by Gary DeMar On April 20, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a challenge from a Texas death row inmate who claimed his constitutional rights were violated because the jurors consulted the Bible in the sentencing phase of the trial. The jurors consulted a passage that stated that a murderer who used an iron [...]
Mexican Woman Arrested with Anti-Aircraft Arsenal by Tom McGregor Wed, Apr 15, 2009, 06:50 PM Mexican police have just arrested a woman guarding an arsenal which includes the first anti-aircraft gun seized during the nation ‘s drug wars. She was taken into custody at a house in the northern Sonora state. The Mexican government made [...]
This From EAGLE FORUM http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/alert/?alertid=13230506 House to Vote on Hate Crimes bill this Wednesday! Tell Congress to uphold equal protection for all Americans by voting NO on H.R. 1913! The liberal House Leadership has scheduled a floor vote on H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, for this Wednesday, April [...]
MARK YOUR CALENDERS —Great news! State Director for AFP Texas will be keynote speaker at Eagle Forum Montgomery County May 7th. Eagle Forum usually has more than 150 people in attendance. Stand by for more info. ====================== Peggy Venable has worked in public policy and grassroots campaigns — in government, the political arena and the [...]
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:57 PM (Contact info at bottom) Voting is late today 4.27.09 The Texas Education Agency staff verified today (4.27.09) that the Permanent School Fund has by far the lowest operating expenses of any state investment fund. Commentary: Another UTIMCO in the making? Apr 26 Written by: William Lutz 4/26/2009 9:35 PM Monday, the Legislature [...]
Is war Biblical? We can find hope in Isaiah’s prophecy that as the knowledge of the Lord continues to flow over the earth, the nations will flow into His kingdom desiring to be instructed out of God’s Law how to walk in His paths (Isa. 2:2-4). As a result, “nation shall not lift up sword [...]
CISD Trustee Chris Irish has been snubbed by fellow members. In a twist on the famed Jimmy Stewart movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the oligarchic antics and practices we disdain in Congress have found willing adopters at Conroe ISD. We have just learned that freshman CISD board member Chris Irish asked Superintendent Don Stockton [...]
The Conroe Courier is reporting that Conroe Independent School District Trustees are holding their hand out to the Central Government to request theft based stimulus funds of more than $13M. This follows the much heralded bold actions of Governor Perry to refuse stimulus funds due to the strings attached. We have learned through communication with [...]
Ray Baker, Chairman, Montgomery County Eagle Forum I do not claim to be an authority on socialism/communism, and in fact I use the terms interchangeably because that is what these groups do. Socialist do not call themselves communist, although they do practice some easily identifiable communist policies, and the communist claim they are socialist so [...]
The evolutionists want the time-tested standard to be removed from our Texas standards and, hence, from our textbooks and teaching materials. The twenty-year old standard does not state nor imply the teaching of religion, just “scientific explanations and scientific evidence.” If a teacher in our state had used this twenty-year-old standard as a “backdoor vehicle” through which to teach students religion, the ACLU most certainly would have sued by now.