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This Is Gov. Rick Perry‘s Scathing Letter to HHS Saying That Texas Won’t Implement Parts of ‘Obamacare’

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Says Texas Will Not Implement Parts of Obamacare in Scathing Letter to DHS

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (AP Photo/LM Otero)

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius should expect a scathing letter today from Texas Gov. Rick Perry explaining that the Lone Star State will not implement parts of the Affordable Care Act, affectionately known as “Obamacare,” even after the controversial law was upheld by the Supreme Court last month.

Perry said in the letter Monday that Texas will not enact a state insurance exchange or expand Medicaid as laid out in the health care plan. The Texas governor previously joined other state lawmakers and vowed to fight Obamacare in court but never indicated his state would not comply with parts of the federal law.

(Related: TX Lawmakers Vow to Fight Obamacare, Ron Paul Explains Why Bureaucrats Will Call the Shots)

“If anyone was in doubt, we in Texas have no intention to implement so-called state exchanges or to expand Medicaid under Obamacare,” Perry said in a statement. “I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government.”

From Perry’s letter (read all of it here):

In the ObamaCare plan, the federal government sought to force the states to expand their Medicaid programs by  – in the words of the Supreme Court – putting a gun to their heads. Now that the “gun to the head” has been rernoved, please relay this message to the President: I oppose both the expansion of Medicaid as provided in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the creation of a so-called “state” insurance exchange, because both represent brazen intrusions into the sovereignty of our state

I stand proudly with the growing chorus of governors who reject the PPACA power grab. Thank God and our nation’s founders that we have the right to do so.

Neither a“state” exchange nor the expansion of Medicaid under the Orwellian-named PPACA would result in better “patient protection” or in more “affordable care.” What they would do is make Texas a mere appendage of the federal government when it comes to health care.

Perry went on to say the health care law does not allow states to “create and operate their own exchanges” but instead gives the federal government the final word as to which insurance plans can operate in the “so-called” state exchange.

Instead, Perry is advocating for the “allocation of Medicaid funding in block grants so each state can tailor the program to specifically serve the needs of its unique challenges.”

Perry also said the expansion of Medicaid would “enlarge a broken system that is already financially unsustainable.”

“I look forward to implementing health care solutions that are right for the people of Texas. I urge you to support me in that effort. In the meantime, the PPACA’s unsound encroachments will find no foothold here,” Perry added.

If Texas follows through and refuses to implement the health insurance exchanges, the federal government can choose to enact the changes itself, Fox News reports.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:43pm

    …
    Gov. Perry, get ready for us. Start building houses, condos, and apartments. Your population is about to grow drastically.
    We will not suckle off your state. We will contribute to society, and help guard the borders.
    Wish other Governors would grow a pair and take a stand, so we could live free in our own state.

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    • Angel_light
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:25pm

      absolutely. I wish i had the money to move out of this awful state of Mass…

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Weren’t at least 25 or so states who filed suit against 0bamaTax? Hope they all refuse to comply.

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    • Banter
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:31pm

      My FL Governor Rick Scott, LA Governor Bobby Jindal, WI Governor Scott Walker. I know they have publicly stated they will not comply.

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    • txfirehawk
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:32pm

      LeadNotFollow- Texas has always been ready for you and others like you. We have everything, our own electric grid, aerospace, greatest collection of medical centers in the country, petrochemical, high tech, the 3rd coast, all of it. So if the crap hits the fan, come on down.

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:47pm

      I may be all wet on this, but I thought that SCOTUS ruled that the states DID NOT have to respond to those increases in Medicaid payments?

      Yes, no?

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:00pm

      Great job Perry. Maybe you oughta run for President.

      The fact is that Texas has the worst healthcare in the United States and the most uninsured. Texas does have some great hospitals if you happen to be rich, but for the average person it doesn’t get any worse.

      “More than a quarter of Texans lack health insurance, the highest rate in the nation, placing a crushing burden on hospitals and doctors who treat patients unable to pay.

      Those costs are passed to the insured. Insurance premiums have risen more quickly in Texas than they have nationally over the last seven years. And when compared with incomes, insurance in Texas is less affordable than in every state but Mississippi, according to the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund.”

      “Seniors, despite guaranteed Medicare coverage, also are suffering, as nearly 1 in 5 ends up back in the hospital within a month of being released, one of the highest readmission rates in the country and a leading indicator of systemwide problems.”

      http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/08/nation/la-na-perry-healthcare-20110908

      So, yeah, if you’re rich, move to Texas. But don’t move for the healthcare. And beware, a lot of non-white people live in Texas. I thought you should know that in advance…

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    • plaid
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:00pm

      Governor Perry joins our great Governor Scott in Florida in standing for liberty and against an ever intrusive, tyrannical, mammoth and statist power grab. Let us encourage our conservative leaders to continue to speak out for freedom!

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    • CapitalismWorks
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Since Obama is clearly picking and choosing which laws he will and will not enforce, it will be interesting to hear his response to Perry. I’ll venture a guess – he‘ll call Perry’s move “unprecedented”.

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    • Brensdad
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:07pm

      And we will welcome you with open arms, as we have to the many thousands of refugees primarily from the People’s Republic of California and Nevada. Give me a call, and we’ll share a Lone Star Beer when you get here.

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    • Iamnotanumber
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:21pm

      You mean the Non profit Commonwealth Fund run out of NEW YORK, founded by the Harkness family that made its millions attached to standard oil and the Rockerfellers……yaaa I trust them more than the Texicans….NOT!!!

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    • KBARRANCH
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:35pm

      To JZS: Your “facts” are strictly paper stats that dont hit the core issue of their true breakdown. I know where you stand immediatly when you use the term “Rich” describing people. The fact of the matter is, the Mexican and in part, the Illegal puts an enormous strain on our healthcare system. Compound that on the fact that over 78% of “Hispanic” patients do not follow doctors release orders in leiu of “traditional” Hispanic remedies and sub par sanitation living conditions you do have a large block having to come back to our hospitals. Being in the trenches in Tarrant County’s largest county run hospital we see a large block of Homeless or Drug addicted patients that have no immune system or desire to take precautions in order to prevent and heal wounds. Your spit of info left out the “Human side of the stats, and that is many people just flat out see our hospitals as a clean bed, food, shower, clothing, and mostly PAIN MEDICATIONS!!! all provided by us schleps that work for them apparently. The utopian dream of Healthcare for all gets muttled in the negative Human condition that can lead to (an overwhelming majority being of a certain demographic. God Forbid I say it…) taking advantage and “working” the system. It is a fools paradise…

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    • Landon410
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:38pm

      actually we could take Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Datkoa and North Dakota
      Plenty of land, it produces is mostly good conservative people, and plus, we got lots of guns, tons of farms, plenty of food etc
      plus we’d split the liberal right and left coast in half and tax their travel through our roads and airspace

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:49pm

      May God continue to bless Texas!

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:55pm

      Texas has the worst health care system in the nation.
      Hope you are young and healthy.

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:59pm

      Texas has no money – or health care.
      What ARE you on?

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    • teaisstronger
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:01pm

      Texas and Arizona would together make a nice wealthy nation. Could Louisiana and Oklahoma be next?
      Its time to begin planning for the split up of America. America no longer has anything to offer real Americans.

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    • Anadara
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:26pm

      I’d like to hear my Governor, Jan Brewer, make a similar proclamation. In the meanwhile the Arizona State House is working on nullification language regarding intrusive Federal laws. That should get some attention.
      - The timid will eventually follow strong leaders like Perry, Walker and Brewer.

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    • dblaess
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:27pm

      @jzs I am glad alot of non white people live in Texas. As long as they are there as legal Americans and producing, what is your problem? Are you that big a racist? I am glad you finally came out to show your true “colors”!

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    • wvgirl
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:42pm

      While I agree 100% with your sentiments, one governor is not enough. You and I and every conservative in America have to “grow a pair”, as you so aptly put it. Until we do, nothing will change. We must band together and grow a pair so big that it would take “…all the ladies in Darby to roll those stones away…”. ;-/ I’m ready. How ’bout the rest of you tweeters and FBers? Are you ALL ready to “grow a pair”? If not, it will make no difference how much we sit and blog, tweet, and twitter. Put your money where your mouth is and make a stand. It is almost too late.

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:55pm

      Texas has the worst healthcare? Really?

      Best burn hospital in the US: Shriners in Galveston.
      Best Cancer hospital in the US: MD Anderson in Houston.
      Best Stroke & Brain Injusry hospital in the US: St. Luke’s, Houston.
      Best Children’s Hospital in the US: Texas Children’s in Houston.
      Best Spine and Scoliosis Hospital in the US: Baylor Medical Dallas-Ft Worth-Plano.
      Best VA Hospital and Rehab: Darnell Army Medical and Scott & White Hospital.

      Not to mention University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Lamar University in Beaumont, churning out doctors and nurses like mad!

      No healthcare in Texas? LOL!

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    • country_hick
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:10pm

      JZS:

      From Statesman dot com;
      Hospital readmissions in Texas – “The state average was 40.1 percent, below the national average of 42.9 percent.”
      “Texas hospitals are doing slightly better than the nation overall at preventing readmissions.”

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    • XScramblerX
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:12pm

      I didn’t know you were a racist JZS, Thanks for coming clean with your social problem.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:21pm

      I don’t know its in consideration along with New Hampshire, The Dakotas and Wyoming right now.

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    • country_hick
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:22pm

      JZS:

      From texmed dot org;

      Who Are the Uninsured in Texas?
      The uninsured are a diverse group that includes people who cannot afford private health insurance; who work in small businesses that do not offer insurance; who simply choose not to purchase health insurance, even though they can afford it; who are eligible-but not enrolled-in government sponsored programs such as Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP); and recent immigrants.

      Uninsured Among Non-Citizens in Texas
      “In Texas, non-citizens are almost three times as likely to be uninsured as native U.S. citizens. Immigrants, many of whom are Hispanics, often work in economic sectors less likely to offer health insurance than others, such as construction.”

      “CHIP Re-enrollment Requirement in Texas
      More than half of the uninsured children are eligible for public programs, but are not enrolled. In Texas, this could be a result of the SCHIP program requirement to re-enroll every six months or the lack of parent coverage in the program.”

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:32pm

      Perry – why stop there….Dont implement ANY of obamacare

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:49pm

      Gov. Perry doesn’t care about the health of the citizens of Texas and the Tea BAggers go crazy.

       
    • Rohawk
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:30pm

      My printing plant in Minneapolis is closing and several people here are lining up jobs in Arlington Texas. the dem states are depopulating themselves as the pols commit fiscal suicide. Hopefully this won’t “purple” up the red states as Cali has done to its neighbors.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:38pm

      @JZS
      The masses of unisnured are the illegal aliens that stream across the border. Go to the public ER at Ben Taub in Houston and half the people in that waiting room dont speak english.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:47pm

      The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world with one of the highest densities of clinical facilities for patient care, basic science, and translational research. Located in Greater Houston, the center contains 50 medicine-related institutions, including 15 hospitals and two specialty institutions, three medical schools, four nursing schools, and schools of dentistry, public health, pharmacy, and other health-related practices. All 50 institutions are not-for-profit. Exceeding one thousand acres in size, the center is larger than downtown Dallas. The center is where one of the first and largest air ambulance services was created and where one of the first successful inter-institutional transplant programs was developed. More heart surgeries are performed in the center than anywhere else in the world. The Texas Medical Center receives over six million annual patient visits, including over 18,000 international patients. In 2010, the center employed over 93,500 people, including 20,000 physicians, scientists, researchers and other advanced degree professionals in the life sciences.

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    • RGFROMTEXAS
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:57pm

      Texas is Ranked 50th in the Nation in Healthcare !! Dead Last !!! Yes, they have great facilities but only for the chosen !!! 25% unisured….!!! Governor Perry, Shame On You !!!

      http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Feds-rank-Texas-worst-healthcare-provider-3687193.php

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    • Fubared
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:02pm

      It is looking good for Texas now since JZS and Encinomom and that new turd verceoftreason won’t be joining us. Maryland is still accepting indigents and malingerers and you don’t need english there Encinomom. There you go.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:16pm

      @ReallyGayFROMTEXAS
      WOW! Someone actually still reads that left wing rag known by Houstonians as the Houston Barnacle? I forgot it even existed.

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    • RGFROMTEXAS
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:35pm

      GPS-TECH

      That article was in every newspaper in the country…It is only 3 days old…Here’s the NY Daily News.

      http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/texas-ranked-worst-nation-health-care-gov-t-agency-article-1.1109193

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    • yiska8
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:12pm

      I suggest people start reading up on Texas history if they want to live here. It will make the assimilation and cultural history easier to embrace. If you don‘t like people who Spanish surnamed Americans and think we’re all the same, or illegal, please move on. And to the Governor, sorry, but it’s all or nothing. He should have denied all parts of Obamacare. ALL OF IT. Same old rino Rick.

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    • WaterTheTree
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:16pm

      Several responses here say that Texas’ healthcare system is substandard. But please notice that this is based, not on life expectancy or infant mortality, but is instead based on “uninsured”. They are saying that Texas healthcare is substandard because there are so many people in the state who choose not to have insurance.

      This is the same thinking that created the ObamaTax. They think insurance equals health care. Insurance is just about who pays the bills, not about the availability and quality of health care.

      I see this all the time, things like “America has the worst cities in the world”, based on the number of statues of Stalin and the number of state-owned grocery stores, not on what is actually important. Please, if you are going to compare states’ health care, compare life expectancy, early deaths to preventable disease, infant mortality, and prevention of comunicable disease, not on the fact that there are people who don’t have someone else to pay their medical bills.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:27pm

      jzs you, encinom, and all others like you are quite simply incapable of understanding a point so simple even animals know it to be a fundamental truth. Slavery with all your needs met is a fate worse than death and hell. You can trap and cage an animal and feed it every day but the minute you leave the door open it vanishes back to the freedom it loved and must have to survive no matter how hard that survival is. Those you look down on and despise who love freedom know this truth. Yes even wild beasts of the field know better and are better than you. If you despise the freedom we love then shut the hell up and leave. You will not change our country, we will fight to the bitter end rather than live as servants and slaves and we are prepared to pay the costs of keeping our freedom. Are you as prepared to pay the costs of stealing it from us. I think not. I could do a thesis on what your avatar states concerning the thoughts in your mind and vanity is not a strong enough word to describe them. You are the sand holding up your house and will wither and fade to nothing in the great and terrible day of the Lord. You leftists call honest hard working God revering citizens teabaggers in your vile attempts at vain insults too ignorant to see the fire God will soon be bringing down upon your no longer eternal souls. While your Creator may miss you in the eternity I for one will not. I see no reason to care for anything which is less than nothing.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:57pm

      And, as is the norm, our House Whipping Progressive JVS was the first to inject race into the discussion, where race was never the topic nor even a consideration of the topic in an ancillary sense.

      So predictable.

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    • Cat
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:00pm

      Folks:

      Be careful with this one
      The feds have two AHCA hammers
      One for the states that they can’t use
      One for taxpaying/reporting citizens that they will use

      Listen to Rick Scott carefully
      He addressed the Medicaid hammer, not the citizen hammer
      This is similar to the states ratifying the income tax … they urinated all over their own citizens and ended up funneling federal tax revenue back to the states over the heads of their own citizens.

      Rick Perry is doing the same thing as Florida’s Scott, watching out for the state, with the citizens fending for themselves against the feds …

      If these Governors will say outright, “The citizens of the great state of (add name of state here) will not comply with ANY of the AHCA”, then we have something of value

      Are you listening Mitt?
      We’re screaming at YOU, Hoss!

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    • Ragnars Repos
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:16pm

      “I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government.”

      Hoo-frickin-Aaah!

      Well done! Let’s hear some more of the truth, people! Call ‘em out so we can defeat them.

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:17pm

      Dr Vel -are your really a Doctor? Seriously, you are a doctor? No matter.

      I enjoyed reading your thoughtful and forceful post, although I question your comparison of the poor that Jesus spoke of with animals in the wild. I don’t recall an analogy of that sort in the Bible. In fact I don’t think that Christians in general view humans as wild animals and base their morality on that perspective. I don’t think that when Christ spoke of feeding the poor he was thinking about feeding caged animals.

      Either you are a troll, or you believe that poor people are not human beings but animals and should be treated as such.

      Doctor, if I may call you that, humans are not animals. Humans are people. People are altruistic. They will give what they have to help one another. Humans recognize that we are all in this together. That’s the Christian view anyway. Good luck with your view.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:25pm

      XSCRAMBLERX, JZS is as racist if not more than he claims of other people here. Being a closet racist he jumps out and makes his comments crystal clear when the need suits him. Just keep up with his posts and he will prove my claims quite positive. He will use other persons’ race to bait anybody else here to suit his needs, as well as what he has yet done again tonight. Then, like the rest of the left, he will gladly blame ‘you’ when it comes to his misdeeds.
      JZS, YOU RACIST!

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    • TexasKnight
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:28am

      I am not sure why so many ******** on here are saying TX has good health care only if you are rich.
      Then they say that 75 percent are insured. Are you saying that only rich people have insurance? Or that you think 75 percent of the people are in the 1% (Lib math?)
      Try at least a logical statement, like TX has great health care if you are in the 75% that have insurance (you might have some credibility then).
      My next question is, why should I really care about the 25% that choose not to buy insurance? They are the ones gambling that they will not get sick, or that someone else should pay even though they have done nothing to earn it. That is what charities are for, not the government! When it is ‘given’ from the government, people feel entitled. When it is given from charities, people feel grateful (as both groups should) and abuse the system alot less.

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    • TexasKnight
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:36am

      jzs, just wondering, where exactly in the Bible did Jesus, or any prophet say that you should give 50% of your money to the government so they can give it to the poor?
      If you can show me that, you might actually get a convert. Biblically, it is the job of the church or charity to take care of the poor, not government (as it should be).

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    • KarinS
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 7:46am

      Excellent post.You are right on.

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    • lgccac
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:08am

      I’m a proud Texan. Even though we have our share of socialists Democrats, we are a strong Republican state, as evidence of our strong economy shows.

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    • suttonea76
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:59am

      @JZS – You sir are an ignorant fool. Being that I live currently in Texas I can say with absolute certainty that the health care system in Texas is more resolute than any of the border states that have illegal immigration issues (Texas being the worst thanks to the Federal Government). It cost me less to have my son here than Arizona, my premiums are lower as larger corporations strike deals with local insurance carriers like Cigna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and others. I pay less than $200 a month for insurance for my whole family for all services. Companies that move here are more viable and Texas is friendly to those with a smaller tax burden thus they can contribute more towards premiums…ALSO insurance carriers will start implementing new plans that allow the consumer to pick and choose services since that is to become the latest competition between carriers to which the PRIVATE SECTOR has started such a trend. Insurance carriers will then be advertising total cost of all services as health care providers in and out of network for those with and without insurance so everyone with FSA can allocate sufficiently ahead of time to minimize loss of funds.

      You need to look into the actual facts and not rely on Chris Matthews and the other fools that have no clue what they are talking about. Texas will soon be the most populated state that produces the most overall and we have the room to accept all defectors from loser blue states that think they can tax their way out.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:02am

      I’m a transplant from Missouri, 7 years ago. I found it to be a very welcoming state, generally. You get treated as you treat them. If you come to Texas, you‘d better adopt their philosophies or I get the feeling it won’t be a warm welcome. If you’re a liberal and want to come to Texas, pick Dallas or Austin, but stay away from the other places. That’s where they have a foothold.

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    • suttonea76
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:14am

      The Texas economy is booming in housing and hospitals. You can’t go through any metroplex without seeing new roads, new hospitals or new developments being built.

      Encinom – So you say that Texas doesn’t care about the health care of its citizens, huh…let’s see how that logic compares to the following:

      Follow the little white rabbit down the hole to understand how Texas really cares about the health of its citizens. Since more people and companies are flocking to the friendly confines of Texas, more production is being created in Texas, tax burdens are less thus companies can spend more on subsidizing premiums instead of passing the cost to the employee like California, New York, Illinois, Washington and so on…..all blue states! Insurance companies have more competition to how they present themselves to such companies thus they must cater to a plan that fits corporations in regards to overall cost as nothing is fixed only negotiated (you could have learned this in school under business acquisitions and mergers).

      You see moronic liberals, supply and demand is the cornerstone for the CAPITALISTIC society to which the consumer wins but you want government to regulate something they cannot possible do or sustain with any regularity and fairness. When states lose revenue they must adjust how they treat their citizens or they cannot sustain themselves. Texas learned this and is benefitting greatly from all or your stupid regulations and taxes.

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    • RGFROMTEXAS
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:19am

      TEXAS SCOREBOARD

      Education………………….47th
      Healthcare………………..50th
      Executions…………………1st

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:40pm

      TexasKnight says, “jzs, just wondering, where exactly in the Bible did Jesus, or any prophet say that you should give 50% of your money to the government so they can give it to the poor?”

      Well I‘m not sure percentages were much used in the Bible so I guess you’re giving yourself an out. And income taxes weren’t at 50% since probably Reagan was in office. But okay, how about Timothy 6:17-18: “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.”

      So that’s the word of God, commanding people to give to the poor. Not asking politely, not suggesting. Commanding. Since when was compliance with a command from God voluntary?

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    • RitaJ
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:06pm

      JZS, it’s liberals like you that give progressives a bad name. First of all, you don‘t know what you’re talking about. No surprise, as is usually the case for the left. But If you are so worried about people of color, you’d better find an island and get lost there. We are all people of color, just different shades, and this country is diverse in shades. But we all bleed the same color. We are not a perfect state by any means, but the friendliest people in the world come from Texas. And we welcome good hard working Americans from anywhere. JZS, you don’t fit into that category. Stay where you are and live off the governments teet.

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:36pm

      RitaJ, that remark is what is known as sarcasm. I married one of those non-whites btw.

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:42pm

    I wll still vote for who ever is not Obama for President and I will not be voting for any canidate for any other office in the Federal Government or my local Government that is Liberal. There was a time that I was willing to give a Liberal canidate my consideration, however, after what the Liberal Government did to me during their 2 year Monarchy they are done as far as I am concerned. When I vet a canidate now the first thing I will look for is are they Liberal and if they are I won’t be giving them a second look. Stick it to me once, shame on them, stick it to me twice, shame on me and you can believe I will not shame myself.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:56pm

      A guy running for a state office came to the door the other day. Said he wanted to discuss his policies with us. My husband says “well first off are you a conservative?“ Guy ”No, I’m a democrat”. Sound of the door slamming. Me “Honey, you could have been a little nicer”. My husband “that WAS me being nice to those jerks trying to take away my country and my freedom. He is lucky I didn’t run him off my porch with a shot gun”

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:55pm

      @mtcountrygrl
      I always laugh at the ignorant red necks, so brain washed by the God and GUns BS Fox News tells them are the keys to be good little brown shirts…sorry I meant conservatives, that they vote to become the willing Serfs of the Koch Brothers and the other billionair backers of Romney.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:50pm

      @encinoman
      I always laugh at the ignorant mayates and their tag along sell out crackers like yourself.

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    • freedoc
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:19pm

      Let me get this right, Encinomskull:

      First, you show your bigotry by calling someone a ‘red neck’. Check.

      Then you contend Foxnews is ‘guns and religion’…yet another slur, without any real objectivity. Check.

      Then you say they are the ‘brown shirts’, which of course is Fascism, the exact OPPOSITE of Libertarianism, when in FACT, Obama has called for the ‘formation of a citizen army”—–thus exposing himself as the REAL fascist. Check.

      Then you suggest WE are willing ‘serfs’ of the Koch Brothers, who for all their wealth are a paltry sum behind Soros, the international bankers, Hollywhores, and other rich Communists who YOU are actually, in reality the serfs of—-when in fact the Koch Brothers support individual freedom.

      In short, per usual, you mistate facts, make erroneous conclusions—and generally make a total imbecil of yourself.

      Thanks. Good to know we can count on you for something.

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    • yiska8
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:37pm

      Liberals will destroy themselves. There is no going back. They have lowered the bar so much and set such freakish precedences that there will always be comparisons to this time in history. If we, in the future,have a Republican, Independent, or even (and I know they are rare breed) a conservative Democrat, they will always be able to say, “Well Obama did it. So can we” Scary. Liberals set dangerous precedents and someday, they’ll reap what they have sowed. I just wish they didn’t take down the rest of America with them. The question is, will the media ever be able to seriously complain or hypocritically attack anything a conservative President does in the future? They’ve dug the ditch and they just keep digging themselves in further and further. At least they’re shovel ready.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:40pm

      @Encino
      You are a one trick pony. I have read some of your posts. Insult, insult, tout “facts” with no evidence, talking points, insult, insult. Get a new act.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:03pm

      Don’t bother with Enicom or his alts folks, he gets a thrill out of thinking he’s some kind of sh*t stirrer. If he knew how pathetic his attempts come off to any normal person, he’d be ashamed for thinking so highly of his sad efforts.

      Best course of action with him is to not even read his posts. He gets off when you answer him.

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    • Salgofnir
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 7:53pm

      The homophobic bigot Encinom has once again weighed in on an issue it knows nothing about. So when in doubt throw the Koch brothers name out.

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  • RANGER1965
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:41pm

    Texas is becoming a haven for Constitutionalists, and Christians.

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    • Altair
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:08pm

      Has been, since before it was an independent Republic.

      Emphasis on the word “independent.”

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    • lisa2994
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:08pm

      We like it that way! ;)

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    • Dumbcountryboy
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:54pm

      kinda like the alamo for the last stand?

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:58pm

      Texas is a health care toilet.
      Scott is in on position to make his lunatic pronouncements.
      He is truly a fool.
      More teen pregnancies than any state in the nation.
      A higher percentage of uninsured than any other state in the nation.
      He’s not only all hat and no cattle – that hat is falling apart.

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    • Oldmantex
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:39pm

      Verceofreason – What state do you live in?
      I doubt its Texas, if it is, you can leave at anytime. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!!
      We welcome anyone conservative to the state. We love them and their desire to WORK, and PAY their OWN way. EVERYONE in Texas gets medical attention. We might have less people insured but that’s because to many people, don’t buy it, NOT because they can not afford it. Like all states we do not turn anyone away from medical attention. We also have 24 hour emergency clinics all over the place, because the emergency room is filled with uninsured, but these clinics require payment up front. You can walk in and get amazing service in no time at all. As long as you are WILLING TO PAY.
      So welcome to Texas all you hard workers, you will love it.

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:01pm

      Nah, like they say don;t mess with Texas, its not nice to pick on the “special” people.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:55pm

      @Encinoman
      Yeah dont mess with Texas because you’ll get a boot in your mud hole son.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:13pm

      EN CINOM, i always laugh @ whatever you post…schlubb

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    • IOWAGIR
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:26pm

      And your point is?….I was born there. They got it right. They are not quite as f’ed up as the rest of the country. God save our great nation. Repair, and heal all the wrongs BHO has done to us.
      Am I racist? Nah…Unless Obama is classified as a Race.. then yes I am ! (with that ego , I wouldn’t doubt it)

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:43pm

      VERCEOFREASON, please tell us about the Mecca of healthcare that has to be your state. Yep, doubt that will ever happen because I bet you are in a bigger cesspool of a northern state near total economic collapse. Or one of the far left states on the map.
      ENCINOM, please tell of us of a better liberal state that is not on the verge of total economic collapse? Please, by all means fill us in.

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  • momprayn
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:40pm

    Yes, he’s my governor too – and happy about it of course – but not surprising. He may have his faults, but one thing you can alwwys count on from him is his firm, non-compromising beliefs about state’s rights. What bothers me is that last sentence that says if we reject, the govn’t can do it. ????!!!!! I also saw Michele Bachmann the other day saying they were sending out letters to all Governors to NOT start anything re Obamacare b/c they intend to repeal and you can at least wait until the elections.

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  • jsciai
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:38pm

    Thank you Gov. Perry, and others, for standing up to the obamatax monster. With your help, Gov. Romney in as president, and a republican house and senate in place, we will be able to beat back this attack on our freedoms and start to turn this ship around!
    Romney 2012

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  • troymac20
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:37pm

    I hope McDonnell does the same here in Va.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:33pm

      doubt it….he has been saying some strange stuff lately

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:37pm

    I don’t know what to think of Perry. Are illegal immigrants still getting into college for 1/2 price?

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    • Peacemaker5150
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:18pm

      Are the illegals going to be forced to buy insurance too, or is that privilege just reserved for legal citizens?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:38pm

      @Peacemaker5150

      Since the IRS is handling it I guess it will only be people filling out Federal tax returns.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:03pm

      PEACEMAKER:
      Interesting point since patients can’t be required to for proof of citizenship. Yet another discount for the trespassers. I laugh when the libs say…”but the illegals will never get anything back from the FICA/FUTA they pay into”…yeah, right.

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  • buyundbuy
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:35pm

    Governor Rick Perry is saying the right thing.
    I’m quite sure if he had more leeway he would really want to say….
    “Kick Obama, Reid and Pelosi out~!”
    Vote for Romney and his VP (Newt Gingrich)
    Stop the Feds from inflating our currency.

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  • bikerdogred1
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:33pm

    More states should have the balls Texas,has.

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    • Magyar
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:42pm

      Florida’s Rick Scott is right there too!!!

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    • Iamnotanumber
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:34pm

      No offense Fla. but I think Texas is better equipped to defend herself…and it’s closer…but Fla. is a lovely State!!

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  • gingerbread
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:24pm

    It’s time that the STATES begin to take back the 10th amendment. Now, let the BIG GOVERNMENT tell the states what they can and cannot do, in their states.

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    • Dde13
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:47pm

      States do need to push back!!!! It’s nice to hear our tax dollars are being used to sue states over proof of sitizenship to vote. Talking about waste.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:06pm

      That‘s what I’ve been saying as well. Set the tone for POTUS Romney as well with a few more conservatives in the house and senate.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:22pm

    DOJ in TEXAS today to fight voter ID. geez.. talk about bullying!

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  • huey6367
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:22pm

    GO Rick!! GO Rick!! Now Obie will sue you.

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  • The_Jerk
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:21pm

    Why should we be forced to pay for a better, the best, medical plan for others, than we can afford for ourselves and our families. Medicaid is a no money down, cover everything and anything, program for those who do nothing.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:21pm

    Thank you Texas and ALL states should do this since there will be no penalty for non compliance.

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  • Atilla
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:20pm

    Now if he will beging the seccession process so I can move to Texas so we will have a headquarters when the SS/IRS begin the lock up process.

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    • Move2Texas
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:30pm

      Once that process begins it will be too late for you. Most of Texas is owned by Texans. Best buy your acre now. It will be easier to get your passport stamped when you cross the red River into Texas.

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    • TexVet61
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:01pm

      If Texas Secedes then I am moving back home…. thank God (and Texas) that they offer their Veterans land through the Texas Land board. maybe if TSHTF they will truly lock down the border, PC or not. and hey, you want to call me a racist for wanting to protect or sovergienty, I can live with that, but then, If I am a racist and I don’t have any food and come to your house, break in but all I want is something to eat and you either beat me, shoot me or call the police. what would you be?

      If the Government would actually follow the laws (but of course Obama has proved that we don’t really have to follow his laws, he leads by example… If we dont like it he can go hump his self.

      I pray for this country, and if that doesn’t work I am ready to fight for it (Again). I Solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic: I guess we will find out about the second part if that ends up violating the first part

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:19pm

    Too bad the man couldn’t answer debate questions in letter form. Pretty silly that we pick leaders based on their debating ability anyway. From everything I have read about G. Washington, he wouldn’t have fared well in a debate and he was one of, if not the finest we’ve ever had.

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    • voodoolife
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:57pm

      Great point Gonzo. From what I have read, he was very soft spoken. His actions spoke louder than words.

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  • john vincent
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:16pm

    That is awesome Governor! Finally, somebody with true grit and backbone. Perhaps this will be the sound of an avalanche with many states to follow. States rights. Isn’t this what the framers had in mind, to rise up against a usurping hand??? Fellow governors, pay attention, and do not look to poll numbers. Doing what is right is usually in the minority.

    http://www.sienna48.blog.com/?s=scalia

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  • okredstate
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:14pm

    Where was this during the debates and the early primaries? As much as I agree with him, it will take throwing obama out on his head and a majority in the senate to get anything really done. But like the tone.

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  • Maxim Crux
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:13pm

    Sounds to me that Texas is about to succeed from the Union. I may have to move there.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:18pm

      Yes Texas is looking better all the time.

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    • socialism.rocks
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:26pm

      yes go we us unionists are just waiting for you idiots try to secede
      you will be hit by both sides the unionists from the north and the mexicans to the south and we will give mexico texas

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:38pm

      Hey Socialist, try that again…in English this time.

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    • ahull15
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:46pm

      @socialism.rocks

      Do what? I would recommend some lessons in grammar and punctuation before commenting. And we’re the idiots? Geez

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:47pm

      Be careful who you let into Texas they maybe a lib sent to infect and corrupt the purity of America.

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    • happ77
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:03pm

      Socialism sucks. When the SHTF its going to be your fan.

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    • txfirehawk
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:35pm

      I was told we can no longer succeed~ something about that was taken from us after the Civil War but I have not looked into it myself. Either way if the crap hits the fan I can see the last stand going down in either DC or Texas.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Hey Socialism,

      Do you have 2 accounts and the other one is Individualism? LOL

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:36pm

      Resist we much!

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    • Anadara
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:51pm

      @ socialism.rocks – Ask yourself this… “Do I really want government telling me that I can‘t hide in my mother’s basement? That I will be forced to spend my weed money on health insurance or pay a fine?”

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    • Oldmantex
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:57pm

      Socialism you are an idiot.
      First off look at this map
      http://www.heritage.org/static/reportimages/B781D9F5D0E30F338496ACBF91B021B4.gif

      Do you see that we are 8% of US population Second largest state, with almost 11% enlisted. That is enlisted NOT served in the past, just enlisted.
      Look at those northern states that support unions and their enlistment #s….see a problem there my friend? Dont even get me started on how many bases we have in Texas and guns per citizen.

      Now lets look at the Mexicans in Texas, if you want a quick lesson, look at the surnames of the men at the Alamo. MOST have Spanish names. The Mexicans and Texans have a completely different relationship that states around us. Most of the Hispanics that live in Texas that have a Spanish heritage vote conservative.
      Those men and women own businesses and restaurants and hire Mexicans and influence them to be conservative.
      Many many of the Mexicans in Texas just want to live in peace, take care of their family and make a little money.
      It is ten times easier to start a business in Texas than any northern union state. Do you really think the freedom loving Mexicans (one reason they come here) will side with a bunch of Union slackers who dont work 1/10 as hard as a Mexican in Texas?
      Good luck coming after Texas with your fat overweight lazy union members. We wont give you two breaks plus lunch and leave early with 5 guys watching while one works when its a war. You don’t have the stamina to confront

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:11pm

      @socialism sucks
      We will give full citizenship to any Mexican serving in the Texas Militia. That is a guarantee, not some b. s. promise like you get from the idiot in chief and the D-bagocrats. Mexicans fought at the Alamo and the rest of the war against Mexico because of oppresive rule from Sant Anna. I am hispanic and half of my very large extended family is married to whites. In the time of the civil war the north had immigrants from Europe to replace fallen soldiers and they had factories. Now we have an endless supply of immigrants to the south with multiple generations of family members living here in Texas. We also have technology and manufacturing and one of the biggest ports here in Houston. We aslo control the off switch to the oil pipelines that run from the golden triangle north to your cities. You really dont want to eff with us. You limp wristed metro sexuals couldnt even hit your mark with a gun even if you could bring yourself to even hold one in your hand.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:18pm

      @Socialism Sucks
      If Mexico attacked Texas they would be attacking their own family members.

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    • GPS-Tech
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:26pm

      @Socialism Sucks
      Just so you know, Texas never fell to the north the first time around, all attempts to invade were dismal failures. Wanna try again?

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:11pm

      SOCIALISM:
      You won’t be around for the fight. As soon as it’s determined you CAN litigate stupid, you’ll be serving time.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:56pm

      @ SOCIALISM…Have you ever done anything meaningful in your life…contributed anything to your community?…I doubt it….Why don’t you redirect some of that energy your wasting on anger and hatred into work, and make something of your life…you may discover what a great country you are living in….

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 12:19am

      I do not wish for are great nation to fragment and divide…But if Obama;s reelected I expect this to happen..The liberal states will fail very quickly without conservatives working to support them..And an army made of people who have no values can not defeat freedom loving Americans

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  • the_system_disconnect
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:12pm

    I can‘t wait until Obama’s no longer the POTUS.

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:16pm

      Amen to that!

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:23pm

      Don-worry…the way Romny is looking more like King-O‘s other opponent in ’08, He will have annother 4(or many–many more) years. Doo the woids of :[martial Law] and [susspend all elections] remind you of annyone…startin wit-an “H”??

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  • woodyee
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:11pm

    One Man – One Leader.

    All WE need is for other good Men and Women to follow suit, and for the rest of us to support them fully and wholeheartedly!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:11pm

    Great news, now we need more and more state leaders to take these moves and execute the beast of Obamacare and ObamaTax. A question I have is this though; if the governors refuse to implement parts of the new ObamaTax, can they be held in contempt by the SCOTUS or can Obama have them prosecuted by the DOJ for violation of a SCOTUS affirmed taxation in the individual states?

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    • lefty5005
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:12pm

      Well if they charge contempt it must not mean anything. Holder is still free despite being in contempt. I wonder if someone is charged with contempt they can plead “the Holder principle.”

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    • Steve28
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:56pm

      The Holder principle only applies if you are black, Democrat or both.

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  • WILL_OF_LANDREW
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:11pm

    I am moving to Texas! It is time for CW2 the big one!

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  • Verceofreason
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:11pm

    This coming from a governor who state was just ranked WORST in providing health care for its citizens is beyond pathetic. Can you now see why this goofball was the first to fail in a presidential bid?

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    • nappy
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:18pm

      Doesn’t matter. He concluded that the ACA would make it eve worse. End of story.

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    • john vincent
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:21pm

      hey verce
      If a man caught in a falsehood told you 2 plus two equals 4, would this truth be forfeited because he lied before?
      Your reasoning for finding fault with Perry’s stance defies logic.

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    • huey6367
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:23pm

      Explain to me how it is the state’s responsibility to provide health care? That is a useless “survey” you are quoting.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:25pm

      dont believe you

      no linky no proof

      and the linky has to be from a non lefty liberal bs site

      buh bye now troll

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    • DenisWTexas
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:26pm

      If we in Texas are ranked worst at providing healthcare for our citiziens (which I seriously doubt), it would only be because we don’t need to “PROVIDE” anything, as more of our citizens are employed and purchasing their own healthcare. Again, great way to skew the data so it fits liberal mantras.

      We create jobs. We put people to work. The government stays out of the way of progress, and people buy health care. It’s that simple.

      I just love the progressive plan – “for a nation that can’t afford to buy health care, let’s mandate that everyone buy healthcare.”

      When you get hungry enough, move here and we’ll put you to work, if you‘re not too lazy to put in a hard day’s work.

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    • Al J Zira
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:45pm

      How many of those “citizens” are there leagally? The state shouldn‘t be providing health care let alone to illegals that are somhow counted toward the populace but only when it’s convemient.

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    • DesertRose1960
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:04pm

      @DenisW Actually, there are a number of places to check to see how poorly Texas fairs in comparison to other states. You might want to check out this one:
      http://www.statehealthfacts.org/index.jsp

      or this one:
      http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/economic-mobility-of-the-states-interactive-85899381539

      They clearly show that Texas has a problem with being born poor, living poor and dying poor and having your children repeat the process in their short lives, made shorter by a lack of healthcare and a higher crime rate. And the per capita in Texas is lower than in the U.S. by comparison.

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    • HotFixIt
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:04pm

      If the state were ranked in providing care to ACTUAL CITIZENS it would be much better. We are overrun with illegals in our hospitals. They are here demanding free care and are very arrogant about the services they demand while in the hospital. There can be 6 people in a room ‘visiting’ and they will still call for a nurse to hand the patient a glass of water. Drives me crazy!

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    • USACommoner
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:07pm

      Verce: Do you mean his state was the worst in GIVING healthcare to illegals and deadbeats…? I’m all for that then, and you’re just making him seem better and better :)

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    • KBARRANCH
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:40pm

      It isnt his Job to Provide HEALTHCARE. Where did we go astray in the thing of we have a right from God our Creator to be PROVIDED Healthcare??? Thank God our pioneer ancestors didnt have this weak minded thinking… You are a wimp of a man if this infectious thinking is in your head. With that school of thought, what will become of our world class doctors? Where will they go with their talents? They sure as hell wont stick around to waste them on an assembly line of cases and get paid by the pound, and not by their skill set… Go play in the Street…

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:00pm

      ANd Perry is so thmart.

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    • The_Cabrito_Goat
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:21pm

      Thmart? You’re like Daffy Duck, desficable! :P

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:21pm

      PA-leeeze, Perry’s letter was a political speech.
      SO necessary when one’s political career is over.

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:32pm

      Perry’s speech was purely political.
      It had nothing to do with the welfare of the citizens of Texas.

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  • True American66
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:10pm

    I’m thinking about moving to Texas….really!

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