Those crazy kids at the Onion are taking the Texas secession story to the next level. Looking into the future, they report on completion of the 1,953-mile wall on our northern border to keep out those pesky Americans. From the...
A Republican-launched initiative embraced by Gov. Rick Perry, exhorting Congress to affirm state's rights as outlined in the 10th Amendment, was shot down by a lone Democrat on a point of parlimentary procedure. The much bally-hooed resolution to Congress was...
Stung by late-night comics who have lampooned Rick Perry's expressed sympathy for secession, the Republican governor is trying to recalibrate his critique of corporate bailouts and government spending. In an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman on Sunday, Perry says he...
A leading liberal journalist responded to Gov. Rick Perry's talk of secession last week by saying, in effect, don't let the door hit ya! Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker ruminated in a piece in last week's edition about how...
At a "tea party" this month, Texas Gov. Rick Perry expressed sympathy with those wanting to leave the union -- and the Republican leader got kudos from conservatives and reproach from Democrats. Another take from NPR: Don't Mess with Texas...
Just in case there was any doubt, Texas Republicans like the governor's succession talk. During last week's anti-tax "tea party" protests, several people carried signs and shouted "Secede!" at an Austin ralley were Rick Perry spoke. Perry didn't call for...
Gov. Rick Perry's comments on secession are a mother lode for humorists. Take Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, who's not Perry's biggest fan. A few years back, Keffer was irked at Perry during Round 89 of the school finance/property tax cut...
The House by acclamation just slashed the budget of the governor's office by $22.7 million over two years. The House's move left Gov. Rick Perry with only $900,000, money from interagency contracts, to run his office in the next budget...
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