To: usafa92; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Impy; SevenofNine; Cletus.D.Yokel; Rummyfan; Liberty Valance; ...
One of the provisions of Texas entering the Union in 1845 was that the Lone Star State kept all its public lands. The Feds had to buy land from Texas when we because a state--
Gadzooks, back then... 
We knew how to deal with the DC Crowd
9 posted on
07/16/2016 6:28:46 PM PDT by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Bender2; usafa92; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Impy; SevenofNine; Cletus.D.Yokel; Rummyfan; ...
the Lone Star State kept all its public lands. The Feds had to buy land from Texas when we because a state-- Gadzooks, you mean the feds had to actually COMPLY WITH THE CONSTITUTION???
[Congress shall have the power] to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings Art I, Sct 8, Cl 17.
43 posted on
07/16/2016 7:23:49 PM PDT by
Jim W N
To: Bender2
Are you aware the feds are poised to commandeer 90,000 acres of TX land along the Red River mostly in private hands and give it to OK? Greg Abbott has reportedly said over my dead body but they will likely try it anyway.
50 posted on
07/16/2016 8:45:58 PM PDT by
Georgia Girl 2
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