State Pie
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A reason to consider having the legislature meet every 3 years instead of every 2.goose wrote:I love this country!
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The caveat then would be that it would take them longer to fix what they messed up in the previous session.RoyGBiv wrote:A reason to consider having the legislature meet every 3 years instead of every 2.goose wrote:I love this country!
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This is considered worthy and necessary of legislation?
This is just the kind of foolish ..... stuff ..... that showcases the idiocy of our politicians. This idiot needs to tarred, feathered, and sent packing out of the state. We've got a heck of a lot more important issues to take care of.

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By that logic they should meet all the time. Look how well that's worked for us at the national level.C-dub wrote:The caveat then would be that it would take them longer to fix what they messed up in the previous session.
I think we should simply disband the legislature and only meet when something really important comes up.
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It's got its pros and cons.baldeagle wrote:By that logic they should meet all the time. Look how well that's worked for us at the national level.C-dub wrote:The caveat then would be that it would take them longer to fix what they messed up in the previous session.
I think we should simply disband the legislature and only meet when something really important comes up.
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I thought the original draft of the constitution called for them to meet 2 days every 140 years...
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Dr. Fiegert?tornado wrote:I thought the original draft of the constitution called for them to meet 2 days every 140 years...


Sorry. . . I had a flashback to college. My professor loved this joke and issued it at least twice each week. (I still chuckle at it.)
I know you're not him, as this forum is the LAST place any of my political science professors would be hanging out.
Native Texian
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Naw, I just work for a state agency and would prefer this setup.
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BTW, the way I've heard it told, this very battle was heated in Florida. From the I-4 corridor north, people were voting for pecan pie. The folks south of there rallied around Key Lime Pie and just pulled out a squeaker.
Native Texian
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A bitter battle? That's nuts!
And until I looked it up just now, I did not know that key limes were named for the Florida Keys.
And until I looked it up just now, I did not know that key limes were named for the Florida Keys.
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You guys obviously are too young to remember the good old days, when the Legislature of Texas was the precursor to Comedy Central, and looked to for entertainment to relieve the weather and other burdens of the day. Government is seldom taken seriously in Texas, with such colorful characters are 'Pass the Biscuits Pappy' O'Daniel elected as Governor, then Senator, to mention just one example. There is nowadays a character seen on some cable TV news shows pretending to be a candidate for Governor, whose name escapes me at the moment.
This is in the fine tradition of Austin politics. When I was at UT, 45 years ago, serving as a student lobbyist for the UT Students Association, a bill was introduced that, if enacted, allowed anyone who had served 2 terms in the Legislature and completed 2 years of law school to be admitted to practice law without the necessity of passing a bar exam. It turned out this could only apply to one person, then Speaker of the House Ben Barnes.
Awhile later, a bill was introduced to allow anyone who had passed Chemistry and Biology at an accredited Texas High School to practice medicine.
Actually, I thought that pecan pie was already the State Pie of Texas.
Laughing at them encourages it.
This is in the fine tradition of Austin politics. When I was at UT, 45 years ago, serving as a student lobbyist for the UT Students Association, a bill was introduced that, if enacted, allowed anyone who had served 2 terms in the Legislature and completed 2 years of law school to be admitted to practice law without the necessity of passing a bar exam. It turned out this could only apply to one person, then Speaker of the House Ben Barnes.
Awhile later, a bill was introduced to allow anyone who had passed Chemistry and Biology at an accredited Texas High School to practice medicine.
Actually, I thought that pecan pie was already the State Pie of Texas.
Laughing at them encourages it.

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I've had a lot handed down from my family and in-laws that have been around the state for a loooooong time.
Does anybody else still call the 2-3 domino "Ma Ferguson"???
Does anybody else still call the 2-3 domino "Ma Ferguson"???
Native Texian
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I'll say this, too, while I'm thinking about it. All y'all have nothing to complain about. Your part-time Lege does a decent job of staying out of everyone's business, not like the full time meddlers who get elected in California and have been merrily turning this place into a socialist hellhole all these years.
[Edit: Sorry for the poor lingo. I know better!]
[Edit: Sorry for the poor lingo. I know better!]
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You've got to be referring to Kinky Friedman.JALLEN wrote:You guys obviously are too young to remember the good old days, when the Legislature of Texas was the precursor to Comedy Central, and looked to for entertainment to relieve the weather and other burdens of the day. Government is seldom taken seriously in Texas, with such colorful characters are 'Pass the Biscuits Pappy' O'Daniel elected as Governor, then Senator, to mention just one example. There is nowadays a character seen on some cable TV news shows pretending to be a candidate for Governor, whose name escapes me at the moment.
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison
NRA Life Member Texas Firearms Coalition member
NRA Life Member Texas Firearms Coalition member