As the 2010 political races heat up on the Texas South Plains, we are once again presented with the spectacle of conservative hypocrisy. It's a battle between candidates who on the one hand decry big government and deficit spending, while on the other ha… more »

Texas Democrats have an opportunity to give Rick Perry an eight-month head start on his packing. If enough Democrats will crossover and vote in the Republican Primary on March 2, there's an excellent chance that Rick Perry will be knocked out of the 2010… more »

The defeat of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in Massachusetts' U.S. Senate race for Ted kennedy's old seat pretty much summarizes the past year as far as Democrats are concerned. After Barack Obama's inauguration a year ago, the Democrats claimed to… more »

Has the Texas Democratic Party thrown in the towel in Cochran County? It sure looks that way. According to The Morton Tribune, the county's Democrats currently lack having any party members willing to serve on its County Executive Committee. The CEC cons… more »

It's amazing what kind of bullshit will ooze out of the mouth of economists and government statisticians.On the one hand there's the economists who this week claim that the recession is over. These are the same jarheads who during all of 2008 said we… more »

An overwhelming majority of South Plains voters cast their ballots for the wrong side of history yesterday. And in so doing, they cut off their noses to spite their own faces, as the old saying goes. When it comes time for the Democratic Congress and Pre… more »

The dark forces of social conservatism have been dealt a devastating defeat this evening as Barack Obama will undoubtedly be the next president of the United States. Sarah Palin and her fellow Christian Reconstructionist cockroaches can scurry back to wh… more »

Joe the plumber may not see it, but it's as clear to me as a bright blue West Texas sky; John McCain has nothing but mocking contempt for American workers. With creepy smile and blinking eyes, McCain derides workers' struggles for better pay, safer worki… more »

This is the tale of two Joes. The first is Joe Schmoe, the working-class slob who believes he's a capitalist. Joe Schmoe is confused and frustrated because he was educated in the myth of capitalism, that hard work and perserverance alone were enough to r… more »