HCR 50

This weeks news reels were anything but exciting. It seemed to be more and more of Perry not wanting to take the unemployment package. Mix in some sound management issues and a ton of separation of church and state issues and, well, there really was not that much. There was an interesting package to help the movie industry here which excites me and may spark interest in a new career in film, but really not much to read.

Then I came across this article.

Are you kidding me?

Perry is a leader of the country and stirring up dissention is not a good thing. In other articles it seems Perry is not really addressing issues but instead parloring the crowds for votes. Solve problems and stop with the drama. Wait this is Texas; A state where you can be voted into office not by your views and stances but by the slander you post about others. Is this really what we amount to?

Not like the media is helping. Watch the video and you will understand. First, grab the biggest redneck in a gun store and let him talk in that deep Texas Drawl. Then find a spiky-haired guy on a street corner and claim it is Texas. I think the only thing they missed was using that grenade launcher to hunt armadillo or maybe a car battery and a CREK. That's creek for the non-Texans out there.

Political Stunt... hell yes; legislation slow up, doubtful... an attempt to stop legislation from being able to accept the Unemployment stimulus... probable.

This all stems from a new bill HCR 50 the text is very hard to read but interesting.

Being unemployed myself, I do not fully agree with the federal government’s package for unemployment. I will not act like I know it or understand it but if it opens up unemployment to more people then piss on it. I have been working since I was 14 mowing lawns and making money, and this March has been the first time in my life I have been unemployed since then and everyday I am looking for work. I have known people with no jobs living off the government owning new cars and nice things. That has to stop in my opinion and opening the doors is not the answer.

Is the stimulus package all bad? Not at all. Roosevelt did it in a very similar way and people have their opinions about it's success and failures. The failure people talk about to my knowledge was that Roosevelt did not throw enough money at the issue, because he cut short it caused issues that may have prolonged it. Do they say that on the news... no it is sensationalism and not full facts.

Who knows what will end this recession but dissention is not the answer. People are looking for hope and for blame, blame is not the solution.