Texan here, our gov't is extremely weak. Our legislature is part-time, their salaries are very low so there is almost no corruption. It's almost impossible to create any change that's positive or negative. It's the reason why Texas has survived the recession. It's the reason why noone in Texas cares about this and neither do those people in the video.
2:46 does she work 13 ours a day, 6 days a week with no breaks? That's what it takes to run your own business. Voting and talking Is what I do in my time off
What in the world has happened to our voting process? I really believe this probably happens more often than we know about not only at state level ,but also the Federal Government level as well.When this country was founded by our founding fathers our lawmakers was expected to obey their laws as well they were not to be above the law just because they were lawmaker members at state level nor federal level.We The People have sit back and allow this to go on which is not right no matter the party
Hee hee, i used to think my country ought to take the US example of parliament decorum and honesty and blah blah. Shows every person in the world who makes it to the parliament is crooked, else he wouldnt get there in the first place.
Sometimes they are voting for their deskmates that are not present at the time of the vote. Sometimes they are just voting at all the nearby desks. But, most of the time this doesn't matter because the vote is nowhere near a close call. If the losing side wants, they can do a roll call to verify who could have actually voted, anyone who doesn't answer the roll call, their vote doesn't count. I learned this from my Texas government textbook.
It actually doesn't make any difference. If any member feels the results were swayed by improper voting conduct they could call for strict enforcement of the rules or a vote verification. 99% of the votes are foregone conclusions and ceremonial at best.
I don't know, if this were a serious vote where a few votes would matter one way or the other I'm sure they'd be stricter about it. It's my assumption that they would be present if it were a hot-button issue that could go either way. Besides, for all we know they tell their friends how to vote for them while they're out.
'shall be subject to discipline deemed appropariate by the house'. There you go already, it's wrongly worded. If the house thinks there is nothing wrong with it, then nothing will happen. You have to rewrite that section.
@txtoothfairy87 Ah, I see, you're right, I didn't watch the last part of the video. So I guess that the problems isn't that there isn't a rule against it, it's that no one really gives a shit.
It's saddening that we're the ones giving these ass-holes their 200k worth leather seats of power. And even more so in taxes for their own proposed laws.
But I seriously think the biggest disgust in here is knowing that others voters know about this but just don't give a damn.
I wonder if Democrats were the ones doing this if we'd see the outrage finally. Talk about hypocrisy - it's ok for Republican lawmakers but not Democrats - when really either side is wrong for this type of behavior. Of course this happens in TX. As someone mentions so much for bleeding red, white and blue - if you don't have a clue. Oh look Beck is on TV...ya'll better hurry on up and listen to his BS.
I wonder if Democrats were the ones doing this if we'd see the outrage finally. Talk about hypocrisy - it's ok for Republican lawmakers but not Democrats - when really either side is wrong for this type of behavior. Of course this happens in TX. As someone mentions so much for bleeding red, white and blue - if you don't have a clue. Oh look Beck is on TV...ya'll better hurry on up and listen to his BS.
lol..and all u silly americans that bleed red white and blue can now see what i have been saying for years..the united snakes of america..the land of the thief and home of the slaves..lol..land of hypocrisy!
Has it become such a sad state of affairs in America that Treason is veiled as convenience. What a Load of crap. This whole thing from the white house to wall street needs to be abolished and begun again with a copy of the constitution and bill of rights in hand. Can these people even recite the constitution? Probably not since publicly reading it in Washington can land you in jail. Corruption and greed, Conquest and Empire are destroying our country. Is it time? YES it IS. Can WE ? YES WE CAN !
"it seems very inappropriate and something should be done about it." No doubt. If this is not criminal behavior, it SHOULD be. Sadly, the only ones who are in position to do something about it, are the ones who are doing it.
Integrity? Honesty? Really in a politician? I do not care if you put a Republican in for a Republican, or Democrat in for a Democrat, it is just time to get rid of crooks and valueless morons, and start supporting people who have some ethics. If we can find any.
That's honestly disgusting. I'm talking about both the legislators who think it's ok to vote for those not present as well as those thare are not present at all! Not to mention those who run the chamber, and see how very obvious there appears to be much more votes than those present.
Anyways, this is the same thing as school children saying like "hey can you turn in this assignment for me?" It fosters not only incompetence, but misrepresentation (say if another candidate changed his or her mind). If unchecked, it can also lead to cheating, where one candidate votes for another absent member, even though he/she doesn't want to vote, or disagrees with that congressman.
One of the worst things fool texas is doing is bragging about its economy and actually inviting businesses and people seeking jobs into the state. Another word for this, fools, is "growth." Let me tell you what 'growth" is going to do. See the rest of the US slowly sinking into the mire. You managed to bouy yourselves up somewhat, thru it all. The US economy is destroyed thru mass immigrfation and population growth. Over the next few years you will see TX economy swamped with excess population.
Sound's out of sync. The only thing texas can legislate is more fool growth and tell the citizens "it will bring in more money" when in fact growth puts more demand on joba food clothing shelter hospitals rescources space land roads maint gas water electricity phone. Legislate fool helmet and seatbelt laws for feeble minded spineless adults who need the police to check their seatbelts and now a needle law, easily used to repeatedly stick poke jab torture inject coerce people.
I'm annoyed how people think this is only a Texas thing. You know this is how it is everywhere else too. Mark Twain said it best - politicians and policymakers are the greatest criminal class in our society.
As a native Texan, this is both unsurprising and still incredibly saddening. I'd at least like to concede that we're not necessarily worse than a good deal of other states' legislation, we're just a lot more ridiculous about it.
@Klempky@acechoice45 We need to do something about this. Problem is, we know who polices and can arrest us, but who polices and arrests elected Texas politicians that break state laws?
There's less chaos in an elementary school classroom. Students can't get away with filling out test answers for other students, how can these people get away with this FRAUD?
And other legislatures are doing this very thing. This is why they need to go to a signature vote. Why can we understand this and they cannot?
Its about time the People hold their "representatives" accountable for their votes.
2009 version of House Rules; "Section 47. Voting for Another Member — Any member found guilty by the house of knowingly voting for another member on the voting machine WITHOUT THAT OTHER MEMBER'S PERMISSION shall be subject to discipline deemed appropriate by the house."
What sort of representative government are these people practicing here? This is tragic! Texans should just ignore any laws the Legislature approves, and this is proof for their non-compliance being justified.
all the people voteing just broke the law wtf why are they not charged yet? then on the news there like ohh yeah this is whats going on notthing is gunna be done about it either
What do you expect? They are politicians? No wonder we are in trouble as a state and a nation! Where is the integrety? I can tell you! It left when those who promised to be straight became politicians. What a dirty business and we, the citizens, pay the price.
How about if they installed locking cover lids over the vote buttons with a proprietary key that can't be copied and the Rep. would have a copy and the Sargent at Arms would have the a copy for backup?
Seriously we need to clean house! Get rid of all the incumbants! Period! Start over with a new batch and see if they can do it right, if not....boot them out and startover again!
Well, the problem is obviously not isolated to just to Texas. Remember last election, how ACORN got busted registering civilians under multiple names, so they could vote multiple times? They got caught and then what? They got busted again doing illegal stuff, and are still funded by the government. I can hardly believe that it's just Texas doing this; If the lawmakers were forced to actually be at the voting session, well, that would cut into their vacations, and we can't have that now, can we?
"They aren't voting randomly for these other people. Clearly they have told deskmates, or house members that sit near them what their vote is so they can input it for them.
If these politicians were really stealing votes from other State Legislature members then they would have been reported long, long ago by the members from whom they are stealing votes.
And as the woman said, they can't find any kind of legal ramifications to this so it's clearly a common practice."
I would like to see enforcement on illegal activities on these people. What a disgrace! They need to film this instead of turning the camera away to the front. I hope actions have taken place to stop this kind of behavior, especially when it's across party lines. Official house rules clearly states this behavior is against the law. I would like to follow the money on who gets paid not to be there at those times.
Their only job is to vote. It's the only reason we elect them. There is NO OTHER REASON. Whenever they aren't present voting, we are ruled WITHOUT representation. We could reasonably claim immunity to any legislation in which our representative did not vote. In fact, we should demand it.
Why can't our lawmakers just go to work for 8 hours a day and stay there for the whole 8 hours. It's even worse in congress, it needs to be mandatory for these idiots to show up for work like everyone else.
Hypocrites! Thank you for reporting these creeps on YouTube. This is disgusting! Like I heard before: Politicians should get two terms, one in office and one in jail.
@NEXPAR Actually, there's nothing to be reported here. It's not a secret at all and no one is hiding anything. There just isn't a law to stop it, so it continues. It really is something that people laugh about down here in Texas(those that know about it) It's really the public's fault because they have no idea that this is going on. But I mean we learned about this in government class and then went to the capitol and watched them do it. There's no laws against it...
This goes on all across America, from Maine to California, from State to Federal levels & the never get punished. I say again NO Integrity or Honesty among politicians!
@cresidue A point of order, to vote, my politicians must (1) be present (2) speak some acknowledgement of being called upon by the speaker (They can say "aye", "nay", "present"...or well "horse feathers".). The vote is called a call, and is administrated by the speaker and some staff of the house who's name I can't remember. The speaker is an MP selected from the house, and the staff is a life time bureaucrat. Officious, inefficient, operable parliamentary system of CANADA. :)
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My position is the twin towers were demolished.
Medina is a mexican whore and is trying to wedge her way into Tea Party stuff just to stab us in the back. She's just another anti-white mexican interloper.
You anti-whites are the "tea baggers". You faggots want higher taxes and want to spend white people's money on our enemies. So fuck you.
"Sometimes we don't break for lunch, we don't break for dinner,..." Oh cry me a frickin river...if you can't handle you're job, you don't belong! Kick these punks out Texas!
Now the majority hates Bush... but look what it took for that to happen. The smart people knew from the beginning, but I guess some people are just really stupid, and can't see the underlying truth to anything. You just believe what you're told. You live in a fantasy of old time Hollywood stars and grandpa's war stories. People need to wake up. Turn off your TV. Stop buying stupid shit you don't need. Learn to read a book. It's a start although I think it's far too late.
All you tough talking patriots, what have you done lately? "I just do what they tell me, and say that I love getting screwed up my ass, hilk hilk hilk." It has to be pure, dumb pride to say that you love what America has become... but we all know you're just too cowardly to stand up and fight for anything. It's easier to just bury your head in the sand and say, "I Love America". It's like all the republicans who blindly supported the war, until they totally screwed your sons and daughters...
MishuTasteless: Debra Medina, 9/11 truther conspiracy nut. We need stable people in govt, not extremists. Medina is too extreme even for fellow conspiracy nut Glenn Beck!
Medina is a beaner who doesn't support the people who want admission that 9/11 was staged. "The buildings fell kind of funny" is not the same as "the buildings were demolished by explosives and a non commercial plane".
stop: Here's what she said on Beck's show: "There's some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there, so I've not taken a position." Have you not taken a position either?
"Beaner?" Is that what you teabaggers call your own candidate? Wow, that'll get a lot of racial minority votes, mein fuhrer. Or do you plan to go it alone with just whites? Good luck with that. HAHAHA!
This is an unconscionable travesty for human freedom and the future of government, not only in Texas, but in the U.S. We are on the verge of losing our Republic to the Oligarchs who are turning America into a Fascist country: Fascism = corporatism, or control of the government by a few people with a lot of money and power.
This is why we need Debra Medina for governor of Texas.
Medina lost my vote when she said "I don't think all the information is available" when asked if she believed that 9/11 was an inside job. That just makes me want to throw something at her.
Why? All the info isn't available. Have you seen the report? Some of the stuff is "top secret" , meaning it's not available to us. So she didn't lie. Wow.
are you seriously talking about the 9/11 attacks being a government conspiracy as something real? It was an attack on our soil by Muslim radicals who would love nothing more than to see America burn.
No, I don't think it was a conspiracy. But there was information that wasn't released and that we don't know. So Medina saying "I don't think all the information is available" is a true statement. Deal with it. It's true. If you dont' think so go look at the report and the spots that are taken out b/c they are "top secret". I think Americans have the right to know what happened and whether or not they knew about it before it happened but thought it wasn't a real threat so they didn't act.
Texan here, our gov't is extremely weak. Our legislature is part-time, their salaries are very low so there is almost no corruption. It's almost impossible to create any change that's positive or negative. It's the reason why Texas has survived the recession. It's the reason why noone in Texas cares about this and neither do those people in the video.
VittleVoom 7 hours ago
It's like a game show :P
secobi 2 weeks ago
WTF!!! What is this pre school?
EveningGoDs 2 weeks ago
HANG THE CORRUPT,CHINA DOES THAT TO KEEP CRIMINALS IN CHECK.
whats12345678910 1 month ago
2:46 does she work 13 ours a day, 6 days a week with no breaks? That's what it takes to run your own business. Voting and talking Is what I do in my time off
kitchenfromhell 3 months ago 4
What in the world has happened to our voting process? I really believe this probably happens more often than we know about not only at state level ,but also the Federal Government level as well.When this country was founded by our founding fathers our lawmakers was expected to obey their laws as well they were not to be above the law just because they were lawmaker members at state level nor federal level.We The People have sit back and allow this to go on which is not right no matter the party
fhughey2005 3 months ago
Man, is it wrong if I thought this was hilarious?
Filipjphry 4 months ago
@Filipjphry Not at all. Since politics is a joke.
iam4evaGenius 2 months ago
It's like they were playing Wack-A-Mole, with votes!
littleseabass1974 4 months ago
@littleseabass1974 Who is going to make the flash game parody "Whack a Vote" ?
kitchenfromhell 3 months ago
My government proffesor used this as an example that we know nothing about our government XD
eduardo141414 4 months ago
nice....
kamilianawow 4 months ago
HAHAHAHA, WAT THE FUUUUK!?!?!
McGregoryO 4 months ago
swag to teh hundread thouansd
PINOYwitRICEhat 4 months ago
punishment to this should be the distrust that the constituents have for said congress person.
gelberd 4 months ago
hahahahahahaha WOW.
chomper47 5 months ago
Criminal! What would the founders say about this?
sincerelyskeptical 5 months ago
Glad I live in Jersey where at least it's only money involved in our corruption.
MrMatteNWk 6 months ago
Hee hee, i used to think my country ought to take the US example of parliament decorum and honesty and blah blah. Shows every person in the world who makes it to the parliament is crooked, else he wouldnt get there in the first place.
planetarycruise 6 months ago
i'm back.. this is my favorite episode of masonic bingo
planetoperator 7 months ago
Sometimes they are voting for their deskmates that are not present at the time of the vote. Sometimes they are just voting at all the nearby desks. But, most of the time this doesn't matter because the vote is nowhere near a close call. If the losing side wants, they can do a roll call to verify who could have actually voted, anyone who doesn't answer the roll call, their vote doesn't count. I learned this from my Texas government textbook.
texanfan4ever 7 months ago
only in Texas? Hmmm...
mtksbctk 7 months ago
It actually doesn't make any difference. If any member feels the results were swayed by improper voting conduct they could call for strict enforcement of the rules or a vote verification. 99% of the votes are foregone conclusions and ceremonial at best.
landonsvids08 8 months ago
I don't know, if this were a serious vote where a few votes would matter one way or the other I'm sure they'd be stricter about it. It's my assumption that they would be present if it were a hot-button issue that could go either way. Besides, for all we know they tell their friends how to vote for them while they're out.
tjagolf33 8 months ago
'shall be subject to discipline deemed appropariate by the house'. There you go already, it's wrongly worded. If the house thinks there is nothing wrong with it, then nothing will happen. You have to rewrite that section.
XevanTemplar 8 months ago
So i guess we should start considering which candidate we vote for is the quickest?
sjp4ut 8 months ago
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MrMooseheadbeer 8 months ago
America fail
chippy2414 8 months ago
Texans are so fucking stupid that this is legal in this state.
Raxarax 8 months ago
@Raxarax and you are so fucking stupid you obviously did not leisten or see the part that clearly says this is NOT legal.
txtoothfairy87 8 months ago
@txtoothfairy87 Ah, I see, you're right, I didn't watch the last part of the video. So I guess that the problems isn't that there isn't a rule against it, it's that no one really gives a shit.
Raxarax 8 months ago
Don't you know rules and laws are only for the little people?
appmanga 9 months ago 8
what the FUCK
lolzondeck 9 months ago
This just proves that the "voter-ID," is just a poll-tax in disguise. Something that is very unethical and very illegal.
LLopez1223 9 months ago
your*
Fejojosu 9 months ago
ahahahahahaha WOW, now you're idiot politicians don't even really need to show up to vote for a shitty bill.
<3 America.
Fejojosu 9 months ago 2
lol America.
PumaOPumaOPumaO 9 months ago 3
masonic bingo
planetoperator 9 months ago 2
What a bunch of cheats !!!!
robertk1968 9 months ago
It's saddening that we're the ones giving these ass-holes their 200k worth leather seats of power. And even more so in taxes for their own proposed laws.
But I seriously think the biggest disgust in here is knowing that others voters know about this but just don't give a damn.
BitesizedCandy 9 months ago
that was funny i see why that would not be shown it on tv to bad the were to old to fight over a button
IronGato 9 months ago
hihÌ_I_fEÈl_sÕ_lõñËly_tÕDÀY
BabiiayEbonyia322 10 months ago
Enough absences in school gets you expelled, a law created by politicians who don't show up for work? There seems to be some bullshit going on here
SchoolrejecT 10 months ago
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I wonder if Democrats were the ones doing this if we'd see the outrage finally. Talk about hypocrisy - it's ok for Republican lawmakers but not Democrats - when really either side is wrong for this type of behavior. Of course this happens in TX. As someone mentions so much for bleeding red, white and blue - if you don't have a clue. Oh look Beck is on TV...ya'll better hurry on up and listen to his BS.
axollot 10 months ago
I wonder if Democrats were the ones doing this if we'd see the outrage finally. Talk about hypocrisy - it's ok for Republican lawmakers but not Democrats - when really either side is wrong for this type of behavior. Of course this happens in TX. As someone mentions so much for bleeding red, white and blue - if you don't have a clue. Oh look Beck is on TV...ya'll better hurry on up and listen to his BS.
axollot 10 months ago
lol..and all u silly americans that bleed red white and blue can now see what i have been saying for years..the united snakes of america..the land of the thief and home of the slaves..lol..land of hypocrisy!
os75 11 months ago
corruption.
This is nothing more than a fraud / scam on the US people. They should be arrested and dismissed.
tinpot71 11 months ago 35
Surely this is fraud,why are their not police officers in there arresting these people ?
vanderroos 11 months ago
what a joke effing bullshit
fccukthebanks 11 months ago
Anyone who works for the government should not be allowed to vote. It's a conflict of interest.
mackler 11 months ago
haha on you USA :P
usmanrauf86 11 months ago
when people like this run your country ,how can a country prosper?
dragszes 11 months ago
You have got to be fucking kidding me...
ShadowShattered 11 months ago
Its a great day for democracy!!!!!!!!!!!
babylon5able 11 months ago
Has it become such a sad state of affairs in America that Treason is veiled as convenience. What a Load of crap. This whole thing from the white house to wall street needs to be abolished and begun again with a copy of the constitution and bill of rights in hand. Can these people even recite the constitution? Probably not since publicly reading it in Washington can land you in jail. Corruption and greed, Conquest and Empire are destroying our country. Is it time? YES it IS. Can WE ? YES WE CAN !
spiralreplicator 11 months ago
This is absolute BULLSHIT! Fire all these motherfuckers. Let me vote more that once.
theMENTOR520 11 months ago
Hey, shoplifting is against the law too.
TheSaxonViolins 11 months ago
Those are some nice armchairs- I especially like how the state emblem is embroidered on the back rest.
writersblock26 11 months ago
"it seems very inappropriate and something should be done about it." No doubt. If this is not criminal behavior, it SHOULD be. Sadly, the only ones who are in position to do something about it, are the ones who are doing it.
Reiknar 11 months ago
Integrity? Honesty? Really in a politician? I do not care if you put a Republican in for a Republican, or Democrat in for a Democrat, it is just time to get rid of crooks and valueless morons, and start supporting people who have some ethics. If we can find any.
yagtex 11 months ago
So basically.. a pothead could do their job. LEGALIZE IT!
epiphanytbs 11 months ago
That's honestly disgusting. I'm talking about both the legislators who think it's ok to vote for those not present as well as those thare are not present at all! Not to mention those who run the chamber, and see how very obvious there appears to be much more votes than those present.
Democracy at it's finest.
quikboy2 1 year ago
Seriously, fuck democracy. It's done nothing but give us these assholes and republicunts.
iptik 1 year ago
democracy literally teh worst form of govt
SelfHatingWhite 1 year ago
You mean to tell me that a shitty people elects shitty representatives? Holy mother of fuck!
06hatter 1 year ago
Maybe they should include retinal scanners.
Anyways, this is the same thing as school children saying like "hey can you turn in this assignment for me?" It fosters not only incompetence, but misrepresentation (say if another candidate changed his or her mind). If unchecked, it can also lead to cheating, where one candidate votes for another absent member, even though he/she doesn't want to vote, or disagrees with that congressman.
redsbr 1 year ago
One of the worst things fool texas is doing is bragging about its economy and actually inviting businesses and people seeking jobs into the state. Another word for this, fools, is "growth." Let me tell you what 'growth" is going to do. See the rest of the US slowly sinking into the mire. You managed to bouy yourselves up somewhat, thru it all. The US economy is destroyed thru mass immigrfation and population growth. Over the next few years you will see TX economy swamped with excess population.
TexasStupid 1 year ago
Sound's out of sync. The only thing texas can legislate is more fool growth and tell the citizens "it will bring in more money" when in fact growth puts more demand on joba food clothing shelter hospitals rescources space land roads maint gas water electricity phone. Legislate fool helmet and seatbelt laws for feeble minded spineless adults who need the police to check their seatbelts and now a needle law, easily used to repeatedly stick poke jab torture inject coerce people.
TexasStupid 1 year ago
I'm from Texas and it's not just texas this happens in almost every state so quit bitchen
hunterdestroyer6 1 year ago 2
lol Texas
Lawrenceecnerwa1 1 year ago
fuckkk
seemsthecat1234 1 year ago
Texas are full of racist people..
mikul32 1 year ago
@mikul32 *is
DanteSpicer 1 year ago
I'm annoyed how people think this is only a Texas thing. You know this is how it is everywhere else too. Mark Twain said it best - politicians and policymakers are the greatest criminal class in our society.
ColdPillowz 1 year ago
It's Texas come on a state based off of Bs and Oil
Lawrenceecnerwa1 1 year ago
what do you expect out of Texas?
PhyreManDan 1 year ago
As a native Texan, this is both unsurprising and still incredibly saddening. I'd at least like to concede that we're not necessarily worse than a good deal of other states' legislation, we're just a lot more ridiculous about it.
Klempky 1 year ago
@Klempky @acechoice45 We need to do something about this. Problem is, we know who polices and can arrest us, but who polices and arrests elected Texas politicians that break state laws?
TrevaLynVF 1 year ago
MASONIC BINCO PARLOR ..should be the title of this video.
planetoperator 1 year ago
Fucking (Bureaucrats) I pay Taxes for this shit !!!!!!!!!!!
acechoice45 1 year ago 2
voting should be done be the "people" not career criminals
kcdude53 1 year ago
I was suprised to hear that problem like this appears not only in totally corrupted exUSSR countires but in USA Texas! I'm really dissapointed :(
Feexer007 1 year ago
These animals are running the zoo? Where's the freaking accountability around this country any more? Or is it only for us lowly taxpayers?
A trained monkey could do better than 99% of our elected officials, at a cheaper cost to us!
Metallicat100 1 year ago
There's less chaos in an elementary school classroom. Students can't get away with filling out test answers for other students, how can these people get away with this FRAUD?
And other legislatures are doing this very thing. This is why they need to go to a signature vote. Why can we understand this and they cannot?
Its about time the People hold their "representatives" accountable for their votes.
NoGuff 1 year ago 11
Ain't this illegal?
WattsFlyyest 1 year ago
typical texas SCUM
jimmyjames133 1 year ago
@jimmyjames133 TROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL
JewBoy135 1 year ago
i cant believe my professor is making me watch this. its like torture
guitarsANDcars39 1 year ago
@guitarsANDcars39
do you have prof. howard?
chezzmasterX 1 year ago
@chezzmasterX yup. tim howard
guitarsANDcars39 1 year ago
Why waste your time watching this? when you can earn glory
JOIN THE MUSIC REVOLUTION!!
AND GO TO JUSTIN BIEBERS BABY AND VOTE IT DOWN FOR
REAL MUSIC DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!!!
Godofrockl666 1 year ago
What the hell? This is disgusting.
stratman06 1 year ago
2009 version of House Rules; "Section 47. Voting for Another Member — Any member found guilty by the house of knowingly voting for another member on the voting machine WITHOUT THAT OTHER MEMBER'S PERMISSION shall be subject to discipline deemed appropriate by the house."
precinctchair3213 1 year ago
@precinctchair3213 Does not help a single bit.
stratman06 1 year ago
Disgusting!!! Why should we follow the laws these scumbags pass???
artagus21 1 year ago
This is nauseating.
d5p 1 year ago
This is sickening.
icestorm815 1 year ago
amazing! It's like it's a game!
twoboysareenough 1 year ago
What sort of representative government are these people practicing here? This is tragic! Texans should just ignore any laws the Legislature approves, and this is proof for their non-compliance being justified.
joe80dman 1 year ago
IMPEACH EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM AND THROW THEIR BUTTS OUT!!!
nurser11 1 year ago
CRIMINAL, why is she not hanging from a tree in downtown Austin?
1985lsf 1 year ago
Please...no bathroom breaks..lol.
MrTimotheus85 1 year ago
Speechless!
chiefbowlin45 1 year ago
Democracy TM
botladola 1 year ago
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
shaneomac210 1 year ago 2
@shaneomac210
Its called POLITICs as Usual :(
This is why we need to just clean HOUSE & SENATE !!!!!!!!!!
Sharlyn777 1 year ago
all the people voteing just broke the law wtf why are they not charged yet? then on the news there like ohh yeah this is whats going on notthing is gunna be done about it either
crlyfryzs 1 year ago
What do you expect? They are politicians? No wonder we are in trouble as a state and a nation! Where is the integrety? I can tell you! It left when those who promised to be straight became politicians. What a dirty business and we, the citizens, pay the price.
mkhenry55 1 year ago 2
How about if they installed locking cover lids over the vote buttons with a proprietary key that can't be copied and the Rep. would have a copy and the Sargent at Arms would have the a copy for backup?
ixcacel 1 year ago
Shameful but is it any surprise?
mykylc 1 year ago
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spottyy01 1 year ago
These incumbents are corrupt.... vote them out! This kind of dishonesty is why we are in such a horrible condition, today!!!
cowgirlmoon 1 year ago
Seriously we need to clean house! Get rid of all the incumbants! Period! Start over with a new batch and see if they can do it right, if not....boot them out and startover again!
aquawoman12 1 year ago
Kick them all out next election
JM8022 1 year ago
Well, the problem is obviously not isolated to just to Texas. Remember last election, how ACORN got busted registering civilians under multiple names, so they could vote multiple times? They got caught and then what? They got busted again doing illegal stuff, and are still funded by the government. I can hardly believe that it's just Texas doing this; If the lawmakers were forced to actually be at the voting session, well, that would cut into their vacations, and we can't have that now, can we?
hurdlebeast 1 year ago
Cool, dog.
Dalarna3 1 year ago
"They aren't voting randomly for these other people. Clearly they have told deskmates, or house members that sit near them what their vote is so they can input it for them.
If these politicians were really stealing votes from other State Legislature members then they would have been reported long, long ago by the members from whom they are stealing votes.
And as the woman said, they can't find any kind of legal ramifications to this so it's clearly a common practice."
sdkintheusofa 1 year ago
This justifies dictatorship in ways I'm uncomfortable with.
shadyjohnson1 1 year ago 2
@shadyjohnson1 Exactly! This is not a Republic and it hasn't been for quite some time, this confirms it.
SlaveTaxPayer 1 year ago
I would love to beat that bitches face in with my fists
attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
I would like to see enforcement on illegal activities on these people. What a disgrace! They need to film this instead of turning the camera away to the front. I hope actions have taken place to stop this kind of behavior, especially when it's across party lines. Official house rules clearly states this behavior is against the law. I would like to follow the money on who gets paid not to be there at those times.
stoptalkingat 1 year ago
Its a Ponzi cartel anyway, they just want your money...
flyingpigstuff 1 year ago
Their only job is to vote. It's the only reason we elect them. There is NO OTHER REASON. Whenever they aren't present voting, we are ruled WITHOUT representation. We could reasonably claim immunity to any legislation in which our representative did not vote. In fact, we should demand it.
hughtub 1 year ago
Why can't our lawmakers just go to work for 8 hours a day and stay there for the whole 8 hours. It's even worse in congress, it needs to be mandatory for these idiots to show up for work like everyone else.
stormtroopavk81 1 year ago
!! HOOOAH !!
I don't live in Texas
lmao..
MonsterMozz 1 year ago
@MonsterMozz
so i guess you're still thinking it's better wherever you are?
Fnordicus 1 year ago
@Fnordicus yep.. lol.. anywhere's better than texas
MonsterMozz 1 year ago
Why am i only seeing this now? This is beyond Beyond what i expect from our lawmakers.
shadowbender 1 year ago
WTF this is totally fucked up O_o
Analphabet1337 1 year ago 2
What are morals?
Sbetsho 1 year ago
this is disgusting.
shannonott 1 year ago 3
omg... America... buy yourself a book: Democracy for dummys ...
Church0123 1 year ago 13
Indirect Democracy will die.
Direct Democracy is the only way to go out of this corruption mess.
shevegen 1 year ago
wtf... unbelivable ...try to vote with hand or use keylock on the table
Taaji2 1 year ago
Even with rules against this, you'd think this would be a serious faux pas between representatives.
Macabre215 1 year ago 3
pathetic
NeroroPuj 1 year ago 5
Hypocrites! Thank you for reporting these creeps on YouTube. This is disgusting! Like I heard before: Politicians should get two terms, one in office and one in jail.
NEXPAR 1 year ago 32
@NEXPAR LOL Damn Right
jimmyjames133 1 year ago
@NEXPAR Actually, there's nothing to be reported here. It's not a secret at all and no one is hiding anything. There just isn't a law to stop it, so it continues. It really is something that people laugh about down here in Texas(those that know about it) It's really the public's fault because they have no idea that this is going on. But I mean we learned about this in government class and then went to the capitol and watched them do it. There's no laws against it...
Raxarax 10 months ago
looks like there playing whak-a-mole.
mrnatron 1 year ago 3
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asimonia 1 year ago
waaa. If your job is so difficult, then quit running for re-election and get a job in the private sector.
casprd33 1 year ago 3
Sure makes you appreciate the media. Way to go, reporters!!
It's not for nothing they call it the Forth Estate.
Thank you. Thank you.
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NotTheBoobTube 1 year ago
Great reporting. The media is such an important part of how our country runs.
Thank you to the reporters and media outlets that bring us actual events without putting some ridiculous spin on it.
Thank you. Thank you.
NotTheBoobTube 1 year ago
This is absolutely disgusting.
inademv 1 year ago
No integrity or honesty, what do people expect from politicians.
cresidue 1 year ago 4
@cresidue My politicians are fine, it's TEXAS politicians that are representative of their state.
PsychoticusRex 1 year ago
This goes on all across America, from Maine to California, from State to Federal levels & the never get punished. I say again NO Integrity or Honesty among politicians!
cresidue 1 year ago
@cresidue A point of order, to vote, my politicians must (1) be present (2) speak some acknowledgement of being called upon by the speaker (They can say "aye", "nay", "present"...or well "horse feathers".). The vote is called a call, and is administrated by the speaker and some staff of the house who's name I can't remember. The speaker is an MP selected from the house, and the staff is a life time bureaucrat. Officious, inefficient, operable parliamentary system of CANADA. :)
PsychoticusRex 1 year ago 2
@PsychoticusRex
If you actually believe that, then you are a sucker.
jlkendri 1 year ago
Ps I hate bush and Perry too.
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
My position is the twin towers were demolished.
Medina is a mexican whore and is trying to wedge her way into Tea Party stuff just to stab us in the back. She's just another anti-white mexican interloper.
You anti-whites are the "tea baggers". You faggots want higher taxes and want to spend white people's money on our enemies. So fuck you.
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
F@$%ing atrocious!
Atheistforonpaul08 1 year ago 2
What good would photo ID do, since ILLEGAL aliens can driver's licenses???
1952Bebe 1 year ago
"Sometimes we don't break for lunch, we don't break for dinner,..." Oh cry me a frickin river...if you can't handle you're job, you don't belong! Kick these punks out Texas!
QuantumBios 1 year ago 74
@QuantumBios
RIGHT ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharlyn777 1 year ago
Only in America. XD
krullboll 1 year ago
Anytime someone tries to "do something about it" you Weiss guys call them "nazis".
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
SunStridar 1 year ago 5
SunStridar 1 year ago
This is how the Republican Controlled Texas House works.
Heck, this is how Republicans work to begin with.
marciaj720 1 year ago
Texas-style democracy in action!
solfegg 1 year ago
The United State of Texas never gets old. The place is hilarious.
meric2 1 year ago
DEBRA MEDINA
MishuTaste 1 year ago
MishuTasteless: Debra Medina, 9/11 truther conspiracy nut. We need stable people in govt, not extremists. Medina is too extreme even for fellow conspiracy nut Glenn Beck!
armadilloze 1 year ago
Medina is a beaner who doesn't support the people who want admission that 9/11 was staged. "The buildings fell kind of funny" is not the same as "the buildings were demolished by explosives and a non commercial plane".
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
stop: Here's what she said on Beck's show: "There's some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there, so I've not taken a position." Have you not taken a position either?
"Beaner?" Is that what you teabaggers call your own candidate? Wow, that'll get a lot of racial minority votes, mein fuhrer. Or do you plan to go it alone with just whites? Good luck with that. HAHAHA!
armadilloze 1 year ago
This is an unconscionable travesty for human freedom and the future of government, not only in Texas, but in the U.S. We are on the verge of losing our Republic to the Oligarchs who are turning America into a Fascist country: Fascism = corporatism, or control of the government by a few people with a lot of money and power.
This is why we need Debra Medina for governor of Texas.
Governor Elect Debra Medina, President 2016
dralanprice 1 year ago
jesus, i knew it wasnt perfect but come on
Iammyself920 1 year ago
All governments are corrupted straight through to the core especially the bigger they get there is no other possible outcome.
A few good apples is the exception to the rule, corruption is the rule.
ujisx 1 year ago 2
this video never gets old
diogeneslaertius666 1 year ago
You want FREEDOM VOTE MEDINA.
joeyloco714 1 year ago
Medina lost my vote when she said "I don't think all the information is available" when asked if she believed that 9/11 was an inside job. That just makes me want to throw something at her.
fatalrob0t 1 year ago
Why? All the info isn't available. Have you seen the report? Some of the stuff is "top secret" , meaning it's not available to us. So she didn't lie. Wow.
Chaaazz2008 1 year ago
are you seriously talking about the 9/11 attacks being a government conspiracy as something real? It was an attack on our soil by Muslim radicals who would love nothing more than to see America burn.
fatalrob0t 1 year ago
No, I don't think it was a conspiracy. But there was information that wasn't released and that we don't know. So Medina saying "I don't think all the information is available" is a true statement. Deal with it. It's true. If you dont' think so go look at the report and the spots that are taken out b/c they are "top secret". I think Americans have the right to know what happened and whether or not they knew about it before it happened but thought it wasn't a real threat so they didn't act.
Chaaazz2008 1 year ago
I am not dignifying this further.
fatalrob0t 1 year ago
no need to. It already is.
Chaaazz2008 1 year ago
ChaaazzKook: Watch out for those black helicopters and FEMA camps! OooooWEEEEeeeeooooo!
Clown.
armadilloze 1 year ago