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August 18, 2007
Rick Perry's TTC Conspiracy
We couldn't help but notice a humorous piece by R.G. Ratcliffe in today's Chronicle about conspiracy theories surrounding Texas Governor Rick Perry's promotion of the controversial Trans Texas Corridor "super highway" project.
The TTC is a source of great anger for many Texans, especially rural folks who would be severely impacted by construction of the 1,200-foot wide highway and right of way, and property rights activists who decry government infringement upon private landholders. It's also bad public policy that would waste billions of taxpayer dollars, but that distinction hardly makes it unusual for government action (state or federal) these days. Nonetheless, Rick Perry has continually championed the TTC cause, despite it's unpopularity among his conservative base, which was about the only group left in the state who still supported the Guv. Not anymore.
Many of Perry's former friends on the right are now accusing him of abetting a conspiracy to merge the U.S., Canada and Mexico into the "North American Union", an EU equivalent complete with its own currency, the Amero. Right wing author Jerome Corsi, he of Unfit For Command fame (the Swift Boat vets book attacking John Kerry), has now turned his guns on the purported North American merger rumor in a new book, and even devotes a chapter to the good Governor of Texas.
Ratcliffe's article was good for a chuckle. We don't doubt that there may be some wealthy shadowy figures who might advocate for such a merger, from which they might financially benefit. You know, kind of like those darkly lit, smoking guys in old X Files episodes. But after watching the last couple of sessions of the Legislature, does anybody really think Rick Perry is smart enough to be a player in such a scheme? Count us as skeptical.
Posted by houtopia at August 18, 2007 05:12 PM