Texas Hero, Whoa Wait
Texas Republican State Representative (you’re cringing already, aren’t you?) Tony Dale, who is just about as conservative as they come, has been hollering about allowing Syrian refugees into Texas. He, of course, is against it.
So he put a poll on his Twitter feed to hear from his constituents.
He had to quickly shut it down.
Yeah, well, he doesn’t care what you think anyway.
Thanks to Harold for the heads up on Facebook.
Whoa, Wait —
He says he’s against them coming for an entirely different reason.
In a letter to Texas lawmakers, State Representative Tony Dale (R-Cedar Park) argued that the state should not accept any Syrian refugees because its lax gun-purchasing regulations would make it easy for any terrorists hiding among them to acquire a weapon and carry out an attack.
That makes my head hurt. Republicans believe that Texas needs lax gun purchasing regulations but agree that makes it easier for terrorists (and murderers and crooks) to get guns.
That makes my damn head hurt.
Thanks to Brian C for the heads up.
For the ilk that screams about “politicizing” the issue of gun safety every time someone offers a policy idea after a mass shooting, they sure are doing a good job of politicizing the mass shooting in Paris.
1A Muslim TV host in Australia explains that xenophobia and western hatred of Muslims is exactly what ISIS / ISIL wants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXUZjyZVj6s
I hope Tony Dale’s constituents vote at the polls the way they voted on this poll, and we’d be out one idiot in the Lege. Long way to go, but it’s a start.
2Logic and the Republican mindset are incompatible.
3The rePUKEians could care less about the ISIS and isLame movement, they are against ALL immigration. As most immigrates realize right off what a bunch of aholes the rePUKEians are and vote democrat!!!
4Dale, and his little mickey mouse job as a state representative – wow, am I impressed – typically has let his mouth run away from a shallow brain.
5To quote Juanita herownself, “Hypocrisy should be painful.”
6I don’t understand Tony’s concern- since guns are so cheap and easy to get that everyone should have one seems he would know that all those good guys with a gun would be more than a match for any terrorist.
Next Ted Cruz will push for legislation that guns can only be bought by white, verified Christian males with a reference from their preacher. But no background check.
7Keeping his cake intact but he’s eating it, too!!! Laughed so hard my nose started running!
8I guess that goes with their policy of: a white guy walking down the street with a gun means “FREEDOM!”, but a black guy walking down the street with or without a gun can be shot without consequence.
9These people are morons and dangerous. They need to be stopped at all costs. It is a simple thing to root out the terrorists. Check the voting polls, flag the rethugs, and deport them all to the center of the Pacific ocean. Let them take their guns so they feel safe…and sink faster.
Makes my heart hurt.
10Be afraid, be very afraid; or, at least stock up on head ache relief and alcohol. Every crazy snacilbupeR has weighed in on the topic, except Loopy Louie. He’s been relatively silent of late, so expect a major blow out from the craziest critter in Congress.
11Dangerously close to the classic definition of chutzpah.
12Note to Tony: Some terrorists are white and were born in the US. Surprise, surprise, surprise!
13I liked his phrasing, “US and Texas” like they are separate entities…. oh, yeah …
14I’m waiting for the Republicans to start agitating for gun ownership laws mirrored on their favored voter registration restrictions. As TruelyTexan notes, they don’t want any of THOSE people armed…
15And in other news for such a warm & fuzzy season of giving in ProLife-istan’s Hell No… Study: Up to 240,000 Texas women tried to self-induce abortions
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2015-11-17/thousands-of-texas-women-self-induce-abortion-study-finds/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-2015-11-17
16iowa wingnut congressweasel-Steve King-endorsed Crudz for Potus.
17Sounds like a real conundrum.
18Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
The Clash sang a sound in the early 80’s with the lyrics “…should I stay or should I go, if I don’t it will be trouble if I do it will be double”.
So now it finally hits home: too many guns make life more dangerous, not safer as the ammosexuals espouse. Duh!
19The bullets have come home to roost.
Crooks and Liars are reporting ” A State Department spokesman says that so-called “military-age males” unattached to families make up just two percent of Syrian refugees admitted to date to the United States.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/state-department-only-2-percent-syrian
Sounds like a fairly easy vetting process to me.
20Tony Dale must have read this headline in the Washington Post:
From 2004 to 2014, over 2,000 terror suspects legally purchased guns in the United States
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/16/why-the-nra-opposed-laws-to-prevent-suspected-terrorists-from-buying-guns/
21If 2000 terrorists can legally purchase guns, doesn’t that seem to indicate a flaw in the gun laws? Does the NRA condone 2nd Amendment rights for terrorists?
22http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/17/gun-purchases-legal-for-those-on-us-terror-watchlists.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/24/178668578/people-on-terror-watch-list-not-blocked-from-buying-guns
http://talk.baltimoresun.com/topic/266041-terrorists-allowed-to-buy-guns-in-usa-thanks-nra/
There are more to read,Rick.
23Thanks e platypus.
Lots to read, even more to think about.
Here’s a question I’d like to see asked at the next Republican debate:
“Given that existing laws have allowed over 2000 terrorists to legally purchase guns and rifles over the past few years, do you think…”
24I got nothing serious to add.
When I saw his name I did wonder momentarily if he was somehow related to surf guitarist, the great Dick Dale. I guess not.
Good night. Have a safe drive home.
25TruelyTexan, you had the best comment. I especially liked the part about “weighted down with their guns.” Let’s send them to the middle of the Pacific Ocean with the contents they hide from mom in the back of their closet. Porn pictures, movies and inflatable dolls don’t float, do they? Oops. The dolls! Oh wait. He’s probably “poked a hole in em” already.
26Wingnuts entire campaign will be based on fears of Muslims and Sharia Law in America because they are taking over with Obama’s help. If you don’t agree with wingnuts,you hate ‘murrica and the terrorists win.
27Let’s compromise-deport wingnuts to the middle of the ocean,but leave the guns so we can burn them in effigy. Send the wingnuts towards Bikini Islands,they are prolly still contaminated with nukular fallout from early atomic bomb tests.
28Micr comment reminds me of the appearance of Dick Dale and legendary Texan Stevie Ray Vaughan in the legendary movie, “Back to the Beach”!!!
29Some clever person here came up with snacilbupeR because they’re ass-backwards. Maybe it’s time to do that with Texas. Anyone for saxeT?
30e platypus, you remind me to dust off this one:
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to do the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”
31—- Hermann Goering, Nuremberg Trial, 1946
@TheoLib
Wellll semi-legendary at least!
32Another quote from Goering: “We could not have done it without the radio.” Makes you think about a certain news organization doesn’t it?
33I wonder if it is lost on them that the militia groups the NRA supports are no different from the terrorists from other countries. White, kkkristians training in compounds to overthrow the government is a Constitutional right. Brown, non-xtians doing the same are terrorists. So brown people can’t buy guns, just in case. Militias can buy all the guns they want, because FREEDOM!
34Excellent post in describing the ramping up the fear dumped out of the Regressive Republican right! If the Repubs didn’t have fear to spread they’s have nothing else except their lying to rely votes and money!
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/15/exploiting-emotions-about-paris-to-blame-snowden-distract-from-actual-culprits-who-empowered-isis/
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