Ted Cruz Spends First Day in the Senate Making News and Making Waves

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[Perdogg]

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has barely taken his oath of office as a United States Senator and he is already making news. He has a Washington Post op-ed in which he reiterates his "opportunity conservatism" approach to governance.

The first bill he will file will be to repeal Obamacare. This and a combative stance on guns and fiscal policy have gotten the notice of the media.

[Perdogg]

Ted Cruz on Mark Levin show at 54:22 mark - make sure you mute you volume prior to adjusting the player volume or you will be blasted

[Kimmers]

Well, he had my vote.

I hope he keeps his attitude up and not get Potomac Fever.

[ez]

Time for someone to introduce legislation repealing the FAILED Gun Free School Zones Act.

[servantboy777]

Here in Texas, we absolutely crushed the republican establishment with the election of Ted Cruz.

Perry and Dewhurst went down in flames and I couldn't be more elated.

[Perdogg]

Isn’t that a State, not a Federal issue?

[MulberryDraw]

the fiscal cliff deal, which had few spending cuts, proved that it was Obama and not he who was being intransigent.

This is the only point that I might disagree on. As I understand it, the fiscal cliff deal had no spending cuts, maybe some decreases to proposed increases in spending but no real cuts.

[freedomfiter2]

“opportunity conservatism”

I like that phrase. It’s something that even liberals can understand and it cut’s to the heart of true conservatism. It’s almost Reaganesque.

[Blue Highway]

Cruz responded by suggesting that the president had campaigned on spending cuts and that the fiscal cliff deal, which had few spending cuts, proved that it was Obama and not he who was being intransigent

Wolfie Boy Blitzer probably was at a loss for words when Cruz called Obama intransigent.

[ez]

No, although states and school districts are free to make their own laws superceding the GFSZA, attacking the bill on a National stage would shift the debate in our favor. Their side is going for broke...we need an equal push back in the opposite direction.
I would also favor repealing the 1968 Gun Control Act, and whatever law took automatic weapons away from American citizens. Ultimate push back to the original intent of the Second Amendment.
They are making more noise than we are so need to go radical.

[Thorliveshere]

Bravo! How do we support this guy and guys like him? Just keep writing positive, supportive emails?

[dowcaet]

Now the media, which never looks into the backgrounds of Democratic politicians, will start digging into Ted Cruz’s life from grade school, through college, and his time in Texas politics. I hope he stays strong through all this because we know the liberal establishment and their shadow buddies in the media hate conservative non-white politicians with a venom much worse than that for a white conservative. As someone stated earlier let’s hope he doesn’t come down with “Potomac fever” or fall under the influence of that weasel Mitch McConnell.

[Theodore R.]

We need to go for Cornyn next. Cruz immediately said he will be voting “more conservative” than Cornyn. I believe the Dems will stage a comeback in 2014 if Perry is again the nominee for governor.

[JRandomFreeper]

Perry and Dewhurst went down in flames and I couldn't be more elated.

That's why it's past time to retire GOP-E Dewhurst to his ranch.

Give Dewhurst the Boot in 2014 (((Ping List)))

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/johnny

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. HOORAY Ted! Maybe...finally...hopefully...some representation inside the collective?

“—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. “ - America’s finest

Bastiat....

Legal Plunder Has Many Names

Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on. All these plans as a whole — with their common aim of legal plunder — constitute socialism.

Now, since under this definition socialism is a body of doctrine, what attack can be made against it other than a war of doctrine? If you find this socialistic doctrine to be false, absurd, and evil, then refute it. And the more false, the more absurd, and the more evil it is, the easier it will be to refute. Above all, if you wish to be strong, begin by rooting out every particle of socialism that may have crept into your legislation. This will be no light task.

Socialism Is Legal Plunder

The Law Defends Plunder

But it does not always do this. Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Thus the beneficiaries are spared the shame, danger, and scruple which their acts would otherwise involve. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons, and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim — when he defends himself — as a criminal.

This legal plunder may be only an isolated stain among the legislative measures of the people. If so, it is best to wipe it out with a minimum of speeches and denunciations — and in spite of the uproar of the vested interests.

[muawiyah]

My neighborhood has a fair number of folks with automatic weapons. They are owned by folks here providing diplomats protection at foreign embassies ~ etc.

So far no incidents. But these guys are all highly trained.

Automatic weapons are a far different thing than ordinary firearms ~ nobody should even attempt firing one without serious training and practice on a range. One of their little problems that can actually knock people flat on their backs firing at the sky is ROTATION because of recoil. You have to learn to HOLD THE GUN DOWN ~ and that's not something everybody can do successfully. Remember those little 3 round bangers those women had at Waco? There was enough rotation to run those suckers right up the sides of the buildings to where they were firing on their own guys on assault ladders!

Gotta' be weight and strength standards for folks with automatic weapons ~ NO SMALL PEOPLE ALLOWED.

It's going to be a while yet before the recoil problem is properly addressed in a light autofire weapon. Maybe flechettes are the answer ~ might not be up to snuff for combat use, but around the 'hood, you could certainly defend your home with cornermounted Quad F's eh!

Dude's breaking in the window ~ take him out with a cloud of needles. They might break in, but they don't break out!

[RitaOK]

A lot of things used to be left to the states. The states rights should be a key strategy, but during a statist regime federalizing everything through the media, seems we have a few willing to meet the opposition on the field— in the media.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

Rubio/Cruz 2016!!!

[jsanders2001]

> Thanks for posting. HOORAY Ted! Maybe...finally...hopefully...some representation inside the collective?

As long as the Sith Palpatine Barack Hussen Obama doesn’t approach Cruz and promise him wealth and power if he serves under him as his apprentice, maybe...O’ has a supernatural ability to convert weak minded people and put them under his sell.

[freekitty]

I hope he does the right thing. So many of these politicians flip faster than flipping hotcakes.

[backwoods-engineer]

Rubio is not eligible to be President, as his father was not a citizen when Marco was born. I doubt if I will even vote in 2016 - doubt if any of us will - but I won’t vote for Rubio. Obama the Ineligible Twice was bad enough.