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AUSTIN, Texas – Riding a wave of growing anti-Washington anger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry easily dispatched Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and a challenger backed by some in the tea party movement Tuesday to once again become the Republican nominee for the state's top office. Speaking shortly after Hutchison called him to concede, Perry continued the attack on the nation's capital that powered him past the state's senior senator, slamming Washington on spending, job losses, the heath care debate and for "trying to impose education standards" on Texas. "From Driftwood, Texas, to Washington, D.C., we are sending you a message tonight:...

A Mansfield High School (suburb of Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas) student has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and the school district is notifying students who may need to be tested. According to the Mansfield ISD Web site, officials sent out letters on Wednesday to parents of students who attended the school in the spring.

<p> Wednesday, June 6th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Central, 12:00 p.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Pacific Call Toll-Free: (866) 701-5291 and enter Passcode 3332361 to call in and listen to the call. Speakers will include NumbersUSA President Roy Beck, Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo (R-CO), and NumbersUSA Director of Government Relations Rosemary Jenks. Go to www.NumbersUSA.com/rally to see our special Virtual Rally webpage and watch a video of NumbersUSA Executive Director, Roy Beck, talking about the battle in the Senate. TELL US = IF YOU WILL BE ON THE CALL We are inviting thousands of activists to be part...

Unskilled Immigrants + Large Welfare State = Higher Taxes The above equation shows why free market enthusiasts should oppose the current immigration bill. Yes, historically immigration has helped the U.S. economy. But our large welfare state combined with the importance of education to wealth creation provides a compelling reason to oppose importing unskilled immigrants and citizens. The benefit an immigrant provides to an economy comes from the value of his work. The lower an immigrant's skill, the less value the economy derives from his presence. Some immigration advocates, though, claim that the U.S. economy "needs" unskilled immigrants to work at...

Last Gas Before Pluto The Hydrocarbon Lakes of Titan - Courtesy of the European Space Agency The Oil Glut At The End Of The Universe By Russell Seitz The Rolling Stones are not alone. This summer’s nostalgia binge includes The Beachboys and the return to TV of Paul Ehrlich, of population bomb’ fame . At the height of the last ‘energy crisis’, the great Neomalthusian sage predicted that Mick Jagger’s 40th birthday party would be attended by global starvation and the implosion of natural gas supplies . No such luck, so Ehrlich recently turned to joining Al Gore in...

Poll asks if people who skipped work should lose their jobs. http://www.nbc5i.com/firstatfour/index.html

Projection and Vice President Cheney's Hunting Accident A familiar theme running through the leftist hysteria over Vice President Cheney's hunting accident is that he was drunk. Or at least, alcohol played a part in the mishap. Their reasoning; why else would he wait until the next morning to accept an interview with the sheriff's department. He had to have time to sober up, thus limiting any possible criminal prosecution. And, of course, validating in their minds what a reprehensible man Dick Cheney is. After all, this what they would do. Psychologically it's called projection; ascribing your value system (or...

Freep this pole by Channel 5 in Dallas/Ft Worth. It's on the lower right-hand side. http://www.nbc5i.com/index.html

<sarcasm on> Listed below is a proposed list of potential panel members to investigate what the press has termed Katrinagate. They are listed by name and assumed function. * Mayor Nagin - to find out how execute an emergency disaster plan, and blame President Bush, * Governor Blanco - to understand her relationship with the Louisiana National Guard, and blame President Bush, * Senator Landrieu - to punch out President Bush if he shows up, * Sean (a mind is a terrible thing to waste) Penn - to demonstrate how worthless you can be when you drop out of...

45 Years on the Federal Plantation - the Long Term Effects of Direct Deposit As I watched the remorseful scenes unfold in and around the Super Dome, my mind wandered to the civilian victims of WWII. Countless millions were displaced by the horrors of colliding armies. Probably because I was born shortly after WWII started, I've always had a keen interest in the war from an historical aspect. I've watched quite a number of videos and movies concerning almost every major campaign. Invariably, the film maker includes scenes of displaced civilians and the suffering they endured. One favorite scene included...

<p>'Bush and I were lieutenants' George Bush and I were lieutenants and pilots in the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS), Texas Air National Guard (ANG) from 1970 to 1971. We had the same flight and squadron commanders (Maj. William Harris and Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, both now deceased). While we were not part of the same social circle outside the base, we were in the same fraternity of fighter pilots, and proudly wore the same squadron patch.</p>

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THIS IS A RELIGIOUS WAR: Here's a refreshingly candid take on exactly what we're up against in fundamentalist Islam. It's from an interview with Syed Munawar Hasan, the leader of Pakistan's largest Islamist political party in Asia Times Online: ATO: "You reckon that there are so many contradictions between the West and the Muslim world, is there any chance of reconciliation and dialogue between the two civilizations?" Munawar: "There is none. The basic concepts of both civilizations are in total contrast with each other. When I say this I do not address Western civilization as Christianity. I speak of a...

A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest chemical element yet known to science. The new element has been tentatively named "Governmentium"...

By LAURA KING KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A mob of Muslim pilgrims enraged over flight delays to the Islamic holy city of Mecca stormed a plane at Kabul airport and beat Afghanistan's aviation minister to death, tossing his body to the tarmac, officials and eyewitnesses said. The violent outbreak underscored fears about the interim government's ability to establish security in chaotic post-Taliban Afghanistan - and raised questions about the role of international peacekeepers, who were present on the airport grounds at the time of the mob attack. Afghanistan's Cabinet met in emergency session for several hours late Thursday following the ...

On, or about, June of 2000, I read an article that blamed the declining stock market during the last year of the Clinton administration on Robert Rubin. The article, as best I can remember, stated that Robert Rubin hand been manipulating US stock prices by intervening in the Asian markets. That is, he was buying stocks in certain companies each day when the Asian markets opened, and before the US stock market opened, in order to keep prices artificially inflated. The article claimed that as of June 2000 the Clinton administration had ordered him to stop his manipulation so that ...

Click HERE for archived web site version. Years ago, California state senator Bill Richardson (not the former energy secretary) wrote an instructive little book about politicians with a charming title: What Makes You Think We Read the Bills? The electricity debacle in the Golden State makes me think there's a need for an updated version. The title could be What Makes You Think We Read Anything at All? It's customary in public-policy discussion to treat the views of others with a certain dignity, as though they represent legitimate differences of opinion. But what happened in California was utter, certifiable, ...

Click HERE for archived web site version. Years ago, California state senator Bill Richardson (not the former energy secretary) wrote an instructive little book about politicians with a charming title: What Makes You Think We Read the Bills? The electricity debacle in the Golden State makes me think there's a need for an updated version. The title could be What Makes You Think We Read Anything at All? It's customary in public-policy discussion to treat the views of others with a certain dignity, as though they represent legitimate differences of opinion. But what happened in California was utter, certifiable, ...

FREE this poll on abortion issues.