Posted on 10/07/2011 11:17:35 PM PDT by bullypulpit
“We can mold Rick Perry. Nothing wrong with that”—
I really don’t want a candidate who can be molded. That means he can always be molded into something else.
I hope you can see we need someone with a set of principles instead of someone who can be “molded”.
Yeah by someone or some group with more money. It reminds me of those people that get married then try to change their spouse into someone else.
Perry has no heart brain.
And the American people didn't like what they saw.
Regardless of whether their parents brought them here or they walked across the border on their own, foreign children of illegals are here ILLEGALLY and have been given amnesty in Texas as well as preferential tuition assistance over other Americans from other states.
His statement is disingenuous at best.
Yeah. I do too.
My thoughts about the Texas effort on its huge border is they have fought the fight as best they could. With so much border to secure, it is a difficult task which is beyond the financial resources of Texas to fight alone. It needs and requires the assistance of the Federal Government as mandated by our Constitution. Here is an excerpt from the “Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assesment”:
Texas Joins the War
Because Texas is the frontline in this conflict and because its citizens and institutions are most affected, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has developed a comprehensive military-like operational campaign against narco-terrorists. This effort is still growing and changing in response to an adaptive and ruthless enemy that still harbors an intense desire to take its campaign into the United States. Five years of effort to curtail narco-terrorist intrusion has given the Texas DPS and its state and local partners enormous and hard-won experience in the art and science of fighting the southwest border war.
Beginning in 2006, Texas began a series of high-intensity, sequential, short-duration operations that resulted in crime reductions ranging from 25 percent to as high as 75 percent as smuggling operations decreased. Later, the state expanded and lengthened these operations by increasing the patrol presence along the Texas-Mexico border. Governor Perry was able to achieve this expansion of effort by leveraging various discretionary grants to increase local and state patrol capacity along the border through overtime payments and the purchase of communications and surveillance equipment as well as new vehicles and weapons. The governor also committed Texas military forces to support these operations.
To gain support from the citizenry, in 2007 the Texas Legislature created the Border Security Council (BSC) charged with advising the governor regarding the allocation of discretionary state homeland security funds. The BSC held a series of public hearings and received testimony from business owners, law enforcement officers, local elected officials and private citizens and then produced a comprehensive report and recommendations on border security issues for the governor and Texas Legislature.
Organization for Combat
BSOC-UCs/JOICs
The state of Texas organized for combat in a manner familiar to the military by creating six Unified Commands (UCs) each staffed with a Joint Operations and Intelligence Center (JOICs) located principally within Texas cities most threatened by cartel violence. This Texas effort, led by the Texas Rangers, is dependent on a cooperative relationship based not on command authority, but on a shared relationship, trust and commitment to work together.
This cooperative group of players is represented by federal, state, local and military components. The heart and operational engine of the Texas border security effort is located in Austin within the Border Security Operations Center (BSOC). All unified command and joint players intersect in a single facility administered by the Texas Ranger Division of the DPS. The BSOC collects and shares information from all state, local and federal agencies.
Six years of experience has produced a collaborative interagency network that has grown by establishing trust and confidence among network participants from strategic through tactical. The comity engendered through successful operation allows the BSOC team to chip away at bureaucratic cultures and mindsets. Such experience serves to generate interpersonal incentives and rewards selflessness and a commitment to collaborative behavior.
Years of experimentation and field operations have yielded a wealth of lessons learned as well as new materiel, tactics and doctrine unique to Texas but capable of being shared by other state and federal border security agencies. The BSOC operates using a statewide mapping system that graphically displays and shares with unified commands and federal agencies a crime map that includes all drug, cash and weapons seizures. It fuses information from other state and federal agencies. Texas has developed cheap and effective locally procured wildlife cameras linked to the Internet that are capable of passing images in real time to state authorities.
Texas Rangers Lead the Fight
The first principle of Texas border security operations is to empower local law enforcement. Soldiers often say that bad strategies cannot be salvaged by good tactics-— but bad tactics can defeat a good strategy. This saying simply reinforces the truism that no national strategy that seeks to defeat narco-terrorism can be adequately confronted unless tactical units, such as local police and federal border security stations, are properly staffed, resourced, competent and well-led.
The Texas Rangers lead a cooperative program that brings together a ground, air and marine assault capability. Ranger Reconnaissance Teams are the tactical combat elements in the war against narco-terrorists. Each participating federal, state and local agency voluntarily adds its unique capabilities to the teams. The Texas Highway Patrol acts as an outer perimeter for the Rangers by funneling traffic toward Ranger border positions. Tactical contact teams, deploying along the Rio Grande in small, concealed positions, are able to respond immediately to intelligence from Autonomous Surveillance Platform (ASP) units, DPS and National Guard surveillance helicopters, as well as calls to UCs from local police or citizens. DPS Dive Teams conduct SONAR scans of the Rio Grande and assist in recovery of vehicles and contraband in splashdown areas.
Resources remain the greatest impediment to the expansion and continued success of the Rangers’ border war against the cartels. Budget cuts for DHS, its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the United States Coast Guard USCG) have severely constrained the ability of Texas to rely on its federal partners and their resources to expand border operations.
A Successful System Under Threat
Years of collective effort by Texas law enforcement have yielded a remarkably flexible and efficient system of border protection that involves all levels of command from federal to local. This system is under threat not only by an increasingly ruthless and adaptive enemy but also by an increasingly diminished budget. Without question, the future success of this effort will depend on the ability of the state of Texas, local and federal agencies to work together to expand their war against intrusion by cartels. The bottom line, however, is that while today Texas is the frontline in this escalating war, the potential consequences of success or failure will affect our entire nation.
Thus, it is up to the nation to support Texas in its efforts to defeat this transnational criminal enterprise.
Your right people change - forgive me if I think two weeks is insufficient time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2789713/posts
Gov. Rick Perry: ......”This great country of ours has never been steered off course when we have advocated freedom and promoted strong families. But neither can it be preserved without unwavering commitment to our national security. You know as Americans we are blessed to have the greatest fighting force for freedom in this entire world, our men and women in the United States military.
You know, there are some out there, misguided souls that just say you can’t find heroes any more. My, my…are they ever wrong. We have heroes today. They are fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan - the sands of Iraq. There are those on covert missions, in places we don’t even know about, to find and destroy the enemies of this country. They put their lives on the line every day so we don’t have too. Over the years I have been so honored to have met so many of those great heroes as I’ve traveled to their outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ve signed letters, to their loved ones, for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I consider myself so fortunate to have been able to wear the uniform of our country. And that experience informed my perspective about our defense policies. Specifically, I believe we must never put the military on the chopping block for arbitrary budget cuts as part of some political horse-trade. Never!
The question we must ask is not, what we can afford to spend on our military, but what it costs to remain secure and free. See, a real key component of keeping America secure, is keeping Israel secure. We can never forget, we can never forget, that it was Israel that took out the nuclear capabilities of Iraq in 1981 and of Syria in 2007. Israel is our ally, they are our friend! And when I am president of the United States, America will again stand with our friends.
We’re not going to compromise with our national security. And that is true when it comes to defense spending and when it comes to border security. And let me say this about border security. I have lived and breathed this issue for over a decade as a border governor. I’ve signed budgets that contained a total of $400 million dollars of state security operations along that border. I’ve dealt with the carnage caused by those who traffic in drugs, weapons and people. As border governor, I know first hand the failures of our federal border policies and I know the answers to those failures is not to grant amnesty to those who broke the laws to come into this country.
I was proud to sign legislation requiring a photo voter ID to vote in order to protect the integrity of our elections. And for the obvious security reasons, I vetoed legislation to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens. There is no homeland security without border security. Let me repeat that, there is no security without border security. And make no mistake about it, what we are seeing south of our border is nothing short of a war being waged by these narco-terrorists. They represent a clear and a present danger to our country - they are spreading violence to American cities; they are peddling poisons to our children. In the face of this threat, we shouldn’t take any operations off the table, including security operations in cooperation with the Mexican government, as we did with Columbia some years ago. You can’t have liberty - you can opportunity - you can’t have prosperity, without security.
The issue before our leaders, of both parties, is securing a better future for all Americans. You see, economic security is the topic of discussion at millions of dinner tables all across this country of ours. In the last two months I’ve had the great privilege to travel across this great country. And I’ve listened to thousand of Americans and they’re not under any illusions about the current state of our country. They’ve never mistaken hope for a handout — because they want to earn their keep. They’re not looking for soaring speeches, they’re looking for common sense solutions. And they know our first order of business of getting America working again, is sending the president to the private sector.
And like all of you in here, I still believe in the exceptionalism of America. And to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, America remains the last best hope for mankind. We must never forget that the exceptionalsim of America can be traced right to our founding principles. The framers of our Constitution were the first in history to declare that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. The hand of providence has guided America throughout our history. From those first colonists to arrive in the New World, to the courage of George Washington during those darkest hours at Valley Forge, to the defeat of tyranny during two world wars and the cold war.
Time and time again, America has been the source of light in a world that’s been beset by darkness. And like a lighthouse perched on the shore, we have provided the safe harbor to millions who have been adrift in a sea of economic misery.
We can still be the country we aspire to be – a source of light and hope to all who live here and those who come here. Anchored by our ideals, we can rebuild on the solid foundation of truth, instead of the shifting sands of moral relativism. We can restore hope at home while projecting our values abroad.”........
Why is the Perry camp using the misinformation phrases of the left on the immigration issue? "Children" born in the US of illegal parents need no such amnesty. They are US citizen and are already eligible for all the benefits granted by so called "Dream Acts."
These "Dream Acts" (state or federal) are amnesty for "children" who themselves are illegally in the US. The correct phrase would be "illegal immigrant children" or more correctly "illegal alien children." (I've already posted extensively why invaders seeking to destroy a nation's borders, laws and sovereignty are not "immigrants.")
Don't believe the deportation numbers of either open border globalist!
See Obama's own admission: Obama: Deportation numbers are a "little deceptive" (FR-9/29/11)
Not only is there "deception" in the deportation numbers (by including border apprehensions) there is even more "deception" in the border apprehension numbers.
Almost all of the border apprehension are merely bused to the very border they already illegally crossed - and walked across to the other side. The vast majority of these "deportations" only cross again illegally within a day or two. Like a revolving door, they will do this again and again until they make it through undetected.
Every time the same person is caught and walked back counts as another deportation - and Washington gets to pad the "deportation" numbers it feeds to a misled public.
The echo this time around is the tag team routine shaping up with Cain and Romney vs Perry. In 2008, Huckabee stayed in the race after he had no money in order to split the conservative anti-McCain vote. This hurt Romney and gave the nomination to McCain. Cain, with his race baiting reaction against Perry (the painted rock story of the Washington Post) and his statements that he would consider running as VP with any other candidate in the field except Perry (even Huntsman??? - YGTBSM) are telling.
It is always a good idea to keep track of who the left is publicly going after, as it tells you who they are most scared of. In 2008, it was Palin. In 2010, it was Christine O'Donnell and Rand Paul. This election cycle, that target is Perry. They fired a 7-page, race baiting hit piece in the Washington Post this week. Democrats are talking about introducing a resolution in congress condemning Perry for the allegations in the bogus story. You don't do this to a candidate unless you are terrified of what they will do to you if elected. This is fast approaching the Palin treatment.
In contrast, Cain has had to dodge none of this. Contrast that with what the media and democrats did with the last black conservative they were scared of - Clarence Thomas. Then ask yourself, why isn't Cain getting the same treatment? An obvious conclusion is that the left is not scared of him and are giving him a free ride. This ought to give all of us pause.
The left and democrats ALWAYS tell us who they are scared of. They always tell us who the strongest conservative is. This election cycle, that candidate is Rick Perry. Which for the time being is good enough for me.
I can live with a Tea Party Congress and a President Perry.
I think if we keep the big picture in mind we'll be a lot more confident. If we support the ascendancy of the Tea Party at all levels of government, the power of the Feds will diminish. We've got to get Tea Party candidates into as many political offices as possible. This includes the state and local levels of government. Let there be one, two, many Wisconsins!
The ascendancy of the Tea Party is not a function of one or two Great Personages; it's the most sweeping, broad based political movement of our time. We don't need a perfect candidate at the federal level, only one that respond to Tea Party pressures (similar to the way Bush and Congress caved on amnesty in 2007--we WON that battle, and we weren't even organized yet!).
Really so Perry has a vision and agenda for what he would do as President like Reagan? Can you post that for us? BTW, note I said plans and agenda, not slogans , personal attack and self praise.
I could be wrong, but I don't think the inability to understand has much to do with the heart.
Drop the fraudulent attacks direct at Cain for once and tell us what a President Perry would do. Make a case for Perry instead of just continue the smear job about Cain.
Does Perry has a vision and agenda for what he would do as President like Reagan did?
Can you post that for us?
BTW, note I said plans and agenda, not slogans , personal attack and self praise.
Drop the fraudulent attacks direct at Cain for once and tell us what a President Perry would do. Make a case for Perry instead of just continue the smear job about Cain.
Does Perry has a vision and agenda for what he would do as President like Reagan did?
Can you post that for us?
BTW, note I said plans and agenda, not slogans , personal attack and self praise.
Two thumbs up! ^^
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