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TX Gov. Rick Perry Reintroduces TSA Anti-Groping Bill

Last Month, Texas was thrust into the news when a state senator introduced a bill that would make it illegal for TSA agents to conduct the agency’s enhanced pat-downs without proper cause. The Justice Department sent a scathing letter threatening action. The legislation died. But now, like Lazarus, it has risen again, thanks to TX Gov. Rick Perry.

The Houston Chronicle reports that Perry has reintroduced the bill to a special legislative session, a move that could bolster his possible 2012 candidacy even more.

“I’m very pleased that Governor Perry agreed to add this legislation to his Special Session call,” Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told the Chronicle. “Addressing unreasonable and unlawful searches of innocent travelers by some TSA employees is an issue that affects all Texans who use air travel, and it should not wait until next Session.”

According to the Chronicle, the move comes after Perry was confronted about the issue by a constituent at a book signing:

When he got to the head of the line and told the governor he was disappointed about his lack of support for the anti-groping bill, Perry said “Woo!” and then went on to say there wasn’t enough time in the special session to round up support for the bill. “They don’t have the votes on either side,” the governor said, trying to move Strackbein along. “That’s what I told them. I said, ‘Bring me in a multitude in votes.’”

Strackbein was polite with the governor but displeased. “This is a flimsy excuse, as the bills considered in the special session and the length of the session itself are the sole prerogative of Perry to determine,” he said later. “His comment, in effect, was: ‘I’m powerless to do what I’ve been empowered to do.’”

Even if the bill once again doesn’t gain full support, the move will certainly be seen by conservatives as a sign of strength regarding an issue that fires-up many of them.

Comments (180)

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  • lynnissmart
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:49am

    V-Man: I just got the sound of your viideo….you are truly and American hero!

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    • OhSuzieQ
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:19am

      @V-Man
      I’m so proud of you! You also have guts! You Go! ;-)

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  • flsnipe
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:47am

    You have to love states rights

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  • Vinny C.
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:46am

    So, you think Governor Rino Rick Perry is a good guy? Just to give you a little “heads up” on the HPV vaccine that he’s FORCING girls aged 11-12 to take only protects against 2 of the over 100 HPV types and is not only NOT a guarantee to protect them it is completely “untested” on anything other than little girls. What does that mean? That means we still don’t know the long term effect. Yep, he’s a REAL Republican! He should definitely be President! /s
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16948093/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/t/texas-governor-orders-std-vaccine-all-girls/

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    • jkendal
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:41pm

      That never even passed the House and he later admitted it was a mistake.

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    • sbeejustsaying
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:54pm

      Just on http://www.inforwars.com listening to alex jones: todays discussion is about Rick Perry. I implore anyone who thinks this guy is the answer to Americas problems to listen to this program. Rick Perry is a plant.

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  • TRILO
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:46am

    This is just a political move to get the sheeple in the Republican party to vote for him. Where was his outcry when the bill failed the first time around. He is bringing it up now even when he knows there are not enough votes to pass it. Special sessions cost taxpayers extra $$$. All I can say is the GOP had better wake up. Anyone that the Republican establishment pushes I will not support. Period! Oh by the way… the War Power Act extension/threat just expired again… All we get is silence. I guess the golf game was a success. Congress should have been on the steps of the White House calling for the impeachment of BHO. Congress has just nailed the last nail in their coffin. They are now totally useless.

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  • PaulfromTexas
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:45am

    The state needs only pass legislation making strip search and body searches mandatory for TSA employees to get into the workplace. The employees of this fascist agency should have to endure worse than they hand out….after every coffee or restroom break, even admin shoud undergo cavity serches….see how they like it.
    Remember the 10th amendment?We have the powerf, here n the states, not these vile hosers in DC…..

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:00pm

      I raise you the Supremacy Clause, TSA agents, working for the Federal government are exempt from States laws while carrying out their duties. Sorry, this is another dog and pony show to get the uneducated Tbaggers steamed over a non-issue.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:15pm

      encinom, I raise you the US Constitution, specifically the fourth amendment. TSA searches without probable cause are unlawful.

      Uneducated Socialists and Communists need to get a clue.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:31pm

      I raise your “supremacy clause” to the 10th Amendment, the rights not specifically delegated to the Federal Government by the Constitution is reserved to ME and my FIREARMS first, THEN the States.

      Resist the Nazi Police State!

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    • jkendal
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

      Here we go with that “Supremacy Clause” nonsense again. The leftists citing that now were screaming bloody murder when Bush was president and LEGALLY monitored known terrorists’ INTERNATIONAL phone calls. Remember all the rhetoric back then? – “Bush and the neocons are listening to your phone converstations! It’s unconstitutional!!”

      encinom simply doesn’t know what he/she is talking about. The supremacy clause only applies to the powers specifically stated in the Constitution:
      http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/03/29/whos-supreme-the-supremacy-clause-smackdown/

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:03pm

      If federal agents are to perform their duties vigorously, however, they cannot be unduly constrained by fear of state prosecutions. Accordingly, the Supreme Court has held that the Supremacy Clause cloaks federal agents with immunity if they act reasonably in carrying out their responsibilities. See In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1, 75, 10 S.Ct. 658, 34 L.Ed. 55 (1890). Here is some reading to explain why this law is a waste of time and paper. As it is needless and unconstitutional on its face.

      http://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/112-8/WaxmanFINAL.pdf

      http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9272959520166823796&hl=en&as_sdt=2,33&as_vis=1

      I have the law on my side, not some toothless inbred militia foundation. As for searches, since the 1st Congress and held up by the the Supreme Court since then, 4th Amendment protections are lax at borders. Reasonable searches are permissable. Montoya de Hernandez, 473 U.S. at 537,
      United States v. Montoya de Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531, 538 (1985) (”travelers may be stopped [and searched] at . . . the border without individualized suspicion even if the stop [or search] is based largely on ethnicity[.]“) (citing United States v. Martinez-Fuerte, 428 U.S. 543, 562-563(1976))

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:52pm

      encinom

      We don’t CARE about your Supremacy Clause.

      We don’t CARE how the Supreme Court rules.

      We don’t CARE about your “Case Law” when it staeps outsideof the Constitution.

      We are NOT obligated to follow it.

      WE are the sovereign.

      We the People override the Supreme Court, and the Feds.

      They are our servants.

      We are their masters.

      We say NO.

      My guns say NO.

      When the Nazis come to screw around and try to take my guns, I’m SHOOTING them in the face.

      If the TSA wants to fondle me, I won’t fly, ride trains, buses, or anything.

      I’ll sit here and cling to my guns and my bible, and they can pry both from my cold dead hands.

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 6:40pm

      V-MAce

      You are an idiot. WE live in a nation built on laws, laws that are enforced by institutions and agencies. WE are a democratic republic with all the limits and freedoms that entails. NO one individual is the nation onto himself, neither you nor I set the laws or policy for the nation. you are just a lone nut screaming at the moon. Don’t like it, either crawl back to your militia compound and lock the door behind you or find an island somewhere outside this nation where you can live by yourself and be your own petty dictator.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:29pm

      Encinom

      You are an idiot.

      Those institutions and agencies have long ago exceeded their mandate and overstepped their constitutional bounds.

      The Constitution sets the bounds. The institutions and agencies have CROSSED those bounds.

      VIOLATION! Out comes the guns.

      I’m not a “lone nut”. The support I receive is overwhelming, and people who think like you are increasingly the minority.

      I am one of MILLIONS who has the cajones to confront this menace against liberty.

      I don’t need a militia. If necessary, I am a One Man Army against the Nazi Police State.

      Every citizen is a soldier. I am dangerous.

      And you are surrounded.

      RESIST THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE NAZI POLICE STATE!

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  • lynnissmart
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:43am

    V-Man Mace

    I couldn’t hear the video but saw the sign……good for you……hero for U.S.

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  • Winghunter
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:29am

    Oh my yes, we‘re ’fired up’ about Perry alright. You will be too after reading this;

    Does GOP want Perrys DREAM act too? http://bit.ly/lmyB3R

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  • Akbarjonnie Shaheed
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:25am

    The but kick will begin in Texas. God Bless Texas.

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  • SimpleTruths
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:23am

    Rick Perry is an living example of how easy it is to manipulate an uneducated voting population. Let’s take a look at what Perry has brought Texans – double the State spending budget from $49 BILLION to $90 BILLION (that’s small government?), doubled the State debt and increased the debt per citizen to over $10,000, raised taxes and fees in the State, Texas has one of the worst education records in the Nation, Texans has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage IN THE NATION. Great job there Rick!

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    • texas sweet tea
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:30am

      @ Simpletruths,

      I live in Texas, my son went to a great public school, and we are educated. Ofcourse Texas has debt, as the last couple of years have been rough for everyone! BUT, all in all, Texas has weathered this recession much better than most. Every day, I meet people who have moved here from other states because we have such a healthy economy and are business friendly. Jobs are jobs and if you want to start nit-picking WHAT job is worth counting, then maybe we should take a closer look at Obama’s “Shovel ready jobs” that never really panned out. just saying…..

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:15am

    I’ve traveled on El Al (Israeli airlines). Best security – ever. No one was groped, no nekkid scans were taken. They know what they’re doing, they’ve been dealing with terrorists for decades.

    Get a clue, America! Drop the TSA.

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  • billpar
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:00am

    For those not living in Texas… Protest the TSA with 4th Amendment T-Shirt written in metallic ink… it shows up when scanned!
    http://www.adweek.com/cannes-lions-2011/notable-work-protest-tsa-searches-t-shirts-printed-metallic-ink-132730

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  • Texas Grasshopper
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:55am

    http://beforeitsnews.com/stories/in/0000000000000166

    There are hundreds of TSA incidents …folks do yourself and check out “ different ” news sources …some of it is kinda off center butdecide for yourself ….there has been TSA “ swarms” going on around the country ……search TSA , Wvirginia Drill ..for this year ….every American should be concerned

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  • elphi43
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:54am

    Anti-groping law, came because the TSA people were poorly trained. There is nothing like a few million-dollar law suites, to improve the quality of the training and the people at the TSA.

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  • politicaljules
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:46am

    Have you learned nothing from history people? There is no threat that Texas will sucede. TEXANS DON’T RUN! We do it bigger and better and will show the other states how to get your state rights back.

    To the guy mentioning perrycare. You sound like an idiot saying that because that legislation was taken off the books before it was even a serios threat. Do your homework or sound unintelligent at your own peril.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:52am

      I don’t consider it running; I consider it taking back our right to control our own state.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:59am

      We don’t run, and we don’t give up our freedom. Americans in all states need to wake up. NO THEY CAN’T take our freedom!

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:55am

      TEXANS DON’T RUN! their bellys get in the way.

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  • IMPEACHBHO
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:41am

    I support the bill.

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  • Texas Grasshopper
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:37am

    Rep. Tom McMillin (R- Rochester Hills) introduced House Bill 4772 on June 16. The legislation would make it a misdemeanor to “intentionally touch the clothed or unclothed breast, genitalia, buttocks, or anus of that other individual except upon reasonable cause to believe that the individual may be concealing an item that is prohibited on that public property or on that mode of public transportation.”

    Anyone convicted under the law would face a $500 fine and /or 93 days in jail.

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  • SlimnRanger
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:31am

    God Bless Texas

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  • HogansHero
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:18am

    How can anyone criticize this bill? Why is Texas the only state with some guts here? I won’t take my kids on an airplane or my wife. It just isn’t right what the TSA is doing. So unless someone takes a stand like Texas, the airlines will go under and we will loose all freedoms. Next it will be searches when crossing state lines in a car.

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    • RN MOM
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:29am

      I am not criticizing the bill, I am criticizing the political game. Since it is known that Bilderberg has anointed Perry with their endorsement, I question whether or not Perry will be a champion of the American cause once he is elected. Yes, the bill is WAY overdue. I had to watch my husband get a TSA pat down a few months back and was taken aback by the “thoroughness” of the search. Thank God my kids weren’t subjected to it.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:36am

      This is a precursor to more infringement (and outright violation) of our rights. Soon, just driving to your local grocery store may result in a stop and search, without any probable cause.

      The government is now an out of control spoiled child, and must be dealt with accordingly. We the people are the grownups, and we parent the child, NOT the child the parent!!

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    • Texas Grasshopper
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:34am

      http://beforeitsnews.com/story/732/896/TSA_Now_Storming_Public_Places_8,000_Times_a_Year.html
      Americans must to decide if, in the name of homeland security, they are willing to allow TSA operatives to storm public places in their communities with no warning, pat them down, and search their bags. And they better decide quickly.

      Bus travelers were shocked when jackbooted TSA officers in black SWAT-style uniforms descended unannounced upon the TampaGreyhound bus station in April with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and federal bureaucrats in tow.

      A news report by ABC Action News in Tampa showed passengers being given the signature pat downs Americans are used to watching the Transportation Security Administration screeners perform at our airports. Canine teams sniffed their bags and the buses they rode. Immigration officials hunted for large sums of cash as part of an anti-smuggling initiative.
      The TSA clearly intends for these out-of-nowhere swarms by its officers at community transit centers, bus stops and public events to become a routine and accepted part of American life.

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:15am

    I think Grandma has been felt up more then a cheap call girl !!!!!!

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  • Ironeagle
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:13am

    Keep jabbing the feds Texas!!!

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    • Texas Grasshopper
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:27am

      I think you have that backwards ironeagle ..the Feds have been Punishing us because texans are not toeing Obamas Political Line . ….Remember Obama himself called us the “ENEMY” not good thing for a President to refer to American Citizens as the ENEMY ….not good at all

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  • starman70
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:11am

    It‘s too bad tat a State Governor has to do what the members of the Congress don’t have the guts to do. It is hignh time for the 28th ad 29th ammendments to the Constitution to be passed.

    Proposed 28th amendment to the

    Constitution!

    Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the

    United States that does not apply equally the Senators and /or

    House of Representatives membership; Congress shall make no

    law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives

    that does nor equally apply to the citizens of the

    United States.

    Proposed 29th Amendment to the

    Constitution!

    Service in both houses of Congress shall be strictly

    limited to 2 (two) terms consecutively. They may become

    eligible to be re-elected after being out of Congress

    for 1 (ONE) term. Furthermore No Representative or Senator

    will collect full congressional pay for service after they retire or

    are voted out. Instead, they will receive a stipend

    for service, the amount of which will be determined and

    APPROVED by the vote of the American People not the

    members of the Congress themselves.

    Service in the House or Senate should be an HONOR and

    not a path to self enrichment.

    Let’s get rid of he Congressional zoo!!!!

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:39am

      I’d agree, except I wouldn’t allow them to come back after sitting out a term. Two terms and you’re done.
      NO PENSIONS – PERIOD – If they spent 40 years doing this, they would deserve a pension – if they only spend 4-8 years they don’t deserve a pension for it. So, with term limits they need no pension. They can get a 401K like everybody else.
      They can buy their own health insurance like everybody else, too. No group plan, either.
      They can live like almost ALL AMERICANS – like their constituents – like the people they supposedly represent – the more we can enforce their living like us, the more they will indeed represent us.
      They are our SERVANTS; they work FOR us.
      While you’re amending the Constitution, I want campaign finance reform – independent govt agency collects all donations – limit $100 per voter per office per cycle. That agency will combine the total donations into a single check and pay the candidates weekly (1check=anonymity) $100 limit gives ‘regular’ guys the exact same say in the process as the rich man. Also, NO political action committees (PACs), and NO donations from clubs, organizations, corpporations, etc. NO donations from non-citizens or foreign entities. Small donations also force candidates to talk to everyone, not just to $5000.00/plate pals or $100k donors buying jobs from obama.

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    • TheLeftMadeMeRight
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:09am

      How about one more,
      Any elected official that is found to have broken the law while in service to the people of the United States of America shall immediately forfeit any present and future taxpayer benefits such as pay, pensions, healthcare, secret service protection, etc. No more sanctions, slaps on the wrist, or joking about elected officials abusing their office and power.

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    • starman70
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:14am

      @ TOMFERRARI:

      A very intuitive post, well thought out. Too bad so many Americans can’t tear themselves away from American Idol and other inane TV shows and really research what is happening in this country. The mainstream press will NEVER inform the public of the truth so we must do it ourselves.

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    • yosemitefan
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:46pm

      @starman

      I would suggest an addendum “congress shall meet no more than ninety days in any two year term, all budgets will be for two fiscal years…”

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  • Texas Grasshopper
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:10am

    well ..this is a good start !! When it passes then I’ll get exicited …talk is cheap is in politicis .

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  • planetearthsovereigncitizen
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:08am

    “…You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” – Davy Crockett

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    • HogansHero
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:21am

      Texas is leading the charge. I sure hope they can pull this one off.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:30am

      KUDOS on the Davy Crockett vote!!!!
      I’ll “VOLUNTEER” too!

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:47am

      planetearthsovereigncitizen, I love that statement made by Mr. Crockett. That was said in response to President Jackass Jackson and Congress because of the “Indian Removal Act”, and subsequent march down the “trail of tears”. Mr. Crockett promised the native Americans this wouldn’t happen and the Supreme court agreed. Unfortunately, President Jackass Jackson ignored the Supreme court and did it anyway.

      Jackson’s nickname is also how the Democrat party got their mascot, the jackass. They were jackasses then and have been every since. From their opposition to the abolition of slavery to the creation of the KKK.

      Somehow these facts are no longer taught in public schools. Talk about revisionist history.

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    • waresite
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:23am

      @TCS; dont forget that Lincoln was also for not abolishing slavery in the south as outlined by his first inaugural address and by his support of the Corwin Amendment. It was also outlined in the Republican party platform of1860. Lincoln did threaten the South if they failed to pay taxes and imposts however.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:32am

      waresite, I do understand that. I’m not suggesting it would be an easy process. If the US continues its decline into Socialism, and eventually Communism, I will be up for the fight. Our freedom is worth any struggle.

      Socialism is a transition step to Communism in both Marxist and Leninist theories. Obama has started us down that road. I’m still hopeful it can be stopped.

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    • waresite
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:55am

      @TCS; agreed. If Texas moves toward secession I would be one of many to move to Texas and support it in ANY way needed

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:12am

      waresite, you will be welcomed. Maybe some of the Socialists and Communists we have living here would leave once it is made clear this is firmly a capitalist Republic. Come to Texas if you want to work hard and live free; leave if you’re of sound mind and body and are looking for a handout.

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    • Pastor Ray
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:12am

      That next to “Be sure you’re right then go ahead!” is my favorite Davy Crockett quote…But I’ve been biased of Crockett since I was a kid watching him on Disney’s TV program. And he is STILL my hero!

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    • Entropy
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:55pm

      @TexasCommonsense
      Please note that not all folks that live outside of Texas are govt loving goons. This Missouri boy is all for smacking the feds upside the head. Many outside of your start are totally with you bro.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:17pm

      Entropy, thank you for your support.

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    • razeus1
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:53pm

      If we’re swapping out…..I’m a native-born conservative Californian who‘s thoughrally disgusted with what’s happened to my state…..can I come play in Texas sand?

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  • RN MOM
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:03am

    Was that bill written on Bilderberg Stationery?

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    • hauschild
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:14am

      LOL.

      I must admit, this Bilderberg stuff has be interested because it appears you can’t get a neutral viewpoint; either people hate it, or support it. For example, is Bliderberg’s main influence BEFORE or AFTER a candidate is elected?

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    • TAXLORDCOMETH
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:52am

      Bilderberg secures your loyalty first, and they use every trick in the book to make sure you are thoroughly compromised.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 8:59am

    TX is large enough to start it’s own nation. Feel free to secede.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:02am

      I wonder what punishment Obama will impose on them this time?

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:07am

      At least someone has the cojones to stand up for the fourth amendment. Bring on your punishment, Feds. Go ahead punish the golden jobs goose.

      The more this crap goes on the more I feel we would be better off on our own and not under the thumb of the Federal government.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:11am

      Ah, secession; the only real method of change. Imagine no longer being responsible for the debt; it would well be worth any short term pain.

      I love when states take control, like they are supposed to.

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:15am

      Can’t wait to move to TX!!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:17am

      This is the showdown to happen, which will be standing in the end – Big government led by a tyrant or the rights of the states? The time is now, and TX, be ready, for the very forces of hades itself from this administration will descend upon you with the furies they can bring.

      Fine, let the call be made, and the admin make the next move; we now fight for the nation and for each of us to be free once and for all. Chose now people of America where you stand, for the time is at hand.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:23am

      I’m all for succession. And BHO – Don’t mess with Texas!

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:23am

      14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President:
      http://www.infowars.com/14-reasons-why-rick-perry-would-be-a-really-really-bad-president/

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:24am

      We FORCED Bilderberger Perry to do this.

      Every State is TEXAS!!!

      OHIO STANDS WITH YOU TEXAS!!

      AGAINST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!!!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVVfed4cpA

      VICTORY MAN SINISTA MACE STANDS WITH YOU!!!

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:28am

      LOL@samiamtwo

      I say, pass the law. LET obama spend his time from now to Nov 2012 defending his belief that we need to grope old ladies, our daughters, sisters, our babies, oh, and get a GOOD feel of MY JUNK! sheesh!

      Let obummer send his lapdog Eric Holder to cancel all flights to Texas – home and HUB OF AMERICAN AIRLINES. Then, we can TRULY say, “Obama and his lapdog Eric Holder ARE ANTI-AMERICAN” (air lines, that is)

      Let THEM be the heavy, the agressor. Take BACK our states rights! LET it go all the way to the SCOTUS.
      We managed to fly safely the months prior to the groping began. There is no evidence the groping has enhanced our security. Good luck defending it.

      We have the right to privacy in our person and our papers (now electronic content).

      We need updated laws that define our own data to be our own property, not the credit card company or the U.S.Govt. Our phone records (cell-phones, too) need to be defined as our own.

      This UNLIMITED POWER government is EXACTLY what our founders intended to prohibit. The SCOTUS and decades of liberalism (democrat and repubs alike) in Congress, Senate, and Oval Office – have corrupted the system. Time to TAKE IT BACK.

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    • ozchambers
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:30am

      If Perry means what he says, I’m down with that.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:31am

      Sinista MACE, is that you in the video?

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    • TAXLORDCOMETH
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:35am

      Dewhurst was the guy that killed the bill the first time. This shows how much heat these guys took over killing that bill. The Tea Party is working, folks. Without the Tea Party and TX Republic group they would have just wrung their hands and said there is nothing we can do — it’s not our jurisdiction etc….

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:42am

      At long last!

      Texas is the right state for this action. I shall be watching this, being utterly absorbed in every detail. I have three words for all Texans involved in this legislative attempt. to curb bureaucratic tyranny:

      Remember the Alamo!

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    • ILUVAMERICA
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:45am

      PERRY IS A PLANT!!!!!
      14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President
      http://www.prisonplanet.com/14-reasons-why-rick-perry-would-be-a-really-really-bad-president.html

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:46am

      KENTUCKYPATRIOT
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:15am
      Can’t wait to move to TX!!
      __________________

      Come on down, we need the good people of KY.

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    • Agent Oroko
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:47am

      I also support Gov. Perry in this legistlation. I personally am a parent of a 2 yr old daughter, and I would be horrified if some TSA agent tried to conduct an enhanced pat down with her. I would in all honesty end up in jail for punching the agent.

      Also, the day that Texas once again becomes the “Republic of Texas” is the same day that I and my family will be applying for a green card.

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    • TAXLORDCOMETH
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:48am

      @TOMFERARRI Tom, in fact you can still fly our of major airports like La Guardia that do not have the machines or the pat downs, so the TSA is lying when they say these are absolutely necessary. Okay, gotta have them in TX but apparantly terrorists would never think of just using a NY airport instead. This is government thinking in action.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:48am

      Sinista MACE, I applaud your courage, V-man. Fight the good fight.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:50am

      Do what Obama (NAZI administration) does and just “do it”! Stop letting them bully you and ignore the NAZI EPA and the Unconstitutional Federal Gov’t as they are over reaching!

      BTW, I had them all wrong. They are not Marxists… Their propaganda, slandering, removal of God, indoctrination, spreading the wealth, etc is “National Socialism” to the core. They are the Nazis mixed with Marxist theology.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:51am

      TSA NAZI PROTEST in front of 1st District Police Station, Cleveland OH10

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVVfed4cpA

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:58am

      Did you just witness me transform from Sinista Mace into V-Man?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVVfed4cpA

      No phone booth! LMFAO

      You should see the Nazi Thugs threatening me and calling me names!

      I’m invulnerable to their intimidation!

      The majority of people support me!

      We are the RESISTANCE!

      EXTREMISM IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE!

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:09am

      Odd that a gay man would be against a good pat down.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:12am

      Perry is so full of Sh@t. He does not want that bill passed any more than he wants Texas ro secede. He talks a good game to get the right wing fired up. He is a lying RINO. Has he done anything on illegals? Hell no he hasnt!!

      Do not trust Rick the dick. He is a liar!

      I live in Texas and one day we will secede if the Federal Government does not get off our backs. We have to kill off all the RINOs and Dems first.

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    • 2smart
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:23am

      I am a Texan and have watched this session closely. I am not impressed with Gov. Good Hair (Perry). He was better than the other guy but Perry has worn out his welcome since GW left.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:26am

      Dustyluv, I will stand with you. We will only be pushed so far.

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    • Winghunter
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:32am

      I didn‘t think Texas was big enough to have a governor who was the state chairman for Al Gore’s campaign in 1988. That alone ‘fires’ me up.

      Does GOP want Perrys DREAM act too? bit.ly/lmyB3R

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:48am

      Question for those who’ve advocated Texas succession….
      Putting aside all the legal mumbo-jumbo regarding “can a state succeed from the US?”….

      What exactly could the Federal government do if a State just did it??

      Some obvious answers:
      1) Cut off Federal funding for whatever.. (not necessarily a bad thing)

      2) Refuse to acknowledge the State as a new nation and continue treating the state as part of the US

      3) Impose bans, tariffs, restrictions on trade and commerce between the new nation and the US (legally could they be any different than those already in place with other nations?)

      But, would or could the Federal government go so far as to declare war on the State because the State declared itself a new nation?? And if they did, how would they justify it? Could the Federal government declare citizens of the new nation Traitors to the US?

      Another interesting consideration: if a State did succeed, would it‘s citizens be eligible for reimbursement of monies they’ve paid into Federal programs…ie: Social Security?

      Not saying succession is a bad idea….just wondering

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:08am

      MidWestMom, all good questions. If the US continues its decline into Socialism, and eventually Communism, I will be up for the fight. Our freedom is worth any struggle.

      I would hate to the thing the US government would declare war and roll tanks into Texas, but it’s a possibility. Especially once the realize the amount of tax revenue they would lose. It may be like the situation which exists between China and Taiwan.

      There’s no way they would refund social security, or anything else. I already consider the thousands I’ve give in FICO taxes to be lost anyway. The Federal government has already stolen that trust fund and replaced the money with worthless IOUs. It’s just one huge Ponzi Scheme.

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:10am

      hauschild
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 9:11am
      Ah, secession; the only real method of change. Imagine no longer being responsible for the debt; it would well be worth any short term pain.

      I love when states take control, like they are supposed to.
      ________________________________________________
      I love the tbagger logic, they love the country enough to destroy it. Of course Texas will have to deal with its 25 Billion dollar debt and the lose of all the government jobs that employ a large percentage of the Texans, I give it a month before Texas looks like any other third world nation.

      By the way this action is on its face unconstitutional, supremacy clause prevents any state from outlawing the duties of a federal employee/agent. But Tbaggers should know this, they love their constitution.

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    • Sound The Trumpet In Zion
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:20am

      Like our motto says: DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS!!!

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:23am

      Please, Texas is so ependant on Federal dollars that they will balk. This is just the spoiled retarded child throwing a temper tantrum. Gov. Perry is going to be spanked and given a time out in the corner.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:24am

      encinom, if the Federal government would follow the constitution, particularly the tenth amendment, there would be no talks of secession. If we weren’t sending money to the Feds for them to waste, or give back to us with strings attached, we would be much better off and would easily be able to wipe out our debt. A balanced-budget amendment to our state constitution would be a prevent further debt.

      TEA ****** logic, as you call it is far better than Communist or Socialist logic.

      Communism and Socialism and for the feeble-minded, inept and lazy. Which one of these are you, encinom?

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:29am

      encinom, the Federal dollars, on which you say we are dependent, is our money in the first place. If we didn’t pay Federal taxes, that money would stay here in Texas, and we wouldn’t be under the them of an increasingly Socialistic Federal government.

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:30am

      If TX leaves the union, I am moving to TX. BAN THE TSA.

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    • JRook
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:35am

      Ok this is a start. Time to significantly reduce Bush’s job creation plan… the TSA.

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:54am

      @TexasCommonSense

      In fiscal 2009, the IRS collected about $163 billion from Texans and the state received about $224 billion, for a net gain of $61 billion. Federal spending in Texas also exceeded tax payments in 2008 by $8 billion.

      The Job creation under Perry is a myth (it is mostly minmum wage jobs), with the trend in Texas of growing unemployment and opposed the rest of the nations slow increases.

      Like a typical Texans you and the rest of the state are great at talking a good game, but fail to show the actual results to yourselves up.

      Also, again, the action of the Texas legislature is unconstitutional on its face, Supremacy clause. THe TSA has 200 years of legal precedants behind it.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:09pm

      encinom, I live here. I can personally attest to the state’s overall success. For example, my home value has only increased over the past five years despite the housing crash. If you’re so against Texas, don’t come here.

      I’ll be willing to bet Texas is in better shape fiscally than the state where you live. Maybe I should say “Country where you live”.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:21pm

      Communism and Socialism are for the feeble-minded, inept and lazy. Which one of these are you, encinom?

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    • jkendal
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:32pm

      @samiamtwo: “TX is large enough to start it’s own nation. Feel free to secede.”

      We just might if things don’t change soon enough. And remember, we don’t need the rest of the country even HALF as much as you need us!

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    • Servanthussain
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:35pm

      go to
      Alex Jones
      Prison Planet TV

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    • jkendal
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:18pm

      Leftists claiming that the Supremacy Clause allows the federal government to do whatever it wants are just simply amusing. Where were you when Bush was president?????

      The Supremacy clause only refers to the specific powers listed in the Constitution. Remember, the federal government didn’t create the states – WE THE PEOPLE (i.e. the STATES) created IT! We didn‘t give them the authority to do most of what they’re doing today, although we’ve allowed them to get away with it. The truth is, if it isn‘t listed in the Constitution the federal government isn’t authorized to DO IT. Just because they‘ve been getting away with it for generations now doesn’t make it legal!!

      http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/03/29/whos-supreme-the-supremacy-clause-smackdown/

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    • JRook
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:47pm

      @TexasCommonSense did you miss the part about Texas benefiting from federal spending. If I recall there are a few military bases there also. Another area we dramatically over spend in.

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    • FUBARSNAFU
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:47pm

      If Texas secedes…I’m moving back home! (To Texas from Florida)

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:38pm

      jkendal
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:18pm
      Leftists claiming that the Supremacy Clause allows the federal government to do whatever it wants are just simply amusing. Where were you when Bush was president?????
      ___________________________________
      The issue is inter-state commerce, and the safety there of. Airports are junctions points for Inter-state and inter-national commerce (both fully under the control of the Federal Government).

      If federal agents are to perform their duties vigorously, however, they cannot be unduly constrained by fear of state prosecutions. Accordingly, the Supreme Court has held that the Supremacy Clause cloaks federal agents with immunity if they act reasonably in carrying out their responsibilities. See In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1, 75, 10 S.Ct. 658, 34 L.Ed. 55 (1890). Here is some reading to explain why this law is a waste of time and paper. As it is needless and unconstitutional on its face.

      http://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/112-8/WaxmanFINAL.pdf

      http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9272959520166823796&hl=en&as_sdt=2,33&as_vis=1

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    • jedi.kep
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:42pm

      If they ever do leave the union, I know where I’ll be moving.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:21pm

      JRook, the military bases can stay. If the US can have a base in Cuba they can certainly retain them in Texas.

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:32pm

      Since Texas was a Rebublic when it rejoined the USA after it seceded and joined the Confederacy during the civil war, doesn’t it have secession rights that none of the other 49 USA have ? I’m just asking and would really like to know if any reader has any input on this subject.

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    • Maggie18
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:55pm

      Don’t give Perry any credit. Give the credit to the true Texans who marched up to the capital and demanded it……which was initiated by Alex Jones. Perry is a member of Bilderberg……DANGEROUS. He is being used as a pawn by Bilderberg so that if he wins the presidency THEY will tell him what to do………not the U.S. citizens.

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    • ying
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:31pm

      Obama is just paving the way for Rick Perry; it’s already been established that Rick Perry will be the next president, and it’s already “fixed”. There is nothing you could do to change it –its fixed, so those of you who like him will be happy to know that! Rick Perry is the one who will pave the NAFTA Super Highway. Sound barriers will frame it, and it will be THE WALL, and it will divide the Americas in half.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:57pm

      Encinom

      Tell your Commerce Clause and Supremacy Clause to talk to my 2nd Amendment Tyranny Clause.

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    • fort9erdon
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 6:02pm

      Hope to clear up some “mis-information” that seems to run rampant on the Internet.
      TEXAS DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

      TEXAS HAS THE RIGHT TO BREAK ITSELF APART INTO 5 SERERATE STATES, BUT NOT SECEDE! dON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. JUST google, “can Texas secede from the union”?

      I live in Texas, and wish it were true, not particularly to secede, but the directionObama is taking us, it would be nice to have the option!

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 7:29pm

      Let’s see how this ends up, I say no way
      Bilderberg Rick will really let them block the feds and the TSA.
      Talk is cheap….

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:12pm

      If the battle is in Texas, then I‘m a Texan and I’ll move to Texas.

      Blue Diamond Gusset Jeans and all.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:13am

      Did you know that Perry was Al Gore’s campaign manager when Gore ran for president? RINO!

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