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Republican Party of Texas Chairman Tina Benkiser Steps Down

Republican Party of Texas Chairman Tina Benkiser announced today that she is stepping down after nearly six years in office. Chairman Benkiser made the announcement at the quarterly meeting of the State Republican Executive Committee at party headquarters in Austin.
“I stand before you today with very mixed emotions,” Benkiser said. “Effective October 5, I’m stepping [...]

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Texas Sovereignty Passes House…

and is sent to Senate.  For those who do not know what this bill is,  the details are below.
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Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice [...]

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Imagine

Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of “keeping us safe” or “promoting democracy” or “protecting their strategic [...]

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Ragman’s Rants – Fiscal Conservation

Times are tough…no doubt about that.  Especially for the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs or are going to lose their jobs.  Everyone of us knows that in tough financial times whether it be at home or at work that something has to give.  If money is tight you immediately stop [...]

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Ragman’s Rants – Got Change?

Welcome to a new area named Ragman’s Rants.  This area will contain my thoughts….er….rants on topics that are on my mind.  A little disclaimer though – my thoughts won’t always contain views from both sides of the fence.  That being said, lets get on with it.
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Obama has only been in office for a few weeks [...]

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