“I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state,” Gov. Perry said. “That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union.”
For more on other state legislatures sponsoring such resolutions, see States vs. Feds
Texas was part of the Confederacy therefore we had to take an oath in order to rejoin the Union. Part of the agreement when Texas first joined the Union was that Texas could subdivide into four (4) separated states. Thus increasing our influence in the House and the Senate, and tip the balance of power. Won’t happen but it would make things more interesting.
Interesting story will come back again soon:)
Perry is a two-faced snake-in-the-grass. He lies all the time. Never, never, never trust him.
Hey guys,
At least Perry is speaking out. Oregon State legislators do nothing to advance the state’s independence and do nothing to advance the state’s business, especially small business, which is a foundation to the healthy society. Yaks, I hate living here, got to move to Texas…
From socialists’ and soon to be communist Oregon….with love.
Good info on Texas Sovereignty. Texas renews treaty with the federal government to stay within the Union every year. Skp to 24:05 in the video to listen to Jonathan May explain it.
http://www.askbutwhy.com/2009/04/texas-sovereignty-joined-union-by.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123982723145222287.html
Street preacher has been railing against the destruction of neighborhoods through chain stores and calling for a return to community-based economics. While everything was going gangbusters, he was considered an amusing side-show. Now he’s been asked to speak at Yale Divinity School and getting reported on favorably by the WSJ.
Last year I attended a small tax day rally at the post office. There were 20 people. It was mostly Ron Paul supporters who weathered a blizzard to make a point. This year it was only raining and it was held in the center of town with a turn out of about 1200 listening to the speakers. Many people didn’t leave their cars and drove by. People were handing out reminders to attend another event in June. These are grassroots events that don’t seem to have a specific party backing, but with multiple reminders from various organizations having been sent out.
There was a local tv channel and the newspaper present. There were lots of youngsters with homemade signs.
One has to question politicians when they change with the wind. The Trans-Texas Corridor is a boondoggle. Who would benefit? That would be construction bigs.. and possibly it would be turned into a tollroad. When the government put in the massive interstate system, railroads had to buy trucks to compete. States continued to tax the railroads and they were forced to consolidate or go out of business. Now the push is to increase rail systems to help with energy concerns. There will be two side-by-side systems competing for resources and participation. The roads will still need to be kept up and the use of rail systems will reduce the use of fuel that is taxed to keep the roads up. Either the taxes will go up on fuel or the roads will deteriorate or they will be turned into toll roads.
The intrusion into legitimate government services by for-profit entities is frightening. They have taken over prisons and paid to get laws passed to keep the beds full. The media supports it. Social services is a bureaucracy that has turned children into commodities with bonuses for quantity.
The judges in Pennsylvania who were getting paid to send children to jail is an example of a for-profit system that destroys people for profit.
Fox network was covering the events of yesterday They made every effort to portray it politically by saying that Dems were in attendance at these rallies. No doubt there are Democrats with buyer’s remorse and plenty of them showed up. Politicizing the event and attributing it all to the far right is a mistake. People understand that the Constitution needs to be dusted off and looked at. The tax code needs to be changed. Can you imagine not needing an accountant? The rules are just too complex and it is apparent to right and left when they can’t do their own taxes.
One of my friends told me a census taker had come to his house and that on the initial contact, data was entered into a GPS handheld. When asked about it, the census worker didn’t know why they were doing it. If every census taker has a purchased handheld, that was an enormous outlay of money and somebody made a profit on the sale. What will they do with the data? They already have records and license plate information. Will future generations go to the census records and be able to see Grandpa’s house, maybe even Grandpa? If we are paying for this data collection, it is public record.
Another friend said that in Chicago, the cameras are going up at stoplights. He saw it as a privacy concern. These types of cameras are used in Singapore and people receive fines in the mail for driving infractions. Now with face recognition equipment, it isn’t just the license plate that can be read.
Big Brother is here and he has been here for a long time. I first saw something that I couldn’t believe in a public school lunchroom in Houston.. Someone donated a stop light that was used to monitor the noise in the lunchroom. As the noise went up the lights went up. When the light hit red, everyone had to stop talking. This was an elementary school. Dropping a tray would turn the light red. They also used a stoplight motif in the classroom. Each child had a stoplight card in full view and infractions merited a change in color and if it went from green, to yellow, to red, the next stop was black and the principal. This system was all negative with no rewards for good behavior. This mentality is dehumanizing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_re_us/tax_day_protests
I think its the right wing of the centralization team behind all this “revolution.” They are all over Fox news and these tea parties seem to be the work of Republicans.
Be weary – just like the Democrats – they will funnel your rage into a neat package of – you guessed it – more of the same.
http://video1.washingtontimes.com/video/extremismreport.pdf
Homeland Security document that basically says that people who fear gun control legislation, are anti-illegal immigration, ex-military or think Communist and Fascist countries may be a threat to us, are obviously right wing nutjobs and should be watched by the Government.
I agree with all the concerns expressed, and , if I may pile on here, another reason for “them” to switch over to support this or any other new move is so that they can take over the leadership of the new movement and shape it to their own ends.
@ Catherine & James,
I think they’re pushing the states rights angle as justification to cut-off the states from future FED funds, further weakening individual states by cutting their infrastructure and social programs. As long as the FEDs (i.e. Global cabal) control the tax revenues and the monetary system, they continue to hold all the economic cards.
Hi- I live in Texas. I was glad to see the headline about this, but knew Perry had ulterior motive. HE has/had(?) been pushing to do the Trans-Texas Corridor from the Mexican Border to the top of Texas, using eminent domain to take over 500,000 acres of farm/ranch land. People in those areas were MAD & having meetings last year. Corridor was to be something like 12 football-fields wide, with lanes for vehicles, rail, etc(as IF that would NOT be a “terrorist” target?) He seemed to be working in cahoots with Bush (W), who did his illegal SPP thing with Mexico & Canada. Anyway, long story short, another uh…politician from Tx whom I do not think well of, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, is planning to challenge Perry, & run for Governor of Texas in a yr or 2.Lots of dummies here: she’s “popular”. So, last fall, suddenly Perry announced that “since people were not happy” with plans for Trans Texas Corridor, that they would “just use existing highways.” I knew that was to keep republicans in office, as well as try to keep himself in office because he knew Hutchison,who voted with Phil Gramm to deregulate the finanical sleazes, is going to run against him in republican primary for Gov.So, I think he’s switched sides(for now!),trying to save his “job” as Governor.
Starting years ago, my friend kept telling me that ‘they’ want to destroy the US because it (and its democracy) is the last standing obstacle to total control of the world. I thought he was nuts to say it.
I had the same intuitive response. I sensed a game when I heard there were so many states jumping on the sovereignty band wagon. Rick Perry is also backing the Trans Texas corridor and I believe is CFR. As usual we’ll have to wait and see
James:
Your comment fits with my intuition. If Perry is doing this it is because the orders are coming down from on high for him to do this? What is the game? I don’t think we see it — but one is going on.
For a governor of one of the most powerful states to say he is behind this is important. If it passes into law in a state, that will be a bell weather event.
Catherine
I live in Texas (Fort Worth area) and have grave questions about Perry’s authenticity. He originally campaigned for mandatory HPV vaccination for young girls until he received backlash from his own republican party (http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/02/06/6hpv.html). Next, he initially opposed bailout money (for political gain) and then changed his mind and accepted some (http://www.humanevents.com/images/Obama.pdf). I’m always very skeptical of two-faced people even when they appear to be doing good. I prefer consistency in behavior and actions. Then I might believe what someone stands for. To date, you are clearly one of those people, Catherine. I’m grateful to you for your incredible integrity.