News: Texas Gov wants to amend the Constitution

princedonte

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On Friday, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott added his voice to the conversation—and went way beyond the balanced-budget idea, calling for amendments that would basically end the United States as we know it.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...onvention.html

Citrus

Ew @ 5 and 6

And most of the rest

Edit: Ew @ the source, too

Sunshine.

Then nothing would ever get done.

This isn't the 13 colonies anymore.

MAKSIM

Fix the title sis

h.u.r.r.i.c.a.n.e

Lol. Why do people still think they don't need the federal government? Mess.

Sunshine.

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Originally posted by Citrus

Ew @ 5 and 6

And most of the rest

Edit: Ew @ the source, too

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Not them wanting to ensure they can discriminate.

ShouldersSideways

What a fool

LilyAllen

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Require Congress to Balance the Budget

Hah, good luck with that.

Witchpop

Weren't they also supposed to secede from the country a few years ago?

Jay Fenty

Texas has always been the rebel child of the USA, they could probably survive as their own country

Temporal

God, those propositions are just so overwhelmingly stupid.

Adonis

Texas should just secede.

Idontcareaboutyou

Texas is among those states that ended up in the US because of history but who are fundamentally different in culture and politics.

Retro

It's like a contest - how much of a conservative can you actually be?

RatedG²

MOST of these are dumb ideas

RickyH.

ralani

the articles of confederation didnt work for a reason

Dessy Fenix

Oh Texas. Always so backward.

Caesar

nuke them off the planet

Adonis

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Originally posted by Idontcareaboutyou

Texas is among those states that ended up in the US because of history but who are fundamentally different in culture and politics.

Try Texas La, Ark, Ala, Miss and Tn are very close to Texas in terms of being backwards and fundamentally different. Texas is like any other Deep South state.