These are links collected from our Facebook friends. As you will see and read on TheTexanOnline.com, we are not fans of Rick or the other Rick for that matter. We don’t hate. We don’t judge people by simply saying they are different and we try to include everyone in the discussion (see below).   Santorum:
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I am listening to Ronan Tynan singing God Bless America and I am weeping uncontrollably.  Not because of his amazing voice, or the memories and meaning that song conjures up from my soul.  I am weeping and saying repeatedly, “he is ruining our country.”  He is Barack Hussein Obama.  I think Mitt Romney said it
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Herman Cain’s Flip/Flop on Israel/Palistine

Dear Brandi Jo, This is a critical time in our battle for liberty and limited government.  Campaign for Liberty members have been on the frontlines of the fight for our nation’s future, and I’m writing you today to urge you to further action. Deals are being cut or discussed nearly every day in Washington. Deals
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Last week, when Ron Paul asked the question, “Do you think gold is money?” Fed chairman Bernanke’s answer was a resounding no. So, what is money, anyway? In the simplest terms, money is a commonly used medium of exchange — one that is widely accepted and that serves as an intermediary for trade. As I
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The first and most popular complaint that I received when teaching undergraduate students was that of “too much reading.” One might dismiss such complaints by attributing them to laziness. Maybe students have developed the expectation that they can coast through university, do minimal to no academic work, while still receiving high grades. In other words,
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When the Houston Independent School District has a problem, it increasingly looks to Nicole West to solve it. Need schools painted or fences installed? HISD hired Nicole West’s firm Westco. Need security cameras and burglar alarms installed at schools? It hired Westco. Need drapes dry cleaned for a school auditorium? It paid Westco to do
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In a recent interview for Bloomberg Businessweek, Alan Greenspan was asked about his role in the creation of the 2008 financial crisis. He flatly denied any responsibility.[1] Coming to his own defense, he pointed to his explanation of the financial crisis in a 2010 paper for the Brookings Institution, offering a challenge for others to
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A state representative who services the Houston Independent School District’s flood insurance policy — and who is a close friend of two HISD trustees — offered to arrange an all-expenses-paid trip to Costa Rica to a majority of HISD’s trustees, according to an e-mail obtained by Texas Watchdog. State Rep. Borris Miles, a Houston Democrat, offered
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