Rick Perry, the 10th Amendment, and tilting toward treason

Rick Perry, the big hair guv'ner of Tejas, don't want no Obama health plan for the people in his state! No sir!

And Mr. Perry is so upset he might even "invoke" the 10th Amendment if necessary to keep Texicans out of Obama's health plan! Yes Sir!

Obama's health plan would be "disastrous" for Tejas, said Big Hair (acccording to the McClatchy Washington Bureau).

Perry wants Obama's health care plan to fail. But if it doesn't, Texas and some other states might rise up in rebellion! Resist! Resist! "...I'm certainly willing and ready to fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats," saith Lord Perry.


One cannot help but wonder why this asshat did not stand up and fight when the Bush administration forced its very expansive government philosophy as exemplified by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan down the throat of the people of Texas? How much of the taxes paid by Texans have been used to finance these wars, and how many Texans have died fighting these wars?

Why didn't Perry stand up and fight when the Bush administration violated the Constitution by secretly spying on American citizens, which includes, of course, the citizens of Tejas? And why didn't Big Hair stand up and fight when the Bush administration, utilizing its expansive government philosophy, gave free rein to the Wall Street criminals who have proceeded to bankrupt our country?


Perry seems to be dumber than I originally thought. Evidently, he has not read our Constitution, and thus does not understand it, and he doesn't seem to know very much about American history, or about how our system of government has evolved down through the years. He doesn't seem to remember anything about the Civil War and the result of that horrendous conflict. In fact, he sounds just like the southern politicians did before that Armageddon exploded.

Someone like Perry can get elected only because the Texas (and American) educational system has failed totally. I speak from experience. As a history teacher I was told straight out by the principal of my school that history didn't matter. There was even talk for a time about doing away with the teaching of history. The reason for that extreme position had to do with the fact that most of the students could not read or write and they had to learn how to do that to pass state-mandated tests (mandated, I should say by that lover of big, expansive government, Jeb Bush)!

The only thing that mattered in her school, saith the principal, was reading and writing!

So, people like Rick Perry get to become governors and people like De Mint get elected to Congress because the people are sometimes stupid, usually ignorant and know nothing of American history, our basic documents such as the Constitution, nor do they know the difference between capitalism, socialism and communism.


When a governor of a state stands up in public and asserts he will fight comprehensive health care for all Americans, and not only so, but will "resist" a bill signed, sealed and delivered by the United States Congress and the President of the United States because of some miguided notion about state sovereignty, he is treading awfully close to treason.

And treason is a very serious crime. Perhaps someone ought remind Big Hair that governors are not exempt from abiding by the Constitution of the United States.