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Having lived in the Houston area for over 20 years (some time ago),....I can honestly say that Sheila Jackson Lee is not intelligent enough to be classified an "idiot".
In the beginning, only men who owned property and paid taxes were permitted to vote and hold office.
Oh, and another side issue - if they wanted political liberty - voting and holding office - they had to perform mandatory civic duties.
Like militia duty - the obligation to train, fight and die on command (17-45).
And since they were paying the bulk of the taxes, they were very frugal. And they didn't start any wars.
In the 1820s, this wise requirement was waived, and any warm body could vote.
The rise of the partisan political parties soon followed.
Things went downhill very fast.
No... let's call a spade a spade here, and blame the gangbangers! They have the freedom of choice to NOT cause havoc in their respective neighborhoods, but they choose not to!
the opinion i was speaking of, was that of Palin and Bachmann, not Jackson(which isnt an opinion, it just stupid, just as the things Palin and Bachmann say). I was saying that those who defend Palin and Bachmann do so by saying that it is their Opinion and that you do not have to agree with them.
Im not sure how you got to the conclusion that i was talking about Lee's opinion.
OK, I'll bite. Name one stupid thing Palin has said.
OK, I'll bite. Name one stupid thing Palin has said.
Go!!!
Don't set your self up like that man. SJL is dumb, but don't set your self up.
"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border."
"'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'" --a Tweet sent by Sarah Palin in response to being ridiculed for inventing the word "refudiate," proudly mistaking her illiteracy for literary genius, July 18, 2010"
"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." --Sarah Palin, botching the history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, June 3, 2011"
"But obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies." --Sarah Palin, after being asked how she would handle the current hostilities between the two Koreas, interview on Glenn Beck's radio show, Nov. 24, 2010"
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