SHAMWOW

Well, fuck. Conservatives are pounding the backwards "states' rights" drum again. The governor of Texas is supporting resolution HCR 50, which "designates that all compulsory federal legislation that requires states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties, or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding, be prohibited or repealed."

"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. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union."

I believe we should return to the United States Constitution as well, to the part called the Supremacy Clause, which says you can't spout this crap, and federal law trumps state law every time. Remember the last time they did this? When southern states thought they had more authority than Brown vs. Board of Education, and physically prevented children from going to school? They thought they had more authority than the federal government then, too. It was same mentality when all those fuckers seceded from the Union. And again during the nullification crisis under Jackson. How many more times are these retards going to do this before they realize they're not allowed to? Jesus fuck.

On the same note, Homeland Security is warning local law enforcement agencies that right wing extremism is on the rise. They define this extremism as "mainly anti-government, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely." Which means the Governor of Texas is probably on a watchlist.