Texas liberals shamefully protest Perry's measures to safeguard women's health

a function of government is to protect life

 

9 hours and counting

GO WENDY

 

That sad moment when bigkkk's posting history catches up with him.

err if it wasn't obvious from day one

The real question- is bigkkk the most stereotypical joke on this entire site? That would be quite the accomplishment, but I have to say yes.

It's comedy ..but sadly I don't think he is really a dem trying to make the republicans look bad. For a while I thought that. Like it was some kind of parody or onion article type persona. Now it's just thread after thread of the entire community beating on him. Bigkkk is more like big pinata from the brutality he receives here.

JOKER

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>71% of Americans think abortion should be illegal after 13 weeks. <a href="http://t.co/aHktHC9ByN" title="http://vlt.tc/xhp" org_href="http://vlt.tc/xhp">vlt.tc/xhp</a></p>&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/349708126984994816" data-datetime="2013-06-25T20:58:09+00:00">June 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>86% think it should be illegal after 28 weeks. <a href="http://t.co/aHktHC9ByN" title="http://vlt.tc/xhp" org_href="http://vlt.tc/xhp">vlt.tc/xhp</a></p>&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/349708187953397762" data-datetime="2013-06-25T20:58:23+00:00">June 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>So by all means, <a class="hashtag" action="hash" title="#StandWithWendy">#StandWithWendy</a> - and 3/4ths of America is on the other side. <a href="http://t.co/aHktHC9ByN" title="http://vlt.tc/xhp" org_href="http://vlt.tc/xhp">vlt.tc/xhp</a></p>&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/349709228979666945" data-datetime="2013-06-25T21:02:32+00:00">June 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Only area where a majority of Americans think abortion should be legal is the first trimester. In 20 years of polling that has not changed.</p>&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/349709866497081344" data-datetime="2013-06-25T21:05:04+00:00">June 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Those who favor on-demand, limitless abortion access are extreme and out of step. But you wouldn't think that from media coverage.</p>&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/349710502668144640" data-datetime="2013-06-25T21:07:35+00:00">June 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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I find it interesting how adamant people are about policies applied to the opposite side---

I'm going to have to keep a record of this thread for the next Senate thread, in case Texxx or Commodore poke their heads in.

 

Sure. I usually won't judge what parents do. I'm sure they want what's best for their children. As for government, stay out of people life. There isn't anything wrong with providing knowledge. Don't force your fear onto everyone else through government policy.

 

history repeating itself

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Southern Democrat is filibustering a legislative effort to recognize a class of humans as being human. <a class="hashtag" action="hash" title="#txlege">#txlege</a></p>&mdash; Timothy P Carney (@TPCarney) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/349715042389852161" data-datetime="2013-06-25T21:25:38+00:00">June 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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What did you win?

 

I guess it'll be a battle of parliamentary rules to the finish. This is actually rather entertaining to watch.

Senator Watson just threw out a pretty good one. Senator Duncan definitely got caught off guard by that one.

 

is there a live stream?

 

http://www.texastribune.org/

 

much appreciated. it's seemed pretty intense on twitter.

 

Live Stream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q8Hr0O20LY

About 105k watching live right now

 

Did not know that. Interesting facts

 

It was intense until Watson dropped his point of order. Kind of threw the whole thing into disarray since it basically killed all of Duncan's previous rulings. Now they're scrambling to figure out what to do.

 

human development through 20 weeks

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I gotta say this. Democrats basically cant do anything in the Texas legislature but they are far far better at parliamentary tactics and rules. Between Sylvester Turner crushing the house calendar a few days ago and Watson bringing the Senate down just now, its pretty fun stuff to see.