A moment of silence
I was standing outside the entrance to the House yesterday amid a score of lobbyists who were buttonholing members when suddenly the buzz of conversation evaporated into the air. The entire foyer became as quiet as a church. What was going on? Governor Perry had arrived. There was that last moment of talking before everybody realized he was there, and then it was as still and quiet as if the Queen of England had arrived. It was a respectful silence, an acknowledgement of the leader’s separation from the rest of us. I had not seen that happen before. The episode spoke loudly about the stature Perry has attained and the respect he is accorded–at least in that crowd of sycophants. I did get to say hello. He came over and talked about the upcoming baseball series between Texas A&M and UT that will probably decide the regular-season winner of the Big 12 Conference and lamented that he will be out of town. Then he made a little motion with his hands of praying for the Aggies. He doesn’t make it easy for you not to like him.
Spiro Eagleton says:
I met George W. Bush in early ’94 and he was excited about the Rangers signings of Jack Armstrong and Bruce Hurst. I think only .9% of Rangers fans remember those two pitched in Arlington.
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vbtexan Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Bruce Hurst won a playoff game in NY against the yankees in 1995 I think. I don’t remember Jack Armstrong.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:48 am
The Rangers weren’t in the playoffs in ’95. Hurst and Armstrong were both out of baseball after ’94. You may be thinking of John Burkett. He beat the Yankees in Game 1 of the ’96 ALDS.
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anita Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
They were silent every time Mussolini walked in a room, as well.
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Cow Droppings Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
sometimes I think the liberals on this blog think they can say anything without being called on it — but such a comparison is not only shameful, it is offensive.
Nevermind the fact Perry’s dad strapped himself into the tailgun of a bomber on several dozen missions to defeat the axis forces, the demonization of political enemies by comparing them to Hitler, Mussolini or Stalin is so over the top that it really demeans people who suffer under real dictators.
There is the artful use of rhetoric, and there is substance-free demogoguery. You have slipped the surly bonds of reason, and crossed from one to the other.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
You should direct your comments to jbb
anita Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
And MikeO below — who actually cited Stalin. I purposefully did not invoke Hitler, although you did.
Cow Droppings Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
So you held off the Stalin Card: such commendable restraint.
anita Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Thanks.
JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 8:24 am
I believe Anita gets full credit for her tasteless comment. Let her savor it.
Taxpayer Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 11:53 am
They were already washed-up pitchers at the time.
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The Big Easy says:
Actually, Paul, he has made it quite easy not to like him.
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Don Q Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:11 am
Ditto.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:00 am
Double Ditto
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Texas Tornado Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
triple ditto!!!
Taxpayer Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 11:54 am
You radical leftwingers hate everything and everybody. Also, you stay angry all the time. Just listen to the tone of your posts.
Anonymous says:
Why can’t reporters stop getting mancrushes on the politicians they cover and actually REPORT on what they are doing and how those actions affect the general population? Why do you let their personality and whether or not they invite you to cocktail parties affect your objectivity and reporting? Is doing your damn job to much to ask for from our vaunted 4th estate?
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paulburka Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:29 am
I think if you read what I have written about Perry during the session–his education reform proposals for UT, his handling of the Forensic Science Commission, his opposition to use of the Rainy Day Fund–you will find very little evidence of a mancrush. We have managed to maintain a friendship by finding common ground outside of politics.
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Aggie for Kay Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:38 am
Agreed. If you had a mancrush on the gov, I would have left a long time ago. Plus why feign for his attention when that dreamboat David Dewhurst is standing there hoping someone will notice he’s in the room? Am I right? Am I right?
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:58 am
Right, the press is doing such a fantastic job that the concept of a structural deficit wasn’t mentioned until what, 6 months after the election? Perry gets let off the hook about the $23 billion hole in the budget while the press fawns over his courageous leadership against the overbearing federal government. Meanwhile, he takes $4 billion from the very same federal government to balance the budget and no one knows about. This must be because you guys are doing such a bang up job, right? Go ahead and believe your justifications about how tough you are on perry if that’s what it takes to help you look at yourself in the mirror.
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Karen Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:58 am
It was mentioned but the media just didn’t run with the story. Perry’s using federal funds to balance budget was also mentioned when he did it but didn’t get much press either.
Blue Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
For the love of fraking God:
” Perry’s using federal funds to balance budget ”
reflects a complete level of disconnect from how budgeting is done in Texas.
Off the Mark Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Actually, I remember several writers running stories on the structural deficit throughout last year. I’ll see if I can find links but I think Embry had one up as far back as Spring 2010.
paulburka Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
The first time I heard a reference to the structural deficit was in Dunnam’s Stimulus committee in the spring of 2009, when the LBB acknowledge its existence. It is hardly new.
Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
So perry didn’t use federal stimulus funds to balance the budget last session?
houtopia Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
He actually took more $6.5 billion from the feds – for each year of the biennium – for a total of $13 billion.
RonKab Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Jason Embry and the folks at the Texas Observer wrote A LOT about the structural deficit last year. So did you, Paul. And I thank all of you for it.
Texas Tornado Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Paul, you have done a commendable job of highlighting the Governor’s wrong-headed, simplistic, blatantly populist, sadly corrupt and otherwise amusing if not so serious assault on excellence at UT and A&M. Keep up the good work. Your pal Patti is stirring it up good in Houston.
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Taxpayer Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Major backtracking.
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Just Another Joe Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:38 am
In all fairness to Paul, this blog has well covered many of Rick Perry’s percieved shortfalls and mistakes while in office. I would not say that Paul has let a “mancrush” get in the way of his coverage of our governor.
I think the point that Paul was trying to make is that – unlike other governors – Rick Perry is a people person who knows how to work a room and make complete strangers instantly comfortable in his company. Perry knows how to relate to just about anyone and make himself appealing – on a personality level – to just about anyone.
To that effect, I believe Paul to be right.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:07 am
And that’s exactly why we need a strong media to cut through all this BS and report on what is going on in the back rooms. Just because Perry is a nice guy doesn’t obviate the fact that he is a lying hypocrite and his actions will cost the citizens of texas dearly in the future.
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John Johnson says:
Give Paul a break. Our governor is charismatic. So is our president. Perry does it with looks and “style”; Obama with words. Neither are worth squat when it comes to being good leaders. Perry knows nothing about altruism; Obama is the epitome of the Peter Principle.
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Furious says:
Wow, does everything the press writes have to be negative? I thought it was a nice piece and very true.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:51 am
Yeah, I don’t believe Burka has a crush on Perry either. He’s been one of his toughest critics outside of the goofballs on Burnt Orange Report.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:04 am
No, everything the press writes doesn’t have to be negative but it would be nice if they reported on the ACTIONS of our politicians and not how personable they are. I don’t give a crap if Paul thinks he’d like to have a beer with Bush or Perry instead of Al Gore. Report on the facts not useless fluff.
I want to say that I’m not only complaining about Paul in this regard. Our entire media has become captive to the people they are supposed to cover at the expense of doing their job, which is exposing the actions of our elective representatives to the public. Toning down a piece or refusing to do investigations because of a personal relationship with a politician is dumbing down the public and killing democracy in this country. What’s the point of the 1st amendment if your real fear is being kept of the cocktail party list?
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
This is a blog; not a newspaper; not a magazine; not your evening news. It’s opinions.
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Anonymous says:
Paul’s level of one-sided hatred for conservatives and those who support him is obvious to a blind man. One can only surmise that he wants to keep the gravy train going to help his friends. His criticism of TLR is typical. Paul believes in limitless lawsuits – to support his political party – and cannot understand that TLR is a smart operative with a vested interest in maintaining the economic and public policy improvements they have made to this state. Paul is either dumb or deaf to those improvements just as he is as understanding that TLR”s commentary on the house map is just an extension that those policies remain in place. Most definitey, if
Mostyn and near billionaire assoc. had any play on redistricting they would be on TV. Paul would be silent. Just as his – and most media – utter silence at Mostyn’s looting of state funds via the TWIA Hurricane Ike victims for his personal enrichment – and then arguing that that process should continue. wants
Similar,Paul’s obsession scapegoating true independent grass roots Tea Party types as extremists for criticizing the fact that we now borrow over 40 cents of each dollar with the resulting unprecedented debt owned by unfriendly countries is typical. Meanwhile, unscathed goes the paid, aggressive to the point of criminality, “grass roots” who want to continue the gravy train. Anyone who reads this blog expecting anything else is foolish.
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Harold Cook Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:02 am
Wow. I have often said that if I had a blog with commentors this mean spirited, I wouldn’t have a blog.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:08 am
A wise man once said: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Leave Ann Kitchen out of this!
Here we go again! Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Hey anonymous at 10:53…you didn’t read the piece on Doggett yesterday, did you?
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Yes, Doggett has soooo much power here in texas. Beat up on some schmuck but let the big dog get a free pass. Thanks for proving my point.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Here we go …
So Paul criticized a liberal D once with one sentence or so. That’s balance ? How much time dedicated to everyday eviscerating TLR, common citizen Tea Party types, Perry, etc. ?
Calculate how much time Paul criticizes left and right and we can discuss. Otherwise, why so silent on the TWIA scandal. Nearly a hundred million going to liberal trials at the expense of hurricane victims, potentially costing taxpayers heavily.
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anon-p says:
A buddy of mine was in a room with a tech panel discussing computer, internet, and technology issues, when the governor entered.
The governor gave a few aww-shucks “This is not my realm of expertise, I’m just a agi-sci guy from Aggieland” sort of comments, then exited.
The mood of the panelists immediately changed to giddiness and adoration (of sorts), and it mystified my buddy (not from Texas, incidentally) as to how he could have that crowd eating out of his hand with a few silly comments like that.
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Briscoe Democrat says:
Anon-p, does Governor Perry have some security detail agents with him at all times when he’s in open public setting ?
Spiro, Burka is probably bitter Perry not only beat the you-know-what out of his favorite gal, KBH in last March’s GOP primary and Bill White in the general.
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anon-p Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 11:44 am
Briscoe, I dunno about security detail in open public. I can’t tell if the guys with him are mere handler aides or security types.
I really don’t see him all that often. I’m not special.
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paulburka Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Briscoe — If you think I’m in mourning because KBH or Bill White lost, you’re wrong. They were bad candidates and they deserved to lose. They both micrmanaged their own campaigns.
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Publius says:
The governor is quite a disarming fellow up close. No doubt about it.
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Here we go again! says:
Paul’s right about the House….
….this doesn’t happen in the Senate.
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Karen says:
Perry is a very good politician. What Texas needs is a leader.
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Karen says:
Obama Birth Certificate Released By White House (PHOTO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/obama-birth-certificate-r_n_854248.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=042711&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief
Birther 1,2,3……….FAKE, FRAUD, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!
Think this will shut them up? Nope.
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Spiro Eagleton Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Why did BO wait three years to release it? I can’t believe he caved in to Donald Trump. Actually, I can. Obama is the opposite of Theodore Roosevelt – he likes to speak loudly and carry a small stick. He says Gadhafi “has to go” and where is he now? Yes, he may call it a “kinetic military action”, but Obama is the first president to have us involved in three wars at once. Only Dennis Kucinich seems to have the integrity amongst Democrats to point this out.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Yes, why can’t he be more of a man of his word like shrubbie. Boy the capture, trial and execution of osama bin laden really gave the country a boost. Wait, what?
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
How pathetic is it that your standard of a good president it W? You should try learning some American history. There were decent presidents in our past that we can hold Obama up to and see how massively he fails. W. isn’t much of a standard.
Moderate Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
It hasn’t. Leo Berman is already questioning its authenticity. Big surprise.
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anon-p Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
The birth certificate issue always was a red herring.
The real issue is his dual nationality at birth. Aside from the founders who are a special case, only one president before the current ever had dual nationality. And he successfully hid it behind the smokescreen of the exact same birther issue – had people talking up a false controversy of where he was born instead of his citizenship status at birth.
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Karen Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Dual nationality at birth is not an issue either. ROTFL. Educate yourself, please.
http://nativeborncitizen.wordpress.com/category/citizenship/dual-citizenship/
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anon-p Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 8:47 am
Karen> Dual nationality at birth is not an issue either. ROTFL. Educate yourself, please.
Others disagree. The minor lower court case around which your linked article centers does not treat the distinction between native citizens and natural born citizens, though it bandies about the latter term quite liberally.
The distinction has never been given full treatment by the Supreme Court.
Karen Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
anon-p Reply:
“Others disagree. The minor lower court case around which your linked article centers does not treat the distinction between native citizens and natural born citizens, though it bandies about the latter term quite liberally.
The distinction has never been given full treatment by the Supreme Court.”
Please cite your sources (others) for your claims.
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Karen Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
anon-p,
The fact that Obama’s father was Kenyan has never been a secret. The two people who had standing to question Obama’s eligibility to be POTUS did not because why? Hint: There is no issue. You can bet your sweet bippy if there had been an issue, both of them would have.
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Karen says:
“Why did BO wait three years to release it?”
Obama released a certified copy of his certificate of birth in 2008–the legal document form for Hawaii. All that is required for legal purposes is on the COLB or short form certificate of birth.
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Momma Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 8:39 am
I am an “after birther”. Where is the placenta?
http://www.theonion.com
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Robert says:
Paul Burka writes something that says much more about him than it does about Gov. Rick Perry. This should be instructive to all who believe the Lib-mantra that it is those on the Right who are hateful.
“The episode spoke loudly about the stature Perry has attained and the respect he is accorded–at least in that crowd of sycophants. I did get to say hello. He came over and talked about the upcoming baseball series between Texas A&M and UT that will probably decide the regular-season winner of the Big 12 Conference and lamented that he will be out of town.”
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texun says:
To the contrary, Paul is ducking the big issue to protect PerrY. There are persistent rumors that the Gov’s degree is not in Animal Science as he claims, but in Theater. Look at the evidence: what cotton farmer would spend so much time to get every hair in place, every Windsor knot tied perfectly! Back at College Station, the other guys were learning how to inspect udders, but Perry was in the Green Room, preening.
Note his skillful ability to push issues less for their public importance than for their dramatic impact: sanctuary cities, for starters.
He has a real flair for the dramatic, doubless acquired during long hours on the stage at A & M, not to mention his famous career as a Yell Leader. So, now that Obama has released his record of birth for the umpteenth time, isn’t it time for Perry to produce his diploma?
There’s a lot at stake here! We can agree that a man with a degree in Animal Science obviously qualifies as an expert on the U. S. Constitution, but surely not one with a Theater degree! Show us the diploma, Governor.
Of course, by now, his cronies in the A & M adminstration have probably altered the diploma, so don’t be misled by photographic evidence.
Then, there are his occasional lapses into theatrical language: “Is this a deficit I see before me?” “Out, damned tax, out!” And on legislative attempts to defund one of his 1001 spokespeople: “the unkindliest cut of all.”
What Paul hasn’t heard, as insiders in the Temporary Mansion report, when Perry gets up in the morning, he hugs himself and says, “I am so damned likeable.” What an actor!
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Robert has it right.
Commentators like Texun, blinded by their far left zealotry, cannot appreciate that Burka’s attacks on Perry are often speculative and personal. Burka often spews out vitriolic attacks against Perry egged on by the far left fellow travelers at this site. One will often find that Burka will attack a particular policy of Perry’s and not be content to merely disagree with Perry on policy grounds, but will then go on to speculate that Perry is implementing the policy for some dastardly motive such as self-dealing. In other words, in Burka’s world, only liberals can implement policy on principle but not conservatives.
I’m sure that Burka’s anti-Perry posts are often written after the consumption of several adult beverages in some Austin watering hole where Burka and his Austin insider dinosaurs sit on their barstools bitching about the demise of the “good old days” when Democrats ruled Austin and spent untold tax dollars with impunity.
The fact that Perry manages to treat Burka with civility is much to his credit.
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texun Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
My lenses are corrected to be left zealotry, I’ll have you know.
“blinded” “spews” “vitriolic” “dastardly”, you must have been in Acting 101 with Perry!
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paulburka Reply:
April 29th, 2011 at 11:15 am
(1) I don’t patronize Austin watering holes.
(2) I don’t sit on barstools.
(3) I don’t consume alcoholic beverages.
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Kirk says:
Paul, don’t look into his eyes!!!
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Anonymous says:
That’s exactly the point. Seems like a lot of “insiders” knew about this but no one thought that it might be a good idea to hold the govs feet to the fire when he campaigned on what a great job texas was doing balancing its books (with federal help, btw) and why oh why can’t washington be more like texas. And now he gets to act like “Hey, we campaigned on cutting spending and no tax increases” and not a single member of the fourth estate calls bullshit on that.
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anita says:
Perhaps the reason the room fell silent was because no one knows what to say to him. He’s a strange guy.
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eyeswideopen Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Or maybe they remembered what their mothers’ taught them. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”
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Seriously? says:
Typical Paul….always kissing Rick Perry’s butt!
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Seriously
Try the little blue pills too. You can have some fun along w your leftist reactionary deliriousness.
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Omaha is in Nebraska says:
Regardless of how many baseball games the Aggies win or lose against UT, the fact remains that they simply never find their way to the College World Series, unless by freak accident. They’ve been only FOUR times–ever. And when they make it, they get knocked out before they’ve unpacked their luggage.
UT has been to the CWS THIRTY-THREE times. 4 to 33. No wonder the Governor will be out of town.
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MikeO says:
That silence was in honor of power; the only thing lobbyists respect. They’d do the same for Joe Stalin or the Pope.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
I think you’re right Mike O. I find it hard to believe that the lobby would respond to any other governor that differently. Since it’s been 132 years since our last governor, there’s no-one alive who can tell us what it was like when the governor walked into the shark tank before Perry.
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Publius Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Correct.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 12:13 am
The silence was not in honor of power, but of being dumbstruck that he was actually in Texas.. and not politicing his way across the nation. They thought they were seeing an apparition.
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Julie says:
Gov. Perry is a really nice, good-looking man who is a pleasure to visit with, as long as the topic is not about state government.
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Karen says:
Julie,
And religion.
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angry says:
Rick Perry is an utter disgrace. People are losing their jobs and homes, and he truly doesn’t care one iota. What he cares about is whether Texas A&M wins their ballgames. The day he leaves office will be a happy day in the Lone Star State.
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Briscoe Democrat Reply:
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Angry, that day maybe a bit LONGER for ya if Perry somehow surprises us and wins re-election to a 4th term in 2014.
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Karen says:
Supreme Court Nukes Consumers’ Rights In Most Pro-Corporate Decision Since Citizens United
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/04/27/scotus-nukes-consumers/
Comment on blog:
Rj Walkerstuff Today 05:25 PM
“It’s official, the Supreme Court has rewritten the Preamble to the Constitution:
“We the corporations of the world, in Order to maximize shareholder profits and CEO pay, do ordain and establish this Constitution over the United States of America.”"
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Julie says:
Karen
I wouldn’t talk to him about politics either. He’s good with the small talk.
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Bring it Back says:
angry, That is not fair to say that Perry only cares about ATM winning ball games. He really wants bonfire back too, and this time, there’s gunna be guns!!!
Yeeee-haaaaa!
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Just Curious says:
Rick Perry doesn’t even admit that the “Economic Stabilization Fund” is, “To Be used to offset unseen revenue shortfalls in the budget.” Is he complicit in knowing that there was a known shortfall in the budget? Or is this a case of unknown unknowns, the “Rumsfeld defense?” Just curious.
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Psychophant says:
Paul, the news angle here is not that the lobby stopped yapping or that the Governor talked sports with you.
He and his entourage walked onto the House floor and spent a long time there, visiting with lots of members. It’s been a while since the Governor spent that much time in his old haunts. The news angle is: What was he working?
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Kirk Reply:
April 28th, 2011 at 12:22 am
Good point, Psychophant. The Gov. doesn’t do that for nothing. He was up to something.
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Bill says:
Come on folks, why make this so complicated? Paul is a die hard UT baseball fan. He’s a regular in the stands kind of guy. Perry, like all the “Good Aggies” gets serous about their baseball team when it comes down to Horns vs. Aggies. The whole point of the conversation and observation is that some folks can brush politics aside, stop and smell the roses and talk college baseball and the love/hate thing that makes Texas great — the never ending battle between The Horns and Aggies.
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longleaf says:
The battle needs to end. The overwhelming majority (90+ percent) of the A&M people wanted to “SECede” last year and join their cultural affinity group in the southeastern U.S.
Similarly, a majority of UT faithful wanted to make a go of the Pac 16 superconference. Unfortunately, TV money came in at the last minute and scotched the deal, making the majority of both UT and A&M fans very unhappy.
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Kenneth D. Franks says:
If Perry just knew what the Rainy Day Fund was actually for? I have nothing against A & M but it seems he should know how to read.
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LegeBoy says:
I just threw up in my mouth.
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AreYouKiddingMe says:
They were probably silent because they were wondering what kind of la-la land he has been living in and didn’t want to disrupt his euphoria. He wouldn’t get that response from the people in education, or other areas that he has led to be slashed by his mismanagement of State funds. His schemes have not worked, yet he keeps taking credit for how great they are. WOW, only in Texas could a politician get away with this. Keep spewing lies, Rick. Your sheep still believe in you, despite the truth of this dire situation our State is in.
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