal swamp. At the same time, the Obama Administration is trying to make Texas buckle under a torrent of federal rules and regulations.
My office recently issued a report about the Obama Administration’s assault on Texas. It documents numerous cases where Texas defended itself from unjust federal interference.
Obamacare’s unconstitutional, unfunded mandate to expand Medicaid in our state has gained some attention. But that’s just one part of the larger campaign against Texas.

From the comments:

Aren’t the terms “Liberal” and “Swamp” redundant?

Whether or not you like the Breitbart site, I don’t know of any other national web site that has a page dedicated only to Texas.
They should all have one.

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  1. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Groupon, the deal website, has launched a Presidents Day promotion of $10 off $40 when customers buy a deal for a local business. The promo honors President Alexander Hamilton, who appears on the $10 bill, because he is “undeniably one of our greatest presidents and most widely recognized for establishing the country’s financial system,” Groupon says in a press release.
    “President Hamilton is best known for the fiscal sensibilities that led him to author economic policies, establish a national bank and control taxes,” the press release says.
    When asked to respond to the fact that Hamilton was never president, a spokesperson for Groupon, Erin Yeager, replied by email: “We’ll just have to agree to disagree.”

    No, we’ll just have to assume you’re an idiot.

  2. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    When asked to respond to the fact that Hamilton was never president, a spokesperson for Groupon, Erin Yeager, replied by email: “We’ll just have to agree to disagree.”

    IOW, no matter how stupid or wrong you are, never admit to being wrong for any reason. Sounds like a really great way to conduct yourself.

  3. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    No matter what else Ted Cruz does, no one can say he doesn’t have what may be the hottest communications staffer in DC.
    A 2006 profile on Amanda Carpenter with interesting background. She has worked for Jim DeMint and now Ted Cruz since then.

  4. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    No matter what else Ted Cruz does, no one can say he doesn’t have what may be the hottest communications staffer in DC.

    The cigarette between her fingers ruins it for me.

  5. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Morning, all. Spring is here! My Bradford pear has bud lumps on every twig this morning.

  6. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    hottest communications staffer in DC

    She is cute but too blasted skinny, and the cigarette is a deal killer. Not that I am interested, seeing as how Mrs Bonecrusher is the best wife a man could hope for, I am truly blessed that she is MY Mrs.

  7. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #5 M42: I beg to differ with you, it is not yet spring as I have yet to see a robin.

  8. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Now minor incidents can be termed “micro-aggression”? And you can lose your student office position because of a GIF of Obama kicking a door?

    What happened next is almost unbelievable: Another student issued a formal complaint against Farnan for committing a “micro-aggression.”For those not up-to-date on the PC lexicon, “micro-aggression” is the latest phrase of choice for leftist radicals seeking to blame racism for common annoyances suffered by people of all races. Minority activists at the University of Michigan, for example, have insisted that trivial slights, such as “Having your opinion second-guessed in a group assignment,” are micro-aggressions that betray the campus as a hostile place for students of color.

    The .gif of Obama kicking a door was racist because of the “cultural, historical and living legacy surrounding people of color—particularly young men—being portrayed as violent,” according to the apology letter that Farnan was forced to write.
    Technically, Farnan got off easy. Under the McGill student government’s Orwellian “equity policy,” Farnan could have been suspended or even dismissed from his position as vice president in the organization. The decision to force Farnan to apologize was apparently made by an “equity commissioner,” whose will can only be overturned by a two-thirds majority of the student government.
    Like a true victim of the thought police, Farnan was forced to denounce his heretical email.

  9. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    TT: This lunacy took place in Canada.

    Under the McGill student government’s Orwellian “equity policy,”

    I will find it most amusing when a series of white students claim offense or being victims of micro-aggression when basic facts are being distorted. When a student (or anybody for that matter) speaking the absolute untainted truth is a crime, then the lawmakers are the criminals.

  10. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Awww, those zany Africans…
    http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24741831/ethiopian-airlines-co-pilot-hijacks-own-plane

    A few minutes after landing in Geneva, the co-pilot left the cockpit using a rope

  11. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Awww, those zany African-Americans…
    http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/black-mobs-terrorize-victorias-secret-shoppers/
    BLACK MOBS TERRORIZE VICTORIA’S SECRET SHOPPERS
    I can’t recall if WND is a verboten website, but this is up on Drudge. Some malls just become demographically swamped and may as well close.

  12. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I sent this email out this morning:

    I received an automated phone call this morning, stating that my Master Card debit card had been lost, and that I needed to press “1” to reactivate it.
    All of my alarms went off –
    First, I’ve had my identity stolen before, and fortunately it was nipped in the bud. The credit card company had a person call me personally. There’s no automation in cases like this.
    Second, I have two debit cards – one I haven’t used in months and is probably rooted in my wallet by now. The second is one we have for business purposes. Neither of them are from Master Card.
    And why, oh why, would I reactivate a “lost” card?????
    Years ago, I got a phone call from a lady who said she was from one of my credit card companies and wanted to verify their records. Again, all sorts of alarms. She asked some basic questions, then asked about my balance. “Why don’t you tell me what you have, and I’ll tell you whether you are right or not,” I responded. She was persistent and persuasive, I’ll give her that! I asked for her supervisor. She eventually hung up. That was the last time something like this happened, so this morning’s call was a bit of a surprise. I even began wondering if there was a debit card I had forgotten about….
    I’m sure that if I had pressed tried to “reactivate” I would have been asked to enter an account number or some such to “verify” the account.
    So be aware – if you get a phone call like this, hang up and call the institution yourself to verify any problems. This particular number was 312-465-1642, so watch for that one. Oh, and I have Lifelock, too. Got it after the aforementioned ID theft issue.

    So y’all be careful.

  13. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #11 M42: The collective culpability of the part of the MSM in perpetuating this problem can not be ignored. They bowed to the wishes of not showing the black perps when caught in the crime because somehow that is racist, they refuse to report on the race of the perps because somehow that is racist. When the fact that over half of the murders in this country are committed by only 6% of the population and they all have the same race, and age group and you don’t use that as a policing tactic you are bound to fail. Ignoring the facts do not make them go away.

  14. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I can’t recall if WND is a verboten website

    No, it’s not banned. As a general rule I don’t look to the site for reliable information because of some of the kooky contributors they have. I’ve found there are much more reliable (and less sensational) places to find information. But that’s a personal preference.

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Christians in Syria fighting back.
    WARNING: Graphic images

  16. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #12 – very simple technique to NEVER EVER get hoodwinked in Yours or similar situations:
    If the call COMES to you unsolicited – NEVER give ANY information / none / zip/zero/nada!
    You can tell whomever it is just that – you can also ask for a DIRECT call back number to see if they will give one (which at least hints of legitimacy)
    Otherwise tell whoever it is to take a hike

  17. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Bald Eagle eggs are protected by law (Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act). It’s a criminal offense to even be in possession of an eagle egg, much less destroy it. Is an eagle egg an unhatched eagle or is it just a lump of cells?

  18. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Otherwise tell whoever it is to take a hike

    I am usually not that nice, just sayin. These people are the sleaziest slime on the planet and should be treated as such.

  19. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #17 Hamous: You can rest assured that those who so actively promote protection of the eagles are also “pro-choice” concerning the murder of the unborn. Not exactly consistent is it?

  20. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #18 – My choice of phraseology was “softened” for sure as to not incur GrannyHammy’s wrath 🙂

  21. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I start yelling at imaginary kids when I get unsolicited calls of any sort. “You kids get off of that damned dog! Git that outta yer mouth!” Then I put the phone down and walk away.

  22. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The robo calls are the most annoying to me, can’t effectively cuss out a machine. When speaking with a human, you can at least question their parentage, from which orifice they were born, which breed of dog they sexually prefer etc. until they hang up.

  23. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Boudreaux suddenly quit drinking, took a bath, quit chasing women, quit his poker games and stopped laying around. He started cutting the grass around the church, even painted it and was faithful to be the first to attend on Sundays!
    Father Thibodeaux asked him what about dis wonderful change that had done overtook him.
    Boudreaux explained, I heard “Crisis in the Gulf” and if he’s dat close, I wanna be good to go!

  24. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    I start yelling at imaginary kids when I get unsolicited calls of any sort. “You kids get off of that damned dog! Git that outta yer mouth!” Then I put the phone down and walk away.

    That’s a good tactic. Another one (ex-coworker told me he used) is to put your 5 year old daughter on the line with them so she can practice her budding language skills. Me, I’m boring. I just don’t answer the phone if I don’t recognize the number. Also, we ditched the land line a couple years back, so that really cuts it down.

  25. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I heard of one guy that kept a big pot with a metal spoon near the phone just for those human telemarketers.

  26. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Also, we ditched the land line a couple years back, so that really cuts it down.

    I still have a land line but switched it over to VOIP. Much cheaper than ATT. The “no call” lists cut mine down considerably. Now all I get are political and charitable org calls. I’ve turned off all ringers and set up voice-to-text so I get an email with the voice mail transcribed. Don’t even have to listen to them.

  27. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Dana Milbank needs a reality check.

    HEADLINE: High cost of an ego trip
    Very few Americans know how close the country came to catastrophe this week.
    The final tally shows that the Senate voted by a wide margin Wednesday, 67 to 31, to break Sen. Ted Cruz’s filibuster of an increase in the debt limit, thus avoiding a default on the United States’ full faith and credit.

    The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Well actually no, if the debt ceiling were not increased it would not amount to a default, the debt service would still happen, and the full faith and credit would not be touched. What would happen is that the govt would be forced to not spend more than it takes in and that means closing down ineffective and unprofitable agencies. The Federal Govt would be forced to live within its Constitutional boundaries. Many of the incredibly wasteful in dollars and harmful to the economic output of the country would be shuttered and the only ones to suffer are the parasites working in them. The rest of the country would benefit.

  28. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    If a former nazi became a pet doctor, he’d be a veterinarian veteran aryan.

  29. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I just received an email from a friend, who said her husband got just such a call last night, and they weren’t sure what to do. Now they know.
    As for the telemarketers, one day I let one of them go and walked away for five minutes. Came back, and he was still talking. Then I hung up.

  30. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    One cool thing about Uverse is that the caller ID info shows up on the TV screen.

  31. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Also, we ditched the land line a couple years back, so that really cuts it down.

    This is the first call like this on my cell. That sucks, because now I am going to expect to get more of them.

  32. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Let’s see if I’ve got this straight: Secretary of State John Kerry, owner of five multi-million dollar mansions along with a luxury yacht, has seen fit to lecture Indonesians (average income in 2012: $3,420) about why global warming climate change is “perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.”

    “Because of climate change, it’s no secret that today Indonesia is … one of the most vulnerable countries on Earth,” Kerry told an audience of students at a high-tech U.S.-funded cultural center at a Jakarta mall. ”It’s not an exaggeration to say that the entire way of life that you live and love is at risk.”

  33. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    One cool thing about Uverse is that the caller ID info shows up on the TV screen.

    Comcast too.

  34. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #28: If a Japanese martial arts expert had a father with “the drizzles” he’d be
    a slap happy jappy with a crap happy pappy.

  35. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Secretary of State John Kerry, owner of five multi-million dollar mansions along with a luxury yacht,

    I wonder if he visited each and every one of those mansions in 2013? Talk about conspicuous consumption, sheesh. The manbearpigcrazedsexpoodlelyingsackofcrapAlGoricle’s lifestyle pretty much pegs out the hypocrisy meter.

  36. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #27

    What would happen is that the govt would forced to not spend more than it takes in and that means closing CHOOSE to shut down ineffective and unprofitable any and ALL CRUCIAL agencies regardless of effectiveness and profitabilty under the guise of “WAAAAAA see what YALL made us do?”

  37. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #30 – and the UNcoolest possibility is when the internet goes down = NO PHONE service
    Cannot go that route here – a hard line / land line telephone is one of the very FEW things that still works during power outages

  38. CFree Avatar
    CFree

    Hadn’t seen this about the boat lift on 9/11. Can kind of move you
    when you think of what people can do when it’s time to step up
    to the line.
    http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0

  39. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #38 CFREE: My dad told me about that shortly after it happened, he has done maritime business for decades and has lots of connections. The Coast Guard changed the rules for that event and instead of “how many people are you legally allowed to carry” it was “carry as many as you possibly can.”

  40. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #38 – first I EVER heard of this
    WOW

  41. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #37 – the AT&T tech explained that Uverse phone failed over to “POTS” (plain old telephone service) in the event of internet outage.

  42. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Now this is a real disaster! CLOWN SHORTAGE!
    We have a customer who actually runs a clown college, and they volunteer a lot for charitable events, which I think is very nice of them. He thinks I’d make a good clown, since I like to make people laugh.
    And I could scare the pee out of some of my blogger family here. That’s tempting.
    If I only had the time….

  43. CFree Avatar
    CFree

    Bones, yep – sometimes rules don’t apply the same when lives
    are at risk.

  44. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #37 Katfish

    a hard line / land line telephone is one of the very FEW things that still works during power outages

    Have I mentioned that I hate cell phones, have never needed or owned one, never plan to. I can call in a power outage on my landline.

  45. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    LImbaugh was just speaking of this storyand I have to say that, journalists trying to force the emotion issue have gone way to far. It is insensitive as hell to bring up the recent death of a loved one, not once but 3 friggen times. In my view it is totally uncalled for and the (insert deragotory word here) needs some schooling on basic etiquette.

  46. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Wanna see the birth of some icebergs? 4 1/2 mins of film.

  47. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Excellent post at AoSHQ


    A Plea To The GOP: Enough Already! Stop Talking About “Tactics”. The Country Needs More From You.
    Team GOP keeps talking about how conservative insurgents don’t understand tactics and how we all want to get to the same place but disagree on tactics. “Tactics” is the new “electability” (which itself is really a tactical concept) and we all know how well that worked out.
    Tactics exist to advance a strategy which in turn is the plan to achieve a goal. This focus on tactics is masking a major flaw in the Republican party…it has no overreaching goal let alone a strategy for achieving it. Republicans lack a reason for being beyond winning elections and enriching the various donor and political structures that exists in its orbit. There is simply no Republican vision for the country, no coherent ideological vision that it presents to the country as a viable alternative to the Democrats.

  48. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #45 bone
    I saw that last night. Painful.
    Even YellowHair thought so.

  49. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    There is no such thing as a “clown shortage”. There are either none (in an ideal world) or too many.

  50. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Hello Hamsters. Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers.
    The infection in the foot returned with a vengeance last Wednesday. We again started IV antibiotics but then decided to go to emergency room Wednesday night at Hermann Katy so as to have access to an infection specialist we know there. Ultimately they had to open up the foot in surgery Friday morning. I came home Saturday evening. Returned to doctor today to have it inspected and dressing changed. Surgeon very pleased with progress. Was on morphine and hydrocodone from Wed thru Sat, but have taken none since I got home Saturday evening. Cultures were negative because antibiotics had already killed off whatever the bug was, so it ended up being a “sterile abcess” and we will never have an ID on the bug. Can’t work for at least a week, so here I sit watching my vacation days go down the drain.
    Otherwise, we’re doing fine and counting our blessings.

  51. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Shannon –
    Is this where the missus brings you sammiches while you laze about in your recliner?

  52. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #50 – STOP crossing Your legs Brother!!!!!!! (inside joke Yall)

  53. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I can call in a power outage on my landline.

    I can call ’em in on my cell phone.

  54. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #48: It seems that the lack of moral foundation with NBC and its affiliates is causing it to blunder in ways that would be unthinkable 30 years ago. Decency, class, civility and basic respect seem to be antiquated concepts with this bunch; they need to go the way of the Dodo bird.

  55. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    We’re back from Fredericksburg, we had a great, 4 day 3 night stay in a rustic cabin out in the sticks. On the way we visited two of the Painted churches, one in Dubina and one in Ammansville, of course we crossed the old piano bridge in Dubina, before heading on over to Fredericksburg. I went to Nimitz Museum, on Friday and Sunday, spent about 5 hour’s total. The way I figure it, I’ll have it fully taken in by my next trip. Oh, and I spent about 6 hours total there last year. Out in the courtyard I took a picture of my Dad’s brick paver. While I was at the Museum my wife was out busy stimulating the local economy on main street and beyond.
    We went to Enchanted Rock on Saturday and climbed up to the summit, it only took 29 minutes with a short break about 2/3 of the way up. FWIW; This is something that the wife wanted to do, me not so much, but I will say that I enjoyed it.
    We ate/danced at Hondo’s Friday night, Wheelers, (hole-in-the–wall) on Saturday and Friedhelms Sunday night. The cabin was a B&B and we had some fine homemade breakfasts each morning. We shared the place with six other couples/cabins, one huge longhorn bull and five or six cows, plus about 100 deer every night. Yup, life is good.

  56. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I guess that I should add that I had a real hard time typing with Lil’ Bit in my lap, she hasn’t left my side since I got home. Peed all over me when I picked her up.

  57. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Hey conservatives Tap your TOES!

  58. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #45 & #48 – I’m gonna pull an El Gordo and say in this particular case the problem was placing a woman in a position to interview someone on a sports story and have her turn it into an emotional, Oprah-style interview when it shouldn’t have been. No offense ladies, but most women television sports personalities ask stupid and irrelevant questions about 90% of the time.

  59. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #50 Shannon
    Glad to hear you are “on the mend”. Sounds like this has been a recurring problem. How did you originally injure the foot?

  60. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #56 SD

    Peed all over me when I picked her up.

    A sure sign that she thought she had been abandoned again, poor thang.
    🙂

  61. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I mentioned a while back that the boy was going on a company outing to New Orleans today and he told me that the Captain of the Falcon 50 they will be on is none other than retired Colonel Mark W. Tillman, who served President George W. Bush as pilot and commander of Air Force One from 2001-2009. He was the Air Force pilot that flew George Bush to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana and then on to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska on September 11, 2001. How cool is that? 😉

  62. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    most women television sports personalities ask stupid and irrelevant questions about 90% of the time.

    I don’t watch any sports so I have no personal experience with that, but if’n they work for the networks, I can well imagine it.

  63. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    A sure sign that she thought she had been abandoned again, poor thang.

    You’ll get no argument from me, she thought for sure that she had been abandoned.

  64. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Happy Birthday, Super Dave!

  65. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #50 Shannon, glad that you are doing better, it’s amazing how quickly a small infection can turn into serious problem, is it just me or does this kinda’ thing seem to happen more often nowadays.
    #64 Hamous, Thanks! 😉

  66. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Happy B-Day SD! How old are ya, about 110 or so?
    /ducks and hauls azz runnin zig zag like ST lernt us.

  67. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I’ll wish Super Dave a Happy Birthday again since a few Hamsters are not on FB and didn’t know about it already.
    🙂

  68. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Mharper
    There was no previous injury. There is a theory that pre-spurs on 4th and 5th metatarsals caused a soft corn between toes, leaving me vulnerable.

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    58 Hamous
    We saw the original interview and were screaming at the the woman to leave the poor guy alone. I don’t care if Bode gave her pass on it, she knew exactly what she was doing and it was appalling. After the first reference to the dead brother she should have stopped but she kept poking the wound.
    Btch.

  70. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #58 Hamous:

    No offense ladies, but most women television sports personalities ask stupid and irrelevant questions about 90% of the time.

    No offense, but this is closer to the truth.

  71. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #69:

    but she kept poking the wound.

    More like she used an auger. Heartless, unfeeling, irreverent, sadistic, cruel beyotch.

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