School Choice

I believe the larger debate regarding school choice lacks nuance and consideration. This matter is one of great importance to our society’s general welfare. I struggle when voting for or against the school choice issue as it is stated because it lacks the nuance necessary to withstand assault. It would be a shame to provide a school choice win only to have it snatched away but only a few legislative sessions on from its passing due to a lack of discussion or hasty ratification.

I believe in limited school choice. I believe wholly in the idea of public to public school transfers using public money. I believe in tightly restricted, highly controlled public to private school transfers using public money. I shall take them in turn.

The reason I support public to public school transfers is human nature. Humans can be kind and reasonable; they can also be cruel and passionate. I know there are children who are murderers and rapists. This is not something one can fix over night. It is a simple and sad truth. To force a reasonable child with reasonable parents to go to school with a savage child is child abuse plain and simple. Let the reasonable children transfer to a public school full of reasonable children. It is the only compassionate option that serves the general welfare of all children. Along with this, of course, comes an expectation that the government will put into place stronger controls over school violence and harsher penalties to incentivize compliance.

I stand against general public to private school transfers using public funds because private institutions should not be afforded public treasure lightly. In certain circumstances however, it could be the case that there is only one public school inside of 30 miles of a community. In such a circumstance, a private institution could fill in the gaps where the community has failed to provide such accommodations. If we can move toward having broadband internet blanketing the State, surely we can move toward covering the State in primary and secondary education. This may also mean giving some education duties back to the churches. The goal is to act in order to provide all children with educational choice. Who provides that choice is an opinion not an action and should not be so legislated.

With an open public to public route for school choice, money never leaves the public sector unless it is necessary to provide a choice to a rural or remote community. This is a major sticking point for opponents of school choice that can be solved with a simple consideration barring transfer to private school where many public options exist. School choice promotes the safety and welfare of all our children and should be a simple and easy policy to pass.

Living for Truth

I was given the honour of delegating to the Republican Party of Texas Convention this year. This position fell onto my shoulders. I did not seek it; I was called to serve. I answered the call.

In early 2023, I had reached out to the Blexit organization. They had a call to action on their website, and I answered the call. I did not receive word from them for months. I had forgotten the entire ordeal and figured they already had selected enough individuals to become strong.

In late 2023, I moved out of the Capital area and into Ellis County for my family. In February of 2024, I was contacted by Blexit and set for interview. This was several months after I had initially made contact; things do not happen on my time nor my will but only through grace. I spoke with some leaders thereof and was blessed by their confidence in my ability to serve their organization.

When I asked them what I should do to get started, they told me to reach out to the local GOP and see what was needed for them. I obliged.

I showed up to the Ellis County GOP office the following week. When I arrived, the office was locked. I waited. Another gentleman walked up and waited as well; he soon left. I remained for 15 minutes. No one came not open the door. I asked for guidance in the hallway and the Almighty messaged me to set for five minutes more. I obliged.

Five minutes passed and still no one came. As it is my duty to follow and not to question, I began to walk away. As I took my first steps back to my vehicle, I heard a car door slam shut and was called to wait. I obliged. A man then entered the building and opened the door. We sat and had a long and fruitful conversation about Constitutional Conservativism; I was put at peace.

I was told to go to something called a “Precinct Convention”. I had to ask what a Precinct was, why there were conventions for such things, and a boatload of other questions regarding local politics. I received a great lesson that day and went on my way after entering the Precinct Convention onto my calendar.

Once again, answering the call, I arrived to the Precinct Convention. I was a new face to everyone in attendance, but I was welcomed with open arms from the very beginning. It came time to choose people to serve their precincts. My precinct, 1022, needed a secretary, and no one more experienced than I would answer the call; I answered the call. I felt comfortable being a secretary even of a group I did not know because of my history in the Courts.

Then I was asked to be a “Delegate to the Senate District Convention.” Once more I was called to serve, and once more, I answered the call without question. I did not know what a Senate District was. Those others in attendance were happy to explain to me the duties. I was also handed a form to apply to be a Delegate to the State Convention. Luckily, I was familiar with what a State was so this was simple. I entered the Senate District Convention onto my calendar and went on my way.

As it is my duty to follow and not to question, I went to the Senate District Convention. Before the Convention was to begin, I was called to be interviewed by a committee; I answered the call. I spoke to my past, my involvement with the community, and why I went from Independent to Republican. Apparently, I made a decent enough impression as I was chosen to go on to State Convention.

The Almighty spirit resident within my heart led me through patience and understanding to the RPT Convention. The reason, I came to find was truth. At the RPT Convention, I was surrounded by like-minded, Conservative, Family-Oriented, Patriots like myself. There is no better environment that I have experienced for parents and children than the RPT Convention, No better environment.

Everyone there believed their most important duty was to serve the Almighty and move us forward with grace in search of a more perfect union. Everyone was proud to parent children who knew what a boy and a girl were. Everyone was proud to secure our border, our families, our land, and our treasure. Everyone was proud to stand on business rather than standing on handouts.

Sometimes, we are called to enter into places we know nothing of. We are asked to walk through doorways past which we cannot see and for reasons we cannot yet understand. We are asked to trespass against the unknown armed only with faith. In such situations, it is our duty to act and succeed forsaking our fear and leaping into action.

I learned the truth this convention: that there was more wonder and fulfillment behind the elephant than there was behind the donkey. The promises of each are incomparable. I learned this by living for Truth, guided by spirit and not by my selfishness. I stand with those who live their lives on the pillars of faith. I stand with those who live for and with their families. I stand with those who honour the American and Texas flags. I stand with our strongest elected officials: President Donald J. Trump, Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Brian Harrison, and State Senator Bob Hall. Let’s Make America Great Again.

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Family is a Great Option

I do not follow football (American nor otherwise). The first time I heard the name Harrison Butker was due to his speech before a Catholic student body. He stated in summary that women could be excited about careers, and they were likely to be excited about family life. The internet went crazy calling him all manner of nonsense that I shall refrain from repeating on this forum.

The essence of the controversy is that he offered an option to women of family life. Why is this option thought to be oppressive or troublesome? Kim Chernin wrote that she wished women to have an option other than homemaking, not that she wished women were prevented from homemaking. This is how silly the Left has become: in their stated purpose they profess a commitment to choice, acceptance, and diversity. In reality, the Left wishes for strict adherence to their perceived cultural norms. They don’t want choice: they want women who ONLY work outside the home. They don’t want acceptance: they want to rid the world of religious freedom. They don’t want diversity: they want people to think and behave as they do.

The position of the Left is, of course, indefensible which is why their outrage over these statements is in a full-swing backfire. First and foremost, as stated above, women have a choice to be homemakers, and they Left cannot take that choice away.

Further, we are speaking about a Catholic man, who lives his faith each and every day. That Catholic man went on to find a Catholic woman who lives her faith each and every day. They then, together, went on to have Catholic children who live their faith each and every day. This man then went to a private Catholic University to speak about what it says in the Catholic manual (the Bible). If you do not want to hear Catholic things, maybe you should stop listening to Catholic discussions.

This is a clear attack on the 1st Amendment. The Left is constantly attacking the 1st Amendment. They would love nothing more than to rid the nation of the 1st, 2nd, 9th, and 10th Amendments (the other liberties would surely be taken by force thereafter). This is the play. Free speech is only afforded to those whom the Left finds “deserving”. The only religions allowed are race, climate, gender, and communism.

I am most excited about my family life. My career is a means to an end, my career is not the end. Why is it so horrible to wish this same level of happiness and fulfillment for women? Family is a Great Option.

Is Welfare American?

In short yes. And no.

There was welfare at the founding of this great Nation. The founding fathers struggled with this idea since welfare is at odds with both a free market and a limited Government. However, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are fundamental rights upon which the nation was founded.

President Jefferson wrote that strict adherence to the law during times when that very adherence would imperil the nation would be tantamount to “sacrificing the ends to the means.” In other words, the Government relies upon laws to secure itself so that it may secure its people. If those laws would imperil the people then the laws must be foregone, not the people.

This creates a tension between the right to possess property and the right to acquire property. Your right to necessity and self-preservation supersedes my right to property. However, this supersession ends with necessity and self-preservation and does not extend to luxury.

There were indeed welfare houses in those early years. They provided the bare necessities and, in some circumstances, required those who received aid to work the land and facilities. There were even systems in place where the Government would pay private entities to care for the needy. Again, this was mere care, not to the point of luxury. The welfare system of the 18th century was installed to facilitate independence and work ethic.

Our welfare system today has far outpaced the welfare envisioned (and morally required) by our forefathers. Today, the impoverished are entitled to luxury. Those on welfare have entertainment, designer clothing, cars, and enough food to feed 5 times as many people as are present (I have been on welfare, I know what the struggle thereof entails). This is a system of dependence, not a system of independence.

Welfare is so good these days that there are people who refuse to work more than a few hours a week because if they did so, they would lose some of their welfare dollars. This hurts the person, hurts the welfare rolls, hurts the economy, and hurts the taxpayers. It is a loss for all.

There are, of course, situations where the recipient is unable to provide for himself. In such cases, I believe some luxury is par for the course since this citizen has no way to acquire such a thing without aid. However, this is not a common circumstance, and we should be legislating for the general welfare of the citizenry (as stated in the Constitution) rather than legislating for the specific welfare of specific, amorphous classes of citizen.

Further, the Federal Government has no business dealing with welfare. That is a matter left to the States and to the People as implied by the 9th and 10th Amendments of the US Constitution. There is no legitimate argument for a set of unelected bureaucrats in Washington DC setting rules for how Texas manages her impoverished. The climates are different, the resources are different, the economies are different, and the cultures are different.

Welfare is, indeed, American; however, the system we have today is bloated and detached from reality. The system today places too much power into the hands of people who live outside the community and breeds a brand of dependence that consumes entire bloodlines rather than uplifting the lowest of us all in their time of need that they may strengthen themselves and rise to the new challenges tomorrow brings. We are instituting political slavery through welfare. Welfare is deeply American, but the style we wear in our time is an abomination.

Joe Gotta Go

I met these folks. They were parked in front of a shopping center in Waxahachie. I was not paying any real attention driving down the road; my son, on the other hand, was more observant at the time. He yelled out that there was a “festival” and a lot of cool stuff. All three children wanted to attend; I obliged.

I spoke with their representative, Bruce C. Carter, and others involved. They let me know what they were about and what they did. Given the organization’s name, it is not difficult to imagine their purpose and mission. They hold beliefs that are similar to my own and I did throw my support behind them. I love that they lead with, “We Didn’t Vote For Him And We Are Still Black.”

I will be voting for Donald Trump in this coming election. It appears they will be as well. My kids liked the bus, lived the people, and liked the merchandise. Go team go! Trump 2024!!!