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That story is a week old and says the Senate is doing business. Where is the action in the House? We are told on this forum things are happening, but it's secret and can't be divulged until it's too late to do anything about it. This forum has ears, the other side is seeing what's posted, etc. Fine. 19 days left. There are 600 days 7 hours until Jan 2, 2017, the next session of the Texas Legislature.

There will be no backlash, the recorded vote for speaker won't mean a thing, and I agree, the Democrats must be laughing themselves silly, and can't believe their luck.

Oh, the OCT, OCTC guys will make lots of noise, but those knuckleheads don't have any clout anyway. They successfully got panic buttons in our legislators offices this session. There is an argument that says those guys are getting exactly what they wanted.

I've said it before -- See you in 2017. Until the current speaker retires, gets booted out of office, (not likely) or isn't re-elected speaker, we will be in the same situation.

We'll hear the problem is ego's between new guy Patrick, and established, seasoned, pragmatic, even tempered, Speaker Strauss. Don't be fooled, the new guy isn't the problem.

To the gun grabbers reading this: Congratulations, enjoy! The citizens of Texas sent (arguably) the most conservative legislature to Austin in Texas history, and one RINO is standing in the way of positive, 2A legislation. You will get your pre-k money (not enough to suit you, but more regardless) no open carry, no campus carry, and Republicans will be spinning for the next two years trying to explain why no 2A legislation got passed.

Wow -- I like quite a bit of that long post. Do I like everything? No.

My favorites below --

1.0 Personal Liberty - Individuals should be free to make choices for themselves and to accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. If you decide to make risky investments, don't expect a bailout if you lose everything. If you ride a Harley, without a helmet in the rain and wind up paralyzed, I won't be contributing to your hospital bill. If you try and enter my house uninvited at 3am, I won't help pay for your funeral. (See 1.1-risks)

1.1 Self-Ownership - Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life. I smoke unfiltered cigarettes and drink Schlitz. Govt. Stooges can either have a cold one with me, or get off my lawn.

1.2 Expression and Communication - We oppose government actions which either aid or attack any religion. [So no laws against Sharia Law.] - If you want to start a religious sect that worships cats, fine. -- no govt. stooge can make me join, or participate.

2.10 Retirement and Income Security - Retirement planning is the responsibility of the individual, not the government. Libertarians would phase out the current government-sponsored Social Security system and transition to a private voluntary system. -- If you didn't plan, that's not my problem.

3.5 Rights and Discrimination - Parents, or other guardians, have the right to raise their children according to their own standards and beliefs. This statement shall not be construed to condone child abuse or neglect. It takes parents to raise a child, not a village. I don't have any, and I won't help you raise your kids. But a portion of my property tax goes to the school district to educate your disrespectful, entitled, fat, kids. So, at a minimum could you at least teach them to say 'yes sir' and 'yes ma'am'. 'Please' and 'thank you' would be nice, but they're your kids after all.

3.1 National Defense - We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. The United States should both avoid entangling alliances and abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the world. Personally, I don't support ANY military action unless a vital AMERICAN national interest is at stake. I could care less about your average Libyan, Syrian, Spanish, Mexican, or French citizen around the world. Reagan had it right -- When the Mad Man of the Mediterranean tried to mess with America, our flyboys flew all the way around French and Spanish territory to avoid their airspace to carry out an air raid that shut up Colonel Gaddafi for quite a while. No regime change, no invasion. AND NO NATION BUILDING.