Discussion: Texas Guv Pushes Constitutional Convention To 'Rein In' The Feds

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Somebody please kick the wheel out from under his chair.

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how fast can you run in a wheel chair? does he have delusions of being the new FDR?

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Yeah you’re right about that - none of us here agree with you. We live in reality not an alternate one.

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Probably. I’m pretty sure he lives in a cartoon version of reality in which pretty much everything is delusional.

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At that time we can clarify the 2nd amendment. I don’t think we or the Guv wants to go there.

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Just mega fucking WOW! I thought TX plan was secession from the US? Please proceed Governor.

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Actually, in this very special case, when spoken by Abbott, the correct form is Texasses’.

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Since it is the Queen’s English, I will have to go with the Oxford Dictionary.

Personal names that end in –s

With personal names that end in -s: add an apostrophe plus s when you would naturally pronounce an extra s if you said the word out loud:

Two of Ray Charles’s children were at the event.

Dickens’s novels provide a wonderful insight into Victorian England.

Thomas’s brother was injured in the accident.

Note that there are some exceptions to this rule, especially in names of places or organizations, for example:

St Thomas’ Hospital in London

Since Texas is a place, it should be written Texas’.

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So Abbott is basically saying that everything the Feds and SCOTUS have been doing are Constitutional. Otherwise a Constitutional Convention wouldn’t be needed to change the Constitution.

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I’ve seen authorities differ on this—my AP style guide says one thing, Strunk & White say another, and I’m sure I could go pulling books off the shelf and get more varying opinions. I’ll say this once again, before I get in another running battle with old friends here—there’s no one authority in English that says matters of style must be one way or the other. You pick a guide that works for you and you get on with life.

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Another reason never to move to Texas.

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I’ve seen authorities differ on this

And in such cases, it is obnoxious to tag with a “sic” a usage that even one of those authorities deems correct. Especially in an article that misspells the governor’s name as “Abbot”.

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I know, how many businesses exist with zero credit, only spend exactly what they have? Seriously? A good portion of the crash that occurred in 2007 was a drying up of credit because the banks no longer trusted each other.

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“Anyone who has ever taken a freshman level college economics class knows that a balanced budget at the Federal level is a stupid, stupid, idea.”

No, anyone who has ever passed such a class should know that.

I had a lot of students who never learned this concept, but most of them dropped the class or failed it completely.

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Abbott is the center of a Venn Diagram marked “Tenther” and “Schizophrenia.”

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He looks like a sleazy televangelist.

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just a further thought…

if Texans hate the Fed so much how come so many spend so much time trying to run for President?

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X. Any and all references to "BBQ " in recipes, menus and cookbooks shall refer solely to Texas style BBQ. All other types will be referred to as " smoked meat product. "

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A pro-tip for Texas voters who don’t want their state to be a laughing stock: Vote for the smarter of the two candidates next time.

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Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution is commonly referred to as the Supremacy Clause. It establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.

I guess the Guv never read the current Constitution

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