Tito Edwards

Tito Edwards

Baptized in Mexico, raised in Hawaii, and an unapologetic American. He studied Business at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University and is an independent IT contractor.

After a short detour from his faith in undergraduate school, he slowly returned back after college. Where it has only grown exponentially since then.

Tito Edwards is very active in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, most prominently in the Pro-Life movement and is one of the founding members of the exemplary Catholic blogsite, The American Catholic.

Tito Edwards can be reached at tito[dot]benedictus[at]gmail[dot]com.

I came across this video clip by economist Andreas Bergh explaining how Sweden has managed to increase economic productivity despite its large public sector.  The following clip is just under 10 minutes long:

He has written this plus more in The Capitalist Welfare State.

The following excerpt is from reason.tv:

Bergh says that despite popular mythology, Sweden is not a socialist success story but instead owes its economic growth to the lowered tax rates and deregulation of the early 1990s, which allowed innovation and investment to flourish. Bergh also discusses how Sweden’s national voucher program revitalized the country’s educational system and warns that Americans who are hoping to emulate Swedish success by growing the public sector are learning the wrong lessons from Sweden.

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(Hat tip:  Donald R. McClarey of The American Catholic)

Apparently President Obama is doing his best to paint the Tea Party movement as a group of extremists and racists.

Witness the video below as an army of riot police in full riot gear and snipers on rooftops wield their weapons to intimidate the Tea Party protesters.

Apparently 80 year-old grandmothers have unnerved our dear leader that he felt the need to bring in extra protection.

At least the peaceful protesters against the new Arizona immigration law are shining examples of democracy on display!

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(Hat tip: Jim Hoft of Big Government)

(Cross-posted at The American Catholic)

The age of the new media has really been a boon to conservatives across this great nation.

Without the Internet Dan Rather, Mary Mapes, and 60 Minutes would have never been caught in their lies during the 2004 presidential election when they tried to pawn off forged documents as evidence of malfeasance of President George W. Bush’s military service. Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs exposed their “proof” as forgeries.

The rest they say is history.

Fast forward to this past weekend and liberals themselves are now correcting their own colleagues live on television knowing full well that the new media will pounce on them and further discredit their already damaged image

MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell on Friday went too far for even her colleagues at the liberal cable channel, receiving mockery for her assertion that Newt Gingrich made racially charged remarks about Barack Obama. At the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Thursday, the former House Speaker commented that “shooting three-point shots may be clever, but it doesn’t put anybody to work.”

Speaking of the President’s basketball skills, Gingrich continued: “What we need is a President, not an athlete. We need somebody who actually focuses on getting people back to work.” After the clip was played, Morning Joe guest host O’Donnell lobbed her accusation at Gingrich:

But I’m not sure what he means by this particular soundbite and I think it’s open to some criticism because it suggests that the President is an athlete and some people may suggest, you  know, because all black people are good athletes. I mean that’s what it sort of sounds like to me.

The rest of the Morning Joe panel scoffed at O’Donnell’s claim, erupting in a flurry of dismissiveness.

Thanks to Alex Fitzsimmons of NewsBusters that caught Norah O’Donnell trying to pull the race card on Newt Gingrich.

Not to be outdone, George Will, Cokie Roberts, and Sam Donaldson stopped Arrianna Huffington’s attempts at vilifying the Republican Party yesterday on NBC’s “This Week”.

For the second time in six days, liberal publisher Arianna Huffington stuck her foot in her mouth on national television only to get corrected by numerous others on camera.

All three of her fellow Roundtable panelists were quick to correct her flawed logic.

Appearing on Sunday’s “This Week” on ABC, Huffington foolishly claimed that Supreme Court justices John Paul Stevens and David Souter would never be appointed by a Republican President today due to “how far the Party has traveled,” obviously meaning to the Right.

All three of her fellow Roundtable panelists were quick to correct her flawed logic.

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: But [Sen. Jon] Kyl was never willing to answer your question whether he considered any of the frontrunners as ideologically too extreme. And really, that’s the reason why the President just needs to decide who he wants to nominate and not just try to avoid a fight, because just remember both Stevens and Souter were nominated by Republican presidents. Can you ever imagine a Republican right now nominating either of them? That’s how far the Party has traveled, and that’s why a fight will not be avoided.

SAM DONALDSON: But Stevens when he was nominated first on the Court was a moderate-conservative in his decisions. He evolved, if that’s the right word.

COKIE ROBERTS: Well, as did the Court. I mean, I interviewed Gerry Ford about his nomination of Stevens, a few years ago, right, shortly before he died, and he said, he said, “He’s turned out to be one of the most liberal members of the current Court of which was not something that I envisioned.” He said, “But he’s a very, he’s a very good legal scholar, and still support him.”

GEORGE WILL: Yes, Eisenhower said when asked if he made some mistakes he said, “Yes, two of them are sitting on the Supreme Court.” He meant Brennan and Warren. But also, Arianna, no Democrat today would nominate Felix Frankfurter as Roosevelt did, and no Democrat would nominate Whizzer White as Jack Kennedy did.

DONALDSON: Yeah, White turned out to be a very conservative member of the Court.

Thank you Noel Sheppard and NewsBusters for exposing and combating liberal media bias.

No longer will Americans be subject to how liberals view politics.  The filter is gone and Houston Grind is here to put perspective in Houston politics.

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Hat tip to Thomas Lifson of the American Thinker.