Texas House State Affairs Chris Paddie announces that he will not seek reelection after serving for five sessions.
He times his announcement to make it easier for those redistricting to carve up his... View MoreTexas House State Affairs Chris Paddie announces that he will not seek reelection after serving for five sessions.
He times his announcement to make it easier for those redistricting to carve up his Northeast Texas district. (Recall that Joe Straus created this district for him during redistricting in 2012 to take out the conservative Wayne Christian.)
Recall that his home county GOP (Harrison) recently censured him for multiple betrayals of the priorities and platform of the GOP.
In this most recent session, Paddie was responsible for killing the RPT priority of ending tax funded lobbying, and he backed Dustin Burrows and the speaker in their bid to protect the governor from executive overreach legislation.
He also refused to hear the all-hazards grid protection bill of Senator Bob Hall (and Matt Shaheen).
He also refused to hear the flagship legislation of this group, the Texas Sovereignty Act.
https://texasscorecard.com/state/after-being-censured-state-rep-chris-paddie-announces-he-wont-run-for-re-election
Happy Constitution Day!
On this day, September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed their work, sending it to Congress for transmittal to the states for ratification.
By D... View MoreHappy Constitution Day!
On this day, September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed their work, sending it to Congress for transmittal to the states for ratification.
By December 7, 1787, the first state in the confederation ratified it, Delaware. By June 21, 1788, the state 9 of 13, New Hampshire, ratified, making the adoption official.
The four remaining states were then unaffiliated nations until they ratified. Virginia and New York followed quickly, New York ratifying on July 26, 1788.
Many do not know this, but George Washington was elected President and the first Congress was elected and seated when only eleven states were in the Union.
North Carolina did not ratify until its second try on November 21, 1789. And Rhode Island's proud, independent sailors did not come across the wire and join the new Union until May, 29, 1790.
At this time of concerted attack on the Constitution, let us rededicate ourselves to restoring the Republic via enforcing the limits of the Constitution on our servants in DC and in state government.
#Constitution #ConstitutionDay
THIS is one of the funniest, most devastating memes to respond to vaccine cultists that I have seen!
#ResistVaccineCultists #Resist #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Virus
On this day, Sep. 5, in 1670, a London jury acquitted William Penn of illegally preaching his religion (Quakerism) despite the facts showing that he had violated the law.
The jury believed the law to... View MoreOn this day, Sep. 5, in 1670, a London jury acquitted William Penn of illegally preaching his religion (Quakerism) despite the facts showing that he had violated the law.
The jury believed the law to be unjust, and protected liberty and did justice by refusing to convict. This is the practice known as jury nullification.
The jury was fined for its verdict, but 4 members refused to pay the fine, saying that punishing a jury for following its conscience violated the rights of Englishman and turned a jury of one's peers into a jury by government.
For refusing to pay the fine, the 4 jurors, including the jury foreman, Edward Bushell, were imprisoned. Their appeal to the English Court of Common Pleas resulted in a landmark decision that has never been reversed in English or American law - juries cannot be punished for whatever verdict they deliver, even if the judge thinks they ignored the facts and simply refused to apply the unjust or unconstitutional law.
The Fully Informed Jury Association, in honor of Bushell and his fellow jurors and of Penn, calls this Jury Rights Day.
Years later, when Penn had founded and was living in Pennsylvania, he wrote that the “Birth-Right of Englishman” could “be reduced to these Three:”
1. An Ownership, and Undisturbed Possession: That what they have, is Rightly theirs, and no Body’s else.
2. A Voting of every Law that is made, whereby that Ownership or Propriety may be maintained.
3. An Influence upon, and a Real Share in that Judicatory Power that must apply every such Law, which is the Ancient Necesssary and Laudable Use of Juries: If not found among the Britains, to be sure Practised by the Saxons, and continued through the Normans to this very Day.
The real, fundamental issue going on in Penn's trial was who was the boss. Was it the judges and their elite friends? Or the people?
Penn understood the fundamental political question for all times. And deep in his gut, he knew that juries are a way that the citizens exercise control over governmental officials who are supposed to work for them.
The legislature has adjourned for the the second special session three days early with unfinished business.
Here is the report:
https://texasscorecard.com/state/second-special-session-ends-early-wit... View MoreThe legislature has adjourned for the the second special session three days early with unfinished business.
Here is the report:
https://texasscorecard.com/state/second-special-session-ends-early-with-some-priorities-incomplete
Second Special Session Ends Early With Some Priorities Incomplete | Texas Scorecard
Whether those unfinished priorities will be put on a future special session call is unclear, but the legislative stalemate between parties on issues like election integrity has finally reached its con
State Senator Paul Bettencourt's election audit bill, SB 97 passed out of State Affairs yesterday, Sep 1.
"SB 97 also includes a “lookback” provision that lets political party chairs request an audit... View MoreState Senator Paul Bettencourt's election audit bill, SB 97 passed out of State Affairs yesterday, Sep 1.
"SB 97 also includes a “lookback” provision that lets political party chairs request an audit of 2020 election results."
"t’s unclear if there is time remaining for SB 97 to make it through the legislative process. The ongoing second special session ends on September 5."
https://texasscorecard.com/state/bettencourt-bill-empowers-texans-to-request-election-audits/
There is no more powerful lobby and propaganda machine than global Big Pharma. Our governor serves them.
It is going to take replacing our governor and an unprecedented level of grassroots pressure a... View MoreThere is no more powerful lobby and propaganda machine than global Big Pharma. Our governor serves them.
It is going to take replacing our governor and an unprecedented level of grassroots pressure and work in the 2022 election cycle to insure that the natural, unalienable right to decline vaccination be protected in Texas.
In the meantime, resistance - organized if possible - and maybe long shot action in the courts are the only ways to protect your choice in the matter.
#UnalienableRightToDecline
https://texasscorecard.com/state/gov-abbott-refuses-to-address-employer-vaccine-mandates/
Gov. Abbott Refuses to Address Employer Vaccine Mandates | Texas Scorecard
An Abbott spokesman said, “Private businesses don't need government running their business.”
On August 26, 1774, representatives of the most populous and influential counties of Massachusetts met in a convention in Suffolk County to figure out how to respond to the dire situation they faced w... View MoreOn August 26, 1774, representatives of the most populous and influential counties of Massachusetts met in a convention in Suffolk County to figure out how to respond to the dire situation they faced with recently passed legislation and the military occupation of their capitol. The resulting Suffolk Resolves were a masterfully stunning piece of constitutional enforcement that led within nineteen months to the end of British rule in Massachusetts.
https://www.txce.org/the_suffolk_resolves
In late August, 1835, Stephen Austin arrived back in Texas from Mexico. He had changed his mind about whether Mexico could be reformed to protect the liberty guaranteed in the 1824 Constitution of Mex... View MoreIn late August, 1835, Stephen Austin arrived back in Texas from Mexico. He had changed his mind about whether Mexico could be reformed to protect the liberty guaranteed in the 1824 Constitution of Mexico.
Being in prison for almost a year and then restricted to not leaving Mexico City for another 7 months without a trial or charges has a tendency to change a man's mind about things. The ordeal surely took a toll on his health. Within 16 months of arriving home, he would die of a cold at age 43.
In 1833, Austin had traveled to Mexico City to try to persuade Mexico to repeal the restrictions on immigration to Texas from the US and to create the new state of Texas from the then existing state of Coahuila y Tejas, hoping to provide more decentralized, self-government for Texas.
He got the immigration restrictions repealed, but did not succeed on getting a new state. On his way back to Texas, he was arrested on January 3, 1834 in Saltillo, being held in several prisons for almost a year.
I draw two lessons from the story of Austin’s arrest. First, it gives us a concrete example of the denial of the right to petition for redress of grievances. Second, he gives us an example of when it is time to switch from promoting reform to working for separation and self determination.
The right to petition for redress of grievances, a right that is explicitly recognized in both Article I, Section 27 of the Bill of Rights of the Texas Constitution and in the First Amendment to the U.S. Bill of Rights. It took me a long time to understand what the right really is. The right to petition for redress of grievances in simple terms is the right to ask for what you want without being punished for the asking.
In Austin’s situation, the dictatorship punished Austin for representing the people of Texas in asking for what they wanted. It was a paradigm changing experience for Stephen F. Austin.
Before the imprisonment, he was for diplomacy and decentralization and federalism and pushing for enforcement of the liberties guaranteed in the Mexican Constitution of 1824. He came home dedicated to separation.
I am like the pre-arrest Austin at the moment, I still want constitutional government from DC. I recognize that things are bad now, but they can get much worse. If they do get worse, that could change my mind. But both the US founders and Stephen Austin's example of trying every peaceful remedy to win freedom from the existing government before secession is my guide. I want to try constitutional enforcement.
"We live in a society based almost entirely on lies." Tom Woods
https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/threecharts?e=e12e7e22b8
Woods entitled this email: "The forbidden country just scored another win against... View More"We live in a society based almost entirely on lies." Tom Woods
https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/threecharts?e=e12e7e22b8
Woods entitled this email: "The forbidden country just scored another win against COVID"
A Tarrant County District Court Judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Forth Worth ISD to stop the district from implementing the district's plans to implement a mask mandate.
https:... View MoreA Tarrant County District Court Judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Forth Worth ISD to stop the district from implementing the district's plans to implement a mask mandate.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/fort-worth-isd-parents-sue-district-say-doesnt-have-authority-to-require-masks/287-b1de8fb3-ac6d-4241-8efd-bdeff852bb66
District court ruling blocks Fort Worth ISD mask requirement
The parents are backing Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that limits local governments and districts from requiring masks
This is one the most compelling 20 minutes of testimony of the entire COVID scare. This is a rare doctor in Texas. He does research and publishes in the medical journals, but he also treats patients... View MoreThis is one the most compelling 20 minutes of testimony of the entire COVID scare. This is a rare doctor in Texas. He does research and publishes in the medical journals, but he also treats patients. Usually doctors do one or another.
His recitation of what has happened in the suppression and deliberate disregarding of life-saving information by practicing doctors is outrageous and horrifying.
His comments confirm my hypothesis that the propagandists that have controlled the dialogue throughout this scare have been a combination of Big Pharma profit seeking and globalist Marxists who seek to control us.
It lays bare how much control Big Pharma has over the medical community.
It shows that far from being followed, science is suppressed and disregarded for profit and power motivations (and fear of being bullied and canceled by the power-mongers and profiteers).
Dr. Robin Armstrong, another Texas doctor who heroically figured out how to save the lives of his patients, only to face sanctions from the Texas Medical Board said in a seminar put on by Dr. Bob Hall, “I believe that we have let many, many people die who should not be dead, today.” Continuing, he said “I believe the American people will be so angry when they find out that their loved ones could have had treatment and they were not treated.”
Now that I understand the murderous self-interested evil that has run amok in Texas in 2020, I know that is an understatement for me. How about you?
#COVID #Coronavirus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHi3lX3oGM
Have you noticed how the propagandists tell us to follow the science, but never tell us the science about how to boost our immune systems?
When they start telling us to take vitamins D and C and zinc... View MoreHave you noticed how the propagandists tell us to follow the science, but never tell us the science about how to boost our immune systems?
When they start telling us to take vitamins D and C and zinc and other supplements proven by science to help us withstand infection, I will believe the establishment really cares about our health.
Until then, I will view them as self-interested groups interested in profit or power.
https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2021/9/refuel-immune-system
Refuel Your Immune System - Life Extension
Supporting a healthy immune response requires fundamental nutrition.
Smart fellow. We should take his advice.
City charters (combined with state law) are the foundational, supreme law of home rule cities in Texas. The only place we have initiative in Texas is the ability to petition for the modification of c... View MoreCity charters (combined with state law) are the foundational, supreme law of home rule cities in Texas. The only place we have initiative in Texas is the ability to petition for the modification of city charters. It is a powerful tool for self government that can be used for liberty and transparent government.
If you have played in or watched the power struggles over city charter amendments in Texas, you know that the cronies and ideologues who control our cities DO NOT like city charter changes by the citizenry, and the use LOTS of tricky tricks to try to thwart the process.
Here is the story of one more power player, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, doing everything he can to maintain his power and thwart the will of the citizenry.
The article comes from a UH Law School classmate of mine, Jared Najver. Jared specializes in election law and constitutional law. He is a great attorney to consider if you have one of those issues, especially if you live in the greater Houston area. (Although he represents people all over Texas.)
https://mailchi.mp/a56f6f56d11a/nlf-back-in-the-fifth-circuit-and-prosecuting-political-retaliation-case-in-hidalgo-county-10397786?e=11d3ca7b67
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