Tea Party Battle in Texas over Senate Seat

We'll soon see just how far the Tea Party has come with the Texas Republican Primary for retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate seat. Current Deputy Governor David Dewhurst is thought to be in the lead and has the most name recognition, but Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz, former Texas Solicitor General is right behind him.

Cruz has probably got his momentum from several things, but the standing environment of general distrust of the old party politicians who sole goal seems to be to get re-elected and the bad economic straight they have put this coutnry in with the debt and tanking economy,....I know, I know most of this is the fault of the Democrats, but failure of congress to get anything done makes both parties look terrible,......what? a 8% approval rating for congress?

Cruz enjoys another bump with the endorsements of Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum, as well as the Tea Party apparatus in Texas. While Dewhurst has Governor Rick Perry standing firmly behind him. This will be an interesting race and there are several other candidates (foprmer Dallas Mayor Leppert and former NFL Craig James) in the mix, that could siphon of votes for Dewhurst and Cruz and lead to a run off between the two largest vote getters prior to the November elections.

On the surface, the candidate list for the GOP seems to make it look like we has a depth of good candidates as opposed to the ballot for anyplace who has Nancy Pelosi, Schumer, Barney Frank and Harry Reid types on it. Can't you just see Democrats voters holding their nose when they pull the lever for any of those clowns? But the tight race in the Texas Republican Senate primary is not such a good thing when it seemingly forces the canddiates to butcher each other in ads and speeches. I think we'l all tired of this. Lay out who you are, what you stand for, and what your legislative priorities will be and let the people decide. The negative campaigning, as we can see from the Republican Presidental primaries just hurt the candidate with all voters.

Congress to Eliminate Military Spending on NASCAR sponsorship?

Congress is introducing an amendment to Defense Spending that will eliminate sponsorship and funding for NASCAR. Currently Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Newman drive NASCAR vehicles sponsored by the National Guard and Army respectively, and Aric Almirola is sponsored by the Air Force . While Cowboys and Tea Parties advocates the elimination of all wasteful spending, the sponsorship and postive public relations of NASCAR vehicles being sponsored by the uniformed services is much greater than the actual expenditure, and should be kept. What a great recruiting tool, and one that targets Americans who think "Duty, Honor and Country" is not a joke. It was once said, only half in jest, that the best way to get rid of Al-Qaeda is to tell NASCAR fans that these fanantical Islamic terrorists are responsible for the death of Dale Earnhard Sr., legendary NASCAR driver killed at Daytona Beach in 2001. NASCAR Legend Darrell Waltrip,...having the best idea we have heard in a long time,.... suggests that politicians should be like NASCAR (with sponsor logo on the car), and be required to wear the logo or name of all the lobbyists (they took money from) on their $1,000 suits.

Who killed Osama Bin Laden?

Who killed Osama Bin Laden and deserves the credit for it? Here's a Marine's answer:  "America is not at war, the US Marines are at war; America is at the mall."

Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Osama Bin Laden. An American sailor, who Obama, just a few weeks before, was debating whether or not to PAY, did!

In fact, if you remember a little less than two years ago, his administration actually charged and attempted to court-martial three Navy Seals from Seal Team Six when a terrorist suspect they captured complained they had punched him during the take-down and bloodied his nose. Obama's administration further commented how brutal they were. The left were calling them Nazis and Baby Killers. Now all of a sudden the very brave men they vilified are now heroes when they make his administration look good.

Obama just happened to be the one in office when the CIA finally found Osama and Seal Team Six took him out. Essentially, Obama only said Yes or No to him being taken out. This is NOT an Obama victory, but an AMERICAN victory!! Ed Schreiber, Col. US MC (Ret.) "Semper Fi"

OBAMA ' S OWN WORDS TRAP HIM:

2008: "Navy Seal Team 6 is Cheney ' s private assassination team."
2011: "I put together Seal Team 6 to take out Bin Laden."

2008: "Bin Laden is innocent until proven guilty, and must be captured alive and given a fair trial."
2011: "I authorized Seal Team 6 to kill Bin Laden."

2008: "Guantanamo is entirely unnecessary, and the detainees should not be interrogated."
2011: "Vital intelligence was obtained from Guantanamo detainees that led to our locating Bin Laden."

To be fair, the White House has a different perspective of the events surrounding Osama Bib Laden's death.  And according to a new regulation that the Obama Administration recently enacted, they are entitled to both their opinions AND their own facts.  Here is the Administration's account of the OBL Raid.
note:  clicking on the photos should bring up a clearer slide show.