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February 7, 2009
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Report - Weaknesses Expelled from Texas Schools

In spite of a reported 6500 constituent emails, three-quarters of the public testifiers, and recommendations of half of the "experts" to keep weaknesses in theories and two-thirds of the "experts" to keep weaknesses of hypotheses, Darwinists succeeded in deceiving eight members of the State Board of Education (SBOE) on most votes -- including a decisive one specifically related to retaining "strengths and weaknesses" in biology standards.  How did YOUR SBOE member vote? (Above was typical vote split--8 votes were required to pass, hence passed items needed abstentions or swing votes from the above 8 NOs to pass.  Note that Craig, Hardy, and Miller are Republicans).

 

Education board to Confront Ellis' 'Club' and 'Stiletto'

by Clay Robison

The State Board of Education's latest fight with scientists over how or whether evolutionary theory should be taught in the public schools was just about the last straw for Sen. Rodney Ellis.

 

Fort Worth Couple: Take Our Money, Keep Your Stuff

For nine days, a Georgia family's plan to sell all their belongings on eBay to pay their children's medical bills looked hopeless.

 

Dewhurst and Straus: Help Us Cut

by Will Lutz

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe Straus Jan. 30 issued a letter to all entities getting money from the state, indicating at least general agreement with Gov. Rick Perry that now is the time to tighten the belt. The two leaders say they "will be looking for recommendations to reduce the Fiscal Year General Revenue and General Revenue-Dedicated appropriations by approximately 2.5%."

 

The Gallup Poll: Is Texas Blue?

by Paul Burka

The Gallup organization released a nationwide poll last week showing the partisan preference in every state. The daily tracking poll, conducted during the election campaign, sampled 19,415 adult Texans concerning their self-identification by political party and found that 43.4% identified themselves as Democrats compared to 41.0% who identified themselves as Republicans.

 

CPS Drops Case Involving FLDS Leader's Teen Daughter

Texas Child Protective Services notified a judge Monday that it is removing the 17-year-old daughter of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs from court supervision even though evidence shows her father encouraged her marriage to a 34-year-old sect member.

 

Sarah Palin Endorses Texas Gov. Rick Perry for Re-Election

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has endorsed Rick Perry for re-election, calling him the "true conservative" in a primary election showdown with fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.

 

Hutchison Says Palin's Endorsement of Perry Won't Be a Factor

So what does Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison really think about Republican rising star Sarah Palin endorsing Gov. Rick Perry?

 

It's Time to Extend Dallas' Juvenile Curfew to Daylight Hours

by Jacquielynn Floyd

You can't tie a kid to a chair to keep him in school, but you can at least make sure he doesn't have anyplace more exciting to go. This pretty much sums up the philosophy behind a daytime curfew for juveniles, which Dallas is considering as an expansion of its existing night-hours curfew.

 

Seeing Red-Ink, Bailouts and UT Bonuses

by Michael Quinn Sullivan

In political and policy fights, winning is as much about showing up as anything else. That will perhaps never be more true for Texas' taxpayers than this legislative session. The key, of course, is knowing when to show up - knowing when and where to focus our energies at the most opportune times.

 
 
Presidential News
 

Obama Puts the Heat on Republicans

President Obama abruptly changed tactics Wednesday in his bid to revive the economy, setting aside his bipartisan stance and pointedly blaming Republicans for demanding what he cast as discredited "piecemeal measures."

 
National News
 

'I am the Speaker of the House'

When the book is written on Nancy Pelosi's reign as speaker of the House, the thinnest chapter just might turn out to be: "Bipartisanship and the 111th Congress."

 

Signs of Life in the GOP!

By Denise McNamara

When House Republicans united to vote unanimously against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Read H.R. 1), downtrodden conservatives everywhere rejoiced.  The legislation, all 647 pages, is purportedly an economic stimulus package.  Dubbed "Porkulus" by Rush (read here) and "The Generational Theft Act of 2009" by Michelle Malkin (read here), this bill will, according to 200 top economists (read here), do almost nothing to stimulate the economy.  H.R. 1 would create over 30 new government agencies.  It is the worst kind of wasteful spending bill, loaded with goodies for special interest groups such as ACORN, National Endowment for the Arts, and Planned Parenthood.  Congressional Republicans, going on the offensive, countered with their own plan, and even ran it through the simulation of the Obama Administration's model to prove that the Republican proposal would create more jobs than the Pelosi/Reid/Obama plan. Republicans are back!

 

Sticking It to Rahm

by John Batchelor

From their shared loathing of Rahm Emanuel to the insurgency led by the minority leader ("he took us by the throat"), the inside story of why not a single House Republican supported the president's stimulus package.

 

National Coalition Announces 2009 Human Trafficking Internship

Every year, millions of women and children are trafficked into an international sex trade that spans the globe, including the United States. Through force, fraud, or coercion, these victims are raped and exploited in a form of modern-day slavery that has been referred to by federal officials as one of the most violent and unconscionable crimes occurring in our country today. In the U.S. and around the world, sex traffickers pocket billions of dollars in profits while their victims are robbed of their innocence, their dignity, and their freedom.

 

House Democrats from Texas to Take Lead in Choosing Federal Judges

Democratic House members from Texas met Wednesday with the top White House lawyer over how to pick federal judges - and they emerged signaling a far diminished role for the state's Republican senators.

 

Last Chance to Stop Trillion Dollar Bailout

by Gary Bauer

In previous reports, we have outlined what's wrong with Obama's "economic recovery" plan, currently under debate in Congress. The Democrats like to call it a "stimulus plan," but they couldn't be more wrong about its effects. Spending over a trillion dollars on a bailout of bloated Big Government bureaucracies will not stimulate the economy.

 
 
 
 
 
A Tale of Two Cities
 

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Tim Lambert

The daytime curfew issue continues to raise its ugly head across the state of Texas as more and more cities decide the statute that the legislature adopted to allow cities to deal with crime is a good "tool" to use to circumvent the compulsory attendance laws of the state of Texas.

In most cities in which this issue is raised, home schoolers tend to lead the opposition, as they are aware of the stories of the abuse and misuse of such ordinances by overzealous law enforcement officers. In fact, over recent years THSC has written many letters intervening for families with city or county officials regarding daytime curfews.
 
Home schoolers are not the only group, however, who have a problem with such ordinances. The minority community is often the target of the selective enforcement of such ordinances, as demonstrated in Houston. In addition, many business owners are opposed to such ordinances, which often include penalties and fines for businesses that do not report to the police young people on their premises.
 
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