Texas GOP Vote

Dear Fellow Conservative,

Greetings! Working together we can restore our nation to the principles of our founding fathers based upon our Christian heritage.

The Republican Party Precinct Conventions were held on March 2, 2010 immediately after the polls closed at the election day polling place in the various precincts around Texas.

The precinct convention is a closely guarded secret of political insiders.

The Precinct Convention has two purposes:  Read more »

Recent polls indicate that the number 1 issue in America is the economy and job creation, and nowhere is this sentiment more evident than in Texas' 23rd Congressional District. Our unemployment levels not only exceed our State levels, they exceed the National levels. This is crazy considering that we live in Texas, the last state into the recession and will be the first state out!  Read more »

Texas initial jobless claims for the week ending Feb. 27 climbed to 18,112 from 16,712 the previous week. The four-week moving average for initial claims – a steadier measure of unemployment claim activity – declined for the fourth consecutive week to settle at 18,221.

Continued claims (those receiving benefits for two weeks or more) rose by 1,921 to reach 227,208 – or 2.3 percent higher from a year ago.  Read more »

Recent upward revisions to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product in the fourth quarter of 2009 have drawn skepticism from many who still point to dragging unemployment rates, reduced consumer demand, and still-declining home values. Paul Craig Roberts, a former congressional staffer and key economic policy advisor to President Reagan, is one of those skeptics:

Happy news! The government has come up with a 5.9 percent GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2009. The recession is over.

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In hopes of diffusing the country's debt crisis, the Greek Parliament just approved new spending cuts and taxes, prompting 7,000 protestors to gather in Athens today.

According to London Today:

Protesters attacked the leader of Greece's biggest trade union and chased guards away from the country's tomb of the unknown soldier. Youths also fought with police inside the Council of State and tried to break into the labour ministry.

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Forbes Magazine recently ranked four Texas metropolitan areas in the top ten list of “Cities Where the Recession is Easing". Austin-Round Rock shared the number one spot with Washington D.C.; Dallas-Fort Worth ranked second; while, Houston and San Antonio held the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.  Read more »