It’s what they’re best at. Executive leadership would only hasten America’s drain circling.
The GOP is dead. A corporation of fraudulent hucksters and sycophants. Case in point:
Offering an impassioned defense of [the in-state tuition breaks for illegal immigrants] policy — and receiving boos from a segment of the audience — Mr. Perry did not back down, saying, “If you say that we should not educate children that have come into our state for no other reason than they’ve been brought here by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart,” he said. “We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society.”
Perry asked Santorum if he had ever been to the border with Mexico.
“I’m surprised if you had,” Perry said as Santorum replied “yes.”
“But you weren’t paying attention, because the idea that you are going to build a wall, a fence for 1,200 mile and then go 800 miles more to Tijuana does not make sense,” he said. “You put the boots on the ground. We know how to make it work.”
Not backing down is not a virtue if it is used as a substitute for critical thinking. Neither are phonyfuck appeals to maudlin sentiment. Rick Perry wallows in both and expects the enervated Republican crowd to lap it up like so much runny shit.
1. The children of illegal immigrants have been brought here through the fault of their parents. If the children suffer as a result of punishment meted to their lawbreaking parents, then those parents will think twice before putting their children in dire circumstances.
2. The children of illegal immigrants would not be a drag on our society if we sent them back home. Bonus: Costs a lot less than educating them here!
3. “You don’t have a heart” is the worst kind of manipulative pap. It’s the kind of thing a person falls back on when their argument is intellectually void.
4. “Have you been to place X?” is the logical fallacy of appeal to geographical proximity. I can learn a lot about Tibet without having to actually go there. It’s called books. Maybe 2.2 GPA Perry should acquaint himself with them.
5. How is Perry so certain a wall won’t work? Fact: A wall, any wall, will work better than no wall at all.
6. “Boots on the ground.” It is to laugh. So, buddy, where are those boots on the ground? You planning to put soldiers on the border beat to prevent Mexicans from getting their free Texas college tuition? You’re all hat and no cattle.
Rick Perry. 100% dumbass. Keep this clown out of the White House. The time for hard clarity in our national politics is past due. Choices must be made stark so the average voter knows who’s really on his side. And he’ll soon find out that just about no one in our elite is. He must learn this object lesson before the reckoning can commence.
on September 23, 2011 at 1:45 pm | Reply Hey, you’re totally right, guys–evil racist fascist bigot Republicans are the only ones who channel racial politics in a rotten and self-serving way. You’re suggesting the Left does too? That’s exactly what an evil racist fascist bigot Republican like you would say! http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/09/22/325910/joe-walsh-media-protecting-obama-black/ For whom did Rick Perry’s Texas Miracle Economy create jobs? http://isteve.blogspot.com/2011/09/rick-perrys-texas-miracle-americans.html Don’t make it too obvious, Rick . . . http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/perry-i-dont-think-you-have-heart-if-you-oppose-state-tuition-children-illegal-immigrants_594080.html White-hating liberals react to the death of a cop-killer. http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim/2011/09/22/troy_davis_mourners_AP110921079775_620x350.JPG “If we ask someone to explain how humans are equal, and if they’re able to explain it at all, we get mantras, stock phrases, hearsay, and circular reasoning, but no real explanation.” http://www.counter-currents.com/2011/09/masters-of-the-universe/print/ They always get paid one way or another, don’t they? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/23/president-obama-secretly-approved-transfer-of-bunker-buster-bombs-to-israel.print.html Was it stupid? Yeah. Did it come out of a President’s mouth? Sure did. Will you hear it brought up for years by your knowing liberal friends and the hypocrite media echo machine? Nope. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/09/obama-gaffe-jobs-act-speech-brent-spence-bridge-ohio.html Wait–this guy wants factually-informed answers to questions like, “Why were Jews hated?” He’s definitely a twisted and toxic hater, no question. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/john-mearsheimer-endorses-a-hitler-apologist-and-holocaust-revisionist/245518/ What makes it a “hate group”? The fact that we say it’s a hate group, that’s what! Blah, blah, some scary-sounding phrases about “eugenics.” http://thinkprogress.org/media/2011/09/23/326917/tanton-white-power-lee-doren/
on September 24, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Reply Brand new to this site. I like the advice on women but I’m surprised to see this pussy type approach to politics. Did the republicans hurt your feewings???? There’s a reason more women then men vote for dems. It’s a party based on emotion not logic and reason. The alpha males are thinking for themselves; not being led around by their noses by Nancy Pelosi, the teachers unions and all the other pussies that dominate the democrat party.
on September 23, 2011 at 1:56 pm | Reply Perry is a caricature of George W. Bush. Unfortunately in an age of TV, looks and soundbites which appeal to older people- only caricatures can get elected in party primaries. The saner and younger don’t care because they know the system is broken beyond repair. http://dissention.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/rick-perry-is-the-caricature-of-george-w-bush/
on September 23, 2011 at 2:09 pm | Reply Ron Paul, then? Because the other side isn’t any better. I’d say they’re worse.
on September 23, 2011 at 2:10 pm | Reply Who the fuck is Rick Perry?
on September 23, 2011 at 2:13 pm | Reply This is why I don’t bother listening to what candidates say. Watch what they do instead. Hey, just like females.
on September 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Reply Rick Perry? Fuck NO. If he pandered to illegal Mexicans in Texas and let his own home state get butt-fucked by Pedro and his 13 bambinos and 40 relatives Rick Perry will SELL OUT ALL America to these vile illegals. The debate made Cain, Gingrich and Bachmann look good – and that “2 dogs, one shovel-ready job” NM guv.
on September 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm | Reply You sound like a whiny wimp, a powerless beta lamenting fruitlessly from life’s sideline. Don’t pollute your brilliant blog with artless graffiti. Life is too awesome and short to vex yourself with politics. When not in office, discuss not policy.
on September 23, 2011 at 2:34 pm | Reply Ron Paul thinks a border fence with Mexico is a bad idea, because it would “allow the Government to control Americans” and prevent them from fleeing to Mexico. No, really. He thinks illegal immigration is fine and dandy. Perry doubling down on illegal immigration has really hurt him. Luntz’s focus group turned against him on that, and he’s sliding downwards. Mitt Romney may be RINO-tastic, but the last two campaigns he’s come out against illegal immigration which is more than a lot of Republican Candidates. Perry would have been formidable in 2000, not now. People liked his “fight against Obama” manner but don’t like illegals or living in Northern Mexico. And no, Obama is ten times worse than Romney. Obama has issued an executive order banning deportations. Basically just let em go. Its Amnesty in everything but name.
on September 23, 2011 at 2:36 pm | Reply As much as I hate our Dunce in Chief, I believe America is better off with a Democrat President and a Republican House/Senate. So hopefully Obama gets 4 more years, and the Republicans capture the Senate next year. Actually, I’d really prefer a Pinochet or Franco-style fascist government over what we have. But until that happens, divided government is best.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:24 am | Reply “Actually, I’d really prefer a Pinochet or Franco-style fascist government over what we have” Count me with you.
on September 24, 2011 at 4:11 pm | Reply Amen!
on September 23, 2011 at 2:42 pm | Reply heartiste, do you consider your interests in alignment more w/ the common voter than w/ the elite? If so, why? neither seem really representative of a striving upper middle class
on September 23, 2011 at 2:55 pm | Reply Ron Paul
on September 23, 2011 at 3:01 pm | Reply I’d really prefer a Pinochet or Franco-style fascist government over what we have Agreed
on September 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm | Reply Perry may be a religious retard, but he’s going to win. Obama’s fucked himself in the ass by letting the teabaggers walk all over him on healthcare and the deficit, Romney’s a mormon and keeps losing out on the GOP debates, and none of the other GOP hopefuls can really be taken seriously. Perry not only doesn’t have much competition, but he looks presidential by being tall and having nice hair, which ultimately has more pull with the proles than anything else.
on September 23, 2011 at 3:12 pm | Reply wake up white man.
on September 23, 2011 at 3:28 pm | Reply Ron Paul could beat B.O. in a general election, but cant win the primary. I’m thinking it will be Romney versus Obama, with Obama taking the woman, black, hispanic, freerider, & govt worker vote, with Romney getting the rest. Unfortunately, the rest are not enough anymore.
on September 23, 2011 at 3:28 pm | Reply wake up white man. This is almost a meme, by now.
on September 23, 2011 at 3:29 pm | Reply “I’d really prefer a Pinochet or Franco-style fascist government over what we have” Lukashenko in Belarus has been able to do this kind of nationalist capitalism so far with success, much to the displeasure of the butthex matrix, aka the international community. Perry is a smart Dubya, a photogenic McCain. His presidency would be the carbon monoxide that lull Americans back to sleep and snuff out what’s left of this country.
on September 24, 2011 at 2:08 pm | Reply How sustainable is Belarus? Perhaps it works temporarily under Lukashenko as pro-nationalist thought continue to hold citizens in tune with the collectivist ideal, but what about when that era of good feeling ends? Nationalism is cool when everyone in the nation wants to be nationalist. It turns ugly when people begin switching from that. Soviet Union began the same way. It seemed to work well for a little bit, then the shit hit the fan.
on September 24, 2011 at 3:29 pm | Reply Belarus just had a huge currency devaluation, something like 46%. You think that’s a better government than what we have? Imagine losing half of your net worth.
on September 23, 2011 at 3:43 pm | Reply That’s cute. You still think anything other than making as much money as possible however you have to and renting or renting-to-own politicians is how the American political system works. Whether the turd circles to the left or right, it’s still getting flushed down the toilet. Just keeping your ass clean and dry is all that matters. Or my ass anyways. The analogy is breaking apart, like the turd in the bowl. Do whatever you want. I’m getting mine regardless.
on September 23, 2011 at 3:44 pm | Reply That’s your beef with Perry, of all things? Oh come on…
on September 24, 2011 at 12:12 pm | Reply What wisdom you offer here, because a candidate’s position on who a nation lets in by the millions — who are largely hostile to the nation’s ethnic core, who are coming in at a time of record-high unemployment — couldn’t be important.
on September 23, 2011 at 4:02 pm | Reply Paladin That’s your beef with Perry, of all things? Oh come on… I know! Republicans are all fascist Nazi bigot racists whose favorite hobby is beating immigrants with bags filled with other immigrants. Why would anyone look at the actual record and facts and criticize them on that basis? You’re supposed to attack Republicans (and Christianity and the West and white people and everything) from the Left, not the Right. ( George Bush was an open borders toolbag )
on September 23, 2011 at 4:37 pm | Reply Maybe it’s a good time to start looking at alternatives? http://american3p.org/
on September 23, 2011 at 5:16 pm | Reply America is so far beyond salvage that I really don’t care anymore. Perry is nothing but a globalist psuedo-conservative who looks good on tv and will say whatever it takes to get elected. I get amused when I see these teabaggers lining up behind him while spouting their hatred for “career politicians.” What do they think Perry is? At least Romney has some private sector experience and stood up to the illegal alien lobby when he was governor. More than any of the other candidates have done. I agree that a border fence is stupid though. What a waste of money. How long is our Mexican border? 3000 miles? How hard would it be to take 9,000 troops, give them assault rifles and a pair of binoculars, and space them out with 1/3 of a mile between them? You think anyone’s getting through that? The border’s not secure because our politicians don’t want it to be.
on September 23, 2011 at 5:33 pm | Reply Ron Paul 2012
on September 23, 2011 at 5:35 pm | Reply 1. The children of illegal immigrants have been brought here through the fault of their parents. If the children suffer as a result of punishment meted to their lawbreaking parents, then those parents will think twice before putting their children in dire circumstances. 2. The children of illegal immigrants would not be a drag on our society if we sent them back home. Bonus: Costs a lot less than educating them here! 3. “You don’t have a heart” is the worst kind of manipulative pap. It’s the kind of thing a person falls back on when their argument is intellectually void….. How about this: end government education . No public schools, no state or tax financed colleges. You HBDers and racialists are all the same. You focus on race reveals that you are total wimps that wont argue for the repeal of the welfare state. Why not? Because you won’t challenge the morality of wealth redistribution. ch, you are every bit as big a bleeding heart wimp like Perry.
on September 24, 2011 at 2:45 pm | Reply Having historical hostile major minority group and increasing there numbers in a multi-ethnic country with shrinking indigenous ethnic core is an existential threat down the line. Welfare state is a matter of policy that can be changed down the line.
on September 23, 2011 at 6:12 pm | Reply 1. The children of illegal immigrants have been brought here through the fault of their parents. If the children suffer as a result of punishment meted to their lawbreaking parents, then those parents will think twice before putting their children in dire circumstances. 2. The children of illegal immigrants would not be a drag on our society if we sent them back home. Bonus: Costs a lot less than educating them here! Problem here is that you totally obliterate the 14th Amendment. Care to offer a substitute?
on September 24, 2011 at 2:49 pm | Reply yeah amend the 14th amendment, leave out children of illegals from the 14th amendment.
on September 24, 2011 at 5:10 pm | Reply Ok, here’s your substitute: When the illegals are caught, they’re sent back with their non-US born progeny. In the case the illegals have bred US-born progeny, the parents are given a choice: take your offspring home with your or release them into the custody of the US government to be put up for adoption. Presto! No violations of the 14th Amendment.
on September 23, 2011 at 6:34 pm | Reply America would be better off with literally anybody as President than the current incumbent.
on September 23, 2011 at 6:34 pm | Reply Rick Perry may or may not win this election, he is certainly a flawed human being, but he deserves IMHO an honest assessment. A 2.2 grade pt, average does not sound very good to modern ears but in the days before grade inflation – at that time and place – that was a mid level performance. Indeed, Tx A&M Univ. has never accepted the concept of grade inflation and even today the average grades given out are in the C plus, B minus range. Maybe that is because the school is full of dummies, Or maybe not. R. Perry was elected and served as a “Yell Leader” while at Tx A&M. This should not be confused with Cheer-Leader. In that peculiar context becoming a yell leader was a proxy and a substitute for every other variety of success and dominance in the realm of campus politics. There were only a handful every year. Gaining that rank was the equivalent of being elected President of every student council thing plus editor of the yearbook/law review all rolled into one. It was the only elected hierarchy at that school and attaining it was a display of non-trivial skill in politics. In that world, it was a vastly more valuable item to have had on ones resume than any grade pt average at all (if one planned no grad school, etc). Not too bad a for a kid from a High School with like 12 kids in a class. (Paint Creek, Tx. is a creek, not a town.) Perry is not always articulate, but that is not the same as always being wrong. I have first hand knowledge of the south Texas border region. That area is wild and desolate and harsh on a level that New Englanders cannot easily grasp. A fence that closely followed the border – which is a twisty river – would need to be about as long as the distance from Houston to L.A .or from Maine to South Florida. A competent fence is never going to be built and maintained there. That is the hard MFing truth of the matter. Perry knows this even if others do not. This is going long, so I will close with this insight: The oil industry currently injects about 350 billion USDs a year into the Texas economy and that number is about to sky-rocket up-wards. Hydralic fracturing technology was not developed by any of the major international Oil Companies but by smallish, wholly Texas-owned Independents. Texas owns fracting. I think Perry is in this to win; he is a deadly serious candidate for whom there is little he will not try and absolutely nothing he cannot afford. Check out his President Zero video.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:21 am | Reply I agree with you that Rick Perry has done well for himself. That doesn’t mean that he will do well for the country.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Reply Basically nobody’s doubting that Perry is an alpha male or lacks “killer instinct” or political savvy. Rather, the chorus, me included, doubts whether Perry is good for white people. Your valid point, and Perry’s, about the impossibility of a San Diego-to-The Gulf border wall is hardly a decisive endorsement of Perry from the perspective of the soft- to hard- WNs or HBD-believers who populate this corner of the blogosphere. I disagree with Heartiste — militarizing the border, with US troops we should pull out the miserable sandbox of Iraq and the miserable rockpile of Afghanistan — is what we should do. Your promotion of Perry is too similar to what the GOP succumbed vis a vis Bush: he’s manly, he’s smarter than he sounds, he’s a winner. Yeah, Bush was all of those things and he screwed over America and white people in extremis.
on September 23, 2011 at 6:40 pm | Reply Chris Christie comin’ up
on September 23, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Reply People who live in Texas do not see R. Perry as being anything remotely like G. Bush 2. They were never really allies and have few if any friends in common. They sound somewhat alike but that is just because Bush long ago taught himself to sound like guys from Paint Creek. Bush truly was born on third base with a silver spoon in his mouth. Deep down, Bush has lacked the killer instincts that Perry has always displayed in abundance. That is a very different thing, by the way, than mere opportunism.
on September 23, 2011 at 7:51 pm | Reply give perry a break. he’s stuck unlike many other states with a huge illegal contingent coping as best he can with a lack of federal will to secure the border. let the qualified among them go to school at the in-state rate-not ‘free’-and they may contribute to the state instead of being a drain on it is the thinking here. this legislation-that illegals who’ve been in texas 3 years and graduated from a tx high school get the in-state rate-was passed easily by the tx legislature with few no votes, so apparently this was a bipartisan move and reflects a pragmatic attitude to a difficult problem. tx’s hands are tied since they can’t deport n their own. what i don’t get is his vote against the dream act, inconsistent with his stance on the tuition question. the illegal kids are in limbo and the benefits of their american education would redound to their land of birth if they are to be deported. what a waste after the investment was already made.
on September 23, 2011 at 7:55 pm | Reply I commented before about your econ-opinions. I think its the one subject where you get it slightly wrong. Like I said before, being anti-immigrant based on economic reasons is exactly the same as being a Luddite. Mechanized looms “took jobs” from textile peeps back in the day, but benefited the country as a whole, and had the unseen effect of creating far more jobs in other areas. If you’re anti-immigrant for social reasons, I can see here you’re coming from, but from an economic point of view, cheap labor is very good. The thing is, with the fuckedup system we have now, you’re right about some of what you say. The answer, however, isn’t “no immigrants”… it’s “change the system”. Your points: 1. True 2. True… but a better solution would be abolishing public schools. Currently, public schools cost more per pupil than the most expensive private schools in the country. http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/public-schools-abolished.html 3. True 4. True again 5. If you take away the economic incentives, like entitlements and government free giveawayz… you essentially build an economic wall. Incentives and disincentives are the most effective way of doing things. 6. True again.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:17 am | Reply When you don’t even have enough jobs for your own citizens, it is insane to import more people. Cheap labor is not a “good thing”; it depresses wages across the board. Besides, any economic benefit provided by low-skill immigrants does not come close to paying for the strain they put on the system. How is a low-skill immigrant mowing lawns for $8/hr and who pays practically no taxes benefitting our economy when it takes $50,000 a year to educate his 9 kids and provide them with food stamps, daycare vouchers, section 8 housing, and free healthcare?
on September 24, 2011 at 2:54 pm | Reply Employers like illegal immigration because they gain the benefits of cheap labor, while transferring the costs to society at large. Adapting serious fines for hiring illegals, coupled with a bounty system where snitches get a percentage of the collected fines, would go a long way towards taking the profits out of hiring illegals.
on September 24, 2011 at 6:30 pm | Reply You must not have read the entire comment.
on September 24, 2011 at 6:48 pm | Reply Think about it like this: If jobs are the issue, and if cheap labor is a bad thing… then why don’t we get rid of mechanized looms, robots that build automobiles, assembly line mass production machines, etc? If we did that, businesses would need huge numbers of skilled/unskilled/anything workers. We would have more jobs than there are people… but PRODUCTIVITY would go down… and productivity is more important than jobs. Or, another way of thinking about it… why don’t we just go downtown and break all the windows in the city every week… that way window repairmen, street cleaners, broken glass haulers, etc would see a sudden jump in employment. Read some Bastiat… specifically “The Seen and the Unseen”. The “seen” factors in your thinking are the jobs and wages that are clearly obvious. The “unseen” factors are the jobs created when the businessmen and consumers spend the money they saved by paying lower wages to their employees (the businessmen) or by paying less for a certain product or service since the business could charge less for it because they are paying their employees less (the consumers). They could be spending those savings on new shoes, or an ipod, or a new phone, or anything… we don’t know, but they would never spend that money if they didn’t have it (aka if it were wasted on higher wages for someone whos job could be done for less money) The most important factor in economics is often the UNSEEN factor.
on September 24, 2011 at 3:04 pm | Reply WWI shut off the wide open European entry into America. While it existed American wages went nowhere — and caused the American union movement. Subsequently, blue collar labor’s wages exploded. What had been $.75 per day became $5.00 within only one generation — and no advanced education. FDR famously sent Mexicans back over the border — so that the Joads could have a chance to pick fruit. ANY Labor Leader could tell you that major employers sending agents to foreign lands to pull in massive numbers ( whole villages at a crack ) are anti-labor. It happened more than a century ago — and it’s happening now. The newbies are harvested like slaves — don’t kid yourself — you’d flinch if you saw the ‘living quarters’ provided by the new massa. And, of course, illegals are so easy to shake down — that it’s done all the time. It takes protection money — or Mama’s going to get it. Such extortion then triggers property crime — since theft is the only way the illegal can raise that kind of money. With only a minor fraction of the population, illegals swarm California’s prison. Over 4,000 murder warrants go unserved: the perps fled back home to Mexico.
on September 23, 2011 at 8:22 pm | Reply Also, check out chapter 10 (10,11,12, and 13 are all about schools, but 10 is the most relevant) from this book: http://daviddfriedman.com/The_Machinery_of_Freedom_.pdf Actually, check out the whole book. It’s the best econ/politico/whatever you want to call it book I’ve ever read. I’d be interested in hearing a review from you about this one.
on September 23, 2011 at 8:53 pm | Reply Coyotes are highly capable apex predators. Small pet dogs are among their favorite meals. The dog has no chance and a coyote will readily snatch them away from right beside their owners if the coyote really wants to press the matter When a coyote stands its ground at close range when you are running with a dog, it just means one thing: You need to be armed and a good shot or your dog is in a lot of trouble. In other words, folks who not know better who snicker about Perrys story and the coyote do not impress. Around here, the only thing controversial about Perrys story was his choice of calibers. A .380 is on the light side, even with a laser sight and hollow points.
on September 24, 2011 at 2:57 am | Reply Aren’t you a medical doctor? You’re way off on Perry, man. This is unlike you. The real scenario is thus: His presidency would be the carbon monoxide that lull Americans back to sleep and snuff out what’s left of this country. Sorry, Rum. You don’t know what you’re talking about on this one. It sounds like you don’t really believe that this time, the nation really is in trouble.
on September 24, 2011 at 10:05 am | Reply I see you’ve changed your name, but still no face! ha!
on September 24, 2011 at 11:30 am | Reply Hello, what. Are you asian?
on September 23, 2011 at 8:57 pm | Reply The wrong black man is in office. I’d like to see Cain as president. Too bad he aint got a chance.
on September 23, 2011 at 9:09 pm | Reply Look at the damage 4 years of Democrat rule brought. A deficit rise from 4 to 14 trillion and the truly insane healthcare scheme, plus yet another pointless war in the middle east. Do you really want more of this. Hell, Perry is the one electable pol brave enough to talk about the ponzi scheme that is social security. He’s all right.
on September 23, 2011 at 9:48 pm | Reply Perry’s support for illegals is not surprising coming from a corporate sponsored “low wages” Texas Republican: STUDY: Most of Rick Perry’s “Job Growth” Went to Low Wage Immigrants While Citizen Employment Declined http://www.stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/859-study-perry-job-growth-went-to-immigrants
on September 23, 2011 at 9:50 pm | Reply Rick Perry’s Texas Miracle (Americans need not apply) http://isteve.blogspot.com/2011/09/rick-perrys-texas-miracle-americans.html
on September 23, 2011 at 9:53 pm | Reply 36 Questions to Ask Rick Perry http://www.stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/848-questions-to-ask-rick-perry
on September 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm | Reply Robert Morrow: Rick Perry and his San Francisco Values http://www.stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/847-rick-perrys-san-fran-values
on September 23, 2011 at 9:58 pm | Reply Robert Morrow: “Rick Perry has had sex with many men” http://www.stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/845-rbt-morrow-perry-and-men
on September 23, 2011 at 9:59 pm | Reply Robert Morrow’s Ongoing Investigation into Rick Perry’s Dirty Double Life http://www.stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/838-rbt-morrow-investigates-rick-perry-secret-life
on September 23, 2011 at 10:03 pm | Reply “If you say that we should not educate children that have come into our state for no other reason than they’ve been brought here by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart,” Wait, this jackoff calls himself a conservative? Not that it matters, since no matter who we “elect”, they’ll just keep our legs wide open for more of this raping. Otherwise they don’t get campaign funding. Ron Paul might actually try to stop it, which just means he’d have an unfortunate accident first. Funny, as I try to escape the USSA, I can’t seem to find any other countries who want to take me in and pay for my and my dependents’ education and healthcare, tax free. What a bunch of heartless bastards all those other countries must be.
on September 23, 2011 at 10:17 pm | Reply “I agree that a border fence is stupid though. What a waste of money. How long is our Mexican border? 3000 miles? How hard would it be to take 9,000 troops, give them assault rifles and a pair of binoculars, and space them out with 1/3 of a mile between them? You think anyone’s getting through that? The border’s not secure because our politicians don’t want it to be.” India’s border with Pakistan is just as long as our Mexican border, and they don’t have any problem putting up a fence along the entire length of the border, and guarding it. And the kinds of terrorists motivated to get through the fence into India to commit terrorism are much more highly motivated than our illegal invaders. The fact that India can do this but we won’t even try shows you what really matters to our Lords and Masters. Obviously though you need both a fence AND troops on the border. The troops are necessary, but a proper fence makes their job easier. Again, look at the example of the India/Pakistan border for how to do the job properly.
on September 24, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply The main difference between India and here, is that Indian border troops get to shoot those who attempt an illegal crossing. Here, our guys go to jail if they shoot back if under fire.
on September 23, 2011 at 10:18 pm | Reply “Problem here is that you totally obliterate the 14th Amendment.” False.
on September 23, 2011 at 10:18 pm | Reply Agreed! And I live in Ireland! And we’ve got a presidential election in October the two main runners of which are:- (1) a terrorist and (2) a fag! Éire Abú!!
on September 23, 2011 at 10:25 pm | Reply “People who live in Texas do not see R. Perry as being anything remotely like G. Bush 2. They were never really allies and have few if any friends in common.” Same sh!t, different sh!t-hole. Just because Perry and Bush aren’t allies and come from very different backgrounds, does not mean that they don’t follow almost identical policies and serve the same masters.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:04 pm | Reply Both serving the same masters pretty much covers it. This post: http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/email-on-the-upcoming-presidential-contest/ summaries Perry pretty well.
on September 23, 2011 at 10:57 pm | Reply Yeah, can we have less partisan political bullshit and more about getting laid? I don’t come here for this crap, I can turn on CNN if I want to hear this sort of hate.
on September 23, 2011 at 11:02 pm | Reply The communalization of America is as unstoppable as a metastasizing brain tumor. 95% of the populace will never be able to understand anything on this blog. They might as well have a contagious form of schizophrenia. Perry is simply looking past the primaries to the general election, when he will need to tack hard to the PC left, taking care to appease the powerful unions and interest groups, none of whom want the social changes that would follow a border wall and forced repatriation.
on September 23, 2011 at 11:20 pm | Reply Anything less than a Paul win, and America is truly done with. In the worst possible way. Even if Paul should win, it’s probably too late by now. But then, at least the dissolution will be somewhat more orderly, and less acrimonious.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:24 am | Reply Endorse Ron Paul already Roissy. He’s the only one that gives a rat’s ass about the Constitution. You heard him last night. No amnesty, no citizenship, no birthright citizenship, no welfare, no education, no mandated emergency care, etc. Beyond having a Gestapo storm every house in America and deporting any illegals they find, he’s got the best solution and Ron Paul will follow through.
on September 24, 2011 at 3:26 am | Reply sciencebzzt, you’re a dumbass. Jobs and wages in the United States aren’t being lost to machines – they’re being lost to aliens who are hostile, some overtly, the rest of them inadvertently, to this country. Just for whom the fuck is cheap labor good? Not for ordinary Americans. For big businesses, but not for the average citizen. What happens to price when you increase the supply? In this case we’re talking about the price of labor, which is wages. Price must invariably go down, which it has for the last 45 years in the United States. Real wages have not increased since the mid 1970s, concurrent with the opening of the borders and the establishment of the welfare state. What exactly do supporters of a continued deluge of non-whites into America think is going to happen when non-whites are a majority? La de da, everything will continue as it has for the last two centuries? Don’t be stupid. “When the Belgians and the Portuguese were here, there were farms and plantations — cashews, peanuts, rubber, palm oil. There was industry and factories employing 3,000 people, 5,000 people. But since independence, no Congolese has succeeded. The plantations are abandoned. Everything is par terre.” http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1713275,00.html Race sets the course and race tips the scale.
on September 24, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Reply You need a certain minimum level of intelligence, energy, and drive to make a business operate well. The average IQ of sub-Sahara Africa is 70 or below.
on September 24, 2011 at 6:27 pm | Reply Chris… You’re mixing the econ and the social arguments. The second half of your comment is about the social part, which I said, is valid… the econ part is not. And “Just for whom the fuck is cheap labor good?” Everyone. What happens when it costs less to pick fruit? the cost of fruit goes down. In a free market, what happens when companies can pay their workers less? The products or services that those companies offer go down in price. You’re falling for the simplest of market fallacies… the make-work bias. [Heartiste: There is no way to make the importation of a giant second underclass look good.]
on September 24, 2011 at 3:38 am | Reply “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” ~ Zora Neale Hurston
on September 24, 2011 at 7:03 am | Reply Rather have them than left/liberal Democrats ruining everything in charge. Sure, the “rebel conservative” thing is really the Republicans’ bit, but I’d like to have a country left for my kids to grow-up in. About 2012, to quote Nixon, “This time, vote like your whole world depended on it” (i.e., for the GOP or bust) because it does.
on September 24, 2011 at 8:38 am | Reply I like Pinochet over Franco. Franco, although honorable, was leftist in his handling of government, too hands on. Pinochet was more free-market, and in my opinion a noble man. Case in point: when Chile had a referendum, and he lost, he stepped down. Not many guys would have done that. He saved Chile from two generations of Marxist bullshit, and what do the progressive cocksuckers do years later: arrest him in England for human rights violations. If I would have been the president of Chile, I would have gotten on a plane with my most elite, toughest soldiers and demanded his release.
on September 24, 2011 at 8:42 am | Reply Oh yeah, and I like Ron Paul first and then maybe Bachmann. I don’t like the idea of a woman president. I have a question: Did Palin really bang the basketball player?
on September 24, 2011 at 10:52 am | Reply As normal with politics, there’s rarely much point in listening to what a person says. If Rick Perry was elected, he would rubber stamp any policies the republicans put forward. And he’s a strong believer in the idea that the federal government shouldn’t force states to do stuff, so he’s unlikely to impose his beliefs outside of texas. The republican party is a lot more aggressive than the democrats on immigration. Not aggressive enough, but better Perry than Obama.
on September 24, 2011 at 11:25 am | Reply The problem with a “wall” is that instead of being used to keep them out, it could be used to keep them in when the swirling stops and all the turds are stuck “3-stooges style” at the bottom. The problem is entitlements. Immigrants wouldn’t be a problem if they couldn’t come here and get free shit.
on September 24, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Reply The border between India and Pakistan adds up to about 600 miles, not 1600 miles like S. Texas. That is not the main issue, however. The India Pakistan border is a simple military defensive line with barbed wire and fully activated mine-fields. Since no one is discussing that sort of thing for S. Texas, we should stay on what has been discussed – which is a hugely expensive, passive, non-lethal barrier fence put into a region with virtually no human habitation and so would be unguardable in any meaningful way. This is not going to happen and it would not work if it was tried. The approach taken to economic issues in Texas has always been distinctly Austrian. When a bust happens it is allowed to take its course. The simultaneous collapse of the oil, banking, and real-estate markets that occurred in the mid to late 1980s was far worse in every way for Texas than what is happening now in the US as a whole. Lots of pain was taken but it was over very quickly. Going back 150 years, the pattern in Texas has been consistent: If things do not work out people change careers entirely or move back to where they came from – or on to Cali if you are looking for a handout. See, people in Texas have always seen their presence here as a kind of experiment. For the most part, communities have not been the least bit “organic” or “integrated”. Think more along the lines of HBOs “Deadwood”. Is Rick Perry a rampaging Bull Fruit? I really do not know. I do know that lots of very rich, motivated, and determined political enemies of his have had about 10 years to get something past the rumor stage and have gotten nowhere. After enough years of complete failure to substantiate anything, it ceases to be acceptable manners to keep bringing it up.
on September 24, 2011 at 1:38 pm | Reply You speak of the will to power as though it were something admirable. It is – in normal times. In abnormal times, conviction is needed more than the will to power. If we elect another gunslinger – just because we think he is a tough guy, we will emerge in the 21st century as a banana republic.
on September 24, 2011 at 2:47 pm | Reply @Nathan has the right idea. Perry’s actual quote is “If you build a 30-foot wall from El Paso to Brownsville, the 35-foot ladder business gets real good.” He captures a good point. To be effective, there need to be severe consequences for trying to breech the border. A series of posts with “caution” tape strung between them would be sufficient if it were known on the Mexican side that any attempt to cross would be treated as invasion, and that on the US side was a military sniper with orders to take down invaders. And the motivation to cross would also be decreased if hiring an illegal subjected the employer to serious fines (plus elimination of EEOC BS if an employer chooses to not hire somebody because his paperwork look fake)
on September 24, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Reply “Keep Republicans In The Role Of The Opposition Party In 2012″ because the front runner bungled a debate question about a topic that peeves you? Sure, the process we have in place has turned away competent men (Christie, Ryan, Daniels, Jeb Bush, Giuliani) while producing the gaggle of clowns on the GOP debate stage and the affirmative-action cipher in the Oval Office. And the best you have to offer in response is: keep Obama because this unknown-quantity fellow has not sufficiently slobbered my knob about a pet issue. The hyperdemocracy of the internet demonstrates the necessity of representative republicanism. The further we get from emotional mob-think like rant above, without detaching ourselves from the sovereignty of the citizen (small-r republicanism), the better choices we make. Perry, Romney, any of those ambitious empty suits would constitute a missed opportunity at a time when we can’t afford one. But none of them are the walking nuclear-catastrophe of Obama, actively destroying institutions that took generations to build, and will take generations to rebuild. Cute concept for a blog post, but utterly ill-informed and lackadaisical.
on September 24, 2011 at 3:53 pm | Reply Romney is among the most talented men of his generation and is a clear thinker (though prone to hubris, like his medical reform debacle), but mormonism is the kiss of death. Devout christians correctly view Mormonism as a rival sect and therefore view it as something to squelch and an adversary. The irony is that if Mitt were jewish he’d have a better chance with the evangelicals. South Carolina will never go for Mitt and his VP needs to cover for this.
on September 24, 2011 at 7:31 pm | Reply Wow, posters clamoring for a military dictatorship.