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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Democratic challenger Bill White don't oppose Ground Zero mosque in New York
Dallas morning news ^

Posted on 08/29/2011 5:08:34 PM PDT by Tempest

AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic challenger Bill White agree that while plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero have stirred controversy, they don't object to a local decision affirming the Islamic group's right to build it. A New York City planning commission voted this week to clear the way for a planned Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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To: DRey

Not done yet but the friggin signs are still up saying “Future I69”. I was and am still very much against it. And the dangerous trucks they are letting in from Mexico are NOT safe. I see them on the road often down here in the Valley.


201 posted on 08/29/2011 6:34:32 PM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: famousdayandyear
Your pretend offense is amusing.

So is your lecturing, noob.

202 posted on 08/29/2011 6:34:47 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: carjic

LIAR LIAR TAIL ON FIRE!!!


203 posted on 08/29/2011 6:34:47 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: DRey
Because it protects the people from the government. It’s the opposite default of Canada. If it’s not addressed in the Constitution, the states own the decision. They despise it. They want to control everything, socialize everything, and micromanage everything.

So it makes them angry when it blocks the federal government from doing something they really, really want done by D.C.? Sounds like frustration to me.

I ask because the liberal ads says that they're the thinking people - but on the 10th amendment, they react exactly like their caricature of conservatism.

204 posted on 08/29/2011 6:35:26 PM PDT by danielmryan
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To: buccaneer81

So it seems that if God can choose one who murdered his people to spread the Gospel, it is comparatively a small thing for Perry to repudiate a party that took a huge left turn.

Lots of good Americans were Democrats in the South in the 1980s and only a handful of people like you really have a problem with that.

Dems then and today are two different species.


205 posted on 08/29/2011 6:36:36 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (Proud to be a RINO.)
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To: South40

I didn’t follow your links because you haven’t made since on this website since Perry announced. I am, however, looking forward to paying you more attention after Palin endorses him. I will definitely be interested in your posts then.


206 posted on 08/29/2011 6:36:43 PM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: DRey

I believe it to be a clear case of the Tenth Amendment having reasoned limitations.

Many of us here support the concept of the Tenth Amendment, but there are clearly instances where states cannot, and should not get away with certain things.

None of us here are going to sign on to the re-introduction of slavery in one state based on the Tenth Amendment clause. None of us would agree with all Christians being the focus of some form of persecution because another state wanted to impose something like that.

Perry likes to state he’s a big supporter of the Tenth Amendment, but you have to have the mental faculties to understand when you should or should not assert that point.

Would he be violating New York’s Tenth Amendment rights by stating he could not support the building of that mosque on a site where 09/11 debris landed? Would he be out of line stating that would be an abomination?

Of course not. He didn’t want to get caught with his foot in his mouth, so he erred on the side of not taking a firm stand. We all know it wouldn’t be binding, but it would be the right thing to do.

Let’s put this another way. If a labor union burned down a business, would it seem right that they would wind up owning the property and building a union hall there?

Although they bought the property, it is not fitting that an Islamic religious concern should wind up with a mosque where the Twin Towers debris landed after an attack justified by radical Islamic adherents.

It’s another case of there being no sensitivity to the concerns of U.S. citizens over a sore point. If this were a sore point to the Islamic adherents, it’s my take this would have been blocked.


207 posted on 08/29/2011 6:36:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: Tempest

I answered you.

I say again, you lack the intellect to understand the difference between the federal government lacking the constitutional authority today and the federal government being given the authority by constitutional amendment ratified by THE STATES.

That is so basic to understanding our constitutional republic that if you don’t understand it you shouldn’t be allowed to vote.


208 posted on 08/29/2011 6:37:10 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper
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To: buccaneer81

Please don’t judge all Texans by the actions of a few.


209 posted on 08/29/2011 6:37:33 PM PDT by TexMom7
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To: DRey

You stated the NAFTA super highway was forced on him. Dig into the side deals he was working.


210 posted on 08/29/2011 6:37:38 PM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: Tempest

Bill White was the commencement speaker at a graduation for the University of Houston Clear Lake several years ago. He spoke for some time but said nothing. It was all feel-good platitudes. Totally meaningless pablem. Nonsense. At one point the people all around me were yelling at him to shut up. Bill White is in his own little world that nobody with any common sense wants to join.

Bill White represents everything that is wrong with the left....


211 posted on 08/29/2011 6:37:47 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: Grunthor

Absolutely.

A Liberal/Communist tactic that some freepers adopt and master easily.


212 posted on 08/29/2011 6:38:02 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (Proud to be a RINO.)
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To: buccaneer81
Saint Ricky isn't saving souls.I wouldn't be so sure about that one either.

You didn't answer my question. You still putting your faith in the Lost Cause?
213 posted on 08/29/2011 6:39:00 PM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: shield
What are you referring to (specifically)that I am lying about? I just looked at your page and it does not seem we are far apart politically.
214 posted on 08/29/2011 6:39:22 PM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: Eagle Eye

LOL!!!!


215 posted on 08/29/2011 6:39:43 PM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: TexMom7
Actually, it's a super majority. A majority would be a mere 25. If you don't or can't recognize the difference then you probably also have no clue as to why the super majority is needed in the first place.

And I'm not surprised that you don't see the contradiction; Mitt Perry can do no wrong in the mind of a Mitt Perry supporter.

Tell me, do you also approve of instate tuition for ILLEGAL aliens? That's a Mitt Romney position too.

216 posted on 08/29/2011 6:40:24 PM PDT by South40 (Perry: There is a path to citizenship for ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served THEIR country)
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To: DRey; buccaneer81

Read post #72 drey and tell me how Mr Flip-flopper reconciles his flip-flops?


217 posted on 08/29/2011 6:40:35 PM PDT by Tempest (Google: Rick perry bi-national healthcare)
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To: KingKongCobra

That really is my favorite one. I love hearing how Perry is left of Obama. hee hee!


218 posted on 08/29/2011 6:41:10 PM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: buccaneer81

Buck? The Lost Cause? Do you need a definition on that one, too?


219 posted on 08/29/2011 6:42:08 PM PDT by DRey (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: DRey

You didn’t follow the links for the same reason you never answered my question as to how you know ILLEGAL aliens will work for $20 a day. It’s because you’re clueless and you like it that way. So be it; you only make yourself look extremely foolish.


220 posted on 08/29/2011 6:43:12 PM PDT by South40 (Perry: There is a path to citizenship for ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served THEIR country)
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