TagsTagsLast month we reported that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles was actually considering the approval of an objectively pro-slavery license plate, prominently featuring the Confederate flag. Today we're glad to announce that the Texas DMV board voted unanimously to reject the design, after two hours of public testimony in ...
Texas, Neo-Confederate, Civil War, Racism, Slavery, Sons of Confederate Veterans
With any luck, this is the last generation of "Sons of the Confederate Veterans" still confused about who won the Civil War -- and why: Texas considers Confederate flag license plate. Video HOUSTON -- Texas is considering a specialty license plate that would feature the Confederate flag. The idea is to ...
Texas, Neo-Confederate, Civil War, Racism, Slavery, Bad Craziness
Professor of oceanography John Anderson was commissioned to write a report on the state of Galveston Bay by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; but when the TCEQ saw his report they decided to delete all references to human-caused climate change and other human impacts on the environment: Professor says ...
Texas, Global Warming, Climate Change, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Right Wing, Censorship, Anti-Science
Harsh words for Rick Perry today from former RNC chairman Michael Steele: Michael Steele on Perry’s Hunting Camp: “It’s Very Troubling”. In an interview with TIME on Monday morning, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele also scolded Perry. “It’s very troubling on some many levels, for so many reasons,” ...
The Washington Post leads today with a story about Rick Perry's hunting camp, where he entertained his good ol' boy right wing Texan political allies on numerous occasions. The name of the ranch: "n*****head." Paint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow ...
Today the Supreme Court told Texas not to enforce an unbelievably primitive GOP-sponsored law that requires women to undergo an invasive vaginal procedure before they can have a legal abortion: Supreme Court Blocks Texas Abortion/Sonogram Law. The GOP's embryo inspection device in action The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that Texas ...
Abortion, Texas, Women's Rights, Sonogram, Misogyny, Republican Party
In the aftermath of Rick Perry's pathetically awful debate performances and Herman Cain's upset straw poll win, Perry's advisers tell Politico they have no plans to change anything. Oh, well, one thing. Perry's going to get even more hostile to Mitt Romney. It's a microcosm of the Republican Party -- when ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Republican Party, Debate, Fundamentalism, Religious Right
And then we have the other memorable Rick Perry moment from last night's debate, when he boasted that he's "never struggled" with the fact that he holds the record for the most executions presided over by any modern governor: 234. This provoked enthusiastic cheers from the conservative audience, which is unfortunately ...
Debate, Right Wing, Death Penalty, Execution, Texas, Rick Perry
Texas's creationist governor Rick Perry really doesn't like the US Constitution very much; he has a long list of changes and amendments he wants to make, starting with term limits on Supreme Court justices. Washington - Rick Perry, like other conservatives, has lots of complaints about the Supreme Court: The ...
Rick Perry, Texas, US Constitution, Cognitive Dissonance, Right Wing, Election 2012, Religious Right
A victory for women over the misogynistic right wing throwbacks in Texas: Key Provisions Of Texas Sonogram Law Struck Down. A federal judge on Tuesday struck down key provision of Texas' new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion, ruling that the measure violates the free ...
Texas, Women's Rights, Abortion, Sonogram, Misogyny, Republican Party
Creationist Republican candidate Rick Perry's book "Fed Up" argues that nearly every federal social program is unconstitutional, and a month ago he was proudly signing copies and recommending that people read it. But suddenly, since entering the Presidential race, Perry is disavowing the whole book: Rick Perry Is Less 'Fed Up' ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Election 2012, Right Wing, Religious Right, Hypocrisy, Social Security
The video of the day, starring Rick Perry. Almost painful to watch.
Rick Perry, Texas, Election 2012, Right Wing, Religious Right, Abstinence
Steve Benen makes a good point here, about Rick Perry's statement that "in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools:" Perry may have no idea what goes on in Texas’ public schools, but if they’re teaching “both creationism and evolution,” they’re violating the law. It’s not ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Texas
This needs to get much more attention: Rick Perry is the most overt creationist in a political party that's completely dominated by a crazed rejection of science. Here he is in New Hampshire, telling a young boy that evolution is just "another theory that's out there," and "in Texas, we teach ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Texas
Fox Business is about 12 degrees crazier than Fox News on any given day; it's the go-to channel for freaks like Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert. In this clip, Gohmert makes up an Obama quote out of thin air, then he and Lou Dobbs proceed to bash Obama for something he ...
Texas, Louie Gohmert, Fox News, Fox Business, Star Wars, Idiocy, Right Wing, Victimhood
It's pathetic and sad (not to mention insane) that the default conservative position on the science of global warming is total denial of reality. But Texas Governor Rick Perry's taking the right wing anti-science meme even farther. Today in New Hampshire, Perry not only denied the existence of climate change, he ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Election 2012, Global Warming, Climate Change, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Bad Craziness
Here's a good piece by Harold Meyerson on the sad facts behind Rick Perry’s Texas miracle. Consider the Texas that Perry holds up to the rest of the nation for admiration. It has the fourth-highest poverty rate of any state. It tied with Mississippi last year for the highest percentage ...
When asked today about Rick Perry's implied threat against Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, White House press secretary Jay Carney responded: "When you're president or you're running for president you have to think about what you're saying because your words have greater impact. President Obama and we take the independence of ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Tea Party, Religious Right, Election 2012, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke
Well, Rick Perry surprised me. I thought even Perry would have to realize that his statement implying Fed chairman Ben Bernanke should be lynched went way too far, and that he'd walk it back with one of the standard political non-denial denials. Instead, Rick Perry's campaign issued an official "clarification" ... ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Tea Party, Religious Right, Election 2012, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke
Rick Perry's going to deny he was suggesting violence, of course, but yesterday he said about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke: "If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Tea Party, Religious Right, Election 2012, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, President Obama
(Credit: Gus 802.)At LGF we've been following the career of Texas Governor Rick Perry for years, often focusing on one of his "achievements" that has so far mostly eluded the mainstream media: Perry is undoubtedly the most determined, persistent, and outrageously overt creationist in the Republican Party, and arguably one ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Texas
As he dives into the Presidential race, creationist Texas governor Rick Perry is trumpeting the alleged economic "miracle" in his state and claiming it as a victory for conservative policies. But are Perry's claims honest? Of course not: The Texas Unmiracle. What you need to know is that the Texas ...
To no one's surprise, religious fanatic Rick Perry told Mark Halperin this morning that he's decided he wants to be President. Always the chameleon, Perry soft-pedals his fundamentalist beliefs in the interview with Halperin, and doesn't claim (as he has previously) that God "called" him to run.
Rick Perry, Texas, Fanaticism, Bad Craziness, Religious Right, Election 2012
Today Texas Governor Rick Perry held his prayer rally "The Response," with a panoply of the most insane, bigoted, and outright racist fundamental Christian leaders imploring their God to help them turn America into a repressive theocracy. No, I'm not exaggerating. Right Wing Watch is posting videos from this bizarre congruence of ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Fanaticism, Bad Craziness, Religious Right, Dominionism, Abortion, Anti-Choice
Fundamentalist Texas Governor Rick Perry announced today that he's starting to hear that call from the Big Guy. “I’m not ready to tell you that I’m ready to announce that I’m in,” Gov. Rick Perry told The Des Moines Register. “But I’m getting more and more comfortable every day that ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Fanaticism, Bad Craziness, Religious Right, Dominionism