Governor George W. Bush gave the orders to remove the plaques from the State Supreme Court that indicated that the building had been paid for from the Confederate Veterans Pension Fund. Never mind that the removal was a violation of agreements made decades before that were legally binding, he was determined to do it. His counsel who advised him in this act was Alberto R. Gonzales who had previously served a a counsel to the Enron folks as well.

As one of our Confederate fore fathers said, “Make sure history is dead before you bury it”. This sentiment was echoed by Martin Luther King Jr., as well when he said, “We have seen truth crucified and goodness buried, but we have kept going with the conviction that truth crushed to earth will rise again”.

The plaque controversy continues. In the latest round, the State of Texas is refusing to pay their bill or honor all their agreements. One of the State Representatives doing his part to prevent the matter from being resolved is Garnet F. Coleman. In a recent letter he said:

Garnet F. Coleman
State of Texas House of Representatives

Dear Mr. Lyons

This letter is in response to your Texas Public Information act request dated May 9, 2012. attached is information responsive to your request. In all honesty, i wish that I had more documents to provide. the actions and comments of you and groups like the Sons of Confederate Veterans are a perpetuation of hate. Paying homage to those that wanted to keep my ancestors as property sickens me to my core and I will continue to do everything in my power to stomp out your message.
I welcome the opportunity to debate your archaic and backward views. i look forward to the day when your group is but an embarassing footnote in our state’s history.

If you would like to discuss this matter further, contact me.

Sincerely, Garnet F. Coleman

With uninformed attitudes like Mr. Coleman’s it is unlikely that the issue will be resolved. For all the talking he does about toleration, there is little room in his heart for some people. When State Representatives have the attitude that they will continue to do everything in their power to stomp our history and remembering the past, it says a great deal. I guess Mr. Coleman wants to remember some people’s history but not all people’s histories.

Instead of such prejudiced, closed-minded politicians, we need statesmen. We need people that want “truth” instead of cultural cleansing. Mr. Coleman is typical of the closed-mindset of brainwashed politicians, who do not want truth. They do not want open discussions of the issues, they do not want the will of the people. Instead, they want a revision of history, a disregard for past agreements, and a disregard for the rule of law.

It is my hope that the people of the 147th district know who it is that is running for office. Despite all the awards he has been given by special interest groups, the true Garnet Coleman is a narrow minded revisionist who wants to stamp out history. He wants to remove truth from the Capitol grounds. He labels the SCV as a perpetuation of ‘hate’, which is not surprising since he was born in the Imperial City. Rather than caring for ALL the people of Texas, he only cares for a narrow few and heaven help you if you are one of those he hates.

Liberty for Texas!

J Murrah

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With greater frequency, conservative blogs and pages are under fire. Whether the fire is in the form of spam, flamers, plants or being taken down the end game is the squelching of freedom of speech. In the latest broadside, a conservative blog in New York was taken down by Google. Google claimed that the site was spamming others, therefore it was taken down. What had they been writing about? The blogger dared to speak out about Kahlid Sheik Mohammed. There are certain topics that will get blogs flagged or taken down. Not only are there ‘off limit’ topics, there are some topics and keywords that get the blog flagged.

I have had over 100 of my pages taken down by the ‘censors’ at either google or other places. I was blacklisted by google for a while as well for one of my sites, so I am well aware of the topics and practices that lead to censorship. Although you readers do not see the spam attacks, I can assure you that they are common. This blog is often on the empire’s radar along with government plants making posts to it. This is part of the struggle for maintaining free speech. Although free speech is ‘protected’ under the bill of rights, (although the executive orders curtail the places where free speech occurs), it does not surprise me that the head of the regime struggles with the Constitution.

Is it any wonder that the head of the regime openly criticises the Constitution as being ‘flawed’?

For his supposedly being a Constitutional scholar, he is ignorant regarding the Constitution. The very issues he raises are answered with “it is not in there because it is a states rights issue, and not an issue for the federal government to decide”. States Rights is the answer to the gender and race issues he raises. Had he read and understood the Constitution, he would know this. But, like his role model, the tyrant Lincoln, he sees things in the Constitution that others do not see. It is amazing that with all this searching that he does not see how freedom of speech is being attacked.

Instead of free speech being under fire, we need liberty. President Davis did not censor the newspapers like Lincoln did. President Davis did not incarcerate editors and publishers like Lincoln did. Now it seems that the head of the regime is wanting to be more and more like Lincoln.

Liberty for Texas!

J Murrah

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On traveling across Texas this weekend, there were many lessons I learned from noticing the vehicles around me. One of the popular sentiments on trucks was that of “Supporting our troops because they are fighting for our liberty” sentiment. Such expressions sound good and can often get people to rally around the flag. What bothered me was that I know what the politicos say we are fighting for in Afghanistan and it it NOT liberty. It is NOT to protect America. When the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells Afghan women, “We will not abandon you.” She is promising to use our troops to defend Afghan women. Even the Washington Post recognizes that the empire is fighting for the women of Afghanistan, NOT American liberty.

Let me guess, you thought that the troops were fighting for the American way of life? That is NOT what they are being sent into harm’s way to accomplish. In the sixties, Country Joe posed the question “What are we fightin’ for?” This is still an important question. What you assume that your sons, daughters, brothers and sisters are fighting for is not what the politicians say we are fighting for. The empire wants you to believe that your sacrifice is for “America” and for liberty, chicken fried steak, and other things such as that, yet the reality is far from that.

I wonder if all those people who put stickers on their cars proclaiming that they “Support our troops which are fighting for our freedoms” if they knew the real mission defined by the empire is that of protecting the women of that region from the practice of religious beliefs that the hold firm to. Sending our sons and daughters to protect a people from themselves is NOT about protecting our homeland.

Instead of sending troops on asinine missions, we need to protect our own borders and liberties from those who want to take them away.

Liberty for Texas!

J Murrah

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What is to be made of a man who lies in his own ‘autobiography’ ? The head of the regime admits to lying in his own autobiography. Once again, he is counting on his ‘good intentions’ as a way to convey his story to the public. Given that he lied about the story he gave to the public in his book, there are two questions that arise. One concerns whether or not there have been other lies about his life. Perhaps this is why issues like the birth certificate and other matters can be lied about so easily. It is a pick and choose your own truth. That makes his regime what intellectuals refer to a ‘post-modern’. Each person chooses their own truth. They choose their truth about his policies about who he is and about what he stands for. Post-modernism may be stimulating in the classroom, but it makes for a shaky foundation on which to run an empire.

Second, the pick and choose truth lifestyle raises questions about whether he know what the truth is. It is highly possible that he does not know what the ‘truth’ is. Since he chooses and remakes himself all the time, the only thing that remains the same is his deceit.

In the south, manhood meant that you stood for something. Not only did you stand for something, you did your best to remain consistent in what you stood for. You made it a point to be ‘instant in season and out’. Apparently with today’s politicos, it is not essential to be a man of character, or consistent in anything but your intentions. Instead of such malleable leaders, we need firm resolute statesmen, who are more determined to do the right thing than to ruin things.

Liberty for Texas!

J Murrah

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