Cruz to join Gov. Abbott at flood briefing in Houston

Dallas Morning News ^ | May 26, 2015 2:25 pm | Todd J. Gillman

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz — who lives in Houston and has his presidential campaign headquarters there — will join Gov. Greg Abbott this afternoon for a briefing on storm damage, a Cruz aide said.

They’ll hear from emergency officials and law enforcement, and attend a news conference at 4pm CT at the Houston Office Of Emergency Management.

Abbott announced earlier that he would survey flood damage and meet with local leaders to discuss state recovery resources. He spoke a few hours ago with President Barack Obama, and a federal emergency declaration of some sort seems likely.

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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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[hadaclueonce]

Texas is not going to whine and beg like the North East when they got hit with almost a tropical storm Sandy.

Are they still bitching?

[dp0622]

I drove a cab on Staten Island I think two nights after the hurricane and the devastation was incredible. FEMA was slow to act. and it was pretty bad. What state are you from that has never asked for a dime?

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

what about al gore? why isnt he there yet?

[humblegunner]

Yeah, we had some rain.
Ain’t the first time, nor the last.

It’s rain. It happens.

[humblegunner]

Maybe you should post an oddly-punctuated vanity about it.

[Tijeras_Slim]

We’re having a wet year here, about three and a quarter inches so far.

We don’t flood, we burn.

[humblegunner]

We got like thirteen feet but we ain’t having to water no grass.

So at least we got that going for us.

Which is nice.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’m rounding up the shoot salsa later this week. Always fun.

[Mac n Jac]

We were in a cafe in Blanco yesterday. Ironic that posted on the way is a listing of all of the monthly/yearly rain totals going back (I believe) to the 1920’s. After the last big drought in the ‘50s they had record rainfall for the following 2 years. Looks like we’re headed the same way.

On a more somber note it was rather scary looking up at the tops of the trees along the river with all of the debris from when it was over the 40’ mark. Way down again but we’re headed for round 2 on Wed.

[odawg]

The following is a Corner (NRO) posting from Ramesh Ponnuru:

Cruz on immigration

Wall Street Journal: “Mr. Cruz’s hard-edged message against immigration may play in the GOP primaries…”

Ponnuru responds: Cruz is for a guest-worker program and open to offering legal status to illegal immigrants. He voted against an amendment to cap legal immigration over the next decade at 33 million. I can understand how, from the Journal’s perspective, Cruz seem too restrictionist. But I don’t think it’s right to say that Cruz has an anti-immigration message. Update: Cruz also offered an amendment to expand H-1B visas by a factor of five.

An old Corner posting from John Derbyshire:

Readers who have followed the Senate wrangling over the immigration bill may have been confused by some of the jargon being thrown around. In a spirit of public service, I offer the following brief glossary of some of the terms you have been hearing.

“legalization” -— amnesty

“guest worker plan” -— amnesty

“temporary worker plan” -— amnesty

“path to citizenship” -— amnesty

“out of the shadows” -— amnesty

“comprehensive reform” -— amnesty

I hope that helps clarify things.

[humblegunner]

It wouldn’t be a proper shoot without some Nuevo-Mexicano Salsa.

True story.

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“guest worker plan” -— amnesty

“temporary worker plan” -— amnesty

I hope that helps clarify things.

On these two items, it doesn't clarify anything but purposefully muddies the waters.

Those two policy positions cannot be called amnesty.

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Here is a list of what Ted Cruz supports with respect to Illegal Immigration and Border Issues from NumbersUSA.com. This is a list of his official positions:

From NumbersUSA:

1. Oppose Amnesty - OPPOSE offering the officially estimated 11 million people illegally in the U.S. long-term work permits and/or a path to citizenship (whether through a blanket amnesty or an "earned legalization" or other form)

2. Attrition through Enforcement - fund an Attrition Through Enforcement campaign to cause illegal aliens to self-repatriate back to their home countries over time

3. Mandate E-Verify - jobs held by illegal aliens be opened up for unemployed Americans and legal immigrants already here by requiring all businesses to use the Federal automated, rapid-response internet system (E-Verify) to screen out illegal foreign workers

4. Assist Local Police - federal government be required to cooperate with local officials and pick up all illegal aliens detained by local law enforcement

5. Defund Sanctuary Cities - reduce funding to state and local governments that adopt sanctuary policies and other rewards for illegal foreign workers and the companies that hire them

6. Fund Entry/Exit System - fully fund the completion of the entry/exit system at all borders and points of entry in which every person entering and leaving the U.S. is logged into a database which would notify law enforcement, businesses and others when a foreign tourist, student, worker or other fails to leave on-time? *(US-VISIT was approved by Congress in 1996 and has never been sufficiently funded and is largely incomplete.)

7. Border Security - fund and provide oversight for the full implementation of border security measures already signed into law

8. End Birthright Citizenship - move the U.S. in line with most other nations and stop the policy of giving automatic citizenship at birth to children when both parents are illegal aliens?

9. End Chain Migration - implement the bi-partisan, national Jordan Commission recommendation to limit family-based immigration to the nuclear family of spouse and minor children, thus eliminating the "chain migration" categories of extended family that are the key reason immigration has quadrupled since the 1960s

10. End Visa Lotteries - institute safeguards that will prevent importation of foreign workers any time they would threaten the jobs or depress the wages of American workers

11. Reduce Total Immigration - Until 1976, U.S. immigration tradition was an average of around 250,000 a year; since new legislation in 1990, it has averaged 1,000,000 a year. More than 38 million foreign workers and dependents now live in the U.S. At current rates, immigration will add more than 100 million additional people to the U.S. population by 2060. This government-forced rapid population expansion will require huge increases in energy, roads and other infrastructure and services.

[hadaclueonce]

I am in Texas.

Hope that cab gig is working out for you.

[odawg]

First, I would like to thank you for not launching into name calling for what I posted. Second, the NRO guy was not repeating his published stances on immigration issues, but his legislation or attempted legislation on immigration issues. I choose to go by his actions, not his words. I use to like Cruz, but he stunned me with his vote on the trade bill.

[luvie]

Yum! Looking forward to some of that! Wish you could actually come some time!

[Grams A]

Mayor sounded like she was on drugs and one person they interviewed from the apartment complex which had some damage after a small tornado spoke only Spanish and wanted to know where the government help was. Not exactly the best faces to show to the rest of the U.S. on Texan self-reliance.

[smokingfrog]

Porker is probably taking hormone shots so she can be more butch.