Don't Mess With Texas...

Being the first (of what I hope will hope will be many) states to basically tell the feds to fuck off under the 10th Amendment("The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.") is (drumroll please)... Texas. Yeah I know big surprise here, if anyone was going to do it first it would be them. Keep in mind it was its own country for about a year or two in the mid 1850's before admittance to the Union after it declared itself independent from Mexico. The article is breaking below on Drudge, compare the time stamp to mine. I got this shit up 10 minutes after the press release, yay for me. But seriously this could be the beginning of something huge. Government's job in DC is limited, we give up certain right to them for the betterment of our country. We don't give up ALL rights to them (probably news to anyone in the Obama abomination, er I mean administration) and then they get to pick which ones to give back to us. The summer of violence is heating up.
WAKE UP CALL: TEXAS GOV. BACK RESOLUTION AFFIRMING SOVEREIGNTY
Tue Apr 14 2009 08:44:54 ET

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states’ rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

“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.”

Perry continued: "Millions of Texans are tired of Washington, DC trying to come down here to tell us how to run Texas."

A number of recent federal proposals are not within the scope of the federal government’s constitutionally designated powers and impede the states’ right to govern themselves. HCR 50 affirms that Texas claims sovereignty under the 10th Amendment over all powers not otherwise granted to the federal government.

It also 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.