[Magdalen] Bullied?

[Jay Weigel]

I am convinced that when that tree fell on Greg Abbott (now the governor of
Texas) and paralyzed him from the waist down, it also killed his soul. Such
an ugly, shriveled, black little thing I have not had the displeasure of
seeing in a human body.

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ... yeah, there is that. I was actually reacting to a radio speech of the
> TX Gov mansplaining that  IF the Legislature was reconvened, ONLY HE could
> call for that to happen AND he will choose ONLY those particular subjects
> (among 100s) that HE wants that were not settled in the regular session -
> top two will be the bathroom/Transgender bill - TX version - hystericiczed
> into a 'protect women' bill, and one of his other favorites that even the
> Republicans (in the vast majority of TX government) couldn't pass for him.
> Heretofore the TX Governor did not have this much power until Mr. Perry sat
> in Austin so long, he just kind of bullied his way into new social mores...
> previously the Lieutenant Governor was actually the power of the
> Legislature.  We have a conservative, former radio show host, radicalized
> by the original tea partiers in that role now.  It will be an interesting
> post legislature session.... The House Speaker here has actually done quite
> a nice runaround the Gov, on a number of issues, but that may not hold.
>
> Stay tooned. It'll be loony that's for sure.
>
> L
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
> "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they
> oppress." F Douglass
>
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> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 12:01 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Bullied?
>
>
> Lynn, I just saw the news item on your state legislature.
>>
>> The legislator who made the stupid threat claimed he was justified because
>> one demonstrator was carrying a sign that read "Illegal and here to stay."
>>
>> Which made me think:
>> let's sell (or give away) T-shirts !!!
>>
>> Like the King of Denmark, who appeared wearing a gold Star of David the
>> day
>> after the occupying army declared all Jews must, I'd wear a t-shirt that
>> said I was an illegal alien. If enough did, the cogs of ICE would be full
>> of sabots.
>> -M
>>
>> Lynn confused at the 21 century evoking the 19th...
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