This speech straight from Rick Perry himself
...The Rio Grande does not separate two nations, it joins two peoples. Mexico and the United States have a shared history, and a common future. And it is along this border where we will either fail or succeed in addressing the education, health care and transportation needs of our two peoples.
...There are other challenges that require a unified approach, especially in the area of health care. A lack of preventative medicine means conditions that could have been eliminated through childhood immunizations show up in disturbing numbers later in life. Limited availability of medical specialists means conditions like heart disease and diabetes go untreated at alarming rates. In Texas, we recently placed a strong emphasis on preventative care when we expanded access to Medicaid for more low-income children by making the Medicaid enrollment process simpler. We allocated an additional $4 billion to the Medicaid program, and more than $900 million to the Children’s Health Insurance Program. I urged legislators to pass a telemedicine pilot program that will enable, through technology, a sick border resident of limited financial means to receive care from a specialist hundreds of miles away. But the effort to combat disease and illness requires greater cooperative efforts between our two nations. It is a simple truth that disease knows no boundaries. An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis, for example, endangers citizens of both our nations. We have much to gain if we work together to expand preventative care, and treat maladies unique to this region.
Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.
As a compassionate state, we know that for our children to succeed, they must not only be healthy, but educated. The future leaders of our two nations are learning their fractions and their ABC’s in classrooms all along this border. Immigrants from around the world are being taught in Texas classrooms, and our history is rich with examples of new citizens who have made great contributions. We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, “we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.” And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate. Those young minds are a part of a new generation of leaders, the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.
We also know that poverty is not unique to either side of the border. Some of Texas’ poorest citizens live in colonias all along the border. They often lack basic infrastructure many of us take for granted. Just today, the North American Development Bank announced it will provide $6.3 million in funding to hook up colonia residents in six border cities to water and wastewater lines. More than 18,000 residents will benefit from these water or wastewater hookups. And this November, by approving Proposition 2, Texas voters can ensure that their neighbors in colonias have quality roads so that school buses, emergency vehicles and postal trucks can reach residents, and residents can get to a job or a school reliably...
Such a compassionate conservative speech from Gov. Perry. I just don’t know what to say.
If you don’t believe this is real or think I’m just making it all up, see for yourself right here. Gov. Good Hair in all his glory:
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/
Wary, that speech or the highlites say what you said. Just your interpitation.
Let me translate this sentence for you: SPP -- the Security and Prosperity Partnership, aka the North American Union.
A plan initiated under President George H.W. Bush, and further developed by President Clinton
My answer to Perry and any of his clones? NO. Not now, not ever. These treasonous bastards are working behind closed doors to END this sovereign nation.
They will do so only over my dead body.
The Montebello Summit and the Future of North America
August 13, 2007, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hudson_upcoming_events&id=423
Negotiating North America: The Security and Prosperity Partnership:
http://stopnwo.com/docs/Negotiating_North_America_The_SPP.pdf
Scholars explain president's plan for a North American Union
Bend Weekly ^ | 10/5/07 | Phyllis Schlafly Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 8:05:05 AM by pissant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906957/posts