Rick Perry and Biblical Arthimetic
For those of you who think it’s a bad thing that Texas politicians don’t believe in science or any of that book-learning stuff, I have some real bad news for you.
Texas Governor Rick Perry does not need any book leanin.’ He’s got the only book he needs. Rick Perry says that Roe v. Wade will be overturned this year because the Bible tells him so.
“When God sent the flood waters, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. Only Noah and those on his ark survived,” Perry said. “When Jesus entered the desert and was tested by the devil, he fasted for 40 days, and he rejected the devil’s temptations. When the Israelites went out into the wilderness, they wandered lost for 40 years
“Last week, America began its 40th year lost under the rule of Roe versus Wade,” he said. “It’s a tragic time for our nation’s own moral wilderness.”
The number 40 is used a lot in the Bible but that doesn’t mean that 40 is like a Magic 8 ball. Unless, of course, you’re Rick Perry and slept through math class.
There was a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol yesterday to insure that Texas women need to stock up on coathangers. Not surprisingly, the speakers – Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and Attorney General Greg Abbott (all of who are not pro-life for each other ) – were all male.
The Republican leaders reiterated their commitment to building on laws such as those requiring a sonogram before a woman has an abortion and parental consent for a minor to have the procedure, and withholding money from Planned Parenthood clinics.
Which means that they can put limits on my constitutionally guaranteed rights, but their right to kill massive numbers of people with major artillery is sacrosanct. That probably has something to do with 40, but I haven’t figured that part out yet.
However, there is a pretty big downside to Rick Perry not understanding arithmetic. We are having to cut classroom teachers in a state that’s already near the bottom of education, but Rick Perry lives like fancy race car driver.
The new figures bring the out-of-state travel tab for Perry’s security detail to more than $2.4 million since his 2010 re-election, with much of that racked up during his unsuccessful presidential bid.
I guess he’s shooting for 40 million.
Your gov, Rick Perry, does provide a lot of entertainment. But I think you Texans overpay him. How expensive does he have to be before he is fired?
140 like the numbers 7, and 12 are symbolic. Perry understands symbolic. His failure to fund education is symbolic of his status as an idiot.
2Shoot, I was going to say what Sam said but he said it so much better. And I wish we could fire Perry too. He gets a salary plus retirement pay. (You explain that to me.) And Perry went to one of those little country school where most of the good ol’ boys were raised. It’s possible to get educated in one but you have to be determined. They’re big on the 3 Rs plus basketball and football.
3Barf!
4That’s not the only arithmatic mistake. Here’s another one: “Last week, America began its 40th year lost under the rule of Roe versus Wade,” [Perry] said.
Just as a baby’s first anniversary celebrates the end of that child’s first year of life, so to
5the 40th anniversary would celebrate the END of the 40th year, and begin the 41st year of “America under Roe v. Wade.”
I seem to remember him praying for rain and getting fire instead. Makes me wonder just who exactly he’s praying to.
6Ooh, I like that, Mike. Fire instead of rain. Definitely end times.
7But Jesus said to be ready ALL the time, not just on a certain date because nobody knows….
How to know when you are right: Whatever Rick Perry says, it’s the opposite. Simple, just like him.
8You mean GoodHair done missed his chance, SheriLou?
9Asking–seriously–because I’ve never lived in Texas: doesn’t Perry have to repay the state for his personal security details? Is there any mechanism that would enable citizens to sue him for this?
10(OK, not so seriously; anyone else think he looks like
a Fascist in that photo?)
What’s with the neo Nazi salute? Or is this some type of laying on of hands “Be Healed” crap (the picture)? It doesn’t work.
cranky hippie in the hollar
11Some of those small country schools used to have dedicated, hardworking teachers who, however, had no resources with which to crack open the hard heads of kids raised by narrow-minded parents and hellfire & brimstone preachers. Boys who’d learned to think the wimminfolk needed a man’s firm hand lost respect for the (nearly all female, because of the pay scale) teachers as they moved up the grades.
I’ve said harsh things about teachers myself at times (and those teachers deserved them, I still contend) but I also saw boys raised in a patriarchal society learn to disrespect even the best teachers as irrelevant and impractical.
12Rick Perry had a daddy wealthy enough to be on the school board, who also made sure he was taken care of by his teachers; and, just like GWB, he was a cheerleader & prankster in college, then got to fly a plane around where it was safe… certainly not in Vietnam… between 1972-74. Sound familiar?
He & his lovely wife are evangelical Christians, which creates mega-millions for a few TV preachers. So, I predict that’s his next gig & he’s rehearsing or maybe even auditioning for similar spots on TV. Just remember – you heard it here first! 😉
13Could somebody PLEASE get something really nasty on Rick Perry and spread that word? I am as sick and tired of him as real Texans are, and I know the dirt is out there. I also know we are better than that, or we’d have spilled the beans already. Dang!
14Hilary,
Yep!
15Hilary, I’m reminded of a sticker I wish I’d had the brass ovaries to put on my car: “Would someone please **** Bush so we can impeach him?” (Trying to avoid a slapping from mama; the word I left out is what Monica did to Bill.)
Rick slept through not only math class, but biology and history as well. And general science, if he’s ever said anything about climate.
16Of course 40 is not like a Magic 8 ball. It’s like a Magic 8 x 5 ball.
17Our dear Governor is always telling his fellow Texans to Pray…… for rain….that kids don’t get shot…… whatever.
Instead of having a “Security Detail” live it up with him where ever he goes…. Italy to drive race cars, eat pasta…. whatever…..
Why doesn’t he just “Pray” no harm comes to him?
He seems to think it works everywhere else, and it sure would be easier (and less expense) on the taxpayers.
18re: security detail
19Taxpayer travel tab for Perry security grows by $140K – Houston …
http://www.chron.com › Houston & Texas › News › Houston2 days ago – Rick Perry added more than $140000 to the state-paid travel tab for his security detail … tab for Perry’s security detail to more than $2.4 million since his 2010 … It’s unclear when Dreamliner will return to the clouds – Photo …
And yes, cairocat, I agree: look at that neo-Nazi salute.
20If praying worked, he sure as hell wouldn’t be governor!
2140 is a “magic number” in Russian, too: all the other multiples of ten have names that mean two-tens, three-tens, five-tens, and so on, but 40 is “sorok.” Why this should be so, I don’t know.
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