Cabins on the coast
I was quite surprised to see the story in the Tribune about the fishing cabins along the Intracoastal canal. I’d forgotten about them since the days when I worked in the Senate for Babe Schwartz as committee counsel. The cabins, which we referred to a squatters’ shacks, were built by folks along the shoreline or on spoil islands. They became an issue because they were situated on state-owned land and many did not have adequate waste disposal facilities. And there were a lot of them. The shacks, some of which, as you can see from the photo in the Tribune, were really quite nice, didn’t have a legitimate chain of title. The land office didn’t like the idea of people squatting on state land, and the cabins made the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nervous, as they were subject to being destroyed in storms and becoming a navigation hazard. Another concern was that, since no one could legitimately claim ownership of the cabins or the land they were built on, dangerous disputes over possession could occur. We worked with the land office, then headed by Bob Armstrong, and came up with the idea of issuing permits that could be renewed annually for a fee. It was a sensible solution, and I’m gratified to see that it is still working some forty years later. The state got a little money out of it, but if a major storm ever hits the area, there is going to be one hell of a mess.
anita says:
You wrote a nice piece about the cabins when a cabin lease was a bit player in the Kino Flores debacle. Seemed to contain some good advice, some wisdom for young lawyers and legislative staffers, if I remember correctly.
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anita says:
In light of the flawed Severance ruling, I wonder what traction a claim by a permit holder/lessee would get these days.
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JP says:
The cabin program is alive and well. The GLO makes a little money off of it, and the permit holders are very watchful of what goes on in very remote parts of the coast. This benefits TPWD, GLO, law enforcement agencies etc. The GLO inspects and regulates the cabins as to waste disposal and impact on the coastal marine environment. The permit holders are a very responsible group of folks. JP
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Rob Nixon Reply:
August 20th, 2012 at 10:05 am
I love the cabins and have been fortunate enough to spend a few weekends at some of them. The opportunity to sit out on the water in the midddle of the Laguna Madre secluded and fish, grill, drink some beer and be completely isolated from the world has meant so much. A great Texas tradition was set by Paul and the GLO. Great work!
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JohnBernardBooks says:
I love the democrat “solution”, “and came up with the idea of issuing permits that could be renewed annually for a fee.”
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Josh Reply:
August 20th, 2012 at 10:57 am
The GOP solution would be to give free rent to Perry’s cronies.
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Joe Biden says:
Unchain my heart, folks. You best be votin’ for Barack!
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Oh, my Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Today: Poll has Obama 50%, Mittsie 47%
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Mofus says:
How do you get to rent a cabin?
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paulburka Reply:
August 20th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
You can’t. You have to build one.
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Robert Morrow says:
Rape, rape, rape, rape, rape… I’ve been hearing a lot of Democrats talk about “rape” lately, how terrible it is and how soft Republicans are on it.
Here is a good account of the 1978 rape of Juanita Broaddrick by author Candice Jackson, from an article in 2005:
http://www.wnd.com/2005/05/30492/
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WUSRPH Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 am
Why would Candice Jackson rape anyone? That what you said…Although I doubt you meant it…
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Candice Jackson wrote a fabulous book on Bill Clinton and his impact on 7 of his women victims: Their “Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine”
http://www.amazon.com/Their-Lives-Targeted-Clinton-Machine/dp/0974670138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345660919&sr=8-1&keywords=candace+jackson+their+lives
People ask me why I could not get any of my sources on Rick Perry and his shenanigans to come public. Read this book and you will understand.
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Robert Morrow says:
Here is another good link on “Beelzebubba” Bill Clinton: http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/pearl/www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/strange.html#character
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WUSRPH says:
And remember Governor Oops wants to secede because the Federal Govt. treats Texas so bad!
See from Texas Tribune:
TEXAS A DONOR STATE NO MORE!
Latest figures show that Texas got back $1.19 for every dollar paid out in federal taxes in FY 2010
Thanks to those politically problematic stimulus dollars and a better match on its Medicaid match, Texas actually received more money from Washington, D.C., than it paid out in tax dollars a couple of years ago – quite a turnaround for a state perennially identified as a “donor state” when it comes to Texas taxpayers’ return on what they pay out in federal taxes.
And the figures show the Lone Star State doing much better than break even. Staff at the Legislative Budget Board told us today that in fiscal year 2010 (the most recent year for which these tallies are available), Texas got back $1.19 for every dollar it sent to Washington.
The rest of the story, subscribers only
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 5:36 am
how do those unemployeed NASA workers feel about the fed guv? Thanks to budget cuts and less spending the Fed dollars now seem bigger. Way to go REPUBLICAN legislators!!!!!!!
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WUSRPH Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 10:05 am
Getting $1.19 back from the Feds for every $1 we sent to them DOES NOT make the amount of “federal dollars SEEM BIGGER”..It IS BIGGER…
Try as you can to dismiss it or make it appear to be something it is not, more is more.
As they say in the Texas House: “I am sorry, Sir, I can explain it to you, but I can not understand it for you.”
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WUSRPH Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 am
Oops, as our Beloved Governor would say. To give credit where credit is due, the article on Texas being a winner in federal funds was in the Quorum Report.
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Oh, my Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
oops.
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Spiro Eagleton says:
Burka, why do you not have anything in the new Texas Monthly that I just received yesterday? I would have thought you’d have something about Cruz’s win and the rest of the run-off elections. Also, I’m not too keen on the redesigned format. I like the old one better. I guess Texas Monthly thought it was an old and dying publication and needed to change things up, but for me it’s not a good move.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 am
because Cruz winning was not news to dems. Due to their numerous lawsuits extending the primary, dems facilitated Cruz’s win.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Books, the TX Dems and the Obama Justice Dept. overplayed their hand and by delaying the TX primaries to May 29th over congressional redistricting, it pretty much gave Cruz the mojo juice he needed over Dewhurst in the Senate race.
Cruz is likely a two termer in the US Senate and who knows maybe presidential timber in 2020 (if Romney wins this fall).
Had the Obama admin allowed TX’s congressional redistricting maps to be approved last year and maybe the primary would have been in early March.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
I concur, dems have no one to blame but themselves. When you dems start bashing Soon-to-be-Sen Cruz, and you will, it’s all your fault.
Oh, my Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Dems will be right there with you, JBB, a-hatin’ the teabaggers.
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Spiro Eagleton says:
I also notice that we still have the red and blue Burka Blog logo on this page, but on the main page for the blog it’s a new black and white one. Keep the old one. The new one is too much like the new magazine format – cold, dark, and depressing.
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FLPD Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 11:29 am
Count me as one who likes the changes I’ve noticed so far. The larger type and spacing between columns is great for geezers like me. And I found The Texanist is still right where I wanted it on the back page. I think the young folks did a good job this time!
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Dems buying votes:
“Though illegal immigrants are prohibited from receiving similar tax credits, a quirk in the law allows them to qualify for the child tax credit. And it’s a “refundable” credit, meaning recipients can reap the money — with average checks totaling about $1,800 — even if they’ve paid no taxes.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/22/illegal-immigrants-could-reap-more-than-7b-in-tax-credits-this-year-senator/#ixzz24IXHXdZv
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Anonymous says:
Robert, do you recommend any books on the relationship between Nixon and LBJ, and how they were possibly the same President?
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Richard Nixon knew the dirty truth about the JFK assassination, but I do not think he was directly involved. In fact, when Nixon was under intense Watergate pressure, his firewall strategy as recorded on the “smoking gun tape” (recorded 6/23/72) was to ominously say don’t investigate me because it you do “the President believes that this is going to open up the whole Bay of Pigs thing again” – an obvious reference to the JFK assassination. Nixon’s aide Dean Burch said that when George Herbert Walker Bush heard that “He broke out in assholes and shit himself to death.” (The Final Days, p. 369). GHW Bush was probably an elite CIA planner of the JFK assassination.
It is very possible, if not probable, that the missing 18 minutes of the Watergate tape (recorded on 6/20/72) are of Nixon conversing with his chief of staff H. R. Haldeman and making explicit references to the CIA’s role in the JFK assassination and the FBI’s role in covering that crime up. It is almost certain that Haldeman destroyed the notes of that 18 minute time period that he took during that 79 minute meeting with Nixon. Obviously, the matter being discussed was explosive.
Howard Baker once asked Nixon, “What do you know about the Kennedy assassination?” Nixon replied “You don’t want to know.” (Source: Don Hewett, Kennedy Library Oral History.)
Roger Stone, a very close aide to Richard Nixon: “LBJ had it done. Mob, CIA, Hoover, all in on it. RFK knew. So did Nixon.” Stone goes on to say, “RN [Richard Nixon] was oblique on this subject. He would just snort and say “You don’t want to know” and once said Warren Comm Report was ‘bullshit.’” (Source: Roger Stone, January, 2012)
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Reminder Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 11:04 pm
For once I agree with you. These are all factual allegations.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 11:07 am
Morrow, so Nixon was afraid of Bush 41 ?
HA-HA.
I know Nixon KNEW who killed the Kennedy brothers (Bobby’s death in ’68 all but handed Nixon the presidency on a silver platter).
If Bobby had lived, he would have never won the Democratic nomination anyways because Humphrey had all of the delegates locked up.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Robert Kennedy after winning the California primary had a full head of steam heading into the Democratic convention in Chicago and I think it is very likely RFK would have been the Demo nominee in 1968.
What many folks don’t know is that LBJ was secretly supporting Republican Nelson Rockefeller in spring, 1968 after LBJ quit. Nelson Rockefeller is yet another person who probably was in on the JFK assassination.
Robert Morrow says:
Question: why did Karl Rove go “nuts” when the name of Alabama attorney Dana Jill Simpson was mentioned on FOX?
Meaning, Karl’s best strategy was to just remain quiet, yet he decides to go on a bizarre rant at the mention of the name.
Jill Simpson knew a lot of the “dirty tricks” the Alabama Republicans were up to and perhaps some personal info on Rove himself:
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2012/06/karl-roves-bisexual-affair-might-have.html
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 3:28 pm
hahaha…omg!
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 9:56 am
Karl Rove just got married this summer to Karen Johnson. After the Jeff Gannon incident, where the Bush White House let a gay prostitute Jeff Gannon/James Guckert infiltrate the White House press core, Rove is definitely on the radar screen.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/love-etc-karl-rove-weds-karen-johnson/2012/07/15/gJQAld2XnW_blog.html
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Robert stop writing about your fantasies and stick to your factual reporting.
I’m curious who stole more money LBJ with his ties to B & R or Clinton with his ties to the Chineese?
anita says:
I wonder how the good people of Tomball feel about their “free market” loving state representative spending her time feathering her nest here in Austin — trying to protect her view from her condo. Sounds like she’s against big government — until it’s her view that will be impacted:
Sale of Capitol complex property falls through amid opposition
By Laylan Copelin
Updated: 9:27 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012
Published: 8:43 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012
The controversial sale of a piece of the Capitol complex has fallen through, but the General Land Office has put the parking lot west of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum back on the market.
Sealed bids are due at noon Aug. 29.
A subsidiary of Austin-based American Campus Communities, which had agreed to pay $4.3 million for the property, needed a zoning change to construct student housing on the site, at 203 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. But it recently withdrew from the project in the face of opposition, including from some state officials. Company officials did not return calls for comment Tuesday.
State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, who has a condo in Cambridge Towers, which is adjacent to the lot, rallied opposition, saying the state should not sell the lot because it is near two museums and offers a view that connects the University of Texas and the Capitol complex.
“This is a treasure,” Riddle said of the parking lot. “To obscure that view would be criminal.”
Riddle said she is shocked that the land office insists on selling the lot for a use that she says doesn’t fit the area.
“It’s like selling your grandmother’s wedding band to take a shopping trip to Walmart,” Riddle said.
Jim Sudyam, a spokesman for Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, confirmed the parking lot is back on the market.
“We’re still talking to potential buyers for the highest return to the state,” he said. “The land office thinks the state just shouldn’t sit on its assets.”
Although state officials agree that the parking lot is an underutilized asset, the land office and the Texas Facilities Commission have butted heads over the highest and best use for the lot.
Gov. Rick Perry has even been drawn into the fray.
Under the law, the land office creates a list of underutilized properties that could be sold unless the governor objects.
Until 2011, Perry had always vetoed selling the lot. His staff has not commented on what changed for Perry to allow the sale, except to say the governor had no objections.
The seven members of the facilities commission, who are Perry appointees, generally oppose selling state lands, particularly inside the Capitol complex.
The agency has plans for fully developing the complex with a mixture of private and public projects, using ground leases instead of land sales, including a grander entrance at North Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and a possible third museum.
Riddle said any project for the parking lot should fit into what could become a museum district, with the adjacent Bullock museum and UT’s Blanton art museum across the street.
She suggested that an underground parking garage could be built with a sculpture garden that would preserve the view at the street level.
Riddle said her objection is not just that she lives next door to the parking lot.
“It’s a crown jewel for every Texan — not just for Capitol workers, not just for Austinites, not just for Cambridge Tower residents,” she said.
Contact Laylan Copelin at 445-3617.
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anita says:
And let’s not fall for her line — the view between the Capitol and the UT Tower is protected, it’s an established Capitol View Corridor, and can’t be obstructed. Her gripe is that — oh the horror — college students may live in the apartments that were proposed for the site.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 8:28 am
I agree with Anita with the first time ever! Rep. Riddle is in the wrong here. There is no view corridor that would be obstructed by building on that parking lot. I support the GLO selling it to raise money for the state. Besides, Wm F Buckley’s grandmother used to live in a beautiful home that sat where the Cambridge Tower is today. The Cambridge Tower is an old, dumpy building that has had repeated disputes with it’s tennants over home owner dues. If anything, tear The Cambridge Tower down and build something nice in it’s place.
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Kenneth D. Franks Reply:
August 25th, 2012 at 7:46 am
I lived on 17th street next to San Antonio Street in Austin in an apartment complex. There were other businesses and another watering hole besides Scholz Garten and even as I remember it a small grocery and a hardware store on San Antonio Street in the early 70′s. It took special action by the legislature to save Scholz’s if my memory serves me correctly. The state gobbled up all the property why sell it now?
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Robert Morrow says:
Interesting email I got today from a political researcher:
“Incidentally, kindly let me add a minor addition to your other note just now on Texas with an interest in Cuba: I have seen declassified CIA correspondence from Western Hemisphere covert intelligence chief Jason King to Allen Dulles advising of the keen interest of Texas Congressman Bob Kleberg (of King Ranch fame) in Castro’s Cuba because of seized lands.”
Note: the fate of Lyndon Johnson and US-Cuba policy were very big factors in the JFK assassination. LBJ started out in DC as the chief of staff for Bob Kleberg; LBJ took over the office and was the de facto congressmen while Kleberg did whatever very rich people do.
There were a lot of Americans (business and mafia types) who lost tremendous amounts of assets when Castro nationalized everything in Cuba. These people were furious at JFK for not taking out Castro at 1) Bay of Pigs 2) Cuban Missile Crisis. Leaving Castro in power or normalizing relations with him was not an acceptable option for these folks. So they (CIA-military-shadow govt.) murdered JFK and the next stop was going to be Cuba.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 11:10 am
Morrow, what about the Vietnam War stuff when JFK was supposed to bring some of the troops home for the holidays to spend with their families, but after his death, those plans were scrapped by LBJ.
If the wealthy folks who killed Kennedy wanted to get Cuba back, then why didn’t LBJ send his CIA buddies down there to kill the Castro brothers and put Batista back in power then ?
Nixon had Allende whacked in Chile in 1973 (even though folks say he killed himself, which I seriously doubt) and put Pinochet in office, who terrorized the country for 17 years.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
“If the wealthy folks who killed Kennedy wanted to get Cuba back, then why didn’t LBJ send his CIA buddies down there to kill the Castro brothers and put Batista back in power then ”
Excellent question. Because after Oswald was murdered on Sunday 11-24-63 within 48 hours of JFK’s death, the public’s mood was one of grief and many thought there was a conspiracy to kill JFK.
LBJ’s main goal was to be hanging from the tallest tree in Washington, DC or the tallest tree in Dallas, TX. Basically, the anti-Castro Cubans got screwed. But they got their revenge on JFK who they hated as much as Fidel Castro.
Read the book: “JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power”
http://www.amazon.com/JFK-Vietnam-Deception-Intrigue-Struggle/dp/0446516783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345856800&sr=8-1&keywords=JFK+and+Vietnam
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
LBJ’s main goal was to be AVOID being hung from the tallest tree for the murder of JFK.
invading Cuba was the last thing he was focused on.
John Johnson says:
The 10th post on this thread was off topic. It is now high jacked and not ever going to make it back. I was not the culprit this time. I am still trying to educate buy a clue back on the previous thread.
Rock and roll, Robert. Wish you could see yourself in the mirror.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Well, John, “rape” has been in the news lately and has become a pivotal issue of the 2012 campaign. Which I think is interesting because the Democrats are going to have *rapist* Bill Clinton is one of their keynote speakers. He is an expert of the subject of abortion as well: the $200 he gave to Gennifer Flowers to have an *abortion* of his child in January, 1978.
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John Johnson Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Know what? I’m going to lighten up on you. I don’t agree with the stuff you choose to post, but I am wrong to keep saying so. You know how I feel. It doesn’t need repeating.
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John Johnson says:
Here’s one for you, Anita. It is reported in the Texas Tribune this morning that in 2010, 220,000+ Medicade financed 2nd trimester abortions were performed on illegals in Texas. Are you going to give me the same old bogus retort…that their contributions through payroll taxes paid for them?
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buy a clue Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 10:17 am
Is this the article you are talking about gramps? Did you misread or are you deliberately trying to deceive?
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
President Amature had this to say about taxpayer funded abortions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgce06Yw2ro
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Anonymous Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Yeah, that’s it. I told you where to go to find it, didn’t I?
What is deceitful about it? The state health officials could say, but won’t say. If Medicade paid for 220,889 2nd trimester abortions on “non citizens”, who do you think they were? Did you read the rest of the piece, kid?
If they were citizens of another state, they wouldn’t have been performed unless they set up some payment schedule. Illeglas are the only ones that don’t have debt collectors threatening them and forcing them into bankruptcy. The hospital just bills it to Medicade.
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buy a clue Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
First of all BIRTHS are not the same thing as ABORTIONS. Second, 27% of 220,899 is not the same as 100% of 220,899. Third it’s Medicaid, not Medicade.
Tell me again what the baby jesus says about lying?
John Johnson Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
You are right about omitting the 27% clause. Just an oversight. If I was trying to hide something I wouldn’t have told you where to go read what I was quoting.
As far as misspelling goes, there will be more of it. You can continue to show your ass by pointing it out.
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buy a clue Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
Do you not understand that your original comment was about Medicaid paying for 220,000+ abortions on “illegals” when the article said no such thing??? Are you really that obtuse? So much for your claim that your not like all the other wingnuts.
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John Johnson Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
No more back and forth with you, kid. I’m lowering myself to your level. I said I made a mistake in omitting the 27% figure. It was not intentional. I explained my point of view on the noncitizen term, and pointed where to go to read all of the article. You have a burr unde your saddle that I can’t curry out. You’re angry. You make me angry. I don’t like being angry, so I’m turning my back on you. I will continue to read your posts to see if you continue to deal in absolutes.
buy a clue Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
The burr under my saddle is that you are lying, period. Not too difficult to figure out. Go re-read the article and then your first comment to anita. Another liar for jesus.
Girl Scout Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Excuse me, sir, but if only 27 out of country aliens were given second trimester abortions in Texas and they were charged to Medicaid, does that make it better? I think the point was that not only were people here illegally given free medical aid and free birth assistance, but also free abortions after they were more than 16 weeks into their pregnancy. 27% of 220,000 is a much lower figure than John Johnson quoted but I don’t see that it changes the story much. Did you read it? It was all about the sad plight of women who are here illegally, can’t get a legal, professional abortion in Mexico so end up here. Now border facilities are turning them away and inland check points like the one in Falfurrrias arrest them. It is very sad for the women, but we should not have to pay for one abortion in Texas much less a large portion of 27% of 220,000+ women who have not paid one cent into the Medicaid program. I also
find your slams on Christ and Christians offensive, but I think you know that. I think it is why you do it. I forgive you. God will, too, but you have to ask.
buy a clue Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 6:21 pm
good lord, can you not read? The article states that 27% of the Medicaid financed BIRTHS were to non-citizens. the article says absolutely nothing about the number of first or second or third trimester or partial birth or whatever ABORTIONS!!! Learn to read!
Girl scout. lol, nice sock puppet gramps. good to see you at least changed the name before posting in support of your own nonsense.
John Johnson Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
He’s right. The article says nothing about the number of abortions given to illegals. Just births covered by Medicaid. I misread it.
buy a clue Reply:
August 24th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Thank you
Spiro Eagleton says:
Burka,
I was looking at the book Texas Political Memorabilia yesterday and read your forward. I was a bit surprised that you called former treasurer Charley Lockhart a midget. That’s not very p.c. of you. Don’t you know you should have used dwarf or little person? How did your use of the word midget get past the editors? Have you made an apology and a donation to The Little People of America?
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Tom says:
Ever notice how one’s hatred blinds them so much their reading comprehension disappears.
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Robert Morrow says:
“Lance Armstrong banned for life, stripped of 7 Tour wins” There are a lot of people in Austin, TX that knew Lance Armstrong was a liar, a doper, a cheater & a fraud for a very long time.
My friends at the gym used to tell me that when Armstrong got cancer he had to tell his doctors he was on steroids so they could adjust his chemotherapy. I bet you that Armstrong’s drug/steroid use caused his cancer in the first place.
Just like there were a LOT of people in Austin, TX that knew Rick Perry was a liar, a fraud & a hypocrite, too, for a very long time.
“Hearsay” is how I learned all this stuff. And in both cases, all those sources were 100% correct about the liars and hypocrites Lance Armstrong, Rick Perry and yes the unconvicted Roger Clemons, too.
People, quit worshipping your idols!!! See them for who they are. Do not put humans on pedastals, not even Ron Paul.
And many of you can’t handle the truth. You would rather have a happy fantasy, a lie to make you feel good.
Not me. I want the TRUTH, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/story/2012-08-23/Armstrong-doping-charges/57258616/1
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No Bill says:
Oh, please! Stop it! You want the truth? You think you are the only one looking for it? The only difference in you and most of the rest of us is that you latch on to any unsubstantiated lie or rumor and call it the truth.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
August 25th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Oftentimes the “truth” is politically incorrect and savagely suppressed.
I remember the cult following of Lance Armstrong years ago. Look at him now – all his LYING has chopped him down to size.
I remember all the politicos/journalists/toadies who were convinced Rick Perry would be the next president exactly one year ago today in 2011. Well, Rick destroyed his own campaign almost like he was committing ritual suicide.
Not to mention all that Glen Maxey & the Huffington Post dug up on Perry (and never published due to pressure from AOL executives):
including Perry’s both hilarious and frightening Craigslist adventures: http://gawker.com/5868489/all-your-rick-perry-gay-sex-rumors-collected-in-one-handy-book
My, my how have the mighty fallen! Humans are not idols to be worshipped.
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