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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 5 Craziest Planks in Draft Texas GOP Platform
~~No science in schools, guns everywhere, church and state united! Egads!~~http://www.alternet.org/5-craziest-planks-draft-texas-gop-platform
Goddammnit, Texas. Seriously?
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The 5 Craziest Planks in Draft Texas GOP Platform (Original Post)
doxydad
Jun 2014
OP
Add to those: Return the appointment of U.S. Senators by the State Legislatures,
pampango
Jun 2014
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. What's the difference between the Taliban and the Tea Party?
About 7500 miles.
Lunacee_2013
(529 posts)4. Ha! Care if I use that joke?
Oh Texas, you have beautiful rivers and forests and great food, but there are days when your leaders make me want to flee to Cali. I just hope the Texas GOP hasn't figured out a way to make voting illegal or impossible. Of course sometimes there's no point, not when it's a show down between a republican and a tea-bagger.
pampango
(24,692 posts)2. Add to those: Return the appointment of U.S. Senators by the State Legislatures,
We oppose implementation of the UN Agenda 21 Program which was adopted at the Earth Summit Conference in 1992 purporting to promote a comprehensive program of sustainable development projects, nationally, regionally and locally.
...climate change is a political agenda which attempts to control every aspect of our lives. We urge government at all levels to ignore any plea for money to fund global climate change or climate justice initiatives.
We urge that the Voter Rights Act of 1965 codified and updated in 1973 be repealed and not reauthorized.
We are resolute in our support of the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
We unequivocally oppose the United States Senates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
We support an immediate and orderly transition to a system of private pensions based on the concept of individual retirement accounts, and gradually phasing out Social Security ...
We demand the immediate repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which we believe to be unconstitutional.
We support land drilling and production operations including hydraulic fracturing.
We oppose the implementation of any Cap and Trade (aka Cap and Tax) system through legislation or regulation.
We support the immediate approval and construction of the Keystone XL and other pipelines ...
We also encourage the adoption of a National Right-to-Work Act.
We believe the Minimum Wage Law should be repealed.
We believe Congress should repeal the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 there by abolishing the Federal Reserve Banking System.
We support the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations and the removal of U.N. headquarters from United States soil.
We oppose foreign aid except in cases of national defense or catastrophic disasters, with Congressional approval.
We support United States withdrawal from the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the World Bank.
...climate change is a political agenda which attempts to control every aspect of our lives. We urge government at all levels to ignore any plea for money to fund global climate change or climate justice initiatives.
We urge that the Voter Rights Act of 1965 codified and updated in 1973 be repealed and not reauthorized.
We are resolute in our support of the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
We unequivocally oppose the United States Senates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
We support an immediate and orderly transition to a system of private pensions based on the concept of individual retirement accounts, and gradually phasing out Social Security ...
We demand the immediate repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which we believe to be unconstitutional.
We support land drilling and production operations including hydraulic fracturing.
We oppose the implementation of any Cap and Trade (aka Cap and Tax) system through legislation or regulation.
We support the immediate approval and construction of the Keystone XL and other pipelines ...
We also encourage the adoption of a National Right-to-Work Act.
We believe the Minimum Wage Law should be repealed.
We believe Congress should repeal the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 there by abolishing the Federal Reserve Banking System.
We support the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations and the removal of U.N. headquarters from United States soil.
We oppose foreign aid except in cases of national defense or catastrophic disasters, with Congressional approval.
We support United States withdrawal from the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the World Bank.
hack89
(39,171 posts)3. I would add their anti-vax plank to the list
All adult citizens should have the legal right to conscientiously choose which vaccines are administered to themselves, or their minor children, without penalty for refusing a vaccine. We oppose any effort by any authority to mandate such vaccines or any medical database that would contain personal records of citizens without their consent.
Gothmog
(144,919 posts)5. The craziest part is the slaps and insults to Hispanics
The tea party faction of the GOP really hate non-whites and made the GOP platform really unfriendly to Hispanic voters
Gothmog
(144,919 posts)6. Reparative therapy
sarisataka
(18,483 posts)7. Tell me this is a joke...
please. Texas GOP is just funnin' us