“I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state,” Gov. Perry said. “That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union.”

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For more on other state legislatures sponsoring such resolutions, see States vs. Feds

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  2. Hey guys,

    At least Perry is speaking out. Oregon State legislators do nothing to advance the state’s independence and do nothing to advance the state’s business, especially small business, which is a foundation to the healthy society. Yaks, I hate living here, got to move to Texas…

    From socialists’ and soon to be communist Oregon….with love.

  4. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123982723145222287.html

    Street preacher has been railing against the destruction of neighborhoods through chain stores and calling for a return to community-based economics. While everything was going gangbusters, he was considered an amusing side-show. Now he’s been asked to speak at Yale Divinity School and getting reported on favorably by the WSJ.

  5. Last year I attended a small tax day rally at the post office. There were 20 people. It was mostly Ron Paul supporters who weathered a blizzard to make a point. This year it was only raining and it was held in the center of town with a turn out of about 1200 listening to the speakers. Many people didn’t leave their cars and drove by. People were handing out reminders to attend another event in June. These are grassroots events that don’t seem to have a specific party backing, but with multiple reminders from various organizations having been sent out.

    There was a local tv channel and the newspaper present. There were lots of youngsters with homemade signs.

    One has to question politicians when they change with the wind. The Trans-Texas Corridor is a boondoggle. Who would benefit? That would be construction bigs.. and possibly it would be turned into a tollroad. When the government put in the massive interstate system, railroads had to buy trucks to compete. States continued to tax the railroads and they were forced to consolidate or go out of business. Now the push is to increase rail systems to help with energy concerns. There will be two side-by-side systems competing for resources and participation. The roads will still need to be kept up and the use of rail systems will reduce the use of fuel that is taxed to keep the roads up. Either the taxes will go up on fuel or the roads will deteriorate or they will be turned into toll roads.

    The intrusion into legitimate government services by for-profit entities is frightening. They have taken over prisons and paid to get laws passed to keep the beds full. The media supports it. Social services is a bureaucracy that has turned children into commodities with bonuses for quantity.

    The judges in Pennsylvania who were getting paid to send children to jail is an example of a for-profit system that destroys people for profit.

    Fox network was covering the events of yesterday They made every effort to portray it politically by saying that Dems were in attendance at these rallies. No doubt there are Democrats with buyer’s remorse and plenty of them showed up. Politicizing the event and attributing it all to the far right is a mistake. People understand that the Constitution needs to be dusted off and looked at. The tax code needs to be changed. Can you imagine not needing an accountant? The rules are just too complex and it is apparent to right and left when they can’t do their own taxes.

    One of my friends told me a census taker had come to his house and that on the initial contact, data was entered into a GPS handheld. When asked about it, the census worker didn’t know why they were doing it. If every census taker has a purchased handheld, that was an enormous outlay of money and somebody made a profit on the sale. What will they do with the data? They already have records and license plate information. Will future generations go to the census records and be able to see Grandpa’s house, maybe even Grandpa? If we are paying for this data collection, it is public record.

    Another friend said that in Chicago, the cameras are going up at stoplights. He saw it as a privacy concern. These types of cameras are used in Singapore and people receive fines in the mail for driving infractions. Now with face recognition equipment, it isn’t just the license plate that can be read.

    Big Brother is here and he has been here for a long time. I first saw something that I couldn’t believe in a public school lunchroom in Houston.. Someone donated a stop light that was used to monitor the noise in the lunchroom. As the noise went up the lights went up. When the light hit red, everyone had to stop talking. This was an elementary school. Dropping a tray would turn the light red. They also used a stoplight motif in the classroom. Each child had a stoplight card in full view and infractions merited a change in color and if it went from green, to yellow, to red, the next stop was black and the principal. This system was all negative with no rewards for good behavior. This mentality is dehumanizing.

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