Why Are Anti-Christian Bigots So Eager to Prey On Tim Tebow?
By Todd Starnes
The Scripps Howard News Service didn’t mince words. “Should Tim Tebow be so flamboyant about his faith?” read Sunday’s headline. Columnist Joel Mathis spoke on behalf of the Almighty and declared that Jesus wants the Denver Broncos quarterback to take it down a notch.
National News – December 17, 2011
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Presidential News – December 17, 2011
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Perry & Bachmann in Iowa
Posted by Erick Erickson
They had to do well in Iowa and they did. Mitt Romney had a better debate performance than this past Saturday. The software upgrade must have worked. Newt Gingrich held his own.
Barack Obama Throws Bill Clinton Under the Bus
Posted by Erick Erickson
Historically when the left takes power in a country they begin to rewrite their history. Barack Obama, a quintessential leftist, has started doing that in the run up to his re-election. In his speech in Kansas last week, Obama claimed that at no time in our history had we ever spurred economic growth and prosperity by cutting taxes and deregulating.
Perry Puts Faith in His Iowa Bus Tour
By Jay Root
Gov. Rick Perry kicked off a meandering bus tour in first-test Iowa on Wednesday, exhorting voters to give him another chance ahead of the crucial Jan. 3 caucuses.
Ex-Iran Guard commander visits White House with Iraq leader
By Ashish Kumar Sen
A former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the FBI says played a role in a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 U.S. servicemen, accompanied Iraq’s prime minister to the White House on Monday, attending an event at which President Obama trumpeted the end of the Iraq War.
3 Weeks And Counting. Are We In a Suicide Pact?
Posted by Erick Erickson
As you wake up this morning, however hard it may be to believe, we are actually three weeks away from the first votes being cast in Campaign 2012. Three weeks from today, in the Iowa cold, people will gather and support their man.
Texas News – December 17, 2011
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Challengers nip at Dewhurst’s heels in Senate race
By Gary Scharrer
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst enters the U.S. Senate campaign with considerable cash and name recognition, but a couple of Republican challengers are nipping at his heels, certain they can pull off an upset.
Texas Primary Likely Delayed as Supreme Court Halts New Texas Electoral Maps
Associated Press
Texas’ March primary will likely be delayed after the Supreme Court on Friday blocked the use of state legislative and congressional district maps that were drawn by federal judges.
Home Schooling Changing the Culture
December 13, 2011 By
The modern home school movement began in the 1980s as evangelical Christians began to react to the culture and the public schools, which promoted the culture through politically correct curriculum and teachers and students who reinforced what many of these parents saw as direct attacks on the biblical and traditional values they were trying to instill in their children. Many of us were simply trying to protect our children and trying to follow what we believe is our biblical responsibility to raise our children in the “nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Presidential News – December 10, 2011
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My Confession
Posted by Erick Erickson
The problem with Mitt Romney is the inconsistencies in his record. The problem with Newt Gingrich is the consistency of his record. I will support either of these men against Barack Obama. Either would be better.
Internal Rick Perry Campaign Polling Shows Positive Picture in Iowa
Senior Rick Perry Campaign advisor Joe Allbaugh sent out an email today revealing Rick Perry’s internal polling in Iowa. The campaign’s pollster is Mike Baselice of Baselice and Associates out of Austin.
Romney, Gingrich, Huntsman and Health Care Hypocrisy
By Juan Williams
What do Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, have in common?
Long before President Obama even entered the Oval Office, both men supported an idea they now pretend to spurn — the idea of requiring people to buy health insurance.
Romney and Gingrich, from bad to worse
By George Will
Republicans are more conservative than at any time since their 1980 dismay about another floundering president. They are more ideologically homogenous than ever in 156 years of competing for the presidency. They anticipated choosing between Mitt Romney, a conservative of convenience, and a conviction politician to his right. The choice, however, could be between Romney and the least conservative candidate, Newt Gingrich.
HHS Grants For Labor and Sex Trafficking Victims Denied For Not Including Abortion
By Audrey Hudson
The Obama administration has politicized federal grants that were designed to aid victims of labor and sex trafficking by excluding a Catholic organization that refused to include abortion and sterilization services, House Republicans said Thursday.
Texas News – December 10, 2011
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Mayor: Freedom of speech is over – In pitched battle with churches, orders critic to leave city meeting
By Bob Unruh
El Paso, Texas, mayor John Cook, who has been in a pitched battle with local churches and the faith-oriented members in his community in recent months and could end up facing a recall election, apparently doesn’t have much empathy for those who support the religious element in his community.
When an Increase is a Cut
By Michael Quinn Sullivan
For more than thirty years, official education policy has been “more money means better education.” And taxpayers have dutifully increased spending by a whopping percentage; per pupil spending on public education has doubled just over the last decade.
National News – December 10, 2011
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Deadly peril in a fantasy world
By Wesley Pruden
If only those pesky Jews would shut up and submit, all would be right with the world. Allah could be praised. Such is the emerging Democratic strategy for making peace in the Middle East. Only this week, Hillary Clinton, the secretary of State, and Leon Panetta, the secretary of Defense, sent reassurances to the region that they’re eager to see Israel brought to heel.
Defeat That Omnibus!
Posted by Daniel Horowitz
It is still inexplicable to me why Republicans should violate their pledge against passing an Omnibus, in order to meet an artificial deadline set by those who never passed a budget.
Republicans losing the tax debate – GOP must remind voters America’s model under Obama is Greece
by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr
Do my eyes deceive me? It seems that the Republicans are in danger of losing the debate on cutting taxes. Some 30 years after President Reagan proved that tax cuts encourage economic growth, which enriches us all, glum figures like President Obama are roaming the land talking about the apolaustic lives of the very rich and the need to take their loot so we can all live better. Facts are facts: If you expropriated all the wealth from the top 1 percent, you would but dent our national debt, and then where would you get the money for next year and the year after that? Class warfare is not the answer.
Unemployment Rate Falls Due To Workforce Contraction – Weight loss through amputation.
By John Hayward
The November unemployment report is out, and it’s one of those good news / bad news deals. Well, actually, it’s more like horrible news that will be spun as good news. The economy created 120,000 jobs in November, and the official unemployment rate fell to 8.6%, which is a two-year low… but the drop was mostly due to 315,000 people leaving the workforce entirely.
This tax battle is for the soul of America – The supercommittee failed, so the people will decide in 2012: do they want a European welfare state or a return to true America?
By Grover Norquist
There is a fight going on in the United States. Will the federal government raise taxes on the American people to pay for the increase in federal spending from 20% of GDP to 25% of GDP in Obama’s first three years? Or will the American people wrestle federal spending back down towards the 20% of GDP range that has been the norm for 30 years. Will taxes go up to pay for Obama’s supersized government? Or will the size and cost of government come down? Does America become a European welfare state or return to be America?
Be Prepared for CPS
December 8, 2011 By
Last week I had a good meeting with the interim commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and the head of Children’s Protective Services (CPS). It was my first time to meet these individuals since they had assumed their positions. What prompted this meeting was a problem that a THSC member had with CPS. This member had been investigated twice in the previous six months regarding anonymous allegations of abuse.
Lessons from a Day of Infamy
December 7, 2011 By
President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it a day that would live in infamy. December 7, 1941, was the day that would, as some survivors recall, change America forever. In the midst of negotiations with Japan to avoid the United States’ entry into World War II, Japan attacked an unsuspecting navy lying at rest in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor.
Our Children Are Too Precious And Our Freedom Too Dear
December 7, 2011 By
Sometimes home schoolers tell me that they are too busy to be involved in politics or that they think THSC is too political. It is a sign of the times that home school families in Texas have so much freedom that they can ignore the process by which we choose our government.
