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Geico Fires Voice Actor Who Insulted Tea Partiers and FreedomWorks

April 22, 2010

Time to open up the “tolerance and diversity” folder again.  Check this out:

Lance Baxter, better known as D.C. Douglas but perhaps best known as the voice of certain Geico commercials (primarily as the tag announcer of a 2007-2008 celebrity ad campaign) has been fired by the insurance company after leaving a voicemail for Tea Party group FreedomWorks.

Douglas asked FreedomWorks in his voicemailwhat “the percentage of people that are mentally retarded who are working for FreedomWorks and who are following it,” or as he has since put it, he “inquired as to their intelligence level.”

In the voicemail, Douglas also questions how FreedomWorks will “spin it when one of your members does actually kill somebody, wondering if you’ve got a PR spinning routine planned for that or are you just gonna take it when it happens.”

In the aftermath, FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe published a post on the conservative website biggovernment.com, providing readers with a recording of the voicemail — which included Douglas’s personal phone number — and encouraging people to call both Douglas and Geico to “[l]et them know that you, in fact, are not a mentally retarded killer.”

Of course you can listen to the voicemail here.

Or check this out:

Wow, he sounds like a winner.

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Rare Video of Ronald Reagan and James Dean

April 21, 2010

Just had to share this.

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Academics Lean to the Left

April 19, 2010

Not that we didn’t already know this

In a study that looked at 12 colleges, Campus Reform and other college groups found that faculty and administrators at colleges overwhelmingly supported Democrats and liberal organizations in the election. Staff at all 12 universities studied gave a total of $1,094,324 to Democratic candidates in 2008 and $91,302 to Republican candidates. U. Texas professors and administrators gave $42,791 to Democratic candidates in the 2008 election cycle and $4,150 to GOP candidates, according to the report.

Campus Reform national director Bryan Bernys said that each time groups research political contributions from academics, they always find more money flowing to Democratic candidates and organizations.

“All universities strive to promote a wide range of ideas, and I don’t know how you can get a wide range of ideas on campus if most of your professors, teachers and administrators are [of] one political persuasion,” Bernys said. “The main part of this project is to expose what many people think and often comment about, but say that there’s no way to prove it. Well, here’s a nuts-and-bolts way to say this is one metric to look at how professors give to political candidates or organizations. The numbers speak for themselves.”

Instead of complaining about the system I think groups like the Young Conservatives of Texas at UT Austin have the right idea.  The group runs a “Professor Watch List”.  Similar to the popular site ratemyprofessor.com, the list details the professors on campus who preach ideology in the classroom instead of providing a fair and balanced education.

Students across the country have a great opportunity to expose the true “diversity” on campus by creating these watch lists like the UT Austin YCT Chapter.

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Ron Paul the Best Candidate to Take on Obama?

April 14, 2010

Rasmussen reports some interesting numbers should Paul take on Obama in 2012:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

If Obama is at 42% and Paul at 41%, with the margin of error being +/- 3% then my handy dandy communications research class would ask us to interpret the data to actually show the following:

Obama 39%

Paul 44%

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YCT @ TX State Defeats Proposed Smoking Ban

April 13, 2010

Some great news from San Marcos!  The Texas State University Chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas took the lead on fighting a proposed smoking ban on campus.  The group led a series of protests and acquired 600 signatures on a petition in opposition to the ban.  33 Student Senators voted no on the ban and 17 voted for.

YCT suggested that the school enforce current restrictions and create a smoking area away from non-smokers.  In the interest of campus beautification, YCT suggested adding reciprocals to place cigarette butts.

Congratulations to the chapter for defeating the measure.  I look forward to hearing about their future events.

Join their facebook group.

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Young Conservatives of Texas Endorse Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell for State Senator, Express Concern on Sibley Contributions

April 12, 2010

From the YCT website:

(Austin, TX) The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), a non-partisan grassroots political organization, announce their endorsement of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell for State Senator in Senate District 22.

“The Young Conservatives of Texas are proud to support Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell. We believe he is the right candidate to bring conservative values to the citizens of district 22,” said Laura Elizabeth Morales, Senior Vice Chairman.

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell is a native Texan, decorated military veteran, and lifelong conservative Republican whose story of survival and recovery following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon has inspired people around the nation.

He is a graduate of Lamar University and has served the nation in the United States Army. Lt. Col. Birdwell was inside the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon. His story of survival is told in his book, co-authored by wife Mel, “Refined by Fire: A Family’s Triumph of Love and Faith.” Brian and Mel launched the non-profit organization, Face The Fire Ministries, which supports critical burn survivors and wounded servicemen, women and their families.

YCT Senior Vice Chairman Laura Elizabeth Morales said, “As a Valley resident who has worked to elect conservatives in my region, I’m particularly troubled that during David Sibley’s career as a lobbyist he has made numerous political donations to South Texas Democrats like Sen. Leticia Van De Putte, Sen. Juan Hinojosa, Sen. Carlos Uresti, and Sen. Judith Zaffarini. We know we can absolutely trust Brian Birdwell to never compromise on his conservative principles.”

In 2008, Lt. Col. Birdwell addressed the Young Conservatives of Texas 28th Annual State Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Those wishing to support Birdwell’s candidacy are encouraged to visit www.brianbirdwell.net.

YCT, which was founded in 1980, issues the most respected ratings of the state legislature and is the only conservative group to have done so without interruption over the last 18 legislative sessions. YCT has chapters at the University of Texas at Austin, Baylor University, Texas State University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas Tech University and the University of Houston. To learn more about YCT, their legislative ratings, or their endorsements visit www.yct.org.

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UTSA proposes “Green” fee

April 12, 2010

Just because money is green doesn’t mean it’s ok to propose a “green fee” UTSA.  Geez.

I stumbled upon this facebook group today.

The whole point of being sustainable is to cut costs and SAVE MONEY.  It’s really easy to save money by implementing smart green initiatives, I’ve seen it happen first hand at the City of McAllen.  There’s no reason to be asking students for even more money when tuition rates are already increasing as it is.

I hope students will vote NO on this fee on April 22nd.

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Mabrie Jackson’s Liberal Ties

March 8, 2010

Saw this interesting post over at Blue Dot Blues about Mabrie Jackson’s ties to liberal organizations.  Interesting information to check out as we approach the runoffs!

Taylor is enjoying the support of grassroots conservatives, including former opponent and Tea Party candidate Wayne Richard. Jackson, on the other hand, is getting her chief support from HD 66′s outgoing incumbent Brian McCall (notable member of the moderate-at-best Gang of 11) and the Texas Parent PAC.

In fact, Parent PAC has given Jackson over $8000 in cash and in-kind donations (and notably, they are her biggest donor when it comes to in-kinds). Longtime readers of this blog will recall that the Parent PAC, despite issuing repeated statements that they are “non-partisan,” are nonetheless ideological in nature.Their ideology is more money in schools, and more money in local government, period. Based on who is backing the Parent PAC financially, you can guarantee that any candidate receiving their support is someone who will oppose all local government reform measures.

As you may recall, the Young Conservatives of Texas endorsed Van Taylor and will continue to support him during this runoff.

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YCT’s 30th Annual Convention

March 8, 2010

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Election Night Wrap Up – Hidalgo County

March 3, 2010

Michael Quinn Sullivan has a great blog up on election night results that you can read here.

The Monitor release the numbers for Hidalgo County and I have a few observations.

United States Representative, DISTRICT 15
Daniel Garza 1030
* Eddie Zamora 1348
Paul B. Haring 892

Looks like Eddie Zamora and Paul B. Haring will be headed to a run off (according to a campaign email I received this morning).  I voted for Eddie Zamora and I urge you to do the same.  He’s been active with the Tea Party movement and is an outspoken advocate for conservatism.

Ruben Hinojosa won his primary and will be running for his 8th Consecutive Term.  IT’S TIME TO VOTE HIM OUT.

Governor
Debra Medina 702
* Rick Perry 3229
Kay Bailey Hutchison 1083

So happy to see that Governor Perry won my county with ease.  I was lucky enough to coordinate one of his visits to McAllen (and Brownsville, too) and he was outstanding!  Lots of Tea Party folks were in that crowd, too.  People are sick of Washington and it shows.  I am really happy to see the Governor win this county.

Notably in State Rep. District 41, incumbent Rep. Veronica Gonzales will have a challenger, a McAllen local named Rebecca Cervera.

On the Democrat side of the road:

State Representative, DISTRICT 36
Sandra Rodriguez 5,093
* Sergio Muñoz, Jr 7,071

ETA:

I like the map the Statesman has on the breakdown of votes.  You can see it here.

Check out the South Texas Region!