These people make a big show of saying the right thing,
but their heart isn't in it.
They act like they're worshiping me,
but they don't mean it.
They just use me as a cover
for teaching whatever suits their fancy."
I,as an American,could never vote for a person that spouted secessionism,even if only as a veiled threat.But,it seemed that there are plenty of people ready and willing to drink the tea tinged Kool-Aid of Texas governor Rick Perry.
Gov. Perry,a career politician,pretends to be anti-Washington big government.He pretends to be all about state rights,but his very actions say otherwise.That he chooses to say one thing and then do another is very telling.One has to ask,why would he choose to mis-lead rather than lead?Does he have a hidden agenda?Sounds very Washington~esque to me.
Of course this is just my opinion.Let's explore shall we?
Gov.Perry is a states rights sort of guy.By definition,this means that he believes that the states should be able to handle their problems on their own without any or little federal government interference.
Then why,we must ask,is Governor Rick Perry so gung ho about changing the United States of America's Constitution seven times if he is so against the use of these very same federal powers to begin with?I reckon it is either because he feels he is impotent as a state governor to change these positions within his own state,or that he realizes that there is more power at the federal level to enact these changes.He is openly chasing the very power he is rallying against-thus nullifying his own argument.
Some Constitutional amendments have been good.Others not so.Perhaps we should look at these Constitutional changes to see why the governor of the great state of Texas is willing to make these changes:
1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.
This amendment is aimed at judges not judging with their mind on the Constitution.Lifetime tenure was created to make the judges less susceptible to outside influences.This meant that they didn't have to worry about re-elections or outside sponsors.They could judge with their minds and hearts-be they liberal or conservative.Evidently,Rick Perry must feel that this goes against individual states say so.This bias would have been very convenient during the civil rights era.Or maybe,even more so during the next close presidential election.On the forefront this looks like a no brainer for state rights...but it's just another federal power grab that makes it just a tad bit easier to steal away state rights.
2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.
Hmm,consolidating federal power into two branches instead of three...I can see how this would evolve into less power at the federal level.
3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.The plan to scrap the federal income tax sounds appealing until you realize that it benefits mostly the upper class.Taxing the rich became a wartime event.After all,it was their factories benefiting from the wartime production.The government overpays for tanks and guns,you give a little bit of the money back and everyone goes home happy.Alas,these are the old rules.Corporate welfare is the new acceptable greed.CEO's making in half a day what their average employee does in a year should more than make up for what little money the feds want back.It doesn't.If the FIT is leading to serfdom,it's only in the fact the money is now going to everywhere except into the serf's pockets.
4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.What?!? Let the serfs have a say?Why they might actually vote in a Democrat!
5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.
OK.We start by repealing the tax subsidies(breaks) to the rich and the corporations.That's the way Clinton did it.
6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.
Just what the states need...another federal law.Even Jesus was against the union of religion and government(Give to Caesar what is Caesars,and give to God what is God's---by the way,Jesus paid his tax!) Who is this for anyway?Not only are the majority of Americans now for gay marriages,there are also Christian churches supporting gay unions!So...this is for a limited Christian religious minority?Are all Christians now supposed to bow to the beliefs a just a few?This stinks of the beginnings of a federally run religion.Kennedy said he would not let his Catholicism run his politics.I bet if you put all of our founding fathers in a room to debate their religious views,you never would have gotten them to agree on much except that we are a country of divine providence.A state run religion might work great in Saudi Arabia or Iran,and you can evangelize me all you want.But my house follows The Lord.I don't bow to you.
7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.
Man,Gov.Perry,do you believe in state rights at all?Do you?Yes,we all believe that abortion is murder.States killing innocent men is murder,too.When did you become so squeamish?What type of government do you believe in that forces me to chose an unborn child over the life of my wife?What right does the federal government have in interfering in such a personal life or death decision ?This is not the U.S.S.R.if you truly believed that abortion was murder,you would preach programs that made sexual education more prominent.But,no.You don't.You try to convert your fellow Americans to your state run religion,and instead of making their tasks easier,you make it harder.
All this leads to is a smoke and mirrors campaign.Mis-leading instead of leading.Mr.governor,in my opinion,you are a Pontius Pilot Christian...Just what is the truth?Anything you want to make it?You are washing your hands of both the truth and justice.All I call say is that your constituents better pack up and hide their guns.Because Republicans used to preach the power of the Constitution in order to protect their guns.Now,Rick Perry wants to gut it for no purposeful reason.He talks gun,but with this many Constitutional amendments,how long can it be before he throws it all away ?How long can we believe that he is anything but anti-gun?You speak with a forked tongue,gov.Perry.You say you are pro-state,all the while trying to push federal law after federal law down our states' throats.You speak like you want us to be free.You actions tell as if you want to enslave us.
You'll never get my vote.
Live Free or Die.
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