Welcome to the first post on the BBP.
This is an article I wrote and posted elsewhere. If you like it, you'll like the articles I write in the future. If not, well, maybe keep reading anyway.
Lets go.
1. "Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states’ rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
“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,” Gov. Perry said. “That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
2. "The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in "right wing extremist activity," saying the economic recession, the election of America's first black president and the return of a few disgruntled war veterans could swell the ranks of white-power militias.
A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines "right wing extremism in the United States" as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority."
People are rioting in the streets, literally, I’m not just using a phrase or trying to get a rise out of you. Last week thousands of anarchists, anti-NWO activists, photographers, and general angry mother fuckers converged on London to stand against the G20. A group being called “The Red Shirts” has broken up the ASEAN summit in Thailand is demanding there leader, who was outed by coup in 2006, be reinstates. The battles in Thailand ended with members of the ASEAN (basically the G10 of Asia) being lifted by helicopter from the roof, a scene reminiscent of the tet offensive and the end of the Vietnam War. Protesters in the US have been gathering in and around state capitals and and federal buildings today, the anniversary of the glorious Boston Tea Party, outraged about government spending under President Obama and bailouts for leaders of industry and banking.
And now, over the past week, the government of Texas has united to put out a bi-partisan resolution (and press conference*) supporting states rights over those of the federal government. The civil war was not fought over slavery, slavery was the issue that pushed states rights vs. federal rights and motivated people to take up arms, and now the exact same issue is coming up again. Oh yeah, and yesterday The Department of Homeland Security released a 9 page document focusing on the “new threat” of “far right extremists”. While the document starts by talking mostly about racist nationalists raging against the first black president it also includes “groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.” in the definition of “Far Right Extremists”.
That is, we are now fighting the war on terror against not only Islamic jihad, anyone who stands against the US military (or its mercenaries (excuse me “private military firms”) in its “occupation” of Iraq, roughly 200 children** (that explains all the dead Iraqi children, children can be terrorists too!), and now ... the state of Texas.
The deficit has tripled, Obama is having trouble satisfying the people who voted for CHANGE, and now Texas and the FED are in a dick waving contest. Mexico is in the middle of a civil war with drug cartels who make roughly 65% of there profits off marijuana alone, yet when California pushes for large scale legalization and sale of ganja to pull the state out of crippling debt, OR the president is asked his view on legalization, the issue is just laughed away. After all, we have wars to think about, as we pull out of Iraq the commander and chief wants to step up military operations in Afghanistan, “the graveyard of empires”.
And we keep on fighting the culture wars, and the real wars. We pray that Obama will pull up in a flatbed and drive us all to Freedomtown, USA. We read in the news about radical violent anarchists at the G20 and hate, but have never read a page of real anarchist teachings. The pope blesses earthquake victims, and speaks about about how if we have love, financial woes and cultural differences will melt away ... and he speaks from a private city, with vast banks, draped is golden robes.
Maybe someone else will come and solve all our problems for us, or maybe its time to evaluate your beliefs, find out where you stand, and try and make a difference in your own goddamn life.
*http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/12227/
** http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-identify-200-children-as-potential-terrorists-1656027.html
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