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The Obama Administration has been receiving much outrage lately on behalf of the proposed cap-and-trade bill (HR 2454). Texas GOP Vote previsouly discussed how this bill, which will dramatically increase our electric bills and further destroy jobs, is based merely upon computer models with no guarantee of success. Read more about Hillary Clinton's "Cap and Trade" Ploy in India

The struggle in Afghanistan continues into its eighth year with no end in sight. The United States is continuing to dump resources into a region that has been effectively abandoned by al Qaeda. So where has al Qaeda gone? Pakistan of course! This is a great strategy on the part of the al Qaeda - flee to a country that the U.S. cannot legally enter. Read more about Fighting the "War on Terror" Backwards

Extravagant all-expense-paid vacations disguised as research? A second stimulus package because the current stimulus package is failing? Using money from the federal healthcare bill to fund local farmers' markets and build new jungle gyms? When will the Obama Administration stop spending our tax money on useless initiatives? Read more about Biden's Words of Wisdom: We Have to Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt

Cardinal Francis George, the Archbishop of Chicago and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops made a statement while in San Antonio last week about immigration reform.   Read more about Statement on behalf of the US Catholic Bishops on Immigration Reform

In a previous blog post we discussed Obama's healthcare overhaul, including his plans on targeting the wealthy to pick up the tab. Texas GOP Vote explained that Obama is arranging to move healthcare into a new federally operated exchange. As if things weren't bad enough already, there's more to Obama's healthcare legislation than providing insurance to millions of Americans without coverage, according to a Boston Globe article:

Texas GOP Vote's latest featured "Voice of the Texas GOP", Colleen Hammond, recently wrote a blog post about Obama's new proposed socialistic regime. Hammond tells a story about an economics professor who conducts an experiment on his class- a class of college students that insists that Obama's socialistic plan, where no one would be poor and no one would be rich, was a great equalizer.Through his experiment, the economics professor is able to show his class just how Obama's plan will unfold:

Remember the Iran-Contra affair?  This was the big "scandal" of the Reagan Administration and the Administration's low point.

In essence, the individuals involved traded arms to Iran for hostages (in this case, living hostages). In addition, funds from the arms sales were diverted to fund "contras" fighting Marxist governments in Central America.   Read more about Appeasing Iran . . .

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said it best "unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed."  While us conservatives can hope for an elventh-hour miracle, the writing is on the wall. There's no way that Sotomayor is not getting out of committee - and with now 60 Democrats in the U.S. Senate, there's no way she's not getting confirmed. The best the GOP can do now is put her to the test. Read more about Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: Senator Cornyn's Opening Statement

Traditionally, The Economist is known for its "Liberal Internationalist" view on economic and political matters; hardly the type of magazine that one would think to embrace conservative values. However, as any student of economics will tell you, one of the prime assumptions in any economic model is "rationality" - reason, logic, whatever you want to call it, Texans have got it! Read more about The Lone Star is on the Rise Again

We all watched the brutal suppression of peaceful protesters after the recent  "free" elections in Iran. The results of the election lead us to, at the very least, wonder "what is the Obama team thinking"?  You can't dialogue with someone who wants to destroy or just hurt you.

  Read more about Iran's Nuclear Ambition and Us