Posted on 02/17/2009 12:52:47 PM PST by erkyl
Joining with the other sovereign state legislation, Texas Rep. Creighton files concurrent resolution which states: WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and...{snip}
WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore, be it{snip}
RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislationor lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed;
go out into any sandy, grassy field look for small round holes in the ground. there is where you will find tarantula. the big ones will always be female. Used to catch them as a child in Fort Worth.
5th generation Native Texan Ping!
fwiw, i was NOT being "snarky", just being factually correct.
free dixie,sw
Isn’t that great?!
I may not be a true Texan, but I’m a Texan by marriage.
A Texan-in-law? ;o)
I love that state!
Thank you for the ping, Meek!
You obviously do not understand the meaning of NATIVE and until you do you just wont get it.
Sorry the Indians LOST.... Sucks to be them.
By all means, keep the CW going forever...it accomplished nothing and you want to do it some more. Do you realize Stand Watie and his compatriots wanted only to be a sovereign state and part of the USA with it’s laws the same for them? They thought they could accomplish that with the Confederacy. Even Stand Watie realized the folly of that:
“Shall I continue to encourage them,
or shall I at once unveil to them the dread truth
that our country is to be hopelessly abandoned,
and that they are to receive
the reward of poverty and ruin
for their unswerving fidelity to the Southern cause?”
Letter to S.S.Scott, Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs from Brig.Gen.Stand Watie Aug.8, 1864
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Take the advice of another ‘native’.
General Ely S. Parker, a member of the Seneca tribe,
drew up the articles of surrender
which General Robert E. Lee
signed at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
Gen. Parker, who served as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s
military secretary was an educated attorney who was once
rejected for Union military service because of his race.
At the meeting, Gen. Lee was at first taken aback
at the presence of an Indian being in such a position.
After he got to know Parker,
Lee is said to have remarked to him,
“I am glad to see one real American here.”
Parker replied, “We are all Americans.”
We're in North Texas. DFW area. The area reminds me a bit of what California used to be when I was a kid. Lovin' it.
It’s a start. It won’t be worth anything until we repeal the 17th amendment.
I’m probably the only one here who thinks this bodes ill. If it comes down to it, I’m an American.
“Sorry the Indians LOST.... Sucks to be them.”
The Indians of today certainly haven’t ‘lost’. They’re raking it in on the backs of their ancestors who lost. But it wasn’t all the fault of the white man. It’s about greed and exploitation, and there was plenty of that within most of the tribes. The civil war within the Cherokee nation is what destroyed them.
Yes they are.
But to live in the past and say the “white eyes” destroyed the Indian nations and we should hate the American for it is foolish. The American Indian was over powered and over matched they couldn’t have won.
The American Indians that have chosen to be Americans are the smart ones.
My comment did seem a bit rude didn’t it? :^|
Living in town, I haven’t seen any tarantulas, still a few scorpions though.
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Guess I have to cross Texas off my list. We have big, black 6-7” scorpions in the summer. Taranatulas and Scorpions, no way.
If you take the Fed Guvmint out of the equation, I reckon Texans would take care of that little matter in no time flat.
Done. Great to have another Texan on board!
5. Restore Constitution sans Amendments 16, 17 and 23.
6. Add new Amendment for Congressional and Federal Judge TERM LIMITS!
7. Add new Amendment prohibiting government of any form from monetarily competing with private enterprise. That is to include loaning money to the private sector.
8. Add new Amendment that ANY tax levied upon the people must first be approved by a 3/4 majority of BOTH houses of Congress. Make sure there are NO provisions for "emergencies" and such.
Bears repeating. I couldn't have said it better myself.
What would we do today. Different breed back then, eh?
Done.
bump
Melas, are you an import??? Kidding mostly. Do the terms "Live Free or Die" or "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" strike any cords with you?
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