Rick Perry was one of the heroes of that whole “Tea Party” crap, speaking out against the stimulus and rejecting part of it. Now governor secession wants federal money to cover – well the stuff that would have been covered by the rejected stimulus funds: Now that the state is dire straits, however, Perry is […]
This is absolutely horrendous. Rape victims in Texas are getting billed for their medical treatment, and specifically the forensic rape kits. To make matters even worse, the fund that is supposed to pay these bills has been ending every year with a surplus. Is this the type of conservative governing that Republicans and their heroes […]
It looks like the Texas House is not all too happy with Rick Perry and his talking of leaving the union, so they gave Perry his own secession – the removal of his office from the state budget: House members virtually wiped out Gov. Rick Perry’s office budget Friday in order to help veterans and […]
75% of Texans do not want to secede from the union. Perhaps that 75% should tell Rick Perry to keep his trap shut then.
I think back to a time so long ago, when states were upset over the federal government using their national guard troops for a war in a foreign land. In a time when a small town in California didn’t want military recruiters there, so that town would quickly be labeled as some sort of traitor. […]
It seems as though White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s mother has some problems with the Republican Party. Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn turned her back on the Republican Party and announced Monday she will run for governor as an independent. The move allows Strayhorn to escape a potentially ugly primary battle against Gov. Rick […]
After we thought lessons would have been learned from Katrina, it seems some were sleeping during class. Today the image of traffic jams filled the airwaves as cars were bumper to bumper on a highway only half full leaving town. It wasn’t until hours later that Texas Governor Rick Perry decided to reverse flow of […]
Via the Associated Press Texas Coast To Be Patrolled By Unmanned Predator Aircraft HOUSTON, Texas — A dozen U.S. Predator aircraft will be based at Houston’s Ellington Field for use in homeland security and border patrols. Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay made the announcement in Houston Wednesday. Predators are unmanned […]
Via democrats.com By davidswanson Created 2005-08-08 19:10 I got Cindy on the phone and she continued to maintain that the threat of arrest was real, but said that it came to her via Diane Wilson. I spoke to Diane, who said that it came from Texas State Rep Lon Burman, a Democrat. She said that […]