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June 28, 2008

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Presidential Election

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What Difference Does a Vote for President Make?

Around Texas

Pay More Taxes

by Michael Quinn Sullivan

You just don't pay enough in taxes, you greedy cheat. You're probably one of those miserable people who provides for your family, creates jobs and plans for the future. How dare you?

King Speaks Out on Property Tax Reform

State Representative Phil King (R - Weatherford) spoke today of his concern with the status quo of the property tax and appraisal system in Texas following a hearing of the House Select Committee on Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform.

Grand Jury to Hear Polygamist Case

A Schleicher County grand jury will begin hearing testimony next week as part of a state criminal investigation of a polygamist sect.

FLDS is Left Without a Leader

Al Holm lived his entire life as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - until he confessed two years ago to being addicted to online porn sites and was expelled.

FLDS Leader's Daughter, 16, Wants to Dump Her Attorney

A daughter of convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs says she doesn't need protection from church leaders and wants her court-appointed attorney to step down for asking for it.

Polygamist Sect Fights Back by Emerging from Isolation

The days of turning the other cheek appear to be over for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

New Path is Vowed for DPS

Under accusations that it can't quickly deliver such basic services as renewing drivers' licenses - much less protect the Governor's Mansion from an arsonist - top Texas Department of Public Safety officials pledged Tuesday to modernize the troubled agency.

Friedman Says He Could Win as a Dem

Writing off his 2006 independent gubernatorial campaign as failed from the start, Kinky Friedman now says he's the Democrats' best chance to wrest the governor's office from the Republicans.

Supreme Court Tosses Out Death Penalty for Child Rapists

When Texas' leading politicians called loudly for the death penalty for repeat child rapists last year, they knew there was a good chance the U.S. Supreme Court might find the provision unconstitutional. Legal experts told them so - repeatedly.

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Presidential Election

Obama's Media Mishap

by Gary Bauer

The Obama campaign is still reeling in the wake of a media mishap that occurred at a Detroit rally on Monday. Obama campaign volunteers evidently prevented two Muslim women, who were both wearing hijabs or headscarves, from sitting behind Senator Obama, in full view of the audience and media. The women were deeply offended. Hebba Aref told the media, "I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against by the very person who was supposed to be bringing this change, who I could really relate to."

Dobson: Obama 'Distorting' Bible, Pushing 'Fruitcake Interpretation' of Constitution

Evangelical leader James Dobson took issue Tuesday with a recent speech by Barack Obama, saying the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has distorted the Bible and pushed a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution.

Commentaries

The Marines Vs. Haditha Smear Merchants

by Michelle Malkin

Yet another U.S. Marine, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, had charges dropped Tuesday in the so-called Haditha massacre -- bringing the total number of Marines who've been cleared or won case dismissals in the Iraq war incident to seven. "Undue command influence" on the prosecution led to the outcome in Chessani's case. Bottom line: That's zero for seven for military prosecutors, with one trial left to go.

Defend your Right to Use Bio-identical Hormones

by Steven F. Hotze, M.D.

Will you join our army and help us recruit 100,000 individuals to contact the U.S. Congress demanding our right to use bio-identical hormones?

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Miscellaneous

12-Year-Old Grounded for Too Much Internet Use Gets Punishment Overturned in Court

A Canadian court has overturned a father's punishment for his daughter after she refused to stay off the Internet, his attorney said Wednesday.

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RightinTexas.com

What Difference Does a Vote for President Make?

Tim Lambert

In its latest magazine, World magazine, a national Christian news weekly publication, posted the first story in a series on the presidential race. Not surprisingly it focused on the issue of abortion and the stark difference between the Republican and Democrat nominees.

I talked to an attorney friend last week who is a very conservative Republican activist, and he told me that he would no longer "vote for the lesser of two evils" in regard to the presidential race.

So I had another of my discussions on the consequences of voting for a third party candidate. Congressman Ron Paul, once a Libertarian nominee for President himself, wrote an article that appeared in the same World magazine in about 2000 on why he decided to move away from the Libertarian Party and stay with the Republican Party. His reasoning was sound. Third party candidates help folks who want to make a statement or push an issue that the major parties have refused to deal with, but they rarely ever elect anyone. If we want to impact public policy decisions, we have to work through one of the two major parties and elect the people to office who make those public policy decisions. That is still true, in my opinion.