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I have said from the very beginning of this idiot’s presidency that the liberals would try to put his face on Mt. Rushmore.

Their excuses are going to be he is the first black president, he accomplished Obamacare, he accomplished immigration reform and he was lauded by others around the world.

So now the idea is beginning to get verbalized, and in a few years unless he does a Nixon exit or is impeached over these current scandals the campaign to put his butt ugly face up there will commence.

For music I would go to Austin rather than San Antonio. Austin is prettier and nicer in terms of upkeep probably because of the state capitol being there as well as UT. The suburbs are probably better than San Antonio’s. Austin also has a better job market.

Politically, Austin is more liberal.

I’ve told Cornyn several times that if a viable candidate opposed him, I would be voting for him/her.

I am so tired of Cornyn and his very questionable votes, and then trying to convince us he is a conservative.

My nephews are in the Fort Worth area, and one of them just posted the severe weather issues.

That is too funny! I was just made a comment on a story on Yahoo that Obama was channeling Sgt. Schultz.

So you are rating the looks of the predator and calling her “hot” rather than condemning her for her sexual relationship with a minor?

I’m so VERY SURE Mr. Cummings uttered the same sentiments when Obama’s “son” Trayvon Martin was killed.

Thank you. I just contacted my state senator Dan Patrick.

Those babies are going to need prayer.

I know a couple who is struggling with infertility and had an adoption setup for twins that fell through in January. They are a Christian couple and would give anything to have a child.

I bet they would take those babies in a heartbeat.

Wrong, the convention is at the George R. Brown in Houston.

I had ancestors who fought on both sides of the war. Eventually, my Union ancestor soldier’s great-grandaughter married my Rebel ancestor soldier’s grandson. (They were my grandparents.)

I say leave it alone. I don’t care who is offended.

Some day, just you wait and see, the PC crowd will start talking about removing Washington from Mount Rushmore because he was slave owner.

I read an interview where he was asked about his colorful socks. He stated he wore colorful socks because now when people see him in a wheelchair it is somewhat disarming for them. So to put people a little more at ease he wears the colorful socks and uses them as a focal point rather than the wheelchair.

Neither Michelle Obama nor Roslyn Carter looked very happy to be there.

Why did Obama have to politicize his speech? He, at first, was doing a good job, then went on to push immigration reform which detracted from what the event was about. What a fool.

Ted Cruz

He will do his best to make the event about himself.

Freeped

Yes- 76%
No - 24%

7795 people

Poll needs help.

Great story. Thank you for sharing.

More information:

AUSTIN- State Sen. Dan Patrick, in coordination with the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC), announces significant changes to the CSCOPE curriculum management system.

The TESCCC has worked with Patrick, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and the State Board of Education (SBOE), to address concerns raised at a recent committee hearing on the CSCOPE system. The two parties have agreed to several immediate as well as forthcoming changes.

The changes that take effect immediately include:

•All future meetings of the TESCCC Governing Board, beginning with the February meeting, will be public with all the respective notice requirements being met.
•The TESCCC will begin a joint review process of all CSCOPE lessons with the SBOE beginning with Social Studies.
•Amendment of all Terms of Use Agreements, signed by both teachers and districts, removing civil or criminal penalties associated with the release of CSCOPE content.
•Clarifying that all teachers and districts may post any and all CSCOPE lessons that they deem necessary.
In addition to these immediate transparency and quality control changes, CSCOPE will also undergo structural, governance, and other changes, including:

•Ending the non-profit 501(c)3 arrangement that incorporates CSCOPE.
•Initiating the posting of CSCOPE lesson content to their public website.
•Creating a standing curriculum review panel, comprised of: parents, teachers, school administrators, members of the SBOE, and TESCCC board members.
Finally, CSCOPE is notifying all participating school districts that lessons are not intended to be taught verbatim, and the Governing Board generally recommends that local districts utilize CSCOPE lessons solely as a resource. Until CSCOPE lessons can be reviewed through a collaborative process with the SBOE and TESCCC, districts are strongly encouraged to review all lessons at the local level, to ensure that lessons are appropriate for their students.

My state senator Dan Patrick has been leading the investigation on CSCOPE. Here is what he posted on March 12th on FB as an update:

As most of you know I held a hearing on CSCOPE as one of my first actions as Chair of Senate Education in January. Since then I have been able to get the CSCOPE Board of Directors to agree to a number of things that were of concern to parents and legislators. One item was to turn over all of their lesson plans, 1600 in all, to the SBOE for full review. It will take several months or more. There ar...e 82 Social Study lesson plans just for Kindergarten and First Grade alone.

I have worked with the Commissioner of Education, Michael Williams to get the SBOE some help, they do not have paid staff, and with SBOE Chair Barbara Cargill on setting up a team of volunteer expert panels, as they do in textbook review.

Barbara is a terrific Chair of the SBOE and is taking on this big job. You may also know that Senator Campbell and I filed a bill to place CSCOPE, if it survives after the review, under permanent review by the SBOE.

We will have a hearing on that bill in early April. Here is the press release today from the State Board of Education.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

March 11, 2013

Concerns have been raised by parents and educators about the CSCOPE curriculum management system. CSCOPE was created by 19 regional education service centers and is now used by more than 800 public school districts and private schools in Texas. The system’s lesson plans, like all lesson plans, are not under the authority of the State Board of Education (SBOE). However, in response to growing public concern, legislative leaders have asked the SBOE to review CSCOPE content.
As a result, SBOE Chair Barbara Cargill has appointed an ad hoc committee to include SBOE members Marty Rowley, R-Amarillo; Mavis Knight, D-Dallas; Pat Hardy, R-Fort Worth; and Tom Maynard, R-Florence. She has also named three members of the CSCOPE governing board to the committee: John Bass, Region 16 in Amarillo, Clyde Steelman, Region 11 in Fort Worth and Elizabeth Abernethy, Region 7 in Kilgore. Marty Rowley will chair the committee. The first organizational meeting will occur in late March. All meetings will be posted as open to the public.
The chair’s ad hoc committee will appoint review panels to examine the CSCOPE instructional content, beginning with social studies. A public process will solicit nominations for the review panels which will be composed of parents, educators, curriculum specialists, business professionals and other stakeholders.
Results of the review will be given to the CSCOPE governing board for its consideration. As the review is voluntarily and non-binding, it will be up to the CSCOPE governing board to decide whether to take any actions based on the results.
“I believe this process will be of great benefit to everyone involved, especially the students, parents, teachers and citizens of Texas,” said SBOE Chair Cargill. “I thank concerned citizens for bringing this issue to light. All instructional materials must be easily accessible to parents, not only to reinforce learning at home but also to assure that quality, error-free content is taught in our classrooms.”

You are right, or at least they are going to try. I’m really worried about the influx of blue state residents. I’m seeing plates from California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey etc.. I’m sure these new residents brought their liberal ideas with them.

Always liked that movie....

I have already sent him a message this morning telling him what I think about his disdain for Paul’s filibuster and his complicit shredding of the 5th amendment.

Thank you for posting. There were many people on FB who posted stories and pictures from the internet about Chris Kyle and his untimely death in gratitude of his service. This would be nice to share, if you have a blog or allow copying, to complete the story.

That was a funny interview!

That was seriously so demeaning of the office of First Lady.... how much lower can they sink?

The Alamo....Back when men of backbone stood up to tyrants and answered the call to fight for freedom.

I had two ancestors who fought in the Texas Revolution. One was a Colonel in the Texian army (later a rep in the Republic’s Congress and Secretary of the Navy). He was also the grandson and great-grandson of American Revolution Virginia patriots.

We have lost most of what these men fought, bled and died for.

I went to his FB page and told him if the NY times and Sen Boxer don’t like you, then you must be doing things right. So keep up the good work.

I’m glad I voted for him twice. Very pleased with him. Dewhurst would have been another McCain.

I’m so sorry.

She pushed Romney on us. Why should we listen to her now?

Thank you for the update. It is great to see how God works things out! Praying your new relationship grows and your time together is another strong and positive bond between the two of you.

Prayers that the birth father will be as accepting and joyful as you have been.

I would listen to Cruz before Rubin about whether a proposed law is consistent with the rule of law or not...but then I voted for Cruz twice:

From 2004-09, he taught U.S. Supreme Court Litigation as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law.

Prior to becoming Solicitor General, he served as the Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.

Ted graduated with honors from Princeton University and with high honors from Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for the Chief Justice of the United States.

Why was he wearing sunglasses rather than protective eye wear?

Wouldn’t sunglasses make it more difficult to see the skeet?

That whole family is trash. She, her manfriend and the other big fat female all needed a taste of that taser.

I post conservative info all the time on FB and have not had an issue. Have been on FB for 5-6 years.

I did go ahead and join the new site and will post info about the TP site on my FB page for friends are who TP members or like minded.

Thanks for the info.

LeTourneau (which is now part of the Cameron International group) is located in Mississippi and they may be hiring engineers also. You might check their web site.

My husband’s company (Cameron International - home office in Houston) is hiring. They are an engineering firm for oil/gas.

They are currently bidding jobs for delivery in 2016 for customers from around the world.

Go to their web site www.c-a-m.com

They are looking for engineers, designers, etc. They have offices all over the world, but the headquarters in northwest Houston is where most of the engineering is done.

Good Luck!

...city council and fire department WERE not happy

We had one of those “training” exercises in Houston this week and now they are “training” in Galveston.

Apparently, the multi-agencies (including Houston’s police department) forgot to tell the Houston mayor, city council and fire department and decided not to “alarm the citizens” by telling them. Citizens were not happy, mayor was not happy, city council, fire department was not happy.

I contacted Senators Cruz and Cornyn, but haven’t heard back yet.

I remember hearing years ago that he and Rock Hudson were an item at one time.

I always liked the characters he played and definitely enjoyed his singing. He had a great voice.

I emailed our two US senators (Cruz / Cornyn) and asked why this drill is happening in an urban setting.

I love that movie!

Didn’t David Gregory get a pass for breaking the law?

Shouldn’t this person get a pass too for saving the life of an 11-year-old?

Willingly voted for him twice...Glad he is my senator.

He beats the pants off of KBH.

Gun free zone where gang members don’t read signs.

Lone Star has 7 campuses. That particular campus is near the mall in Houston known as “Gunspoint” Mall (real name Greenspoint) because of the type of customers who hang out there and their activities.

Witness said two guys got into an argument and pulled guns and shot each other.

We homeschooled and never regretted it. Our daughter is about to graduate college in May with conservative principles intact and her faith in the Lord as strong as ever.

Michelle Obama’s new look reminds me of Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

If only the Obama crowd actually honored the Constitution.

I agree about the Killer B era.

Biggio is very community minded. His work with the Sunshine Kids (kids with cancer) has gone on for decades.

The thing I always liked about Biggio when he played was that he was an “all out” player. He NEVER trotted to first base. He always ran full-throttle. When he came to the ballpark it was to play, not just to collect a paycheck. When he left the field after a game his uniform was always the dirtiest.

Biggio deserves the HOF. I guess he didn’t play for the right team.

From an ESPN article this week by Tim Kurkjian:

Biggio had 3,060 hits, 21st most ever, more than Rod Carew. Biggo had more hits in the live-ball era (since 1920) than any player whose primary position was second base. Biggio had the fifth-most doubles, more than Hank Aaron. He had the 31st most extra-base hits, more than Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell, Al Kaline and Mickey Mantle. He scored the 14th-most runs, more than Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. And Biggio’s 146 runs scored in 1997 are tied for the second most in a season in the expansion era (since 1961). He played in more winning games than George Brett. The list of players in history with 250 home runs and 400 stolen bases are Bonds, Bobby Bonds, Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan and Biggio. That’s it. That’s the list. He is one of four infielders ever to have a 20-homer, 50-steal season.

Biggio’s career WAR of 62.1 is comparable to Alomar (62.9) and Sandberg (64.9), but Biggio accumulated it while playing three premium defensive positions: catcher, second base and center field. He and Tom Daly (1895; he threw under-handed on long throws from second base to first) are the only players to play a full season at second base and a full season behind the plate. Biggio is the only player to also have played a full season in center field; he is the only player in history to record 1,000 at-bats as a catcher, a second baseman and a center fielder. He won four consecutive Gold Gloves at second base. When he arrived in the major leagues as a catcher in 1988 at age 22, Nolan Ryan said he loved throwing to him because he knew he could bounce a two-strike curveball knowing that the maniacal little guy with a size 7 hat behind the plate would hurl his body in front of the ball.