This will not be allowed to stand.
[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
That Rick Perry feels that he will win some votes for Governor just by broaching the subject of secession is itself notable.
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he will get support…then he will Rick roll them.
[quote]Big_Boss wrote:
tGunslinger wrote:
That Rick Perry feels that he will win some votes for Governor just by broaching the subject of secession is itself notable.
he will get support…then he will Rick roll them.[/quote]
thank you for not posting a rick roll link.
[quote]dhickey wrote:
Big_Boss wrote:
tGunslinger wrote:
That Rick Perry feels that he will win some votes for Governor just by broaching the subject of secession is itself notable.
he will get support…then he will Rick roll them.
thank you for not posting a rick roll link.[/quote]
Ohh…I’m waiting for the press conference when Gov.Perry brings out Bush impersonating Rick Astley.
Ron Paul weighs in on secession.
Texas Senate defies Perry by voting to take stimulus money for jobless fund
politics, huh?
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
politics, huh?[/quote]
Yep…things are going to get interesting here.
One easy reform that will fix a lot of the overreach of the federal government is to make the Senators appointed representatives by the state legislature and accountable to them every year in order to retain that office. Thus the Senators are not “power brokers” but tools of the people of their respective states.
Oh wait - that was how the Constitution set up the division of powers originally - REPEAL THE 17th AMMENDMENT!
[quote]IrishSteel wrote:
One easy reform that will fix a lot of the overreach of the federal government is to make the Senators appointed representatives by the state legislature and accountable to them every year in order to retain that office. Thus the Senators are not “power brokers” but tools of the people of their respective states.
Oh wait - that was how the Constitution set up the division of powers originally - REPEAL THE 17th AMMENDMENT![/quote]
Yep.
Repeal the 16th too. 
I agree with some of the sentiments here but if you took the money away from the Fed and gave it to the states - if they held the purse strings - you would quickly get a breakup of the USA and possibly, war. Or at least one helluva mess. Not all states are equally rich, what do you think will happen if the money is divided.
Taking the money away from the Fed (the federal Reserve is a private corporation accountable to no one) and giving back control of the monetary system to congress (where it belongs according to the Constitution) would be the most positive step we could make in ensuring the stability and security of our monetary system.
The next step would be doing away with the IRS and moving to a Consumption (sales tax) or Fair (flat rate) tax system that applied equally to all people and institutions.
let’s take a flat 15% sales tax rate - 3% to city, 3% to county, 6% to state and 3% to Fed
or a flat 15% income tax rate broken down in the same format.
Everyone would share equally and bear an equal tax burden. No more loopholes, death taxes, capital gains taxes, AMT schedules or the million of other ridiculous tax regulations . . .
PLUS no more government borrowing - they have to stay within the funds raised and CANNOT spend more than they raise and they cannot ever change the tax rates - fiscal discipline just like you and I have to practice every day . . .
PLUS the military gets a set percentage of the federal tax revenues - say 5% that they can spend as they see fit - no more waste such a fuel fly-offs at the end of the fiscal year . . .
/rant
Heroic? Laughable.
"AUSTIN ? Gov. Rick Perry is flying to Istanbul, Turkey, today to speak at the super-secret Bilderberg Conference, a meeting of about 130 international leaders in business, media and politics.
The Associated Press
Gov. Rick Perry leaves today for the Bilderberg Conference, an exclusive, hush-hush meeting of global leaders in business, media and politics. The invitation-only conference was started in 1954 and named for the Dutch hotel where the conference was first held. Those who attend promise not to reveal what was discussed, security is tight, and the press and public are barred.
The conference has been the subject of conspiracy theorists and even Christian groups who wonder about its influence.
Robert Black, the governor’s press secretary, said the governor was invited to attend and speak about state-federal relations. Mr. Black dismissed the conspiracy theories.
“He’s looking forward to learning the secret handshake,” Mr. Black joked."
He’s a con artist elitist.
'nuff said.
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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Heroic? Laughable.
"AUSTIN ? Gov. Rick Perry is flying to Istanbul, Turkey, today to speak at the super-secret Bilderberg Conference, a meeting of about 130 international leaders in business, media and politics.
The Associated Press
Gov. Rick Perry leaves today for the Bilderberg Conference, an exclusive, hush-hush meeting of global leaders in business, media and politics. The invitation-only conference was started in 1954 and named for the Dutch hotel where the conference was first held. Those who attend promise not to reveal what was discussed, security is tight, and the press and public are barred.
The conference has been the subject of conspiracy theorists and even Christian groups who wonder about its influence.
Robert Black, the governor’s press secretary, said the governor was invited to attend and speak about state-federal relations. Mr. Black dismissed the conspiracy theories.
“He’s looking forward to learning the secret handshake,” Mr. Black joked."
He’s a con artist elitist.
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I actually agree with you. I will now go wash the bad taste from my mouth for doing so. :I
[quote]Big_Boss wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
Heroic? Laughable.
"AUSTIN ? Gov. Rick Perry is flying to Istanbul, Turkey, today to speak at the super-secret Bilderberg Conference, a meeting of about 130 international leaders in business, media and politics.
The Associated Press
Gov. Rick Perry leaves today for the Bilderberg Conference, an exclusive, hush-hush meeting of global leaders in business, media and politics. The invitation-only conference was started in 1954 and named for the Dutch hotel where the conference was first held. Those who attend promise not to reveal what was discussed, security is tight, and the press and public are barred.
The conference has been the subject of conspiracy theorists and even Christian groups who wonder about its influence.
Robert Black, the governor’s press secretary, said the governor was invited to attend and speak about state-federal relations. Mr. Black dismissed the conspiracy theories.
“He’s looking forward to learning the secret handshake,” Mr. Black joked."
He’s a con artist elitist.
I actually agree with you. I will now go wash the bad taste from my mouth for doing so. :I[/quote]
Actually, anyone who attends these conferences is committing a felony.
"Text of the Logan Act
§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).
[edit] Scope and intent of the Act
In general, the Act is intended to prohibit American citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments."
— from Wiki
I personally think that traitors like this should be put on trial and then hung.