Gov. Perry Backs Resolution Affirming Texas’ Sovereignty Under 10th Amendment

[tombogan03884]

How many states have done this now?  I remember a few months ago, was it montana was affirming sovereignty also?

26 last I heard. Results ? Here in NH it got shot down in the House, instead they OKed Gay Marriage and medical marijuana.

[TAB]

26 last I heard. Results ? Here in NH it got shot down in the House, instead they OKed Gay Marriage and medical marijuana.

more proof that laws passed in CA, tend to passed nation wide with in a decade or two.


I don't have a prob with gay marriage( or by any of its other names)  I do have a prob with midical marijuana.    If its a Rx it needs to be adminstered by a pro, and proscribed as a last resort.   In ca all it did was make a bunch of stoners legal.

[m25operator]

So 10 or 20 years ago, California passed a State sovereignty law or resolution and it passed and was signed, Please!! And now We are all following suit?

[mudman]

KOOL AID TIME.

[Texas_Bryan]

Well I contacted the Governor's Office and let them know they have my support and I would urge my fellow Texans to do the same.  Even if your not too fond of Governor Perry, I feel this is a step in the right direction.  Email them Texas State congressmen and senators as well.

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[tombogan03884]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/perry_secession



AUSTIN, Texas – Republican Gov. Rick Perry insisted Thursday that his remarks about secession were not intended as an argument that Texas should leave the union, but Democrats still called his comments reckless and anti-American.

Perry's comments following an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday never did advocate Texas breaking away from the United States but did suggest Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede. And that was enough to feed opinions for and against secession on Web sites, cable TV and talk radio across the nation.

At the Texas Capitol on Thursday, Rep. Jim Dunnam of Waco, joined by several fellow Texas House Democrats, said some people associate talk of secession with racial division and the Civil War and that Perry should disavow any notion of seceding.

"Talk of secession is an attack on our country. It can be nothing else. It is the ultimate anti-American statement," Dunnam said at a news conference.

The Democrats are proposing a House resolution expressing "complete and total disagreement with any fringe element advocating the 'secession' of Texas or any other state from our one and indivisible Union."

Perry emphasized Thursday that he is not advocating secession but understands why Americans may have those feelings because of frustration with Washington, D.C. He said it's fine to express the thought. He offered no apology and did not back away from his earlier comments.

In his remarks, which were in response to a question from The Associated Press, Perry said he didn't think Texas should secede despite some chatter about it on the Internet and his name being associated with the idea. Perry answered the question as he walked away from the rally where some in the audience had shouted "Secede!" during his speech.

"We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot," Perry said Wednesday.

A day later, Perry said he found the fascination with the remark interesting.

"I refer people back to my statement and I got a charge out of it," he said. "I was kind of thinking that maybe the same people that hadn't been reading the Constitution right were reading that article and they got the wrong impression about what I said. Clearly I stated that we have a great union. Texas is part of a great union. And I see no reason for that to change."

Perry has been speaking out against the federal government lately over federal economic stimulus spending. He's also in a tough race for re-election against a fellow Republican, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, and is trying to portray Hutchison as a Washington insider.

Last week, Perry joined state lawmakers in showing support for a Texas resolution championing states' rights provided for in the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. He voiced support for states' rights again Thursday. He also defended freedom of speech to a room full of journalists.

"This is America, baby. First Amendment. We like it too, as well as the Second and the 10th (amendment)," he said.

Dunnam suggested Perry is positioning himself for his political future.

"We all knew he wanted to be president. I just didn't know it was president of the Republic of Texas," he said to chuckles from onlookers.

Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle responded, "It's unfortunate that Rep. Dunnam is trying to distract from the fact that yesterday thousands of Texans, including many in his own district, expressed their extreme displeasure at Washington's rampant taxation, big spending and bloated government."

Other Democrats weighed in with criticism of Perry's remark.

"Talk of secession would be laughable if it weren't mentioned in a serious way," said former ambassador Tom Schieffer, considering running for governor in 2010.

State Sen. Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat, said some issues should not be made legitimate in any way.

"By not rejecting out of hand the possibility of secession, Governor Perry is taking a step down a very dangerous and divisive path encouraged by the fringe of Texas politics," Ellis said.

[Texas_Bryan]

"By not rejecting out of hand the possibility of secession, Governor Perry is taking a step down a very dangerous and divisive path encouraged by the fringe of Texas politics," Ellis said.

Trust me, this won't be 'fringe' for too long, I never even entertained the idea until a year ago.  And now it seems to be the best option, for Texas and the rest of the Union.  No one can deny that federal corruption is out of control and that the oppressiveness of a few hundred people in the federal government is destroying our freedoms.  The idea that a few hundred folks on the federal level can tell millions of people how to live and that their local governments are wrong and usurp their control is insane.