Posted on 07/26/2014 12:22:29 PM PDT by QT3.14
When Gov. Rick Perry of Texas announced plans to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to help with the border crisis, it came with a power unexpected by some. By deploying them himself rather than through Washington, he has the power to order the troops to make arrests and apprehensions, something Guard troops in past border deployments have been prohibited from doing.
Immigrant rights advocates and others, including former federal officials involved in previous National Guard mobilizations, said the troops would lack both training and federal oversight, creating a risk of civil rights violations and deadly encounters with immigrants.
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Meaning what?
It means that, as a leader, Perry isn’t going where most conservatives want to go.
The Gardisil fiasco does show that he can be beaten into submission. That raises the question, who can beat him into submission first, conservatives, or liberals?
“It’s my way or the highway” is a lonely road for puritans looking for perfection. Good luck with that.
I remember even Ronald Reagan wasn’t perfect but he was pretty darn good. I am a Ted Cruz supporter but you will probably find something wrong with him too.
If you call looking for perfection rejecting a left wing Republican, yes, I’m on that train.
We had one of those in CO not too long ago, and see where he led us?
I prefer to look at things from a different angle. The puritans stayed home the last 2 president elections and did not soil their hands and look what it got us. I did not like McCain and Romney but I would take them over what we got. What we got is an unmitigated disaster and I am afraid we won’t recover from it. Thank you very much.
You can call that puritan, but just matching the party platform should be a basic qualifying requirement.
/johnny
Posse Comitatus...?
/johnny
So the "National" in National Guard means...?
It requires an order from the President to federalize national guard.
/johnny
Will they have loaded weapons or empty one?
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Until he does that, they are controlled by the state.
/johnny
Will they become another division of 0Zero’s meals on wheels army? Tending to the illegals every need?
Gringo! Bring me water! And some tacos for my little seeester! And two bus tickets to Dallas!
Just posse...... the national guard are deputized
I don’t know how we ended up with Romney. A couple of states get to pick our nominee, something needs to change. Texas gets no consideration in the choice of the nominee, that is just wrong.
That's why I'm a conservative, and not a republican.
/johnny
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