Perry Takes Aim at Congress, Courts
Updated 11:20 a.m. CST: Gov. Rick Perry laid out his "Uproot and Overhaul Washington" plan Tuesday morning in Bettendorf, Iowa. Perry wants to end lifetime appointments for the federal judiciary and advocates 18-year term limits for members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Too many federal judges rule with impunity from the bench, and those who legislate from the bench shouldn’t be entitled to a lifetime appointment to the judiciary,'' the governor said.
Perry is also calling for the re-privatization of airport security, which would take the process of passenger screening back to the pre-9/11 era ...
Comments (33)
Erica Bozovich Hart via Texas Tribune on Facebook
well, I agree with that, for sure. Congress does need a complete overhaul, especially the house
Tim Thomas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
If his plan is to break the nation like he's broken Texas I think we should opt out of his "overhaul".
Randy Case via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Dumbass!
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yep and he is one that needs to go big time.
John Z Cavazos via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This guy has no idea what he's talking about...sadly
Jim Hsu via Texas Tribune on Facebook
yeah. Washington needs to get rid of the unnecessary wheel lock boots call the GOPs and the Tea Baggers. That's not just a new coat of paint.
Ken Collier via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Where was his interest in reform for the last 10 years?
Ruth Hill Pieper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He's going to completely overhaul it, but can't remember what he's going to throw out?
Bambi Clark via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tossing red meat to teabaggers out of desperation...
Julie Benningfield via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah - tear it all down, set the whole mess on fire and start over. Let's start in Austin!
Bill Carson
In his latest desperate act, Perry has gone from conservative to radical.
Does anybody still remember what it means to be conservative?
Ronnie Odom via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Let's start with Perry. The dumb ass doesn't know the difference between painting and mechanics.
Madeleine Dewar
Heaven help us if the nation even considers this *ssh*le as President. He doesn't even realize that what he is saying he WILL DO is not up to him and doesn't have a ghost's chance of even getting consideration in DC. Of course he might fully realize this and is just lying his tail off like he did against Bill White. I just hope the US voters are a lot smarter than our state's voters.
LuAnn Ferguson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Humph! This coming from a professional politician??!! Look thee in the mirror, Rick!
namoyer
So, a part-time Congress, like the TX Lege, bought and paid for by lobbyists and business interests. Sure worx here in TX....
Bob Elliott
I really like and admire Governor Perry with one exception: He said he would start with a zero budget for Isael. That one remark really upset me and made me change my mind about him. I will now vote for Michelle Bachmann unless Perry states for the record he would double the budget for Israel and provide them with a modern weapons to defend Israel from all hostile nations and invite them to join NATO and move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to East Jerusalem. Then I would vote for Governor Perry as would all Christian Americans.
gypsy314 ne
Now Perry you are talking now Im all for the term on all judges and cutting three federal departments. he may have my vote now. I wish he would also make it were senate and congress has to obey all laws like the people. From what I understand they get a pass on insiders law this means they get rich as hell while you and I will go to jail.
Sam McGowan
Perry is the only one of the candidates - including Obama - who is making any sense. Washington does need a major overhaul. Congressmen shouldn't be "full-time." They're supposed to be representatives of the districts that elected them. As for cabinets, more than half of the ones that now exist have been created since the nineteenth century. We've got thirteen right now and had six for the first century or so of the country's existence. (Just how has Perry "broken" Texas? Somebody needs to do some research and see just where Texas stands in the scheme of things. Yes, Texas spends less money on education than the high dollar states, but the cost of living in Texas is a lot lower too. New York City, for example, costs almost twice as much to live as Houston.)
Kimberly Maudine via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It will never happen, but I would totally support it. What we have here from Perry is a blind hog/acorn situation.
Tom Barry via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He's a complete hypocrite. Look at his Texas record of pure crony capitalism. This example from today's American-Statesman: http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/rick-perry/project-with-ties-to-perry-okd-despite-objections-1969146.html
Tom Barry
Perry is a complete hypocrite. His record as governor is pure crony capitalism. Here's only the latest example:
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/rick-perry/project-with-ties-to-perry-okd-despite-objections-1969146.html
d f
Well, well. What do we have here? Jes more of ole good hair's cockamaimy stupidity. Down here in Tixis, we Texans have long since gotten used to part-time ledge us lay tors makin fools out of theyselves, thankfully, only once every other year. Unless they can't agree on thangs. Then, ole good hair calls them back for another round of shenanigans, sometimes including his own personal ideological, right-wing lunacy. At least we have time between sessions to get over the embarrassment of the fools and the cons who think they are so very important. Main reason why Tixis only has a biennial session is to cut the cost of ledge us latein. Simple as that. No other Republican, right wing reason for it. With his national poll results so low, what else would you expect from this arrogant bully who thinks he has to make up sumpin more stupid than the Looney Toone Bachmann, or the performance artist Cain to get attention. Once again, we see how good ole good hair is at pandering to his target voters, namely all them dumb teabaggers.
Wilkins Micawber
It is curious to me that most of the radical revisions Part-time Perry has proposed in the past week would require the complicity of the Legislative branch and ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures to become law.
In other words, the President of the United States has no authority to carry out the proposals that Perry is advancing in his war on government.
For those of you who are inspired by the political genius of this two-bit grifter- well, what can I say ?
Linda Skoda
I like the idea of federal judges with limits, nothing is forever. In fact, judges are not really needed across the land if the Grand Juror's knew their rights and the people had a county tribunal court. It sure would stop a lot of corruption and bad attorneys. I still trust Ron Paul more!
WUSRPH
Another one Rick has not thought thru...or maybe he has----cutting Congress' pay AND allowing them to have hometown jobs when now they are prohibited for working for anyone else but the government.....Think of all the money it will save lobby groups...You no longer will have to contribute to them...You can just put them on the payroll!!! At one time former GOP U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen's home town law firm in Peoria, Ill., was the local agent on retainer for EVERY major corporation in the U.S. Ethics laws put a stop to that...but Good Ole Rick wants to bring those days back again! Maybe we can set up bidding wars where companies have to bid for the "services" of their local congressman...Or maybe we can set them all up as "consultants" working for a whole slew of firms....Great idea, Rick!! I had not realized he resented the Texas Constitution's provision that bars him from "outside employment"....He probably thinks he could have "earned" even more millions and millions had we let him be both governor and have another job.
Linda Skoda
Bill Duff asked me to email the membership - this update;
As you may know, moving around -things don't always fall into place.
Internet servers are not all set up as of yet, had to make an appointment
- which isn't until the 22nd.
So if all goes well, our meetting on talkshoe will start back up then.
If not you will receive an email with the status.
Best Regards, Betty Brown
Ps. thanks Jim, copied from him,,,
Hang on to your hat. This explains why there are so many similarities between now and 1933 Germany.
http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20070405.htm
and from Jimmy S.
Breaking News: Outrageous New Attack on Dr. Burzynski—New Action Alert!
November 14, 2011
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JusticiaThe pioneering cancer doctor is a target once again. But you can help stop the attack.
https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=963
Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD, is a biochemist practicing in Texas who developed (using his own money) a nontoxic gene-targeted cancer therapy called antineoplastons. It has been shown to effectively help cure some of the most “incurable” forms of terminal cancer.
Dr. Burzynski had tried to get the FDA to review and approve antineoplastons since 1977, to no avail. To make sure he would not get into trouble for using the experimental therapy in his practice, his legal team confirmed that he was acting within the law and could use antineoplastons in his own practice “to meet the immediate needs of patients.” But in the 1980s the Texas Medical Board (TMB) charged him with breaking a law that didn’t actually exist and tried to revoke his medical license. Numerous investigations later—including an appearance before the Texas Supreme Court—found no violation of any law or standard of care. The TMB came up empty-handed.
We have reported on the TMB’s pattern of harassment against integrative doctors a number of times, discussing serious allegations from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the serious attacks on Dr. Bill Rea’s work in environmental medicine and chemical sensitivity, and on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s involvement in appointing board members who actively harass integrative physicians.
As Dr. Joseph Mercola reported in June of this year, the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry, and the National Cancer Institute all knew how promising Dr. Burzynski’s therapy was proving to be. Standard cancer treatment is based on very expensive machines and very expensive toxic drugs. There is an enormous amount of money to be made in this paradigm, and Dr. Burzynski’s work single-handedly threatened to overturn much of it. On the other hand, this treatment showed such promise that they wanted to get their hands on it themselves.
So first they tried to copy his invention using a single non-patented ingredient, and when that failed, they tried to steal his patents out from under him. However, they knew they couldn’t use the stolen patents so long as he had the ability to defend his rights. So the government spent over $60 million to prosecute him on 75 counts of violating federal law, hoping to tuck him away in jail for the rest of his life.
For the next ten years, Dr. Burzynski was engaged in a lengthy and convoluted legal battle with the FDA. After two trials, he was found not guilty on all counts, and his antineoplastons medication is currently undergoing the FDA approval process. His fight was chronicled in a stunning documentary film, Burzynski: The Movie. More info on the documentary can be found at the film’s website, while the movie itself can be viewed online for a limited time.
Now the Texas Medical Board is back. The TMB is making yet another attempt to revoke Dr. Burzynski’s medical license which, if successful, would result in the closure of his clinic, the abandonment of all his patients, and would squelch any possibility of antineoplastons gaining FDA-approval.
Using the death of two of his terminally ill patients as a pretext, the TMB is charging Dr. Burzynski with the off-label use of FDA-approved drugs. It must be stressed, however, that Dr. Burzynski uses the drugs off-label in order to tailor the medication specifically to an individual’s genetic profile, rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. Dr. Burzynski takes blood and tissue samples from his patients to form their molecular profile. From that he chooses from wide variety of existing FDA-approved drugs to tailor his gene-targeted therapy to his patient’s genetic profile specifically.
Multi-agent targeted gene therapies are the way of future. The American Society of Clinical Oncology has stated that they want to focus on “targeted therapies and personalized diagnosis and treatment” over the next decade. Dr. Burzynski is the only one who is using such a treatment on patients today.
The TMB’s complaint concerns a patient who had triple-negative breast cancer, had already undergone conventional cancer treatment without success, and initially felt better after Dr. Burzynski’s treatment and was able to return to work. The board is charging Dr. Burzynski over the side effects of his treatment, though they do not seem concerned with the horrible side effects she experienced with the conventional cancer treatments.
The complaint also concerns a patient with estensioneruoblastoma, a cancer so rare that any medication use would have been “off-label” since there is no recognized treatment for this disease at all. The patient lived for five more years and the tumor decreased in size by 40%, but the TMB complaint is charging that the disease actually progressed during his treatment.
The off-label use of FDA-approved drugs is not uncommon, and it is legal. According to the American Cancer Society, a study showed that 8 out of 10 cancer doctors surveyed had used drugs off-label. And half of the chemotherapy drugs used are for conditions not listed on the FDA-approved drug label.
Please take 20 minutes to watch this brand-new video on the upcoming court case, and share it with friends.
https://www.burzynskimovie.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126
Not only does it outline the charges involved in this case, but it also gives you a glimpse at a new side of Dr. Burzynski’s treatment. You’ll be shocked at how flimsy the TMB’s case is—and how doggedly persistent the board is in harassing Dr. Burzynski and others like him.
The Texas Medical Board v. Stanislaw Burzynski trial will begin on April 11, 2012. Please write to Gov. Rick Perry, who appointed a number of members of the TMB, including its heads, as well as the House Committee on Public Health and the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, which oversee the TMB. This is about our right as citizens to choose our own cancer treatment—and not allow decades of important gene-targeted cancer research be flushed down the drain in the name of protecting the profits of an industry that doesn’t want Burzynski to survive. Please take action today!
TO SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO GOV. PERRY AND TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES
think
Those Billionaire Koch Brothers funding the Tea Party anti-government political candidates would love to overthrow the government.
Why not toss all those conspiring white collar racketeers into the penitentiary along with politicians peddling their propoganda of corporate takeover of highest PUBLIC office. America isn't for sale even if Perry is.
think
Perry's never worked a day in his life and has been overpaid by the taxpayers while in "public office".
Texas should make Perry's wishes come true and relieve him of his government paycheck , pension, credit cards, mansion, wine stock once and for all.
He's made like a McMillionaire con artist off The Taxpayer owned governor's office and just like a yellow bellied turn coat tries to dismantle the very government he's ripped off. The public owns the office, not the millionaires trying to buy it.
He and those Koch Brothers are like Stepford Maddoffs. Perry better had leave public office to real public servants instead of forcing his $elf $ervice nonsense.
sssdddd
Rick Perry is just a reactionary whose book and platforms match very closely to those of Jefferson Davis.
It appears Mr. Perry is attempting to destroy the Union of American States and in the process our way of life in order to advance his romantic notion that the Confederacy of 1860 was an ideal form of government.
Rather this approach will reduce our great nation to that of a gaggle of bickering nation states who willl be too focused on differences to make real progress. Repeal of federal protections will re-usher an era of discrimination towards non-desiralbles of any stripe; religeous, political, or racial. IN short we will be at war with our selves. THis can only one way and that is another civil war. Therefore a vote for Perry is a vote for Civil War II.
Perry is in short a clear and present danger to our economy, our safety and our freedoms.
gypsy314 ne
Perry is on the right track and I hope he will keep his promise.
gypsy314 ne
ssssdddd you are so full of it
sssdddd
gypsy,
Evidently you have not read his book. Where he calls for:
Elimination of the commerce clause
Stop election of senators
He has also:
Flirted with treasonous seccession.
Flirted with assaulting a federal official.
Upheld himself as a Prophet from God.
It was the commerce clause that resulted in blacks being able to sit where they wanted on the bus. I fear Mr. Rick Perry's vision of our New America.
These are simply the facts. These facts align with policies most loudlly promoted by Jefferson Davis and loudly defended by Lee's guns makes a Confederate connection the only reasonable construct. I do not know any better way to see Evil coming than to see what this man will do to us...
I will not give up attacking him until he cedes the race.
Rudy Gonzales
I proud to announce that Perry will never make it to the pinnacle of the republican primary and therefore we have no real issue with his comments, since he is blowing steam due to lack of mental abilities.