More than a quarter of all Texans have no health insurance whatsoever. During his first presidential debate Perry blamed that fact — as he has in the past back home — on Washington. (“Well, bottom line is that we would not have that many people uninsured in the state of Texas if you didn’t have the federal government.”)
–Gail Collins, Rick Perry, Uber Texan, NY Times
Galileo believed the sun revolved around the earth and rejected climate change, if you can believe Rick Perry. And just like Rick Perry, Galileo was persecuted for his beliefs, right?
Now Gail Collins reveals the dastardly plot by the federal government to deny health insurance to all those poor Texans earning minimum wage as cooks, dishwashers, and fast food servers. You see, if there were no federal government, the nice employers and insurance companies would be flocking to provide this service for every single person in Texas. You can bet your bottom dollar on it, baby.
Rumor has it that Seal Team 6 has recruited Perry to be an honorary member. Now that they got Osama bin Laden, Perry’s gonna help them on their next assignment: to stop those Ay-rabs from taking over the guvmint and imposin’ Sharia on all us good Christian folk. What’s that? I’m not one of those good Christian folk? I guess I better watch my step. I’m just not Perry’s kind of American. Less’n course I come to Jesus. Then I too can be a good ol’ boy like Rick.
Ever since stationed in Texas in the Second World War, when I frequently heard Texans brag about their manifest superiority – largely because they were the “biggest” – I have often pondered how one might proceed to encourage them to secede. My pondering increased during GW’s tenure. It’s now out of control.
US politics is becoming day by day a better comedy (naturally only for us non US citizens). USA has a collection of politicians who are so absurd that the worst European political populists are boring compared to them.
Symptoms of the total collapse of US politics is this constant flow of political resolutions which US parliamentary system nowadays produces. What is the sense of Rep. Joe Walsh’s (R-IL) resolution to support Israel’s right to annex the West Bank in the event that the Palestinian Authority continues to push for vote at the United Nations. Palestinians and the rest of the world are laughing to these kind of threats.
Somebody should ask this US political genius does that his right of annexing include the people living now in West Bank? Does Joe Walsh’s right to annex support that Israel kills and/or deports the Palestinians of West Bank or takes them to equal Israeli citizens. Astonishingly 30 collages are supporting this insane resolution.
US president seems to be rather toothless in middle of these foreign policy resolutions and strange economical theories republicans produce. Well Soviet Union was destroyed by its political system/order, same seems to be happening in USA with its 2 party system which is now competing who can make the most absurd suggestions and is opposing everything.
Haaretz reports that Rick Perry will attend a rally today in New York State against the formation of a Palestinian state. Only a “latest news” headline so far in Haaretz. Here’s another report:
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/09/rick-perry-to-attend-rally-aga.html
Sorry, that should be New York City.