By Mickey Walker-September 18, 2011
Ah, comes now Governor Goodhair as the late Molly Ivins used
to call Rick Perry, governor of Texas. He has soared to the top of all Republican candidates in the upcoming
2012 presidential race. My, my,
where to begin?
In Part I we compared Perry to the exceptionally evil alien
creature in the movie “Independence Day” who wanted the whole human race to
die, to be exterminated. This
allegorical diversion is to illustrate how well Perry is suited to carry out
the wishes and the desires of two of the most heartless Teabagger/Republicans
ever to get America by the throat: Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist. Remember them? The former
wanted Social Security to wither and die on the vine. Well, what better candidate than Perry who just made it
plain that he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional? Forget that it helps people, the
commoners, the working people. They
are the problem that needs to be eliminated. Norquist announced that he wished to drown all government
social programs that help people in his bath tub. The “Beast” he called such programs. Good metaphor, Grover. I bet you almost had an orgasm when
Perry as governor of Texas, annihilated funding of the SCHIPS medical aid to
children program in the state of Texas. Bet several children of poorer working families bit the dust in the true
Neocon spirit of drowning people and the programs that help them in the bath
tub.
When Bush II left office as governor of Texas, of the
10-billion dollar state budget deficit left Perry, he said, “I’m glad I’m not
going to have to be the one to clean up this mess.” Not to worry, Perry went right to work. He threw over 160,000 disadvantaged and
handicapped children under the bus. Perry cut them off SCHIPS, a government insurance program that made
insurance affordable to those without a lot of money. Without hesitation Perry kicked the kids
to the curb. Without resources many
had to die, Perry should be proud. What a president he would make, considering some of the other Darth
Vader types afoot in our Capitol as we speak. Paul Ryan uses a laser scalpel when cutting benefits for the
working man. His counterpart Scott
Walker, governor of Wisconsin has led the charge against teachers and unions to
where they would suffer even more under the foot of the new GOP who has no fear
of downsizing the poor and working class while adamantly standing fast on no
new tax increases for the rich.
Hey Tea Baggers! Why don’t we ever hear from you on all the
borrowing and spending that plunged us $14 Trillion dollars into debt as a
nation? Can’t blame the teachers
and unions for that. That came
from the idiot borrowing and spending under 2 presidents, both of them Republicans: Reagan and Bush II. Reagan was fighting to build up our
military to defeat the Evil Empire, Russia which only cost us $3 Trillion. And Bush II chalked up $4 Trillion
borrowed and spent, PLUS all the eternal interest to attack Iraq and Afghanistan
for reasons long forgotten. HALF
of our National Debt due to two Republican presidents, thank you very
much. Why don’t some of you Tea
Baggers take a night course in Accounting 101? And learn to say something intelligent for a change? You can begin by redefining what a
“Conservative” is.
But wait, there’s more. What about the Gardasil vaccine Perry mandated as Governor
of Texas? This vaccine was to be
given arbitrarily to all Texas sixth-grade school girls as ongoing protection
against the sexually-transmitted HPV Virus. And why did Perry withdraw so abruptly from such a
controversial decision right before he declared his run for the
presidency? Or was it because his
former Chiefs of Staff were in on a boondoggle with the vaccine maker, Merck? Take your pick. Remembering the heartless alien who
wanted all the human race dead, what would a few sixth-grade girls matter?
Perry professes to be a born-again Christian who believes
that the earth is only 6,000 years old. He is a strong homophobe who would keep the GOP in lockstep against gay
marriage, no doubt about it. Anti-Abortion,
to the very end. He sees no
conflict in declaring that our Constitution is written with a Christian nation
in mind. Forget that all the
famous founding fathers were Deists, not Christians. But when you are re-writing history a la Big Brother the
truth is totally secondary to the divine mission at hand. And in Perry’s case that would be to
rid the land of the Democrats like David rid the Holy Land of the Philistines. See, Democrats pander to and help and
protect the downtrodden, the poor, the have-nots, and Perry is out to drown
them and all their government programs in Grover Norquist’s bath tub. Forget them low-lifes who won’t pull
themselves up by their own bootstraps and work for a living like the rest of
us. Perry hates them all and vows
to rid the nation of all entitlement programs, if elected, by cracky.
Funny thing but you never hear Perry quoting Jesus’ parables
about helping thy neighbor, or going 2 miles with him when he bids you go 1,
and yes, the most passionate parable of all about the Good Samaritan. Yet Perry is an avowed Christian
fundamentalist. Help thy neighbor
is not Perry, though. Why before Perry gets through he might have re- written
the whole New Testament about brotherly love and all to where all them
freeloaders might just disappear from the planet like the alien yearned for in “Independence
Day.”
In killing all the misfits and tax dollar drains on the
pockets of the chosen people (the Neocons), Perry even acts like God Almighty
as a prelude to his election as president. He has executed prisoners whose innocence was proven before
they were killed. Just before an
expert was to testify in the murder case of Todd Willingham who was wrongfully
convicted of the arson deaths of his three daughters in Corsicana. Perry restacked the Texas Forensic
Science Commission the way Tom De Lay redistricted Texas voting districts, and
appointed a crony, John Bradley, to head it. Immediately Bradley cancelled Willingham’s hearing before
the new evidence could see the light of day shine upon it, and Willingham was
executed. Wonder if Perry saw
himself as God the avenger of all that is riff raff, regardless of guilt or
innocence? Was Pontius Pilate
correct about “What is truth?” Guess so when Perry’s hand is on the beaker switch. Pretty rough stuff, Rick. Reducing the Population Perry-Style
Then there is Perry’s total indifference when it comes to stealing
Texas special purpose set aside funds. Take the Texas Electric
Assistance Fund set up for low income customers to help them pay their light
bills. What with Texas in the
throes of the worst drought on record and wildfires and triple-digit days as we
speak sweeping much of the state, you got to wonder where the money went to
help Texans. Wasn’t the money set up for that sole purpose? When you are about to run for president you got to look noble. But when you are about drowning the
Beast you got to wear more than one hat.
And the Teachers Retirement System Board where Governor
Perry took millions of dollars set aside for teachers and fees and gave it back
to the firms that helped him get elected. That little “privatization” trick Perry has perfected. Death by Privatization. Catchy sound.
What about Perry’s statement that Bernanke’s printing of
more money at the Fed as “Treason?” I got to wonder what Perry thought about his mentor, George W. Bush,
lying to the world about our dire and urgent need to attack Iraq because, he
said, Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction pointed at U. S. Cities. Did it matter that our own CIA told Bush
not to use the bogus British intelligence report that Hussein was attempting to
buy Yellow Cake Uranium from Niger? Nope. Life is unimportant
when you are dealing with members of the Have-Nots, and those who attacked us
on 911 like Hussein. Or not. And Perry is the man for the job, damn
the truth, full speed ahead.
Perry stonewalled the $25 billion dollar Texas budget
shortfall just as slick as owl shit on a sycamore limb. He told us Texas was the chosen state
that had more jobs and the best balance sheet of any state in the union. But Texas’ shortfall, all considered,
is right up there and looking to surpass California’s at this writing. The shortfall pinches. Texas is laying off hundreds of
teachers and government workers as we speak to address Texas budget shortfalls
and planned budget cuts levied on the innocent. What a guy!
Adding insult to injury Perry is involved in many scandalous
maneuvers to reward his cronies who elected him by favoring them with funny
money Texas slush funds established for set purposes. And because they sound so lofty, the funds can disappear in
an instant (poof) and find their way into the pockets of cronies like one of
Perry’s favorite buddies, Red McCombs, co-founder of Clear Channel
Communications. He and Perry aim
to build a Formula One Racetrack in Austin, and over $25 million in Texas state
funds are on the chopping block. Every
year. That and other such slights
of hand at the governor’s office in Austin is where the tax money for teachers, education, and other
programs that serve Texans pours out of Austin like a big hole in Lake Travis
Dam.
Texas Tax Dollars Favor the
Rich Thanks to Perry
Oh, and what about Perry’s stated desire for Texas to secede
from the United States? A
secessionist running for president of the country he wants to leave high and
dry by walking Texas out of the Union? Somebody pinch me. Have we voters stumbled and hit our head on a big
rock or what? This dude is far worse than Dubya ever aspired to be.
So what if you ruin the whole 100s of millions of working
class and their families by favoring companies who take their factories
offshore? What if people starve
for lack of a government that cares about the common man? European countries who make it work for
all the people in healthcare, pensions, and vacations, have got to think the
USA is one big fruitcake. A nation
gone cuckoo with the Neocons and misguided Tea Baggers like Palin and Boehner beating
all us working class, middle class, and poor Americans like a cow being driven
with a stick. And telling us it is
the way Jesus would have wanted it. As a country we stick out like a possum at a Beagle picnic. Perry’s credo does not agree with those
decent countries that care about people, their fellow men and women, and
decency. Perry’s is a philosophy
of survival of the fittest. And of
the dishonest.
So what happens to all the millions of Americans to be
eliminated? No problem. To take their place at menial wages
here at home, you got the illegals from Mexico, the vermin that Republicans
love to say they hate, but secretly want to keep as servants, maids,
landscapers, factory workers here (wink, wink). Then you shift the manufacturing jobs overseas to China, to
Mexico where labor is cheap and sparkling new offshore factories bought with
Bush’s 2 Trillion dollar tax cuts for the rich are belching smoke and
thriving.
You heard it here, Perry, if elected to president, will be
the final Neocon Buzzard that picks the bones of what used to be the United
States of America, a nation of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Take heed. Perry has given us fair warning of what lies ahead in his demented world
if he has anything to say about it. And he ain’t no rock star.