I hate to admit it, but I’m leaning towards yes on this one (then again, I totally dug Ann Richards). Here now is the Governor of the state of Texas, Rick Perry, asserting his resolve to support House Concurrent Resolution 50 that invokes that state’s 10th Amendment rights to sovereignty.
My question would be, where were all these empty suits over the past 8 years when the Bush administration expanded the powers of the federal executive body to the point of utter burden on the average citizen?
Look, kids. The United States Patriot Act, the Military Commssions Act and the suspension of Habeas Corpus are all still in effect. Hell. Even just today, our Homeland Security Director endorsed a report that claimed that so-called right-wing radicals are a threat to our nation’s security.
I guess we now are endorsing the concept of thought crimes?
Well, since that was perfectly acceptable for those in authority to do during the Vietnam War era against peace-loving people of good conscience, I reckon it’s seen as an acceptable practice now. That is, in the eyes of those starting all these fucking problems in the first place.
There are a whole lot of Johnny-Come-Latelys to the liberty movement, but I suppose that’s better than nothing at all. And, to me, it doesn’t matter if you lean to the left or lean to the right. It doesn’t even matter if you have no opinion at all.
What is of the utmost interest to me is that we live up to the promise we continue to bleat to anyone who will listen. That is that the United States is founded on a deep-seated desire for liberty and justice. That we obey the canons of our building blocks: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. That we respect the rule of law and that we allow each other to live their lives in their own pursuits, unenslaved by an allegedly servant government.
Listen to Rick Perry. For a cowboy, he’s making a bit of sense.
