<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305</id><updated>2010-02-24T14:39:52.606-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Texian Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Constitutionalism, Texian History and Primitive Construction.

That's what it's all about!</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/blog.html'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.texianranch.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-1882733477570253790</id><published>2010-02-24T03:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T03:00:25.480-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ya' Gotta Dance With Them That Brung Ya'</title><summary type='text'>… as the old backwoods saying goes.  This recent foot-in-mouth statement by Debra Medina on the Mark Davis radio show certainly brings that old saying to mind.  It seems that we spent our whole paycheck on renting the limo, securing the tux, buying the best corsage, driving her to the prom and then she drops us like a rusty penny at the door of the ballroom.  Debra, you're shooting yourself in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/1882733477570253790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/02/ya-gotta-dance-with-them-that-brung-ya.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/1882733477570253790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/1882733477570253790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/02/ya-gotta-dance-with-them-that-brung-ya.html' title='Ya&apos; Gotta Dance With Them That Brung Ya&apos;'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-8944329905087748527</id><published>2010-02-10T23:18:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T23:18:59.488-06:00</updated><title type='text'>You Can't Just 'Have' a Constitutional Republic</title><summary type='text'>
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When Benjamin Franklin exited the building at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a woman asked him what system of government had been decided upon.  Many Americans are familiar with his famous response, “a republic, madam, if you can keep it.”  This quote has been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/8944329905087748527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/02/you-cant-just-have-constitutional.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/8944329905087748527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/8944329905087748527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/02/you-cant-just-have-constitutional.html' title='You Can&apos;t Just &apos;Have&apos; a Constitutional Republic'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-4715868592772828111</id><published>2010-02-07T20:52:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T21:33:56.558-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Tea Partiers Need Their Coffee</title><summary type='text'>In recent months, I've been to several events - really good ones - sponsored by the new Tea Party movement.  This is a large and growing movement and we are lucky to have a great local chapter which I'm proud to say is very active and passionate about liberty.   

As an old, somewhat jaded Ron Pauler, it's nice to see that our movement – the combined movement of all freedom lovers and truth </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/4715868592772828111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/02/tea-partiers-need-their-coffee.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/4715868592772828111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/4715868592772828111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/02/tea-partiers-need-their-coffee.html' title='Tea Partiers Need Their Coffee'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-5367325696189201817</id><published>2010-01-30T10:20:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-30T10:37:23.319-06:00</updated><title type='text'>An Appeal to Texas Democrats, Libertarians and Independents … VOTE DEBRA MEDINA!</title><summary type='text'>
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013010 - Ed Boyd
Yes, that's right, I'm appealing for you to vote for a Republican.  And here are the many reasons why:
First, please allow me to setup the scenario which is being played-out in Texas Republican circles in this nomination cycle.
Have you noticed a paradigm shift in the way our entire nation is beginning</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/5367325696189201817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/appeal-to-texas-democrats-libertarians.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/5367325696189201817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/5367325696189201817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/appeal-to-texas-democrats-libertarians.html' title='An Appeal to Texas Democrats, Libertarians and Independents … VOTE DEBRA MEDINA!'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-472037104391499850</id><published>2010-01-22T10:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T10:16:54.097-06:00</updated><title type='text'>So Y'all Picked the Winning Horse ...</title><summary type='text'>... and now you'll have to live with it!

(make sure to view the video)

For weeks now, I've been warning my local Tea Partyers and other fellow patriot groups about Scott Brown being a RINO.  I told them that there was a choice for real constitutional change in Joe Kenedy (yes, the name begets a sense of irony, to be sure).  Being the Libertarian and "Tea Party" choice, Kenedy wouldn't have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/472037104391499850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/so-yall-picked-winning-horse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/472037104391499850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/472037104391499850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/so-yall-picked-winning-horse.html' title='So Y&apos;all Picked the Winning Horse ...'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-6150914212049869710</id><published>2010-01-17T17:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T17:21:15.413-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Debra Medina Was the Surprise Last Thursday</title><summary type='text'>I had the pleasure of watching the First Texas Gubernatorial Debate - sponsored by PBS affiliate KERA in Dallas - with our local Tea Party group here in Fredericksburg, TX.  There were about 150 people in attendance to watch it on the big screen at the Fredericksburg Brewery.

I noticed that well over half - and probably closer to three-quarters - of the folks in attendance were Rick Perry </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/6150914212049869710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/debra-medina-was-surprise-last-thursday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/6150914212049869710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/6150914212049869710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/debra-medina-was-surprise-last-thursday.html' title='Debra Medina Was the Surprise Last Thursday'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-8810160435725678018</id><published>2010-01-15T19:39:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T20:17:52.468-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Been a Looooong Road</title><summary type='text'>Wow!  It's been a whopping two-and-a-half YEARS since my last blog-post.  I suppose I'm slacking off a bit?It hasn't been for naught, however, since I've been very, very busy learning about and fighting the New World Order throughout that time.First, about the time of my last posting (June of '07) I started a Ron Paul meetup group for my area (the Hill Country of Central Texas).  We were VERY </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/8810160435725678018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/its-been-looooong-road.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/8810160435725678018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/8810160435725678018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2010/01/its-been-looooong-road.html' title='It&apos;s Been a Looooong Road'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155127207013544305.post-3235915714644011279</id><published>2007-06-16T22:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-16T22:20:38.563-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Howdy &amp; Welcome to the Texian Blog!</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to the Texian Blog!All things require a beginning and this is mine.  Walk softly and carry a big opinion is my motto and those opinions will predominantly encompass issues pertaining to the sanctity of our Constitution, Texas History and Primitive Construction &amp; Living.Hopefully, you'll also become fluent in Texonics - my dialect of choice - as well!A_Texian</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/3235915714644011279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2007/06/howdy-welcome-to-texian-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/3235915714644011279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4155127207013544305/posts/default/3235915714644011279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.texianranch.com/2007/06/howdy-welcome-to-texian-blog.html' title='Howdy &amp; Welcome to the Texian Blog!'/><author><name>A Texian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15565786409288421556</uri><email>ed@texianranch.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07626872852580937986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>