The Key Amendment

[Caligastia Lanonandek]

I just received this email from an OK legislator

This is the latest update on HJR1003 – The 10th Amendment (last year’s bill was HJR1089). It passed out of committee last week by unanimous vote. It will be heard on the House Floor this Wednesday, February 18th. If there is an amendment proposed for the bill, the hearing could be pushed forward 24 hours. I don’t expect this to happen, but will keep you advised if it does. Session on Wednesday starts at 1:30pm. I invite each of you to come and view the vote and would like to have a good showing of support in the House gallery.



I encourage each person to call or email their state representative and ask them to support this bill. You could also forward this email to your email list and request that they do the same.

[Caligastia Lanonandek]

The Key Amendment passed the house 83 to 13 now it goes to the Senate.

I heard from an Idaho legislator that the matter is being considered for their state.

[cwb2007]

Something that struck me as interesting is that the amendment managed to gain the support of a majority of Democrats in the state house. Does that mean that some elements of the left are getting fed up with the gross amount of corruption? Or does that simply mean that they are voting for it as an attempt to make their constituents happy. Either way I find it curious.

[Caligastia Lanonandek]

Oklahoma is the only 100% conservative state in the union. With politicians, its usually about 'them' and covering 'their' backsides. I'd read self interest here.

[Caligastia Lanonandek]

The fly in the oinment in Ok is that the governor, Brad Henry, is a Democrat even though he gives a lot of lip service to being bi-partisan.

[Jerseyboy]

In some ways that does not bode well. The most conservative state in the nation and still they are not conservative enough to forego electing a democratic gov.

Doesn't a governor have veto power similar to a president?

Of course, being a liberal, he will probably not exercise it wishing to keep endeared to his states population and will recognize that if the Key ammendment passes both houses that there are some serious people watching his every move.

[Jerseyboy]

Oklahoma. Best use of a Bad Bargain? Nobody's perfect.

www.newsok.com/okc-officer-pulls-man-over-for-anti-obama-sign-on-vehicle/article/3347038?custom_click=headlines_widget

*snip* An Oklahoma City police officer wrongly pulled over a man last week and confiscated an anti-President Barack Obama sign the man had on his vehicle.

When the officer asked Harrison if he knew why he had been pulled over, Harrison said he did not.

''They said, 'It's because of the sign in your window,'" Harrison said. *snip*

*snip* The officers confiscated Harrison's sign and gave him a slip of paper that stated he was part of an investigation.

Harrison said he later received a call from a person who said he was a lieutenant supervisor for the Internal Investigations Department and wanted to know his location and return his sign to him.

According to Harrison, the supervisor said the Secret Service had been contacted on the matter and had told them the sign was not a threat to the president. *snip*

*snip*But his run-in with the law wasn't over yet.

''The Secret Service called and said they were at my house," Harrison said.

After talking to his attorney, Harrison went home where he met the Secret Service.

''When I was on my way there, the Secret Service called me and said they weren't going to ransack my house or anything ... they just wanted to (walk through the house) and make sure I wasn't a part of any hate groups."[/u]

[Parn]

So much for free speech.

We never saw this kind of thing regarding Bush.

[stephen]

Tennessee passes resolution:

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 108

A RESOLUTION to affirm Tennessee's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to demand the federal government halt its practice of assuming powers and of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States.

More: www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HJR0108.pdf

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