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To: Dog Gone
Actually, many of the platform planks are kooky. We engaged in a lengthy discussion of the Texas Party Platform earlier this year at this forum, and nobody here agreed with all of it.

Nobody, ANYWHERE agrees with it all. Over a ten year period it changes position on several matters, then changes back. We need to cut it's length be about 75% and get to the core of what we believe.

10 posted on 10/12/2003 9:37:14 AM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon
What? You don't agree that we should abolish the FBI, Border Patrol, BATF, Secret Service, and US Marshalls?

From the platform:

Law Enforcement – According to Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, federal law-enforcement powers have criminal jurisdiction limited to the high seas, federal installations, and counterfeiting operations. The Party believes that most crime is local and that the states, according to the Tenth Amendment, reserve law enforcement authority. Implementing this policy would effectively eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which we would applaud. Many citizens have become concerned about the expansion of federal law enforcement authority and the use of military personnel and equipment against its citizens. The rights of American citizens must be respected.

12 posted on 10/12/2003 9:46:57 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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