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As the J6 insurrection continues to be unpacked, we see that more than 725 of the Republican faithful have been charged with crimes against the American people. But exactly what kind of faith is it that these Republicans are full of? What is their shared ideological vision and messaging? It’s the fallacy that America is and always has been a Christian nation, that the Bible is on the verge of being outlawed, and that our nation is the last bastion of Christian freedom. In short: White Christian Nationalism. The threat is so dangerous that this week the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty issued a statement strongly condemning it.
Read moreIf one painting could express the horror of war against a civilian population, it would likely be Guernica, by Pablo Picasso. There’s an apocryphal story that while Picasso was in Occupied Paris during World War II, that Gestapo officers raided his apartment. They pointed to the painting, and asked Picasso, “Did you do that?” to which he retorted to each of them, “No, you did, and you did, and you did!” Elections have consequences. When you vote for ineffectual, corrupt, lying, cheating, weasels, simply because of name recognition or the letter after their name, without any thought about the competence of the person himself, and in the case of the office of the President, what foreign despots think of him, you get incompetence meets evil.
Read moreEditor’s Note: This letter originally ran in the February 16 issue of the Bulletin without a name attached, although it was submitted with one. The Bulletin’s policy is to not run anonymous letters and we are rerunning the letter with the proper name in light of our mistake.
Read moreIt was a brave 13-day last stand for freedom in Texas 186 years ago, from February 23, 1836, to March 6, 1836.
Read moreFellow citizens of Bandera, I hope you will join me in doing everything we can to prevent construction of a large (1000+ acres) solar “farm” just a few miles outside town on FM 3240.
Read moreThat’s clear when the national butterfly sanctuary in Mission, Texas has to “shut down indefinitely” to fend off attacks from right wing extremists who claim it operates a sex trafficking ring, according to news reports on February 3, 2022.
Read moreThere has been a lot of uproar and discussion about a certain article that discussed “traitors” in our county recently. Teachers, staff, citizens, and neighbors have all formed different opinions. Bandera County GOP Secretary, Mr. Striegl has asked everyone to take a stand, “get up off your backside and get involved.” He has all but called out the citizens for being lazy and uninterested in our own community. In addition, our elected school board members have been personally attacked and called “traitors” and accused of seeking this company out as a board. The article in question is 90% opinion with little to no merit or fact.
Read moreI sincerely hope you reconsider your decision to close the recycling bins. Will this also include the compactor of regular garbage? It may cost Bandera County to recycle paper, plastic, tin, and aluminum but it costs the Earth a lot more to fill dumps with materials which may deteriorate in several years and maybe not at all. Right now, soft drink manufacturers are facing a lack of aluminum cans which is why some of the slower-selling products are not being manufactured.
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