You get 1 Vote, But Your Statesmen Gets 4!?! WHAT THE FUCK?

DriftingByTheStorm
DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
edited September 2007 in A Moving Train
Ok.
This is NOT A CONSPIRACY

Someone ... PUHLEASE ...
JUSTIFY THIS TO ME?

W-H-A-T T-H-E F-U-C-K !?!?!

I can't believe i just saw this.
SWEET JESUS!
If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?
Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    wow they are all doing it. holy shit. thats crap
  • ADogNamedPilate
    ADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    Wow. WTF?!
    Austin City Limits - Oct 04, 2009
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    hilarious.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    I'm speechless.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Statement from Alexis DeLee, Spokesperson for House Speaker, Tom Craddick.

    Since the membership has adopted the requirement for a record vote on 3rd reading, it is probable that members may vote for other members when they leave the floor to eat, meet with constituents or go to the restroom. Like many House rules dealing with the interactions between members, we leave the enforcement of the rules to the good judgment of the members. Members shouldn't be voting for members who aren't here, but if they do, everyone has the right to ask for a verification vote. A member may always lock their voting machine and take their key when they are off the floor so they may not be voted in their absence. When a verification is called and a member is not found, the House Sergeant's office locks their machine and takes their key. When strict enforcement is asked for by a house member, the Speaker allows each member time to get to their desk to vote.

    or


    bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    cutback wrote:
    Statement from Alexis DeLee, Spokesperson for House Speaker, Tom Craddick.

    Since the membership has adopted the requirement for a record vote on 3rd reading, it is probable that members may vote for other members when they leave the floor to eat, meet with constituents or go to the restroom. Like many House rules dealing with the interactions between members, we leave the enforcement of the rules to the good judgment of the members. Members shouldn't be voting for members who aren't here, but if they do, everyone has the right to ask for a verification vote. A member may always lock their voting machine and take their key when they are off the floor so they may not be voted in their absence. When a verification is called and a member is not found, the House Sergeant's office locks their machine and takes their key. When strict enforcement is asked for by a house member, the Speaker allows each member time to get to their desk to vote.

    or


    bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit


    yeah.
    uh, those two guys who were both lunging for the same vote box ... i guess the representative who was going pee asked both of them to press their vote machine? seriously ... looks like a scam to me.
    But then again, i wear a little tinfoil hat.

    ;)

    glad we are all in agreement about something.
    this stinks!
    :(
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,824
    wtf who can we trust ?? i mean seriusly who ......
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    its safe to say this doesnt happen at the federal level? I sure hope not
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    yeah.
    uh, those two guys who were both lunging for the same vote box ... i guess the representative who was going pee asked both of them to press their vote machine? seriously ... looks like a scam to me.
    But then again, i wear a little tinfoil hat.

    ;)

    glad we are all in agreement about something.
    this stinks!
    :(


    i've heard the tin foil hats only last for a cetain amount of time....then you begin to see reality again......so i think it's time to make a new hat......maybe a fedora....;) :D:D
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    jlew24asu wrote:
    its safe to say this doesnt happen at the federal level? I sure hope not

    I really wouldn't put it past them.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    jlew24asu wrote:
    its safe to say this doesnt happen at the federal level? I sure hope not
    i don't know.
    but i did find this:
    Shame! Shame! Shame! S-H-A-M-E!
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    mammasan wrote:
    I really wouldn't put it past them.

    I wouldn't either but I thought they have very public voting records. (state does to but federal have many more people to answer to).

    I wonder if they were all clicking on fellow party members desks.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    i don't know.
    but i did find this:
    Shame! Shame! Shame! S-H-A-M-E!

    what a joke. politicians are such assholes
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I wouldn't either but I thought they have very public voting records. (state does to but federal have many more people to answer to).

    I wonder if they were all clicking on fellow party members desks.

    No they showed some cross party voting as well.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    mammasan wrote:
    No they showed some cross party voting as well.

    rigoddamndiculous
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    jlew24asu wrote:
    rigoddamndiculous


    You want to know what is even more ridiculous. I'm pretty sure a good portion of the voting public in Texas saw this report or read about it in the papers. Chances are, even knowing that their elected Representatives are crooked ass bastards, they will still vote for them and elect them to yet another term.

    I hate to say it but our apathy towards elections and interest in government is slowely eating away at this country. That is why we have the shitty leadership in Washington DC and in our states' capitals. Someone on this board once said we get the elected officials we deserve and this is exactly what we deserve.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    mammasan wrote:
    You want to know what is even more ridiculous. I'm pretty sure a good portion of the voting public in Texas saw this report or read about it in the papers. Chances are, even knowing that their elected Representatives are crooked ass bastards, they will still vote for them and elect them to yet another term.

    I hate to say it but our apathy towards elections and interest in government is slowely eating away at this country. That is why we have the shitty leadership in Washington DC and in our states' capitals. Someone on this board once said we get the elected officials we deserve and this is exactly what we deserve.

    but what choice do we have? in this particular example they were all doing it. its fucked up, thats for sure
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    remove Texas from the Union. immediately.

Categories