Tea Party

I attended my local "Tea Party" yesterday carrying this nice sign:



I almost wrote on the back, "Remember the 10th Amendment."

In a speech yesterday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) said:
“I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union,” the governor said. “I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state.”

Rick Perry and I are clearly on the same page. He also endorsed a Texas State House resolution affirming the state’s sovereignty that urges that “all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.”

Did you hear about the report on right-wing extremism just released by Janet Napolitano at DHS? According to her report, Rick Perry and I clearly qualify as “right-wing extremists” for supporting the 10th Amendment and “rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority.”

Aarghh!