Posted on 09/16/2011 12:26:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
"Use both hands!"
"Gun control is hitting what you aim at"
Gov. Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up!" [excerpt] “We are fed up with being overtaxed and overregulated. We are tired of being told how much salt we can put on our food, what windows we can buy for our house, what kinds of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kinds of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what political speech we are allowed to use to elect candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what kind of food we can grow, what doctor we can see, and countless other restrictions on our right to live as we see fit.”
Apparently Rick Perry can control his guns better than his prepositions. /slap happy commenting
Since Chuck Norris sold out conservatives to back the Huckster four years ago, it may be accurate to call Perry the new Chuck Norris.
“This is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.” ..Winston Churchill.
Well, I didn’t write the headline.
I liked the “Gun control is hitting what you aim at” — but of course the preposition at the end of the sentence is also fodder for criticism.
My.
I like his strong second amendment position. It makes him far superior to Romney but his weakness on immigration is still troubling. He’s far too accepting of amnesty so he’s not my primary choice although I will vote for him in the general if he’s the one... unlike Romney.
i like that.
Grammar Myth #1. You shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition. Wrong! You shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition when the sentence would mean the same thing if you left off the preposition. That means “Where are you at?” is wrong because “Where are you?” means the same thing. But there are many sentences where the final preposition is part of a phrasal verb or is necessary to keep from making stuffy, stilted sentences: “I’m going to throw up,” “Let’s kiss and make up,” and “What are you waiting for” are just a few examples. (See episode 69 for more details.)
Hitting what you aim! . . . Believe - “Hitting what you aim at” would be correct.
Which comes first grammar or speech? Can native speakers make a grammar mistake if the native speaker is the source of all grammar? Do these hit the target?
"...The bigger issue is that you’re never going to have a conversation that is anything more than an intellectual exercise about immigration until you secure the border. That is what we must focus on as a country. I do not agree that building a 1,800-mile barrier is thoughtful. It’s an easy answer. I think it’s a cop out for anyone who’s actually been on the border. It’s like building a wall from Bangor, Maine to Miami, Florida. What does work is strategic fencing in your metropolitan areas, having the boots on the ground. We are woefully understaffed on that border.
We have the technology. Predator drones are being flown in United States air space as we speak. Why not fly those from Brownsville, Texas, to El Paso and to Tijuana and back and use that real-time information for local law enforcement, our state law enforcement and our federal counterparts? That’s how you thoughtfully secure that border, and then you can have a discussion about what type of immigration reform we want to consider as a country. But not until then. Too many times, we’ve been told, if we’ll just pass this immigration reform then we’ll secure the border. And it hasn’t happened...."
Source September 15, 2011 -- Gov. Rick Perry
Thank you.
And “Where are you AT” makes me want to scream!
Ahhhhhhhhh.....
Sounds real good. Hope that if he wins and we have a Congress that will work with him that it will happen, or at least get a good start. That woukd be a legacy.
Darn right!
Then there is always...”Where you at?”.
AAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I was referring to the “dialect” spoken by youth in the black areas of Miami, the city where I live. And not just spoken. I have teacher friends in those communities who see this all the time. The kids are certainly not taught “Where you at” in their classes. If they want to speak that way fine, but it does not impress me if they are interviewing for a job. (Maybe this is just another aspect of the “pants on the ground” problem?)
He looks BETTER and BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see nothing at all wrong with Mr. Perry enjoying a day at a gun range, guns along with our Second Amendment are an American birthright. I would rather see him shooting a gun than chasing a little white ball around a field. I will vote for Perry if he is the last one standing for the GOP, I will NOT vote for Romney. I would love to see someone ask Romney why he endorsed a 300% INCREASE on gun licensing in Ma. while he was Gov. it went from $25 dollars to $100 dollars, I know, I am in Ma. it was done to price lower income people out of their ‘right’ to own a gun for self defense, that is Romney and his stand on the Second Amendment.........Perry for President!!
That very weakness will be an asset with the Hispanic vote. Besides, without Congressional support, there isn;t much damage he COULD do. And once in office, he will be more susceptible to pressure from other parts of the Country. In Texas, the Hispanic vote is VERY important.
“He’s far too accepting of amnesty so he’s not my primary choice although I will vote for him in the general if he’s the one...”
Obama speaking and Rick Perry sounds just like him in last sentence of Obama’s speech:
“As I mentioned when I was at La Raza a few weeks back, I wish I had a magic wand and could make this all happen on my own,” Obama told a meeting of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. “There are times where — until Nancy Pelosi is speaker again — I’d like to work my way around Congress.”
As he continued, Obama conceded that “we’ve got laws on the books that have to be upheld.” But he quickly added there are different ways to uphold the laws on the books. “You know as well as anyone that…how we enforce those laws is also important,” Obama said. Last month, the administration made a major, unilateral change in immigration law enforcement when it announced that the government will not initiate deportation proceedings against illegal immigrants unless they have committed serious crimes. To critics, Obama had indeed worked his way around Congress.
To the Hispanic Caucus, Obama said his new policy will “prioritize criminals who endanger our communities, not students trying to achieve the American dream.”
Perry supports cheap in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Geez.... What part of “illegal” does he no comprendo?
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