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motherjones: Your Lunchtime Must-Read: How a rapist’s confession forced Rick Perry, champion of Texas justice, to pardon a dead man.

motherjones:

Your Lunchtime Must-Read: How a rapist’s confession forced Rick Perry, champion of Texas justice, to pardon a dead man.

(Reblogged from motherjones)

thenoobyorker:

politicalprof:

Is Rick Perry running for President, or for the lead in a Michael Bay disaster movie? You decide!

I was thinking someone more like M. Night Shymalan, the twist becomes evident when the video suggests that Rick Perry is the one to ameliorate the problems ailing the nation.

That is some mighty fine propaganda there.

(Reblogged from thenoobyorker)

Brooklyn Mutt: The New Resentment of the Poor

wisconsinforward:

Representative Michele Bachmann noted recently that 47 percent of Americans do not pay federal income tax; all of them, she said, should pay something because they benefit from parks, roads and national security. (Interesting that she acknowledged government has a…

An important read. Click through for the full thing.

(Reblogged from brooklynmutt)

Governor Rick Perry Urges Republican Voters to Abandon Public Schools

jonathan-cunningham:

damekatharsis:

My rage-o-meter reading is officially on imminent meltdown:

Well, there is a lot of fat to cut from our public schools, especially those in our biggest urban areas like Houston and Dallas. I am concerned that some the highly diverse Magnet public schools in this city are becoming hotbeds for liberalism.  Do we really need free school bus service, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, ESL, special needs and enrichment programs like music, art or math Olympiad? I think we should get back to the basics of the three Rs, reading writing and arithmetic. I mean when is the last time a 6th grade science fair project yielded a cure for a disease?

I can’t take much more of this ridiculous nonsense. 

Fuck Rick Perry.

(Source: greenstate)

(Reblogged from jonathan-cunningham)