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“Well, now we know why Rick Perry and John Cornyn like to play dress-up,” Juanita figures out.  “They wanna be movie stars.”

With massive school layoffs and health care cuts likely, Texas lawmakers have managed to set aside $10 million in their initial budget proposals for making movies.

“So, listen to the squealing from Republicans over money for the National Endowment for the Arts.  They believe that art should pay for itself.  Unless, of course, some of the portraits are of Rick Perry,” she giggles.

Rick Perry, Movie Star

Perry, who has made bit appearances in Texas-made movies, originally requested $66.5 million for film and music marketing for the coming two years. That request was later reduced to $57.5 million because of budget cuts.

“Rick Perry’s Texas:  where the only good welfare is corporate welfare.  And it sure doesn’t hurt if there’s something in it for Rick Perry.”

“And hey Hollywood, times are tough.  Quit taking food outta little kids’ mouths to buy your mansions.  It just ain’t proper.”