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THE MERCURIAL RISE OF VICENTE DE LA GENTE  IN  THE U.S. CONGRESS Though the tenure of Vicente Gonzalez in Congress has spanned only 5 years of his career, at last count he was 168th on the wealth list in the House of Representatives.  With 435 House members, it may be said that this young man has quickly climbed the ladder of establishment enrichment. It has been said that much can be learned from the company one keeps. By the same token, it may also be said that much may be inferred from a politician's major donors.  Claiming the 2nd spot on Vicente de la Gente's honor roll of donors is the LHC Group, which is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. Specializing in home health care,  LHC has assets in the range of $250,000,000. Several coporations operating in this area of the economy have made the news by running afoul of fedederal regulations intended to protect the public from unscrupulous home health care operations. Little wonder, then, that a company like ...

IS VICENTE REALLY FOR LA GENTE?  IS GONZALEZ REALLY A TRUE  TEXAN? For Texans surveying the damage wrought by a runaway leftist regime, the only feasible explanation is insanity.  For those of us living in an energy state, it makes no sense to shut down what amounted to our energy independence. Looking back a year ago, there was an abundance of jobs in building and maintaining pipelines. Fracking was going full speed ahead in places like Carrizo Springs. Our refineries were processing oil at a rapid pace, and we were selling oil and gas abroad. Now, thanks to Marxists who wish to bring our great state to its knees, Joe, with hat in hand, is beseeching Saudis and Russians to please spare us some oil. How pitiful! How demeaning! And now Putin has Europe on his hook, because of its dependence on Russian oil. Sensing weakness, our adveraries now have their eyes focused on such places as the Ukraine and Taiwan.  Furthermore, the botched Afghanistan retreat and the heinous...

   LOCAL DAILY SHOWS LACK OF JOURNALISTIC BASICS IN MAJOR OMISSION It has been many a moon since one has observed anything resembling outstanding journalism at the Brownsville Herald.  One would hate to estimate the number of its regular readers and subscribers, but if the present quality of articles and writing are brought into the equation, certainly those numbers would not approach those of the 1980's and 1990's. In many ways, our local environment would be an ideal habitat for muckrakers.  With so many local characters and politicos who like to walk on the seamy side of the street, there is much muck that could stand raking.   The hallmark of of good journalism is good research, which  seems to be missing in our day and age.  In both print and visual media, those called "journalists," who in reality are propagandizers, greatly outnumber those who "want the facts and nothing but the facts" and are willing to do the hard work of research. Perhap...

  DESPITE DISTANCE, THE BORDER IS NEVER FAR AWAY During the past week, your news release editor has been in an environment quite different from South Texas. Surrounded by ringing church bells, 16th, 17th,  & 18th century architecture, stimulating people who appreciate his lectures, exciting field trips to archaeological sites, and colleagues whom he loves dearly, his attention has momentarily & fortunately been diverted from the chaos and tragedy which now characterize our southern border with Mexico. Nevertheless, I am unable to rid myself of a gnawing pain in the deepest part of my gut when any mention of la Frontera is made. Yes, for those Texans living in proximity to our southern border, this human and political travesty is an ever present disaster.  Rapes, murders, pedophilia, an unobstructed flow of drugs, MS-13 criminals and malefactors from innumerable foreign origins continue to stream into our country by the hundreds of thousands. It does not demand a...

  IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK..... The old saying that if it "..walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck" holds true in the topsy turvy political world of the 21st century. Years ago, we began to hear about "political correctness."  Many wrote it off as being nothing more than adolescent balderdash.  But here we are in 2022, and political correctness has become something of a religion among the left - and especially so among those who label themselves"progressives." Progressives have many goals. Among them are growing government to all-powerful status, controlling thought through dominance of the media, sports, entertainment and education, and branding those who disagree with them as ignorant and ill-informed rubes.  With the ongoing efforts of progressives, we now have come to the point where: 1. We have probably the most incompetent executive leadership in our history 2. China is on the verge of eclipsing us as a super power. 3. Our...

  THE DEADLY TOLL OF ILLEGAL IMIGRATION IN TEXAS DPS statistics covering the years 2011 to 2021 show the numbers of Texans affected by criminal activity and the crimes committed by illegal aliens are as follows: Homicides 1,245 Assaults 66,924 Burglaries 17,456 Kidnappings 980 Robberies 4,155 Sexual Assaults 7,076 These are crimes that need not have happened, if the laws of the United States were enforced at our borders and points of entry. It is likely that the 1,245 residents of Texas listed under "homicides" would be alive today if criminal aliens had been denied entry. Bear in mind that these numbers do not include individuals maimed and killed in automobile crashes involving alien drivers. Texas is the only state to quantify offenses according to immigration status.  It staggers the imagination to consider the grand total of crimes committed by this element throughout the entire country. And yet the beat goes on, following the lawless point/counterpoint of the present ad...

  VICENTE GONZALEZ SAYS HE HAS BROUGHT US $5,000,000! BUT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, WHAT ABOUT THE BORDER? As of late, it has been noticed that Vicente Gonzalez campaign ads are aserting that the erstwhile District 15 representative has brought home 5 million dollars for his constituents.  For what purpose we are not informed; and, as his present official capacity is with District 15, it is difficult to imagine those monies flowing into District 34. In researching this fellow's record, it becomes crystal clear that, as a toady of the Pelosi/Biden party line, he favored shutting down construction of the border wall.  Such action, as is all too apparent to Texans living along the border, has gone hand in hand with the subsequent onslaught of illegal aliens crossing into our country from points distant throughout the world. Thus far, the Pelosi/Biden border policies have run up bills for the taxpayers well over $3 billion.  Providing housing for the aliens alone comes in at ...