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Title: Texas GOP ousts chair, wants Ariz. immigration law
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The Houston Chronic
URL Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/7050164.html
Published: Jun 12, 2010
Author: Jay Root/AP
Post Date: 2010-06-15 23:46:56 by X-15
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DALLAS — Fired-up Republican activists in no mood for compromises threw out their party chairwoman Saturday, then bucked Texas Gov. Rick Perry by pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration similar to Arizona's new law. Some delegates at the Republican state convention also called for a nonbinding resolution calling on House Republicans to oust their own speaker, Rep. Joe Straus of San Antonio, considered too moderate for many of the bedrock conservatives meeting in Dallas this weekend. Convention organizers ruled the Straus resolution out of order. While the convention began Friday with scripted unity and Democrat-bashing speeches, its final hours were marked by division and heated debates over GOP policy priorities. In a sometimes chaotic and raucous roll-call vote, delegates overwhelmingly decided to ditch their firebrand leader, conservative activist Cathie Adams, in favor of Houston businessman Steve Munisteri. Munisteri had focused his campaign on the party's $500,000 debt, saying Republicans should be in better financial shape since they control both houses of the Legislature and all statewide offices. The immigration proposal, a hard-line approach that Perry has said isn't right for Texas, was one of several initiatives debated as delegates wrapped up the two-day convention. The Republican Party platform is a blueprint of the policies that GOP activists want elected officials to pursue. Delegates voted to include a plank advocating for a state law that would bar illegal immigrants from "intentionally or knowingly" living in Texas. Similar to Arizona's strict law that has sparked nationwide debate, the proposal would require local police to verify U.S. residency when making arrests. Perry has said the Arizona law, if adopted in Texas, would unduly burden police. Another potentially controversial plank advocates an "open carry" law, which would allow residents to openly carry firearms in public without a concealed weapons permit. The convention brought more than 8,000 delegates to Dallas to debate the party platform, select party leaders, train volunteers and adopt rules to guide the nomination process. Held every other year, it's mostly designed as a giant pep rally to fire up Republicans ahead of the November elections. The choreographed convention began with prayers, video tributes and speeches by top Republican leaders, including Perry. On Saturday, the main guest speaker, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, told delegates that the stakes in the 2010 elections were "higher than any midterm election in my lifetime." Barbour urged activists to focus their ire not on each other but on the Democrats who had engineered the "biggest lurch to the left in American history." Barbour warned the delegates not to engage in divisive internal battles or demand a "purity" test of Republican leaders who may not agree with them on every single issue. "We cannot forget unity because some people will let purity be the enemy of unity," Barbour said. "It's a big party and we need everybody who is on our side." That didn't stop conservatives from criticizing their moderate speaker. A resolution circulating on the floor of the Dallas Convention Center called for Republicans to "remove and replace" Straus, who came to power in 2009 with the help of House Democrats. Straus spokeswoman Tracy Young said the speaker remained focused on increasing the House Republican majority. He had no comment on the resolution, she said.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
Oh please, don't judge us on our record! lol idiots.
"The more artificial taboos and restrictions there are in the world, the more the people are impoverished.... The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be." - Lao Tzu, 6th century BC
Sacbee.com By Ryan Lillis The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to place economic sanctions against Arizona companies in response to that state's immigration laws. The sanctions passed by a 6-1 council vote are on par with the broadest actions passed by other California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland. They include forbidding city workers from attending conferences in Arizona on the city's dime, boycotting companies based in Arizona "where practicable and where there is no significant additional cost to the city" and potentially canceling current contracts with firms from Arizona. "For those who would criticize us for using our time to address this critical issue in our country's history, I would say this: How can we not?" said Councilman Rob Fong, who called for the debate. Fong added, "I've never been more proud of us" and said the city was "standing on the right side of history." Councilman Robbie Waters voted against the boycott, arguing, "we should be taking care of our business here at home first." He asked for a report on how many city staff hours have been spent to look at the city's contracts. Councilmembers Lauren Hammond and Steve Cohn were absent for the discussion. Cohn had indicated he did not support the boycott, but left the council meeting as the immigration debate began Tuesday, returning moments after the vote was taken. Opponents of the boycott said the Sacramento City Council should not have weighed in on the actions of another state and urged the council to concentrate on other issues, including the city budget. But supporters of the boycott far outnumbered opponents at the council meeting, with many describing the discussion as an issue of civil rights. "This is about Sacramento, this is about every state in our nation," said Melinda Guzman, a local attorney. "This is not just about Arizona."
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." heh. The current two party system is just an insult. I hope it gets done with soon.
I'm glad I don't participate in Texas politics anymore because if I had been there I would have heaved a water bottle at that neocon-asswipe.
_________________________________________________________________________ Darn right ! Ron Paul's unexpected exit from the 2008 Race cured me "forever" ... even though I had exited "voter" status after the 72 (s) election ... I did financially support RP ... and think to myself, my, my, my ... as cynical as I am ... they still got me again !!! All things "FEDERAL" are FRAUD.
YOU only count when it's census or TAX time" ... don't you find it ironic that the census bureau says they rely upon the Constitution for their authority and pays their help in UNCONSTITUTIONAL FRNs ... bend over and lick the hand that beats you !
Didn't Cynicom talk to you about this before?? :P
_________________________________________________________________________ I believe so, but I need to constantly remind myself that these FEDS are manipulating psychopaths from the pit of hell. Where is Cyni anyways ???
YOU only count when it's census or TAX time" ... don't you find it ironic that the census bureau says they rely upon the Constitution for their authority and pays their help in UNCONSTITUTIONAL FRNs ... bend over and lick the hand that beats you !
What undue burden? If you do a Google search for the term "undue burden" you find that it means "placing a substantial obstacle in the path of ..." in this case, law enforcement. Demanding that police arrest law breakers is not placing an undue burden upon police. It's demanding that they do their jobs. If its too much for them, then let them find other work. Also, if it IS an undue burden, then that just goes to show how big the damned problem is. What is it about the Republican Party and conservatives in general that makes them such whores for law enforcement? In this case, they are worried about an undue burden on police. For the last fifty years supposed small government conservatives have championed eroding the Bill of Rights in order to make being a cop easier.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976 Nothing in the State, everything outside the State, everything against the State - Jan Lester, Escape From Leviathan "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone. - Zhuangzi
Perry is a lying Pubbie. IMHO, a very large majority of the police officers in TX, or any other state, would not feel any burden in identifying and turning over to ICE an illegal alien. That might, of course, result in writing a few less summons, which is really what is driving a guy like Perry.
Don't forget the illegal alien-hiring businessmen who are likely helping to bankroll Perry for his next reelection. IIRC this is the same guy who was whoring for NASCO and the North American SuperCorridor.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976 Nothing in the State, everything outside the State, everything against the State - Jan Lester, Escape From Leviathan "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone. - Zhuangzi
Barbour warned the delegates not to engage in divisive internal battles or demand a "purity" test of Republican leaders who may not agree with them on every single issue.
#2. To: X-15 (#0)
Sacramento council votes to enact economic sanctions against Arizona
rlillis@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2010 - 2:56 pm
Last Modified: Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2010 - 9:03 pm
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#3. To: SonOfLiberty (#1)
"We cannot forget unity because some people will let purity be the enemy of unity,"
#4. To: SonOfLiberty (#1)
Obama is the miscegenated bastard of a white communist whore. True story.
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#5. To: X-15 (#4)
I'm glad I don't participate in Texas politics anymore.
#6. To: noone222 (#5)
I did financially support RP ... and think to myself, my, my, my ... as cynical as I am ... they still got me again !!!
Obama is the miscegenated bastard of a white communist whore. True story.
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#7. To: X-15 (#6)
Didn't Cynicom talk to you about this before?? :P
#8. To: X-15 (#0)
Perry has said the Arizona law, if adopted in Texas, would unduly burden police.
#9. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#8)
What is it about the Republican Party and conservatives in general that makes them such whores for law enforcement?
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
...That might, of course, result in writing a few less summons, which is really what is driving a guy like Perry.
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