Solomon once remarked that there is “Nothing new under the sun”. No where is this more true than in Texas politics. Allegations are made that one candidate is meddling in school affairs or that cronyism is a problem. This is nothing new. Those who are shocked or swayed by such ads have not studied Texas history very deeply. When the Ferguson’s (who were progressive democrats) were in office, cronyism was the rule of the day. Jim Ferguson made threats against UT, and meddled in their affairs quite often. He was not the last governor to meddle with Texas universities either. Texas has a long line of Governors who meddled in the universities and universities that meddle in politics.

Texas also has a tradition of whoever controls the State house controls the districting within the State. When the democrats did it for decades, little was said, but when Tom Delay dared to exercise his influence and another party changed the districts, all hell broke loose. I mention Delay, since he was my Congress critter for a while and I resented all the money pouring in from across the State and from other States that were meddling with my Congressional district. What does California or New York have to do with MY representative? Those States were meddling. It is amazing how the democratic machine was accepting of that kind of cronyism, yet scream when such policies are used against them.

It was more disturbing when a district attorney from Travis County stuck his nose in the business of MY Congressional district. He needed to mind his own business in Austin rather than meddling with another part of Texas.

Do not be swayed by the rhetoric. Cronyism and meddling in university politics or the politics of redistricting is part of Texas politics. It has been for decades, even before the republicans came into any influence in Texas. We need more parties. The stranglehold the two party system puts on politics in Texas is bothersome, but what is new?

If you live in a district where your representative or CONgress critter raised your taxes, or did not increase your liberties, or did not stand up to federal oppression or take overs,…you need a NEW REPRESENTATIVE and CONgress Critter.

I applaud John Culberson for his efforts at live streaming information to the public about what is really going on in CONgress and Ron Paul for his courageous stands regarding the Fed. There are other unsung heroes who tried to expand our freedoms and protect our liberties.

Then, there are some who voted to take away our water rights, light bulbs, raised our taxes (while giving themselves a raise), tightened the tax laws on what Americans earn overseas, made sure that tort reform was NOT a part of Obamacare (in order to protect the trial lawyers) forcing you to purchase healthcare with financial penalties and other such mischief. If your representative took stands to reduce your liberties or raise your taxes (like Lloyd Doggett wanting a 775% tax increase on pipe tobacco), they need to be removed from office.

We need more liberty, not less. We need less federal programs. We need the feds out of healthcare, not controlling it. We need the freedom to keep our monies rather than taking more from us and delivering less.

Liberty for Texas and the South!

J Murrah

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