Inquisition in Houston, TX

[pilgram]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

NAFTA was a long LONG time ago. Maybe he was ignorant

BTW Rush Limbaugh was for it too

NAFTA is still in effect and being implemented to this day.
Rick Perry maybe ignorant? How naïve.

Rush Limbaugh? LOL
Don't you know that any media personality making that kind of money is a compromised tool.

You have an awful lot to learn. Watch this for a good primer on some basics:

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by pilgram

NAFTA is still in effect and being implemented to this day.
Rick Perry maybe ignorant? How naïve.

Rush Limbaugh? LOL
Don't you know that any media personality making that kind of money is a compromised tool.

You have an awful lot to learn. Watch this for a good primer on some basics:

One reason that Perry and Limbaugh were for it is because world trade agreements have been successful in bringing down tariffs and other protectionist barriers. When those agreements (the various trade agreements) start going beyond protectionism, that is where the problems begin. With any agreement in place, we have to reign in going beyond the intent. That would also include our federal government.

[pilgram]

First of all, in my original reply re Perry I offered an article about the NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY giving an example of Perry's dishonesty which apparently no one has taken the time to read or even look at.
Secondly, the NAFTA legislation itself is simply one of the first steps to the North American Union for those that have taken the time to properly research the issue.

[houston]

Hwy 66?
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Edit:
I'm sorry. Brain freeze. Interstate 69?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by pilgram

First of all, in my original reply re Perry I offered an article about the NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY giving an example of Perry's dishonesty which apparently no one has taken the time to read or even look at.
Secondly, the NAFTA legislation itself is simply one of the first steps to the North American Union for those that have taken the time to properly research the issue.

If you have ever been in and around Austin, Texas, you know that the traffic is horribly congested with so many people moving here every day.

That was Gov. Perry's concern. So, scraping the Trans-Corridor/NAFTA Highway is not going to be reality. Part of that plan is still in place as a long term transportation plan is important, i.e. Texas 130 tollway. The I-35 plan is not alive because of the eminent domain issue that came up, but we will still have to deal with how to handle the congestion.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by houston

Hwy 66?
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Edit:
I'm sorry. Brain freeze. Interstate 69?

I-69 was still on the table and in planning stages in 2010.

Here's an update.

The newly designated interstate section means that a total of 188 miles of the I-69 system and connectors have been added to the Interstate Highway System in the past three years. That includes 47 miles of Interstate 2/US 83 in the Rio Grande Valley connecting I-69E and I-69C.

http://i69texasalliance.com/NewsUpda...Laredo69W.html

[Reader]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

It's the IRS's Job, not the Mayors or Houston

That isn't the point. If the churches stated anything, for instance, about voting the mayor out, then they would be doing something not allowed by their 501c3 status.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Reader

That isn't the point. If the churches stated anything, for instance, about voting the mayor out, then they would be doing something not allowed by their 501c3 status.

In the Brief filed by Alliance Defending Freedom, it states:

12. The TWELFTH Request – All Sermons and Speeches Related to ERO and Other Topics – Should be Quashed.

The Twelfth Request for Production seeks “[a]ll speeches, presentations, or sermons related to” ERO, “the [ERO] Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or in your possession.” But the content of sermons, presentations, and speeches proponents of referendum petitions make or give, if any, is not one of the criteria the Charter specifies for certifying referendum petitions. Neither the City Secretary nor any other official is directed by the Charter to examine referendum petition proponents’ “speeches, presentations, or sermons” before certifying the signatures on referendum petitions and declaring the petitions valid and legally binding. This request is thus not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. It should be quashed.

Additionally, an evaluation of the content of pastors’ sermons and other religious presentations could not be a criteria for the acceptance of a referendum petition without violating the First Amendment. “The door of the Free Exercise Clause stands tightly closed against any governmental regulation of religious beliefs as such.” Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 402 (1963). Significantly, the “[g]overnment may neither compel affirmation of a repugnant belief, nor penalize or discriminate against individuals or groups because they hold religious views abhorrent to the authorities[.]” Id. (citations and quotations omitted). Rather, the government—including the courts—is not allowed by the Constitution “to approve, disapprove, classify, regulate, or in any manner control sermons delivered at religious meetings.” Fowler v. State of R.I., 345 U.S. 67, 70 (1953). The City of Houston is thus constitutionally forbidden from creating a religious test to determine who may submit a referendum petition, or from making the contents of a pastor’s sermons a criteria for whether his or her petition is capable of being certified as legally binding."

http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/9349

[n david]

Can this Mayor be recalled? I understand she's in the final months of her term-limited position which ends in 2015. But it would be great if the Bible belt folk put aside political parties and rose together to kick her hinder parts out of office.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by n david

Can this Mayor be recalled? I understand she's in the final months of her term-limited position which ends in 2015. But it would be great if the Bible belt folk put aside political parties and rose together to kick her hinder parts out of office.

Yes, she could be. I don't know if anyone has stepped up to get that ball rolling or not.