Monday, April 20, 2009

Forget the Alamo

I enjoy telling my Texas friends that if it weren't for a few brave Tennesseans, they'd all be speaking Spanish. But to hear Governor Rick Perry talk these days, they'll have to choose a national language when Texas re-secedes from the Union. Then they can build an electric border fence as high as they want and reassign the beleaguered Border Patrol to hold the line against Oklahoma. But, according to the treaty admitting the Republic of Texas to the Union, they would be required to break up into five separate states, and then who would cheer for the Texas Rangers; either the ball team, or the lawmen? What manner of insane, combustive, prattle is this from an inane public servant who is a "Rebel Without a Clue?" It has reached a point where it may be necessary to require every seeker of public office to first take a remedial class in American history, just to keep them from self-humiliation.
"Texas is a unique place. When we joined the Union..(the treaty said), we would be able to leave if we chose to do that. We've got a great Union and there's no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what might come out of that?" Gov. Rick Perry
It's not that Texans alone continue to elect absolute dumbasses for Governor. After all, Tennessee elected the crook Ray Blanton, not to mention Rod Blagojevich in Illinois and Eliot Spitzer in New York; first-rate political jackalopes all. But not even Huey Long suggested that Louisiana should declare its' independence. Texas has also produced master politicians like Sam Rayburn, LBJ, Ann Richards, and the distinguished Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, who had the intellectual capacity to become the first woman, and black president. The good people of Texas have merely been duped like everyone else by the malignant political theories of Karl Rove. The Rove philosophy is not to be overly concerned with a political client's particular opinions on the issues as long as they meet three criteria; they must be pro-business, which also means anti-tax and anti-regulation; culturally conservative and demonstrably Christian; and have good hair.

This methodology emerged with Ronald Reagan, when the GOP found a man with one, great, "gut," principle, and the rugged, good looks that Americans like in their movie stars and father figures. When Bush the Elder, who fired Rove for dirty tricks, was presented with a choice of worthy candidates to nominate for his Vice President, he said, "I'll take the peachy blond who looks like Dennis the Menace." Molly Ivins has described Rove's first star-crossed meeting with Dubya when he was assigned to pick up the younger Bush at the D.C. train station. Rove was taken aback by the Texas Air National Guard flight jacket, the steely, blue eyes, and the cowboy hat on the man from Harvard Business and thought, "I can make him president." After Rove stacked the Texas statehouse and Supreme Court with his clients, and was about to do the same to the country, his hand-picked successor to Bush, Rick Perry, moved into the Governorship. Kay Bailey was a local TV anchorwoman with good hair before becoming a Rove client. In the upcoming gubernatorial election between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison, how can Karl Rove lose? Rove's clients still occupy positions and seats in overwhelming numbers in every aspect of Texas government, including Senator John Cornyn III, who's hair is not as great as his right-wing politics.

Former and future Texas roach killer, Tom DeLay, came to Rick Perry's defense by saying, "This is a governor standing up for the sovereignty of his state," and claimed he was caught up in the tumultuous hysteria of San Antonio's recent "Tea Party." In a demonstration so incoherent that the GOP should stand for "Gut Obama's Policies," Perry was more likely attempting to appeal to the malcontents who, without proper stoking, might be inclined to vote for the slightly more moderate Hutchison. At least as a former Senator, Hutchison must know that seceding from the Union is unconstitutional. Perry probably knows as well, only he doesn't give a damn when it comes to fanatical, redneck populism. Either way, Texas' next governor will be a Rovian creation. So what if one seems like a rabid disciple of John C. Calhoun, and the other is like, well.. a TV anchorwoman? With an unprincipled State's Rights fanatic as governor, the criminal Dubya and Karen Hughes planning the Bush Policy Institute in Dallas, "The Hammer" DeLay plotting a comeback, and the Ron Paul Revolution, I say, "Let Texas Go." Fence it, put a moat around it, build a great wall; just stop sending Rove's politicians to Washington, and please grant passports to my cousins so they can visit me in free Tennessee.

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

I beleve that Gov Perry was making a rhetorical point. I know that it offends you that some people do not want a socialist America, but don't they have a right to express that opinion without some uber-liberal socialist pissing on their leg for attempting to resist you modern day Bolsheviks? You people stand against free speech because you feel that it is a hindrance to your march toward totalitarianism. You need to replace your logo with a hammer and sickle. That way everyone who visits this site will immediately know where you are coming from without having to read your drivel.

brother willie said...

dear mr/ms anonymous,

who said anything about a socialist america? but i guess you were making a rhetorical point.

let me see; we grant responsibility and power as a result of free elections. in the most recent elections the voters voted in a majority for candidates
who differed with incumbents. i thought the voters were saying "there will be some changes made".

there will be some changes made that originate from the voters who decided your policies and the execution of them were unproductive. you guys were sent home the good old american way; you lost the election.

i would be happy to have you explain what winning elections has to do with socialism, totalitarianism, bolshevikism or hammer and sickle.

it seems to me those elections are pure "red, white and blue" and your performance did not convience the people that it was worthy of continuence.

Anonymous said...

Barbara Jordan has the intellectual capacity to be president!!? Now I know you are f-ing crazy, delusional, and have a death wish for America. And for the previous commentator...just wait till the next election cycle. Obummer even had me fooled. No one really knew what Obummer was really about. As time goes on and he continues to show his hand, he and the rest of the looney left will be ousted. Sane people are getting the picture now and are getting very nervous. And this blog is unabashedly socialist. You must be new here.

Gimme a break said...

Of course this blog is run by a socialist. He has a history of sparatic employment and has no health insurance. He has admitted those things on this blog. He wants to be taken care of by the government. He hates capitalism, because he is not good at it.
Typical liberal.

American Pie said...

For all those Sooshalist Hating Boolshivik Hating Good Ole Boys--

If you have 20 broken bones you should be able to walk again. I can guarantee it'll take some time, though. You'll have to have 10 operations and you'll have to pay for the medical services of the surgeons and the hospital. If you don't pay, you don't walk.

Your choice.

You won't walk after the first operation, either. Don't even think about it. But, without the first one there will be no second one. If you don't pay, you don't walk.

Your choice.

Also, don't pick a surgeon who is known for being a loser, for not really representing what he thinks is possible, for not being able to explain why he believes his procedures are the ones that will put you back on your feet. You choose that surgeon and you'll never walk again.

And you can bet that you are going to hurt bad after the first operation because it is a doozy. You'll hurt real bad. But, without the first there is no second.

You can be in a wheelchair. Your choice.

As for me, I want to run. Fast. I'll pay up front in money and pain if I think I'll be able to run. Don't sell me some fancy wheelchair so I'll be able to drive out of the beautiful showroom tomorrow. You can do that if you want. I'll run past you three years from now when I'm done with my 10 operations because I trust my surgeon. I picked him and actually thought about it before I did.

I know a bunch of guys who live in wheelchairs. They can't see 1 foot in front of their face. Not the kind of guys who I'd want telling me which surgeon to pick.

Free country. But, woe to us if we let the fearful wheelchair fellas try to tell us we can't walk, much less run. Not gonna happen this time, good ole boys. We're out of elementary school now.

And by the way, it was Mikael Gorbachev who saved the world...that old Soochalist. Ronald Reagan was a real good guy, but Perestroika broke down the walls

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the fuzzy thinking, socialist. You just proved another stereotype to be correct. Get your feet on the ground, the rocks out of your head, and start thinking clearly. Oh, and it may help if you get the government teat out of your mouth. And to 'Gimme A Break', you just described about 99% of the socialists in a very succinct way. If you get real quiet you can hear them in the distance crying,'Obummer, come wipe me! I am too weak to put forth the effort for myself'.

Anonymous said...

American Pie, your attempt at being poetic was a bust. If you can't think and express yourself any more clearly than that you have to be on welfare, because you are evidently mentally incompetent and probably unemployable. I feel for you and the other socialist cripples, but I don't care to support you and your kind with my tax dollars. No offense, though. I honestly believe that if you prepare yourself and try hard you can support yourself and live with dignity. Walk away from the socialist rabble with whom you identify. Once you get a taste of it, it is gratifying to stand on your own two feet.

brother willie said...

man - this is really interesting.

Father Farken said...

I'm definitely for everyone standing on their own two feet...unless they have only one leg...or none! Or like FDR...stricken with polio for which he was to lose the full use of his legs for the rest of his life. Despite his physical challenges however, as gov of New York from 1929 to 1933 he kick-started programs to ease the misery brought about by the Depression. With his charm, style, looks, disarming sense of humor & infectious optimism... he lead our country out of its economic woes. But 1st he pissed a bunch of people off by wanting to take "in G*D WE TRUST OFF" all money because he thought it blasphemous for us to place G*D's name on whiskey & braziers not because he was against G*d, or whiskey or braziers as for as that is concerned! He finally dropped it much to his chagrin but it almost kicked his butt out of the White House before it ever got warm. Roosevelt was born in NY aristocracy and felt that it was up to him as a public servant to emphasize bettering his fellow man. Oops! Too sleepy to write anything else............

Anonymous said...

FDR's socialist policies exacerbated the depression making it last longer than needed by years. So much for your sacred socialist cow. Randy and other socialists put down pro-business sentiments. What are you socialists going to do when you finally demoralize the producers whom you parasites constantly bleed? Where will the money come to support all of your worthless and bogus programs, and to provide all of your safety nets? Who will have the drive and desire to get up and go to work every day when the tax rate reaches 90%? Don't you parasites ever worry about the health of the host that you are bleeding to death? Or do you just lap up the blood and let tomorrow take care of itself in your typically fuzzy thinking way? And you adolescents reply,'So what? Let the country disintegrate, we'll think of something later. Right now we're too busy consuming the fruit of the labors of others to be concerned about their well-being. Screw them, it's what they get for being stupid enough to work for a living. Hey Lenin, pass me another bowl of the taxpayers blood'.

Father Farken said...

Anonymous you are a hoot! I bet Shecky Kierkigaard McGirk a case of Giunness that the mere mention of three little letters (FDR) would throw you in an emotional whirlwind about Socialism. I didn't know it would stir the snakes in your head as well. Cheers as I hold me mug high! And like our president I even bow to thee. You might be on to something...FDR's stategy for the Depression was TRY SOMETHING! ANYTHING! & IF DAT DOESN'T WORK! TRY SOMETHING ELSE! The Supreme Court even ruled that some of his New Dealings were a downright abuse of executive power. Perhaps it was the Japanese that finally got us out of The great Depression. Nothing like a good bee sting on the arse of the bear to get him out of hybernation. But forget about the politics of people like Roosevelt & Reagon...they were leaders! But this is what I really want to tell you!
G*d appears to Adam & Eve in the Garden & announces that He has 2 gifts, one for each of them, & He would like them to decide who gets which gift, G*d sez, "The 1st gift is the ability to pee standing up!"
Impulsively, Adam yells out, "Yahoo! Pee standing up! That has my name all over it! I want that one!"
"OK!" sez G*d, "that one's yours, Adam." "Eve! You get the other one. Multiple Orgasms!" The Peace of the Lord! Father Ferghus Farken

Anonymous said...

Seems like the lunatic fringe is coming out in force. Where were all of you stupid assholes when Dubyah was spending money like it was going out of style, starting two wars, illegally spying on American citizens, and pissing off the whole world? And worse still... having the whole world laughing and shaking their heads in wonderment at Americans for being so dumb that they elected him not just once, But TWICE!!!

The most awful thing Barack Obama does as President (it's very unlikely he'll do anything awful) can't hold a candle to the utterly destructive and embarrasing things Dubyah has done to this country. Glad he's gone. Good fucking riddance!!

Anonymous said...

Believe it or not, I think that Bush should have been executed for treason. He was an idiot. But, Obama is smart and devious enough to bring the whole country down (along with the looney, criminal left with whom he is in cahoots) . My motto is that the Republicans are absolutely contemptible, but the Democrats are beneath contempt. Too much government, and especially socialistic government is the problem. Civilized people can govern themselves. Of course, civilized people are becoming scarce in America judging by the rampant violent crime from coast to coast. The cities are all hellholes of crime and sociopathology from top to bottom. I am old enought to remember when it was safe to go downtown after nightfall in American cities, even in Memfrica. I lived in a skid row tenement in Los Angeles in '69 (doing the hippie thing) and ran the streets all night long and violent crime was practically no where to be seen. The thought entered no one's mind. Not so now, brother. Violent crime and America go hand in hand. The hippies of yesteryear would be stunned at how their hopes for peace and love have turned into a nightmare that would probably shock Vlad the Impaler. And it is going to get MUCH worse. Wait and see.

Anonymous said...

Farken, you are right about the Supreme Court and FDR. Ever since then the Supreme Court has practically ignored the Constitution, and the judicial scales have been tipped in such a way that the Constitution has been trashed and socialistic policies have run rampant. FDR was the beginning of the end for traditional, Constitution-bound America. We have been morphing into socialism (and chaos) ever since. No wonder he is a hero amongst socialists, liberals, Bolshevikcs, etc. He put a dagger in the American heart from which she will never recover. So, regrettably, it is true that you guys have won the culture war. But, just wait and see the nature of the monster that you have unwittingly created and that is coming our way. Your children and grand children will rue the day that you 'won' the battle. Blood will run as high as the horse's bridle. So says the Bible, another document that you despise.

Father Farken said...

ANON! WE GET IT! YOU ARE PISSED & YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE! JESUS! MARY! AND JOHOSPHAT! LIGHTEN UP! YOU ARE COMING ACROSS A WEE BIT ABUSIVE & HATEFUL...like your Judas Asperigas or something! THAT COULDN'T BE THE SAME BOY YOUR PRECIOUS MOTHER RAISED. WHERE IS THAT RAY OF SUNSHINE? THAT FRESH BREADTH OF HOPE? HELL BROTHER! THIS IS ABOUT A DIVERSE GROUP OF folks THAT YOU WILL EVER FIND THAT READ THIS BLOG! MORE DIVERSE THAN THE LEGION OF DEMONS IN YOUR BRIGHT NOGGEN. AND WHO IS IT THAT HATES THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AROUND HERE! sputnik doesn't! Mr. Natural doesn't. Mudgirl doesn't! Sireen doesn't! I SURE DON'T! WELL I DO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WHEN JESUS TELLS ME THAT I SHOULD LOVE SOME ONE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ACTING LIKE AN ASS-HOLE! BUT COUNT YOURSELF BLESSED BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A #1 A HOLE LATELY... BUT I'M SURE IT'S JUST A PHASE! Anybody can be a cyberbully! You remember WM. F. Buckley? He would disagree with manners and grace! Why not try that aproach! And if possible try praying for our president and our nation. We have enough people cursing it! I LOVE YOU like an ASS HOLE! Hey! Like CONWAY TWITTY sez..."DAT'S MY JOB! DAT'S WHAT I DO! "The peace of the Lord! Fr. Ferghus Farken

Anonymous said...

Gee, Mr. Farken. Lots and lots of people in this country have opinions similar to mine. Are you saying that all folks of a conservative bent are assholes. If so, doesn't that make you just like me, only you and your ilk are liberal assholes. That's ok, though. As long as you can be fair and balanced enough to admit the truth. Your position is understandable. Most folks employed by churches depend on the largess of their congregants for support. I guess this makes you testy when it comes to someone criticizing handouts.

Anonymous said...

And, Mr. Farken, you seem to insinuate that people of a conservative bent are demon possessed. That says a lot about you. I would recommend laying off of the bottle for a while. At least till your thinking becomes a little more in tune with the scriptures that you profess to follow. Conservative theologians find a lot of scripture to support their points of view, after all. Are they also demon possessed according to your views? Maybe Satan has skewed your mind a little more than you know. I would recommend some counselling for you to bring your thinking more in line with reality.

Anonymous said...

One more thing. Surely you must know that lots of progressives see the Bible, and Christianity in general, as an impediment to their goals. Why would you act shocked that I would bring such a thing up? It seems that you do have a rather severe anti-conservative bias. But, I shouldn't be surprised since you apparently are one of the chief apologists for the points of view of this blog. I guess you are a Bolshevik priest. There are lots of them in Central and South America.

Father Farken said...

HEY ANON! YOU ARE WRONG! I RESPECT YOUR OPINION! IT'S THE PACKAGE IN WHICH YOU SOME TIMES PRESENT THEM THAT IS BRINGING SOME OF US DOWN. IT COMES ACROSS AS A WEE BIT MEAN SPIRITED! BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HEY! I'M NO BETTER! JUST A FELLOW ASSHOLE ON THIS LONG & WINDING GRAVEL ROAD OF LIFE. PERHAPS WE COULD JOIN A 12 STEP ASSHOLE ANONYMOUS SUPPORT GROUP. WE COULD HAVE A "WE HAVE COME TO BELIEVE MOMENT!" WE COULD GET IN A BIG OL' HUDDLE & EMBRACE OUR INNER ASSHOLENESS BUT DON'T TRY ANY FUNNY BUSINESS! EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TAKEN THE VOW I AM HETERO! SOME OF THOSE BROTHERS OF THE BOO FOO CHOO CHOO WERE RIGHT WINGERS! WHO'D A THUNK IT? I'LL BE WATCHING MY BACKSIDE! THE PEACE OF THE LORD! FrFarken

Anonymous said...

Funny, I don't feel mean spirited. I am actually a laid back, type B personality. I just like to jab and spar verbally sometimes. It's sort of an ideological competition. I also have many socially liberal positions that would make me more acceptable to you. It's just that I neither trust nor respect the government and I don't like the power that it has to take my money and spend it in questionable ways. My biggest beef is with the government. Not with those who have their hands out. I don't blame anyone for taking as much as they can get legally. I absolutely despise the politicians that cater to them, though. Sometimes my hostility toward the politicians and government bureaucrats comes across in my opinions on this blog. No offense, really. Most people who know me see me as a big ole pussy cat. Not an asshole. And hey, a little contention makes things here more interesting.

Mr. Natural said...

I have been reading this blog with interest from my ridge top retreat in the boonies. While I am much more apolitical than the combative Anon., I can resonate with some of his/her sentiments. I have been a nature boy for most of my life. My friends had to coax me out of the trees that I loved to climb up through the middle school years so that I culd become 'civilized' and join the high school social crowd. My introduction to the highly comformative and competitive social life of the day was somewhat traumatic. The more I have seen of social/political/economic life the more I think that maybe I should have stayed in the trees. One thing is for sure, I won't be moving back to the city. Too much crime, traffic, pollution, bad vibes, etc. But back to the topic at hand. Though mainly apolitical, I am also somewhat schizoid in regard to what meager political dabblings that I allow myself to indulge in. It is a horribly contentious arena. I have just about weaned myself from watching the news and news commentaries and my mental/emotional health has been improving exponentially. I find no argument and no conflict from the plants and animals that I consider my friends here. However, I too look askance at the government and feel that it is not to be trusted. To much power and not enough accountibility. Elections seem to just recycle scoundrel A to scoundrel B. My favorite political commemntators have been Jesus and H.D. Thoreau. But alas, in our culture these two seem to remain in the minority. They had a better foothold during the counter culture days, but those days have been replaced with something that tries to pass itself off as culture but seems more like sewage to me. Consorting with nature can give one some funny perspectives I guess. I can agree with some of what Anon. says, but he may be a little to strong. He would probably condemn me for my penchant for weed. And I am probably a little too 'hippie' for his tastes. I find myself split down the middle on so many issues. It would be refreshing if Randy could find one little thing wrong with his beloved Democrats. I mean no one is right all the time on every issue. It makes him seem one-sided to the point of absurdity. Cast the aspersions around a little. Most politicians of any stripe have more in common with criminals than anything else. But then I am mostly apolitical so I don't suffer from his disease. If I had to assume a label it would be libertarian. I don't want no stinking government on my cloud. Come to think of it, my cloud could get me in a little trouble, wink, wink. As an aside, I will close with a quote from one of my favorite red-neck libertarians, Willie Nelson. 'Who cares if pot is illegal, as long as you can get it'. Priceless wisdom. And come to think of it, it may take a little of the edge off of Anon., make him mellow out and see things in a different light, perhaps.

Father Farken said...

I must say the last two comments...from ANON. and then Mr. Natural just blew me a way-they were so heartfelt. I tip my hat to you both. I went with Padre Patro and Shecky Kierkigaard to the Stanley Cup Play off game tonight in Newark to see the Devils win! But I kept thinking about Anon, & Mr. Natural & would just laugh. Now in defense of Sputnik...Randy was recently critical of Atty General Holder's big mouth and critical of the new adminstration ignoring campaign promises on gun control. Seems The president has joined fellow gun toters Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, & Dick Chaney! Me? I guess I have to go to those damn Asshole Anonymous meetings all by myself! Moan for love! Father Farken