Thomas Ratliff: A Documented Liar

Today's Austin American-Statesman has dueling Op-Eds on CSCOPE.  Peggy Venable of Americans for Prosperity has a fantastic piece outlining the problems of CSCOPE.  State Board of Education member Thomas Ratliff (R(ino) -- Microsoft) counters with a fraudulent and mendacious defense.Ratliff asserts:The allegations are also when extremists claim that CSCOPE is aligned with the Common Core curriculum promoted by the federal government. It’s...

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Who is Save the Storks?!?

Save the Storks is a fantastic ministry we learned about a few months back:Highlights:They originally saved three out of five babies. "We're saving the mothers and as a result we're saving children." In one day, they saved 9 babies...

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What the Culture of Promiscuity has Begotten....

Amen:Highlights:Medically, they can't call it 'safe sex' anymore because of HPV 49% of sexually active college girls have HPV Even if you don't get an STD, you can still get your heart broken. Depression often follows pre-marital sex in women. The majority of pregnant HS girls were using Birth Control. No one actually practices 'perfect use' in the real wor...

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Straus Lieutenants Heart Dan Branch

No comment necessary:Majority of Texas House Republican Caucus Endorses Dan BranchAUSTIN – A majority of the Republican Caucus in the Texas House of Representatives has endorsed Dan Branch for Texas Attorney General.The 53 current legislators who stand with Texans for Dan Branch represent not only the majority of the Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives but also the backbone of the Texas House GOP.These members represent a wide geographic...

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BREAKING NEWS: Dan Patrick to Debate Thomas Ratliff over CSCOPE

With the 83rd Texas Legislature sine done, the time has come for the much anticipated CSCOPE debate between Dan Patrick and Thomas Ratliff:Patrick to Ratliff: I’m Coming to East Texas, Will You Be There? by DanPatrickTXBackground: Ratliff had been trying to claim that Patrick was afraid to debate him because Patrick had been tied up with Legislative stuff.Get your popcorn; this'll be fun....

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Will the Texas Ethics Comission Stand for Justice or Joe Straus?!?

The Republican "leadership" of the Texas House's Obamaesque persecution of Michael Quinn Sullivan comes to a head today:About 15 months ago two of House Speaker Joe Straus’ committee chairs filed unfounded “ethics complaints” against me and my organization, seeking to silence us from keeping you informed about state government. This week we learned that the complaints were actually concocted by a lead lobbyist for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association...

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Texas Public Policy Foundation on Local Government Debt and Transparency

This afternoon, we attended the Texas Public Policy Foundation's forum on Local Government Transparency and Debt; the following are from our notes.James Quintero, director of TPPF's Center for Local Governance, spoke first:Texas currently has $192 BILLION in principle and 96 BILLION in interest in local government debt outstanding.Living beyond our means only works for a limited period of time.83% of total public debt in Texas is local.Local...

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