Posted on 08/06/2009 6:18:57 AM PDT by devane617
WASHINGTON – Legislation to permit law enforcement to jam prisoners' cellphone calls easily cleared a Senate committee on Wednesday, the latest example of how Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has used her seniority to push Texas-centric issues that translate directly to her run for governor.
Yet Hutchison has been absent from the committee's work on two top priorities of Congress: health care legislation and consumer protection. When she recently announced her departure from the Senate in the fall, she said she'd stay in Washington long enough to participate in the health legislation.
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I knew jailbirds had state-of-the-art workout gyms, mosques and law libraries, but this is the first I knew they were allowed to have cellphones as well.
Not necessarily a raving KBH supporter, but if you will notice the MSM that keeps bashing her are the LIB Texas newspapers. Maybe they will endorse Rick for re-election? /sc
Not necessarily a raving KBH supporter, but if you will notice the MSM that keeps bashing her are the LIB Texas newspapers. Maybe they will endorse Rick for re-election? /sc
Anyone have any idea of why the post hangs and then double posts sometimes?
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They’re actually not allowed to have the cell phones. Guards smuggle in the phones for extra cash.
Anyone have any idea of why the post hangs and then double posts sometimes?
Probably a glitch somewhere along the way. Just don’t hit send the second time. Once send is hit once the post is out in cyber space.
So we actually have to pass a law to block calls to phones they aren’t even supposed to have?
Yes and the only reason it’s an issue is because an elected official and his family were threatened by a thug in prison.
Kay Bailey Useless would make a worse governor than Rick Perry — and that ain’t a high bar to clear!
No. And I felt that way about KBH long prior to this revelation. (Incredibly) Poor judgment is no stranger to KBH.
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