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“Working with” Texas Democrats different than empowering them

Election season tends to find certain political issues exaggerated or distorted by candidates, candidate supporters and opponents, and members of the media reporting on such. One such issue is the Texas Republican fight over appointing … [Read More...]

SpaceX Starship test huge success, Bob Zimmerman talks | “Judge shopping” rule is gift to Left – Pratt on Texas 3/14/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Beware misleading national news service headlines: SpaceX's test of Super Heavy and Starship from Texas this morning was a huge success as well as a big step … [Read More...]

Election integrity a victim to Phelan’s deal with Dems? | Abbott in UK | Cruz well sums up Bidenomics – Pratt on Texas 3/13/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A reminder from The Daily Caller that when Texas legislative leadership, as has that of the Texas House, confuses working with Democrats with empowering Democrats, … [Read More...]

Gruesome: Aborted babies hauled to Amarillo as “waste” | House leadership’s bank stock connection – Pratt on Texas 3/12/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Abortion clinic “waste” hauled into Amarillo for disposal from many places outside of Texas. Texas’ anti-abortion laws do not address the disposal of the remains … [Read More...]

Anti-Wimp: Another vehicle thief’s career ended in San Antonio

In a repeat of last week’s Anti-Wimp Update, another alleged San Antonio vehicle thief was stopped by an armed Texan.  San Antonio police say that a man in his 20s attempted to steal a vehicle from a northwest side apartment complex about … [Read More...]

Texas wins & loses on border issue | Phelan’s reelection gets tougher | Anti-Wimp update – Pratt on Texas 3/11/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The border and illegal immigration crisis continues and Democrats appear to want it this way: Democrats Vote Unanimously to Include Illegal Immigrants in … [Read More...]

Ronny Jackson defamed Communist-style by Navy | Dems want the border chaos, unconcerned with crime – Pratt on Texas 3/8/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The illegal alien charged with murdering Laken Riley "easily" entered our country despite links to a bloodthirsty gang - NY Post's "bombshell" report. Democrats … [Read More...]

More key election follow-up | Xcel has role in record wildfire | Local sales tax numbers – Pratt on Texas 3/7/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: More election follow-up including who advocating for and supporting homosexuality is central to the Texas Democratic Party and a key statehouse runoff. Also, more … [Read More...]

Big wins against Austin’s RINO aristocracy, full review | We Remember the Alamo! – Pratt on Texas 3/6/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Full election review. After halfway efforts in the past, Gov. Greg Abbott finally wen all-in as a leader and dealt a big blow to the Texas House RINO aristocracy. … [Read More...]

Honor the men of Alamo who died March 6, 1836

The siege of the recently fortified old church grounds at San Antonio began on February 23rd in 1836 about a week before representatives from across Texas declared their independence from Mexico in convention well to the east at Washington … [Read More...]

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On Virtue & the Republic

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. — Edwin Meese III

 

On Political Pessimism

Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us. — Robert W. Pratt

 

On Liberty

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. — Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart

 

On Right

The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style. — Nicolás Gómez Dávila

 

On Political Correctness

Political correctness never rears its ugly head independently. It always shows up as a series of actions designed, to this observer, to crush the souls of those blessed with common sense. — Milo Yiannopoulos

 

On pessimism and difficulty

When you encounter difficulties, you need to be optimistic. The pessimists tend to die. — Zhou Youguang

 

On American Liberals

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. — William F. Buckley, Jr.

 

On Universities

Universities have become a place to provide economic and political protection for those who hold economically and politically unworkable ideas. — Robert W. Pratt

 

On Rush Limbaugh

William F. Buckley is the esteemed father of the American conservative movement and gave it meaning; Ronald Reagan took conservatism to the public, showed it worked, and made it popular; Rush Limbaugh is the man who embedded political conservatism into our culture. — Robert W. Pratt

 

On Mistakes in Politics

Politics, as opposed to science, does not reward the correction of mistakes, given that correcting a mistake also entails admitting to having made one. Worse, the bigger the mistake, the greater the political urgency of defending it at all costs. — Lionel Shriver

 

On Rights and Freedoms

When we think of our rights and freedoms as rewards for good behavior, we lose. — Meghan Murphy

 

On Republican Moderates

Republican “moderates” rarely fight hard for anything, except for other Republicans giving up their principles. — Robert W. Pratt

 

On Judging Public Policy

Judge public policies by their results, not their intentions. – Milton Friedman

 

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