via HuckfunnThe national spotlight has recently been shining on Texas Governor, Rick Perry, as the GOP field of presidential candidates continues to evolve. Perry has not yet thrown his hat into the ring, but his recent high-profile appearances and speeches lead many to believe that he will announce in the near future that he will run. We’ve seen some debate here as to whether or Perry is a true conservative or just another RHINO so I look forward to our discussion. Here is a video of his speech at the Republican Leadership Convention: The highlights of his career are: Due in part to the pro-business policies of the 3 Perry terms, 37% of all of new the jobs created in the U.S. since 2009 were in Texas. As we can see, Perry has a long record of service as a legislator, a department chief and chief executive. Those familiar with Texas politics will argue that the real seat of power in Texas is the lieutenant governor and the governor is little more than a figurehead. That is true to some extent; however the governor has the power of appointment and the power to drive legislation. The following important legislation was signed into law during his terms. Tort Reform; 2003 – Constitutional amendment to cap medical malpractice awards. That amendment led to a 30% decrease in medical malpractice insurance premiums and a significant increase in doctors seeking to work in Texas. Tort Reform; 2011 – Loser Pays. Plaintiffs who lose their court cases are now required to pay the court costs and attorney’s fees. Gives greater power for judges to throw out frivolous lawsuits. Voter ID; 2011 – Voter ID. The legislation requires voters to present one of five acceptable forms of photo ID—a driver’s license, military ID, passport, concealed handgun license or a special voter ID card provided free of charge by the state. “Controversial Issues” Here is a fairly good summary of the TTC It appears that the TTC initiative will be defeated in the legislature. I actually like the toll roads. I put on between 2000 and 3000 business miles per month and they save me time and money over sitting in long lines on the non-toll highways. Gardasil: Real Clear Politics has a good write up on this issue several weeks ago. Perry’s Gardasil Problem.
I am totally baffled by the Gardasil thing. I hope he learned something from the experience. “Intelligent Design”
Rick Perry is a fundamentalist Christian and I have no problem with that. I also have no problem with Catholics, Methodists, Hindus or Buddhists. However, I don’t want religious views taught in taxpayer funded public schools. Intelligent Design is a religious belief, not science and it has no place in public schools. I hope that Rick Perry runs for president and if he does I will support him. He is a plain-spoken and charismatic campaigner. He is a proven leader who leads from and sticks to his convictions. Having said that, I realize that he’s a career politician and undoubtedly someone will offer an example of something that he’s flip-flopped on. On the issues, Perry is anti-abortion, pro death penalty, strong on states’ rights, pro-business and pro guns. He packs a pistol and I even saw him one time at the indoor shooting range that I go to in Austin. He is anti-Global Warming and opposes regulation of “greenhouse” gases. I think that he and Michelle Bachmann would be a terrific team. However, if he runs, I hope that he’ll put the social agenda on the back burner until after the election and sticks with the economic message. He can win as the jobs candidate. Rick Perry is the Anti-Obamney. -Huckfunn |
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And in this corner…via DolphinPerry the Progressive He was a Democrat before changing to the R when he decided that it fit his agenda. Perry supported Al Gore in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries and was chairman of the Gore campaign in Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry Trans Texas Corridor was Perry’s idea for solving a non-existent traffic issue and promoting the NAFTA treaty making it easier from travel from Mexico through Texas (and beyond). The Corridor would have used eminent domain to take private land, land that was, possibly owned by families for a hundred years or more. Trans-Texas Corridor -Fact Sheet
In 2007 Perry issued an Executive Order that the HPV vaccine be given to all girls entering the 8th grade. He touted that this was about the concern for future generations not to suffer the disease of Cervical Cancer, however upon further investigation, Perry was getting kick backs from the vaccine maker Merck.
Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls Rick Perry Rental Mansion Costs Texas $600,000 Amid $11B Budget Shortfall -DolphinFrom Calo: Rick Perry disapproved by Texans |
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Pros & Cons of Rick Perry
by Kafir ( 276 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Elections 2012, Republican Party at June 20th, 2011 - 8:30 pm
The Chevy VOLT; Recipe for disaster
by Kafir ( 181 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Cars & Trucks, Guest Post, Politics, Technology, Transportation at March 14th, 2011 - 2:00 pm
Blogmocracy in Action!
Guest post by: Huckfunn!
Take 1 poorly run, bureaucracy-bloated, bankrupt auto company
Add 1 large government takeover
Blend in $50 billion bailout
Add $250 million in Federal Energy Department grants
Add $150 million in Federal grants to the Volt’s Korean battery supplier
Add $1.5 billion in consumer incentives
Shake, bake and voila… the Chevy Volt.
The Volt is supposed to be Government Motors’ wiz-bang automotive transport of the future. Economic to own and spewing a minimal amount of the dangerous pollutant, (insert eyeroll) CO2. So let’s look at the facts as reported by Consumer Reports in their April 1, 2011 issue:
• Cost as tested: $43,700 plus $5,000 dealer markup for a whopping $48,700.
• Electric range: Chevy claims 25 to 50 miles on one full charge but CR only got between 23 and 28 miles due to cold weather. Anyone see a problem here?
• Recharge time: Chevy claims a full charge takes 4 hours on a 240 volt supply and 10-20 hours on a 120 volt supply. CR says that it took them 5 hours to get a full charge.
“When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn’t particularly efficient as an electric vehicle, and it’s not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy,” David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center, told the Detroit News.
For all of the hype by GM and the government, Volt sales are as follows:
December – 326; January – 321; February – 281. That’s bound to be a troubling sales trend for the big shots at GM.
In his article “Time to Short GM”, Jonathan Hoenig of the WSJ cites the Volt as one of many reasons to short GM.
“Late last week I traded General Motors ( GM: 31.93, +0.51, +1.62% ) stock one penny off the lowest price in its history. But I wasn’t buying hoping for a rebound. I was selling it short, looking for a collapse, and I’m holding that position today.”
It might seem somewhat counterintuitive. Not only was the stock at an all-time low, but the company recently announced a $4.7 billion profit, its biggest in a decade. Some 45,000 union workers will receive profit-sharing payments averaging $4,300 – a record.
And on that very same day, shares of the company slid below their IPO price of $33 for the first time, a vitally important fact overlooked by most of the enthusiastic media reports. The New York Times didn’t mention it in their story until paragraph 15. But because we trade the stock, not the story, its weakness and corresponding low remain the only relevant plot points in my book.
And not all of GM’s headlines have been as rosy as its recent profit announcement. The company sold just 281 Chevy Volt hybrids in February. Can you imagine Apple introducing a new iPhone, then selling only 500 units? To my knowledge, nobody’s lining up to purchase a $41,000 Volt the way they are for an iPad 2 .”
Peter Flaherty, co-founder of the National Legal and Policy center, recently wrote a series of articles about GM for Breitbart’s Big Government.
In the latest article, Mr. Flaherty says:
“GM and the Feds are betting the farm — and their credibility — on the Volt. As Truth About Cars editor Edward Niedermeyer wrote last year in the New York Times, the history of the Volt was never about making a “best in class” green vehicle, it was always about making the bailout look palatable – whatever the cost. And according to Niedermeyer, it’s quite a cost:
“Start with the $50 billion bailout…add $240 million in Energy Department grants doled out to G.M. last summer, $150 million in federal money to the Volt’s Korean battery supplier, up to $1.5 billion in tax breaks for purchasers and other consumer incentives, and some significant portion of the $14 billion loan G.M. got in 2008 for ‘retooling’ its plants, and you’ve got some idea of how much taxpayer cash is built into every Volt.”
More troubling still is that the average American taxpayer who foot the bill for GM’s massive bailout, isn’t even getting a car they can afford. In 2009, Obama’s Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry reported that the Volt “will likely be too expensive to be commercially successful in the short term.”
The Chevy Volt, much like Obamacare, is what we get when government attempts to force its socialist agenda on capital markets. Less choice and an expensive, unworkable clunker that nobody wants. The sign should read “The Volt: Over $51 billion spent; under 1,000 sold.” Think they’ll hear from McDonald’s?
-Huckfunn
Hypocritical MSM Ignoring Eric Holder’s Blantant Bigotry
by Kafir ( 244 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Guest Post, Politics at March 2nd, 2011 - 6:30 pm
Blogmocracy in Action!
Guest post by: Huckfunn!
Attorney General Eric Holder uttered the following astonishing words yesterday in a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing while being questioned about DOJ’s handling of the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case:
“Think about that,” Holder said. “When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, and to compare what people were subjected to there to what happened in Philadelphia—which was inappropriate, certainly that…to describe it in those terms I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line, who risked all, for my people,” said Holder, who is black.
“To compare that kind of courage, that kind of action, and to say that the Black Panther incident wrong thought it might be somehow is greater in magnitude or is of greater concern to us, historically, I think just flies in the face of history and the facts.,” Holder said with evident exasperation.
The last time I checked, the Attorney General is supposed to defend the laws of the United States for all of its citizens, not just “his people”. Holder’s statement is illustrative of the bigoted direction the DOJ has taken since he became AG. His handling of the Pigford Settlement and the New Black Panthers case show that he sees himself as leading a movement of reparations and comeuppance for blacks rather than providing equal protection under the law for all U.S. citizens regardless of race.
The other part of this story is the deafening silence of the MSM. I googled the phrase “Eric Holder: Black Panther case focus demeans ‘my people’” and the only news outlet to run the story is Fox where you can see the actual video here:
There are many blog sites that are carrying the story, notably Politico and Breitbart’s “Big Journalism”
When the same phrase is entered at Youtube, you get a black screen that says “This video has been removed by the user. Sorry about that”.
ABC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC all have front page stories about Huckabee’s misstatement that Obama was born in Kenya but not a single word about the top cop in the land confirming once and for all that his view of “justice” is utterly bigoted.
