The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here! Page 73 – Johnson, Navin R.! I’m somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity – your name in print – that makes people. I’m in print! Things are going to start happening to me now.
Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson in The Jerk
Actually, it is a little better than that! The Dallas Morning News has released their Voter Guide today and the second race listed is none other than yours truly and Senator Florence Shapiro. Here is the look. (I, of course, have voted for myself!)
I think you will find the Senator and I have very different opinions on how to answer questions. Oh, and we differ significantly on the issue, too!
My friend and economics advisor, Ron Baker, recently told me about a site that was created by the new conservative government in the United Kingdom. It is called Your Freedom. From the site:
This website is designed to allow as many people in the UK as possible to put forward their ideas on what laws and regulations we should do away with. (OK, Churchill, they are not.)
This will form an important part of our commitment to cutting red tape, repealing unnecessary laws and supporting civil liberties. Your ideas will inform initiatives such as the proposed Freedom Bill and the streamlining of regulation, particularly for businesses and other organisations.
My pledge is to create such a site for the people of Texas and here is the promise. I will do it at my own expense with no charge to the taxpayers.
I am making this public. If I ever vote for increasing the tax burden or increasing spending, I will turn in my letter of resignation to the Texas Senate within 24 hours.
If I fail to do this, I expect voters to vote against me at the next election, since I clearly cannot be trusted.
One of my all time favorite movies is 1776. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. It is great fun and is fairly historically accurate. (Except for the singing delegates to the Second Continental Congress, of course.) This is the opening number where John Adams berates his fellow members for not considering [...]
This came across my desk today from multiple sources, so I will give thanks to the first person who sent it to me, my friend and Libertarian Candidate for US Congress for District 4, Jim Prindle. According to a study on the economic freedom of the States published by the Pacific Research Institute, Texas has [...]
Last week Melissa B. Taboada reported the following in the Austin Amercan-Statesman: For the second consecutive year, more than two of three schools statewide earned top academic honors exemplary and recognized ratings Texas Education Agency officials announced Friday. But even as he lauded the numbers, state Education Commissioner Robert Scott defended the special formulas used [...]
While not a Big L – Libertarian, Governor Christie of New Jersey (R) certainly earned his small-l libertarian stripes with his response to a question about funding education on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this week. New Jersey was facing an $11 billion budget shortfall, Texas faces and $18 billion one. Unfortunately in Texas we seem to [...]
I am excited to announce that my wife, Christine, was featured in the print edition of the Plano Profile. This photo of her as Lady Liberty at the Plano Independence Day Parade appeared on page 5. I wonder if Michelle Obama ever dressed up as the Statue of Liberty in order to help Barack. Thanks [...]
Richard Feynman observed about adjectival sciences: “If a science has an adjective it probably isn’t.” Christian- Environmental- Political-about 9 hours agofrom TweetDeck
Money is a measure (not the only) of the value one has created for others. Money (fiat money) is a spiritual good.about 10 hours agofrom TweetDeck
