Posted on 09/25/2011 9:18:40 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Only 4 things can be highlighted as “topic” designations for a thread post. I found it a hard choice because – business/economy, education, government, health/medicine, history, military, politics, religion, science and society all should be included.
It is being reported by environmentalists -- believers in a socialist “green” religion -- that their judgment and knowledge is being resisted by “unscientific, religious deniers” hell-bent on blocking their path. So the deniers need to be “identified” for the good of humankind. This is dangerous. This morning I posted an article that explores with alarm, how Global Warming Consensus is denied by conservatives – that their resistance is an ever growing problem stemming from the religious right in America. The American ‘Allergy’ to Global Warming: Why?
I posted it because Gov. Rick Perry was mentioned at the top of the article. And there is good reason why. Socialists around the world know that Rick Perry has been fighting them on the legal front, the education front, and the environmental front for years. Due to his past, he knows why and where they are determined to lead us. Why would Rick Perry feel so strongly about these issues and their connection to states' rights and free market capitalism? Why does the Left recognize the danger of a Rick Perry controlling the Bully Pulpit of the White House, his veto, his appointments?
Rick Perry grew up on a farm (I know he keeps telling us this but I think it is done for a reason). His mother sewed his clothes. They worked and went to church. Rick Perry was a Boy Scout, earning Eagle Scout rank (so has his son). Rick Perry was a member of the Future Farmers of America. He went to Texas A&M and was a member of the Corps. Rick Perry joined the Air Force, serving 5 years. He flew C-130s around the world before returning to West Texas and the family farm. He courted his future wife, taught Sunday school and worked the land with his father. And in time he went into state politics.
Rick Perry is a self made man. He was called one of the Pit-bulls in the Texas legislature because he was a Democrat member who sat in the lower pit of the House Appropriations Committee and bitterly fought spending increases. He is naturally a conservative. In 1989 he joined the Republican Party that had begun taking root in Texas as the Democratic Party ideology began moving left. Perry ran for the Agriculture Commission seat against leftist Jim Hightower and won. In 1998 Rick Perry ran for Lt. Gov. and won (he was the first Republican Lt. Gov. elected since Reconstruction).
When George W. Bush became president in 2000, Rick Perry became the governor of Texas. He has been reelected twice (the last time beating out Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a candidate supported by the Bush family and Karl Rove in a primary challenge). When Gov. Rick Perry was elected in 2010 for his 3rd term, he was joined by a Republican super majority in the Texas legislature. Major legislation was passed and signed by Gov. Perry, including (after a 6 year struggle) Photo Voter ID and tighter controls over how money is spent. Perry's history of being attacked by the mainstream media is well known and his election was won without one endorsement by a mainstream media outlet.
Rick Perry has served twice as Chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association. The country has seen a rise in the number of conservative governors and state legislatures in recent elections. Rick Perry broke fundraising records for the RGA. And now Rick Perry is a candidate in the GOP Primary for President of the United States. He wants to lower taxes, return states' rights, repeal Obama care, and remove the regulations and laws that are strangling our economy, and get people back to work.
Currently, the Left is battling Gov. Rick Perry’s stand on Big Education (unions) and EPA Energy and Environment dictates. Trial lawyers have made it known they plan to block any more power going to Rick Perry, as he has won so many victories against them as the Gov. of Texas. The Left knows Rick Perry has his own religious beliefs and does not adhere to their pseudo green religion. They know he understands the land, that he was brought up in a religious home and has worked for everything he has. The Left knows he attended a school that didn’t teach him to hate his country but rather instilled love of country. They know he served in the military and still encourages boys to become Boy Scouts. The Left can not put the lie to the fact that Texas' economy is running rings around Obama's disastrous economic policies. The Left knows that when Rick Perry shows compassion – has a heart – it isn’t because he wants to make you dependent on him but rather to set you free.
If the Left can demonize Gov. Perry, a man who believes in standing with our allies, making government as inconsequential as possible in our lives and who holds firmly to his belief in American exceptionalism – if they can successfully define him as a rightwing religious dunce, while simultaneously encouraging people in the GOP Primary to lambast him as someone who isn’t conservative, then the Left will have won the ideological battle -- their war against capitalism will be complete and they will permanently Rule America.
Thank you for this very good post. I’ve only read the first few comments so far, but I see where they’re going. Again.
Perry is my second choice, after Palin, but I have great respect for him that daily or weekly ups and downs do not change. On the other hand, I have some serious doubts about a lot of Freepers that I didn’t have before. I’m not sure what’s happened in here - I’ve been around since 1999, just not a member that long. People don’t see the forest for the trees? One or two spindly trees? They’d rather live under Marxism? Well, I wouldn’t.
Keep your eyes on the real enemy, folks, would you?
Their eyes are fully engaged and know well what's at stake. Never underestimate Freepers just because the dust storms fly.
Thank you CatDancer.
Hey, not only are we heartless but we’re useless idiots. What an odd way to convince people your guy in now The One.
That statement is from Perry himself in the speech where he talked about bi-national insurance.
And Romney makes it quite clear that Romneycare was a Massachusetts STATE decision.
I’ve been on FR for over 12 years (posted under my husband’s name for about a year and signing my name after my comment before posting). FR didn’t have all the features is has today.
I’ve never used some of them although I do bookmark some things and have used some for “capturing” areas of interest (Castro, Chavez, global warming, education, China, etc).
I make comments about myself in posts: I do not lie or have any agenda other than keeping this country from going the way of Venezuela.
I’ve lived in many states over the years (Texas now) so by listing a state on an “about” page really isn’t informative.
Occasionally I look at someone’s homepage when they’re an especially aggressive poster. And I have found that for the most part, they don’t really shine much light on who is posting.
And regarding your quote from what I believe is a 2001 quote taken from a long speech given by a Texas governor to the president of a country that shares 1250 miles and is our country’s largest trading partner — the open borders remark is not unusual and it is not “no” borders. People have been walking and diving across that border for a long, long time. If you choose to change the meaning of what open border means please let the forum know so we understand what you understand it to mean.
I hope that helps.
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