I really do love Texas. (If only we had the Rocky Mountains. *sigh*)

WILLisms.com has posted a new chart that shows that Texas was the only state to have a significant increase in jobs in 2008. During a dismal economic year, Texas added about 150,000 jobs (1.5%) to it’s job force, while California lost the same percentage, but by numbers, twice as many jobs.

Hmm. Let’s think about this for a minute.

Texas: Business friendly tax policy, no income tax (personal or corporate), carefully controlled spending. Texas: Economic success even in bad economic times.

California: Prohibitive corporate taxes, high income taxes, insane spending, budget deficits year after year. California: Economic failure.

Which plan do you think works? Which plan do you think the Obama administration is plunging into? Yeah. The wrong one.

A wise man learns from his mistakes. A wiser man learns from the mistakes of others.

Today, work-from-home-Friday, I’m posting someone else’s video. And it’s a real humdinger. Everyone who ever intends to vote in an American election should see this.

The Brits, quite famously, lost their right to own handguns about a decade ago. Since then, some estimates say gun crime has increased by as much as 40% (but, of course, this number is heavily disputed). Here on our side of the pond, we have just elected (and by proxy, appointed) the most vehemently anti-gun administration EVAR. (Pres. Obama, Att. Gen. Holder, Chf. of Stf. Emanuel, etc.)

Take it from the Brits. Be very careful what freedoms you allow your government to take away.