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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject: Texas HoR's Response to Perry |
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In response to the rhetoric Texas Governor Rick Perry has been spouting recently, the Texas State House of Representatives has taken action.
Some snippets from the article:
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The move, which came during House debate on a $178.4 billion proposal for the two-year period starting Sept. 1, immediately drew a reference to Perry�s recent comments about Texas� ability to secede from the union. The comments have drawn national attention and some lawmakers� ire.
�Two days after the governor threatens secession, the House zeroes out his budget,� said Rep. Richard Raymond, D-Laredo, House Appropriations Committee vice chairman. |
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In the House, the Houston lawmakers who initiated the near-emptying of Perry�s budget said it wasn�t a slap at him. They said they just wanted to fund crucial programs.
�I need the money. I don�t care where I get it,� said Rep. John Davis, R-Houston, who offered the proposal to take $18.5 million from Perry�s office and spend it on mental health services that divert people from jails and emergency rooms. �These people need help.� |
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Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, said her move of $4 million from Perry�s office to veterans similarly wasn�t aimed at the governor: �I was trying to do something for veterans. That�s it.�
The move left Perry�s office with only about $900,000 to operate. �They�re just playing silly games,� said Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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*I* really want to argue, but
I'm a veteran with questionable mental health!
Good for me! |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| Good for the Texas Legislature. I hope they make him crawl like the snake he is to get his money back. |
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mole
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| If Texas secedes I wonder if they will reintroduce Jim Crow laws? |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| catman wrote: |
| If Texas secedes I wonder if they will reintroduce Jim Crow laws? |
Yes. But it wouldn't be aimed at African-Americans . . . |
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mole
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Would be against YANKS. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Does ANYONE really follow the news?
There is another 7-page thread...PLUS this one...and BOTH are filled with Dave's ESL Posters thinking TEXAS can secede? It cannot secede.
AGAIN...TEXAS can't secede. It is ILLEGAL. It's a myth that Texans (and some non-Texans) perpetuate who don't really know the laws and agreement - including the Governor of Texas apparently and the posters who entertain the possibility on these threads.
They have the right to divide into separate states...but they DO NOT have the right to secede from the Union. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
AGAIN...TEXAS can't secede. It is ILLEGAL. |
Yeah, we know. And in Ya-Ta's defense, illegal stuff happens. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Ron Paul, famous defender of the Constitution in the last election, weighs in on the secession debate: "So secession is a very much American principle."
Video clip here: http://thinkprogress.org/
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Ron Paul, famous defender of the Constitution in the last election, weighs in on the secession debate: "So secession is a very much American principle."
Video clip here: http://thinkprogress.org/
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Here's the actual link: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/ron-paul-secession/
Ron Paul is an embarrassment. America declared independence when it didn't have any representation. The State of Texas has plenty of representation. And insofar as its gerrymandered, its all Texas' own fault. |
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bacasper
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Ron Paul says no one has considered it seriously since the Civil War. Prior to that, no one debated whether it was legal when New England considered seceding in the early 19th Century.
Wait until the federal government declares bankruptcy, and see if the issue doesn't arise again in several states. |
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