Tag: Rick Perry
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Can we skip 2017? And 2018-2020?
For the first time in my adult life, I won’t be watching the inauguration tomorrow. Of course when I watched it, I always watched it on television. You get a great view and there is never a line at the restroom. Unlike with Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, it’s unlikely that the national mall…
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Texans needs an intervention, not an invasion
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” Response by Dr. Benjamin Franklin to an onlooker after the close of the 1787 constitutional convention In case you missed the news, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas State Guard to monitor the activities of the…
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The Mormon, the serial adulterer, the zealot and the crackpot
Get out the popcorn! Thanks to Newt Gingrich’s surprising win in the South Carolina Republican primary yesterday, it looks like those of us who enjoy political theater have many more weeks or months of it to revel in. One thing is clear: Republican primary voters are having a hard time choosing from their crop of…
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The virtues and pitfalls of fellowship
Ever notice how people tend to congregate with people who act and behave a lot like them? I am no exception. I live in a middle class suburb, quite similar to the one I grew up in, with people mostly of my race and around my income level. Our weekends are spent on domestic things…
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Republicans and their bogus notion of federalism
Texas Governor Rick Perry is one of the latest entrants into the 2012 Republican presidential primary race. In fact, in barely a week he has managed to displace former Governor Mitt Romney in polls as Republicans’ favorite choice. Clearly, Republicans are more enamored with his record than voters overall will be, once they get the…
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