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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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To: Dog Gone
What? You don't agree that we should abolish the FBI, Border Patrol, BATF, Secret Service, and US Marshalls?

Well I could live without the BATF!

14 posted on 10/12/2003 11:02:27 AM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
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To: Dog Gone
The border patrol doesn't seem to be doing a fully effective job, let's put the Texas Rangers on it instead.

The FBI has been ineffective for a long time (requiring an insider's whistleblowing to solve many cases).

The BATF is a tax regulating agency.

I do accept that there is a need for a Federal investigation group, be it FBI or US Marshalls (since some crimes occur in the jurisdiction of several states). I don't understand why the FBI was financing Hamas to see if money went to foreign terrorists. This is outside of the domestic US. Put the CIA on it.

Secret Service deal with money and their role has been expanded to include protecting the President (and I support this).

18 posted on 10/12/2003 12:31:33 PM PDT by weegee
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To: Dog Gone
I'll try to get back to this thread to read the Texas GOP platform but I probably won't chime in on it much here.

It sounds like it contains a number of planks that don't mean much to the voters or candidates so the "hypocrisy" is empty. I do agree with Ralph that we have RINOs. I disagree with him about the role of government or who should be leading this nation.

I doubt that he'll offer up a similar "expose" for the DummyRats or other parties.

21 posted on 10/12/2003 12:38:42 PM PDT by weegee
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