Thomas Umstattd Jr.

March 2010 Voter’s Guide

For those of you who live outside Texas please forgive this post. We are having an important election and I feel it is important we vote in the right folks. Five Voting Tips Here are some general principles use: Don’t vote because you recognize the name. If you recognize their name, they were probably a hooligan caught in some scandal. Or they are the richest candidate. Or the press likes them...

Why vote for Debra Medina?

For those of you who follow this blog you know that I endorsed Rick Perry back in September. So why would I now vote for Medina? Enough people have asked me this question that I have decided to answer it here. The strategic reason to back Medina. In the political world there are two types of people: pragmatists and idealists. Idealists are true believers. Idealists have a political philosophy and...

The future of the Tea Party

If there is one thing we learn from History it is that there is nothing new under the sun. Lets break with tradition shall we? Lets look back through history and see what we can learn about what is about to happen in the future. As King Solomon said, “History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!”...