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Good grief Ann...

Let it go.

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It’s Sarah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Hyland

I NEVER forget a pretty face...

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Cruz and Paul offered two very different answers that could provide the basis for a spirited 2016 debate.

“In my view, I think we should continue to defend the traditional three legs of the Republican stool: I am a fiscal conservative, I am a social conservative, I am a national security conservative,” Cruz said.

By contrast, Paul emphasized letting individual states work out their differences on social issues and added that the GOP should be open to dissenting views.

“I think that there really is room in the party for many different people,” he said. “I think there’s an arrogance to having absolute litmus tests.”



And right there is the difference that should define Senator Cruz and eliminate Rand Paul, should it come to such a choice.

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OK Barb, we promise not to send even one drop of gas to California.

Not so much as a single pint of heating oil to the northeast.

Pinky swear...

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The U.S. administration has not determined whether it has legal authority to delay Obamacare's individual mandate...

Really?

Suddenly, they are so concerned if they "have the legal authority."

It damn sure was not a problem to pencil whip the Employer Mandate.

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The lawsuit will be priceless...

I would be issuing a RFP to major law firms for the best offer to sue the school district, school staff and the parents of the accuser.

Law firms would be lining UP to get this one.

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Bill Maher.

Whatta guy, right?

Read the second to last line... what an idiot.





Yep. He tries to speak profoundly but this is what always comes out...







And for Bill, that is the end of the story.

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The "shocking" facts...

The survey was performed by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQRR), which was founded by Stanley Greenberg, President Bill Clinton's pollster during the 1992 presidential election.

It was commissioned by its client, the homosexual lobbying group Human Rights Campaign.

GQRR has worked for a host of liberal-progressive, pro-abortion, or homosexual groups or individuals.

Its advocacy group clients feature such left-wing groups as Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, NARAL Pro-Choice America, EMILY'S List, Pro-Choice Voter, MoveOn.org, Center for American Progress, the Kellogg Foundation, and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.

and when you go to the poll, no poll sampling methodology.

http://gopride.com/Za3d

no, I'm not gonna link it.

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http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/pdf/WPC13_Program.pdf

I just took a look at the document.

Those folks are N-U-T-S.

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"We could lose," reads the headline on Biden's fundraising email sent out Sunday, just ahead of Monday's first-quarter deadline.

Joe!

Chin up little buckaroo!

Y'all can't lose, remember?

Them mean `ol TEA Party bad guys are on the way out.

Right?

I have been hearing that for years now!

... "time for the tea party to leave," along with: TEA Party is losing ground, fatal blow, "tea party movement dead," fading fast, doesn't matter, influencing immigration reform weaker than ever,’ no longer relevant, etc.

According to this it has been for years now...

11 December 2012
Out of Step with America, Tea Party Power Fading
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/21482-out-of-step-with-america-tea-party-power-fading.html

November 29, 2011
Buyer’s remorse? Poll shows tea party support fading
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/29/news/la-pn-tea-party-poll-20111129

August 12, 2011
Tea party fortunes are fading even as its star Michele Bachmann shines
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0812/Tea-party-fortunes-are-fading-even-as-its-star-Michele-Bachmann-shines

April 17, 2012
The once formidable Tea party is fading fast
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/americas-political-pulse/2012/apr/17/once-formidable-tea-party-fading-fast/

June 21, 2013
Tea party influence on immigration reform is ‘weaker than ever’
http://www.voxxi.com/tea-party-weaker-immigration-reform/

April 22, 2012
Is the tea party still relevant?
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-04-22/politics/35452164_1_tea-party-express-signs-tea-sal-russo

January 23, 2013
Did A Fading Tea Party Lead Boehner To Abandon Spending Cuts For Debt Ceiling Increase?
http://www.ibtimes.com/did-fading-tea-party-lead-boehner-abandon-spending-cuts-debt-ceiling-increase-1034004

August 14, 2011
DNC: ‘Terrorist’ Tea Party Clout Fading Fast
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/dnc-terrorist-tea-party-clout-fading-fast#.UkxKq721b1s

November 07, 2013
"After Tuesday, it's time for the tea party to leave"
http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2013/11/after_tuesday_its_time_for_the.html

.http://www.ibtimes.com/did-fading-tea-party-lead-boehner-abandon-spending-cuts-debt-ceiling-increase-1034004

Texas Top 40.

The infamous Westlake trap is probably still number 1.

Rank	City	2008 population	Traffic tickets	% of all tickets that are traffic tickets	Total ticket revenue	Total ticket revenue per citizen	Total tickets per citizen
1	Westlake	211	71664	81%	$8,919,460	$42,272	340
2	Estelline	155	24269	88%	$2,873,199	$18,537	157
3	Domino	50	2656	99%	$262,660	$5,253	53
4	Montgomery	596	25523	66%	$3,116,988	$5,230	43
5	Martindale	1148	44422	98%	$5,496,670	$4,788	39
6	Cuney	147	4598	100%	$678,847	$4,618	31
7	Palmer	2258	81653	93%	$10,144,689	$4,493	36
8	Rio Vista	818	31508	95%	$3,239,383	$3,960	39
9	Riesel	1013	25021	92%	$3,911,628	$3,861	25
10	Patton Village	1483	52752	98%	$5,570,563	$3,756	36
11	Mount Enterprise	543	16379	99%	$2,023,814	$3,727	30
12	Pantego	2381	41830	53%	$8,763,955	$3,681	18
13	Wilmer	3576	88731	90%	$12,610,497	$3,526	25
14	Dalworthington	2412	60167	66%	$8,320,636	$3,450	25
15	Lott	675	11454	85%	$2,139,228	$3,169	17
16	Lavon	423	8255	85%	$1,319,644	$3,120	20
17	Chillicothe	687	14420	94%	$2,127,266	$3,096	21
18	Waskom	2137	48647	98%	$6,604,962	$3,091	23
19	Shenandoah	2002	67581	97%	$6,004,139	$2,999	34
20	Mustang Ridge	933	25329	90%	$2,786,746	$2,987	27
21	Ferris	2566	46764	89%	$7,591,029	$2,958	18
22	Covington	302	4192	62%	$886,511	$2,935	14
23	Arcola	1230	32449	97%	$3,589,616	$2,918	26
24	Northlake	2036	40651	93%	$5,763,918	$2,831	20
25	Rice	980	18346	64%	$2,708,749	$2,764	19
26	Zavalla	665	15499	96%	$1,816,084	$2,731	23
27	Magnolia	1249	35035	86%	$3,391,091	$2,715	28
28	Alvarado	4188	83348	79%	$11,134,344	$2,659	20
29	Brownsboro	837	17763	91%	$2,203,938	$2,633	21
30	Driscoll	802	10353	71%	$2,092,793	$2,609	13
31	Rhome	1051	21390	82%	$2,731,994	$2,599	20
32	Kemah	2498	45532	83%	$6,421,907	$2,571	18
33	Corrigan	1872	28235	83%	$4,548,346	$2,430	15
34	Coffee City	207	4566	80%	$499,477	$2,413	22
35	Itasca	1696	31532	85%	$4,040,627	$2,382	19
36	Eustace	925	14406	77%	$2,172,573	$2,349	16
37	Rogers	1138	18659	91%	$2,653,569	$2,332	16
38	Southside Place	1667	34778	80%	$3,782,674	$2,269	21
39	Calvert	1358	27655	97%	$3,070,273	$2,261	20
40	Selma	4632	86332	87%	$10,352,606	$2,235	19

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A good every day carry that I prefer.

http://www.bladeplay.com/item--CRKT-Kit-Carson-M1614ZSF--8239

Variations on the theme...

http://www.bladeplay.com/cat--All-Items--1--1--search=Carson+M16+sf?qty_per_page=100

It uses the Carson Flipper which opens the knife with a flick of the forefinger, much easer than using your thumb.

The SF versions use two Carson Flippers resulting in a true hilt.

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Cantor’s person that answered the phone was argumentative and wouldn’t let me get a word in edgewise!

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He hung up on me after telling me that this is MY interpretation and has nothing to do with Eric Cantor’s beliefs or what he attends.

Meh... sounds kind of like a typical democrat, doesn't it!

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Saffron or Vira...

Or...

Tough choice.

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Firefly was awesome. The Jayne one liners were great.

Absolutely.

Jayne made the show incredibly funny.

Fav line from "Serenity."

Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don't you think?

And he was really all about himself most of the time.

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to = too

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Nice background music in the vid.

A Bridge to Far?

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Ping for later info...

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Malloy was sworn in on January 5, 2011.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The moron is up for re-election.

I believe there will be a rather large number of highly motivated voters come campaign time...

And they AIN'T gonna be motivated for the good Mr. Malloy.

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Schneiderman and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine led a group of 28 states and territories, including Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Puerto Rico and Guam calling for the change.

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That would be a big ol YEP.

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he served a one-day, in-school suspension Monday after he refused last Friday to turn his T-shirt inside out

Good for him.

When you are right, do not knuckle under.

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They have bbq in Texas?

Sumpin like that...

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The Salt Lick.

Driftwood and Round Rock, TExAs.

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Totally unnecessary.

It is being handled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w4VdgE9aEk

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Figured this one was coming.

Sure enough...

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Can we switch our President?

So we can "save money?"

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Just one.

Yep.

That is precisely what I am thinking.

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With the exception of the races mentioned in this article, the Old-Guard GOP-E that surrounded Straus in Texas were thoroughly trounced by Tea-partyers.

Yep. Nearly a clean sweep including the Judicial races.

While the three tea party incumbents who were being challenged by establishment politicians won big, liberal-leaning Republicans closest to House Speaker Joe Straus lost in race after race this week.

(The reps elect the speaker)

Defeated Straus incumbents include State Rep. Lance Gooden in House District 4, Diane Patrick in HD94, Linda Harper-Brown in HD105, Bennett Ratliff in HD115, and Ralph Sheffield in HD55.

more at...

http://www.breitbart.com

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Lt. Gov. Dewhurst fights for survival in GOP race

Dewhurst is fighting for his political legacy after presiding over the Texas Senate for 11 years. In that role, he has chosen committee leaders, controlled the legislative agenda and maintained the Texas Senate's clubby atmosphere that keeps the wheels of government turning.

But after his loss to Ted Cruz in the 2012 GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate, Dewhurst has tacked hard to the right. He has talked more about banning almost all abortions and even appointed Patrick to chair one of the Senate's most power committees, public education.

Patrick, meanwhile, focused on passing abortion restrictions and expanding the number of charter schools in Texas, while unsuccessfully pushing for tougher laws regarding illegal immigration.

Patrick scored big with 41 percent of the vote to the incumbent's 28 percent in a four-way race. Two other conservative candidates, both former lawmakers who serve as elected commissioners for major state agencies, shared 29 percent of the vote.

more at...

http://www.star-telegram.com

it could temporarily suspend sales of guacamole and some salsas due to an increase in food costs

That is such a load of utter BS...

Plenty of guacamole, not overly priced.

I think I hear a whiney liberal screeching about a non-issue to push their commie agenda to attract attention to themselves.

nuthin new there...

Stovall, Abbot, Person, Watts ping for later at work.

Voted last week.

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Of course, a politician lying is hardly a shock, but there is a difference between telling untruths (see Nixon, Richard M.) and making stuff up. I liked Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s dictum: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.”

That seems so old-fashioned now, when global-warming deniers hold forth on the floors of the House and the Senate, and numerous Republicans merrily denounce our moderate president as a “Socialistic dictator,” in the recent words of Rep. Randy Weber (R-Tex.). I haven’t met Weber, but I have met some of the other House Republicans whose intellectual output can be equally baffling. One of my frustrations in recent years has been the journalistic conventions that can make it difficult to speak or write in a straightforward way about people such as Weber who make preposterous statements — and act as though they believe them.

Robert? Please. Look. Outside.

That white stuff that is on everything from Spokane to Dallas to Albany is not "someone's opinion."

When President Obama states " I am not a socialist," well, yes Robert, that is a "politician lying."

And when people such as Weber make what you believe to be "preposterous statements — and act as though they believe them" you might not want to consider the sources so much as consider YOUR ability to separate the facts from the opinions.

Again, Robert, take a look outside. Heck, you might even try going for a walk out there...

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Got to Tying the IRS to a preexisting standard . . .

Then I just quit `cause I am sooo tired of hearing about little bammy and Harry "fairy-voice" Reid.

Was scrolling through the comments when it dawned on me it was John.

That is how far from sanity the neo-communists really are.

Their actual public statements are not even close to normal thought process.

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Well I THOUGHT it was Sen Cruz, it was part of a web page or a graphic. I looked at it and thought that ought to wrinkle Pete’s tie...

I will look some more.

Thanks!

TLI

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Demographic needs?

Yeah man, like, just ask Spike.

Whitey gotta "get the f*** outta here."

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Dallas, like in `84.

Just sayin...

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I recall he also endorsed Katrina Pearson.

If he is doing that, no reason to avoid stepping up in the Senate race.

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TExAs

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we are returning your application... because it was not received...

???

There was no application submitted, sooo they are guessing that they are "owed" one?

And it is too late now, the numbers are out (3.7% compliance) so the citizens know they have already won.

Nothing to do now but wait them out.

California SKS "ban" all over again.

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I think Sen. Cruz will wait for the initial primary results (for TExAs) and then do an endorsement.

It is quite likely that Cornbread will not get 51% and there will be a runoff.

If so I am looking for him to go with Stovall.

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I think Sen. Cruz will wait for the initial primary results (for TExAs) and then do an endorsement.

It is quite likely that Cornbread will not get 51% and there will be a runoff.

If so I am looking for him to go with Stovall.

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Well that opens the voter id laws right back up, doesn’t it?

Yep.

And what about all those fancy ugly-gun bans as well?

And background checks?

And a whole lotta stuf...

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and help our office provide insights to decision makers to aid them in making informed decisions to protect the health and welfare of impacted populations during emergencies,”

"informed decisions...during emergencies"

To "protect" us.

Ain't that just so lovely, them spying on us and all.

And it’s ALL for our own good!

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a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll found.

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Huffington Post writer Monica Bauer

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I'm personally voting for Stovall

Yep.

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But little bammy Hussein has one because everybody juzz luvzzz prezzy B!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taster.asp

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CROWLEY: Well, he (Cruz) forced their votes. DADE: He forced their votes but really you have several senators who are in purple states where shutting down the government, where leading us to the brink of economic ruin is not playing well for them.

Is not selling to the unwashed masses because they are almost there now.

Stuff it Candy.

Fed.gov is floating in funny money.

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