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“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth” - President John F. Kennedy

Frances Byrd from Liberatchik Discusses Promoting Liberty through the Arts

It is time conservatives take back the arts. Because of our sluggish economy, the Texas House voted to cut the Commission for the Arts by $3.5 million.    Read more »

Saturday at CPAC 2011 Federal Communications Commissioner Robert M. McDowell discussed the FCC's December 21 order for government regulation of the internet. Commissioner McDowell began his remarks with a brief history of internet legislation. McDowell points to the Clinton/Gore legislation from 1994 which put control of the internet into private hands "[the internet] became one of the greatest deregulatory success stories of all time...it became a little bit of libertarian heaven in that regard."

TexasGOPVote caught up with former Solicitor General of Texas Ted Cruz at CPAC 2011 to discuss his bid for the Republican nominee in the 2012 Texas Senatorial Race. 

In the video below, Ted Cruz discusses why he is running for Senate and why he feels he would make the best candidate.    Read more »

TexasGOPVote blogger and former deputy director of Coalitions at the Republican National Committee, Manny Rosales participated in a roundtable discussion at CPAC 2011 Saturday. The topic of discussion? - "Conservative Inclusion."   Read more »

Conservative documentary producer Ann Mcelhinney participated in a panel discussion titled How Big Agriculture and Environmentalists Conspire to Rip Off American Taxpayers at CPAC 2011 on Friday.

McElhinney, a self-described "recovering European," participated in the discussion to communicate a very, very simple message."  She said that we should beware of "stealth taxes" masquerading

The Right Scoop said, "Ironically I was just looking at the CPAC schedule this morning thinking to myself that Allen West is probably the best choice for the CPAC keynote. He has such passion for America and articulates it better than most, and to me he is the embodiment of what’s best about America" and I couldn't agree more.

Following are my notes about his keynote speech today closing CPAC 2011:

Big news, liberals favor democracy in the middle east!  Where were they when we needed democracy instead of Sadam Hussein, who gased so many people?  No they could not be interested in democracy when it involved Saddam Hussein.  But if you want to get rid of overbearing despots, how about starting with Janet Napolitano.  (Oh and don't get between liberals and their internet porn.)

Another country for which liberals couldn't care less about democracy is Iran, headed by a lunatic.  Liberals say everything is fine there,

I heard Gov. Barbour speak at the 2010 RPT Convention.  He learned much from his former boss Ronald Reagan about how to fire up a crowd.  Talk about issues, tell a good story or two, be humerous, but be real. Governor Barbour is real.  He has proven he can cut taxes and reduce spending while balancing a budget.

Here is a recap of his comments at CPAC 2011.

Haley Barbour   Read more »

Andrew Breitbart was first speaker at CPAC on Saturday. He provided insight into the mindless operations of union and ACORN organized crowds and thugs, pointing out they are mindless, follow instructions and use identical, expensive, union-printed signs.  Breitbart shared a "bar trick" to easily fluster, frustrate and redirect these crowds, giving an example of how he instructed a crowd at a rally to go to Applebee's, a directive they obediently followed.  Breitbart discusses Code Pink's appearance at the recent Koch Foundation meeting and that Code Pink's time has passed.  He decries it is vulgar that Obama, a US President, has his fingerprints on organizations like ACORN and the organizers of these mindless crowds.  He says they're not American.

If the CPAC attendees didn't already know that Texas is the best state in the country, they do now! Governor Rick Perry lit up the room with some Texas spirit! Below are some excerpts from his speech:

This annual meeting has truly become an incubator, and a lot of that's hashed out there in that audience.

I stand before you today as a governor, as a life-long conservative who is deeply concerned about our government.   Read more »