It Can Happen only in Texas.
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Actually they had volunteers.:roll:
Another Lazarus thread.
Compelling and riveting to say the least.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that not all lesbians look like that, and men seem less keen on this on every street corner.
Men seem to only appreciate the 'lesbians' that they can fantasize they have a shot with.
I agree. That howlin' Bear is an abomination of a wall painting.
hang the muralist...
As in volunteers to go to prison? Ive never heard about people doing that for homosexuality. I have read that homeless or poor people used to commit petty crimes to be sent to prison for the winter.
Sterilizing homosexuals was another odd idea they had back then. I guess they didnt realize that homosexuals dont reproduce.
Hell I have no issues with Lesbians in Texas. most are fairly generous on including a guy.. I have lots of lady friends that as lesbians. Best kind, lots of fun, no attachments and then come in pairs.
Really ? They are upset and baffled by perry Privatizing water? I hope they get hit hard by the water rates and reflect on who they voted for......
Officials in the North Texas town of Blue Mound and the town's representative in the state House say they are upset and baffled by Gov. Rick Perry’s veto of a bill that would have made it easier for Blue Mound to gain control of its water system.
The town's water is provided by a private company, Monarch Utilities, a subsidiary of SouthWest Water Company. Officials in Blue Mound, which is north of Fort Worth and home to about 2,400 people, have complained that they have considerably higher water rates than the town's neighbors. House Bill 1160, sponsored by State Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, would have made it easier for Blue Mound to obtain the right to run its system.
Perry vetoed the bill on Friday. “At a time when infrastructure is a focus for our growing state, this bill would provide a disincentive for development by private utilities,” the governor said in a statement accompanying the veto. He noted there is also "pending litigation directly related to this issue."
Geren, whose district includes Blue Mound, said that the governor’s action was a surprise. “My first thoughts are — I wish someone from the governor’s office had told me they had some issue with this, and they never did,” he said. "They never called my staff. They never came to see me. Nothing."
The bill was specifically tailored to Blue Mound and one other Texas community, Geren said, and it included accommodations for SouthWest Water Company.
“[Perry] obviously had somebody too stupid to read a three-page bill” advising him, Geren said.
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http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2013/jun/19/blue-mound-upset-water-veto/
Officials in the North Texas town of Blue Mound and the town's representative in the state House say they are upset and baffled by Gov. Rick Perry’s veto of a bill that would have made it easier for Blue Mound to gain control of its water system.
The town's water is provided by a private company, Monarch Utilities, a subsidiary of SouthWest Water Company. Officials in Blue Mound, which is north of Fort Worth and home to about 2,400 people, have complained that they have considerably higher water rates than the town's neighbors. House Bill 1160, sponsored by State Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, would have made it easier for Blue Mound to obtain the right to run its system.
Perry vetoed the bill on Friday. “At a time when infrastructure is a focus for our growing state, this bill would provide a disincentive for development by private utilities,” the governor said in a statement accompanying the veto. He noted there is also "pending litigation directly related to this issue."
Geren, whose district includes Blue Mound, said that the governor’s action was a surprise. “My first thoughts are — I wish someone from the governor’s office had told me they had some issue with this, and they never did,” he said. "They never called my staff. They never came to see me. Nothing."
The bill was specifically tailored to Blue Mound and one other Texas community, Geren said, and it included accommodations for SouthWest Water Company.
“[Perry] obviously had somebody too stupid to read a three-page bill” advising him, Geren said.
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http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2013/jun/19/blue-mound-upset-water-veto/
a high school senior in Pflugerville, TX, faces suspension from her cheerleading squad because she has to miss a practice in order to take the SAT.
Ally Batista, the cheerleader who also occasionally takes standardized tests that are a necessary part of most college applications, has already missed TWO practices (last spring), so she is in serious **** with the coach via the team's "three strikes" policy. Under this binding and historical contract, cheerleaders are obligated to miss no more than two practices, or they shall face suspension from the team for three weeks.
Of Ally Batista's two previous truancies, one occurred because she had a lead role in the school play. This upcoming SAT exam date is her last chance to take the test before the deadline for early admissions college applications rolls around. I know, I know, we are all thinking the same thing — ALLY, HOW COULD YOU BE SO SELFISH? WHERE IS YOUR TEAM SPIRIT, ALLY?
Ally says that the punishment is "ridiculous." She adds, "My priority is school and I am taking the SAT regardless." Although Ally's mom contacted the school's principal and the cheerleading coach, no one was responsive. "I feel that they had their minds made up," she told KXAN. "They were going to punish girls who took the test. The coach only responded briefly to me via e-mails, she hasn't returned my calls."
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High School Cheerleader Could be Suspended from Squad for Taking SAT
Ally Batista, the cheerleader who also occasionally takes standardized tests that are a necessary part of most college applications, has already missed TWO practices (last spring), so she is in serious **** with the coach via the team's "three strikes" policy. Under this binding and historical contract, cheerleaders are obligated to miss no more than two practices, or they shall face suspension from the team for three weeks.
Of Ally Batista's two previous truancies, one occurred because she had a lead role in the school play. This upcoming SAT exam date is her last chance to take the test before the deadline for early admissions college applications rolls around. I know, I know, we are all thinking the same thing — ALLY, HOW COULD YOU BE SO SELFISH? WHERE IS YOUR TEAM SPIRIT, ALLY?
Ally says that the punishment is "ridiculous." She adds, "My priority is school and I am taking the SAT regardless." Although Ally's mom contacted the school's principal and the cheerleading coach, no one was responsive. "I feel that they had their minds made up," she told KXAN. "They were going to punish girls who took the test. The coach only responded briefly to me via e-mails, she hasn't returned my calls."
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High School Cheerleader Could be Suspended from Squad for Taking SAT
Texas teenager faces 99 years over pot brownies
Texas teenager faces 99 years over pot brownies | Video | Reuters.com
Texas teenager faces 99 years over pot brownies | Video | Reuters.com
Ya got to wonder if the judge who declared the law unconstitutional ever poked it in the Hershey canal, stinky dink, packed fudge.
Tard in Texas Jail 34 Years Cause Tard Didn't Fill Out Paper Work Correctly . Sounds fair..............
In 1977, a Texas man named Jerry Hartfield was convicted of murder. His conviction was tossed out three years later because the process used to select his jury was unconstitutional.
Yet Hartfield was neither freed from prison nor given a new trial. Last April, a Texas trial judge held that he must remain in prison, despite the fact that the sole legal basis for his detention was overturned nearly 34 years ago, because Hartfield did not actively seek a new trial.
Hartfield is intellectually disabled. His IQ is estimated to be only 51.
On Thursday, Hartfield’s case grew even more similar to a Franz Kafka novel with a Texas Court of Appeals decision refusing to grant him relief.
The holding of the appeals court’s decision is that Hartfield erred by filing what is known as a “pretrial habeas” petition, when the appropriate remedy “for an alleged violation of one’s constitutional right to a speedy trial” is “a pretrial motion to set aside the charging instrument on speedy-trial grounds.” The reason why this highly legalistic distinction matters is that, while a denial of a pretrial habeas petition can sometimes be appealed immediately, “the denial of a speedy-trial pretrial motion to quash an indictment may be appealed only after conviction and sentencing.”
So, in case all of that is not clear. Hartfield asked a court to order him freed because his speedy trial rights were violated by the fact that Texas imprisoned him for more than three decades without trial. Yet a Texas appeals court just told him that it is powerless to help him until after his criminal trial for an offense Texas refused to try him on for over 30 years.
Texas, for what it is worth, finally began to set the process in motion to retry Hartfield earlier this year, though it is unclear how they plan to put a case together against Hartfield nearly four decades after his alleged crime. According to the New York Daily News, “the murder weapon, a pick-axe, has been lost and witnesses have died.”
Hartfield, for his part, claims that he is innocent and that he was originally convicted based on a false confession.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/08/15/3471971/there-is-a-man-in-texas-who-has-been-imprisoned-34-years-without-a-conviction/
In 1977, a Texas man named Jerry Hartfield was convicted of murder. His conviction was tossed out three years later because the process used to select his jury was unconstitutional.
Yet Hartfield was neither freed from prison nor given a new trial. Last April, a Texas trial judge held that he must remain in prison, despite the fact that the sole legal basis for his detention was overturned nearly 34 years ago, because Hartfield did not actively seek a new trial.
Hartfield is intellectually disabled. His IQ is estimated to be only 51.
On Thursday, Hartfield’s case grew even more similar to a Franz Kafka novel with a Texas Court of Appeals decision refusing to grant him relief.
The holding of the appeals court’s decision is that Hartfield erred by filing what is known as a “pretrial habeas” petition, when the appropriate remedy “for an alleged violation of one’s constitutional right to a speedy trial” is “a pretrial motion to set aside the charging instrument on speedy-trial grounds.” The reason why this highly legalistic distinction matters is that, while a denial of a pretrial habeas petition can sometimes be appealed immediately, “the denial of a speedy-trial pretrial motion to quash an indictment may be appealed only after conviction and sentencing.”
So, in case all of that is not clear. Hartfield asked a court to order him freed because his speedy trial rights were violated by the fact that Texas imprisoned him for more than three decades without trial. Yet a Texas appeals court just told him that it is powerless to help him until after his criminal trial for an offense Texas refused to try him on for over 30 years.
Texas, for what it is worth, finally began to set the process in motion to retry Hartfield earlier this year, though it is unclear how they plan to put a case together against Hartfield nearly four decades after his alleged crime. According to the New York Daily News, “the murder weapon, a pick-axe, has been lost and witnesses have died.”
Hartfield, for his part, claims that he is innocent and that he was originally convicted based on a false confession.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/08/15/3471971/there-is-a-man-in-texas-who-has-been-imprisoned-34-years-without-a-conviction/
Texas Congressman Compares Obama to Hitler, Spells ‘Adolf’ Wrong
This isn’t the first time Weber has taken fire for his social media criticism of the president. Nearly a year ago, after Obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage of federal contractors to $10.10 an hour, Weber called Obama on Twitter a “Socialist
dictator” and “Kommandant-In-Chef.” I could be wrong on this, but I’m pretty sure Obama actually has his own “Kommandant-in-Chef.”
Weber represents Texas’ 14th Congressional District and was reelected to his second term in November, defeating Democratic challenge Don Brown by more than 25 percent of the vote.
Weber sent out an apology statement to media, tweeted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, which said, “I need to first apologize for my tweet. It was not my intention to trivialize the Holocaust nor to compare the President to Adolf Hitler. The mention of Hitler was meant to represent the face of evil that still exists in the world today. I now realize that the use of Hitler invokes pain and emotional trauma for those affected by the atrocities of the Holocaust and victims of anti-Semitism and hate.”
Weber’s full statement can be read below:
Texas Congressman Compares Obama to Hitler, Spells ‘Adolf’ Wrong - Nation - Boston.com
This isn’t the first time Weber has taken fire for his social media criticism of the president. Nearly a year ago, after Obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage of federal contractors to $10.10 an hour, Weber called Obama on Twitter a “Socialist
dictator” and “Kommandant-In-Chef.” I could be wrong on this, but I’m pretty sure Obama actually has his own “Kommandant-in-Chef.”
Weber represents Texas’ 14th Congressional District and was reelected to his second term in November, defeating Democratic challenge Don Brown by more than 25 percent of the vote.
Weber sent out an apology statement to media, tweeted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, which said, “I need to first apologize for my tweet. It was not my intention to trivialize the Holocaust nor to compare the President to Adolf Hitler. The mention of Hitler was meant to represent the face of evil that still exists in the world today. I now realize that the use of Hitler invokes pain and emotional trauma for those affected by the atrocities of the Holocaust and victims of anti-Semitism and hate.”
Weber’s full statement can be read below:
Texas Congressman Compares Obama to Hitler, Spells ‘Adolf’ Wrong - Nation - Boston.com
I don't hate Texans I find them a simple yet amusing people.......
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power charge against former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on constitutional grounds. District Judge Bert Richardson, who like Perry is a Republican, ruled Tuesday that the case should proceed.
The ruling rejects the argument that Perry was acting within his rights as governor when he publicly threatened, then carried out, a veto of $7.5 million in state funding for the Public Integrity Unit within the office of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. The veto came after Lehmberg, a Democrat, refused to resign following a drunken driving conviction.
An Austin grand jury indicted Perry in August on charges of abuse of official power and coercion of a public servant. Since the indictment, Perry has spent more than $1 million of his campaign funds on his defense.
“I’m very impressed once again with Judge Richardson’s wisdom and in this case, he exercised judicial restraint in not ruling on matters that the law does not allow him to rule on,” said special prosecutor Michael McCrum. “There are many people across this state and country that argue that judge’s should exercise judicial restraint and in this case…the governor was asking for just the opposite.”
Perry’s defense team filed an appe
al immediately after Tuesday’s ruling.
“Governor Perry acted lawfully and properly exercised his power under the law as governor to protect the public safety and integrity of government,” said Tony Buzbee, lead counsel for Perry’s legal team. “Continued prosecution of Governor Perry is an outrage and sets a dangerous precedent in our democracy.”
Richardson had previously refused to toss the case on a series of technicalities Perry’s lawyers raised, including questioning whether McCrum was properly sworn in.
The possible 2016 presidential hopeful said this week he will announce as soon as May whether he will run again.
Just in case you missed the fist flip off..
Your response is exactly what I meant by "a simple yet amusing people" not unlike the sharpie in the following story...........
Five-times married Texas Tea Party representative Tony Tinderholt writes letter to judge complaining about letting two women get married in Austin.
Bonus: He sent the letter to the wrong judge.
Tinderholt, a retired Army major elected by Tea Party voters, didn’t like the judge letting two women get married after 30 years.
Only one couple got married, right after a different judge in a Travis County probate court threw out Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage.
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Tinderholt wrote out a two-paragraph complaint to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Then his staff called reporters.
But Tinderholt’s publicity ploy had problems:
▪ First, he complained about the wrong judge and case.
▪ Then, he applied the law the wrong way in his complaint.
▪ Had he managed to apply the law the right way to the right judge, he still would have come out wrong.
Tinderholt, 44 and in his fifth marriage, said in a published statement that he wants a judicial system that “respects the laws” and separation of powers, as if judges shouldn’t declare the Texas Legislature’s laws unconstitutional without prior permission from the Legislature.
His complaint against state District Judge David Wahlberg of Austin involves a state law requiring notice to the attorney general before a law is ruled unconstitutional.
“This judge deliberately violated statutory law, and this is unacceptable,” Tinderholt said in his statement.
But it was Probate Judge Guy Herman, not Wahlberg, who ruled the same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. That was a different case involving a survivor’s claim to the estate of her late partner.
Also, the law Tinderholt is quoting requires notice before a “final judgment.”
Wahlberg only issued a temporary restraining order to issue the women a marriage license, not a final judgment, according to one of their lawyers, Brian T. Thompson of Austin.
Tinderholt’s complaint better fits Herman and the probate case in his court.
But Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office was notified about that Jan. 23.
Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Dower replied that Paxton’s office “decided not to seek direct involvement.”
Any law school student could see that Wahlberg hasn’t issued a final judgment, Thompson said.
“I would hope,” he said, “we would elect people who have the sense to sit down and read a law before filing a complaint.”
Tinderholt had already taken to Facebook to explain that he objects to an “activist” judge — “not about gay marriage.”
State officials will have to spend our money, time and resources responding.
Now there’s a good complaint.
For Tinderholt, a judicial complaint gone haywire | The Star Telegram The Star Telegram
That vast majority of those gay haters are religious and of the political right.
All this stuff will be in full bloom coming to court during the next Presidential
Election. I want to hear how the dancing Republican Politicians sway around
this one. This is why no one takes them seriously. There are times where
good ideas are discredited because there are laws and idiots who can't grasp
the world has changed
All this stuff will be in full bloom coming to court during the next Presidential
Election. I want to hear how the dancing Republican Politicians sway around
this one. This is why no one takes them seriously. There are times where
good ideas are discredited because there are laws and idiots who can't grasp
the world has changed