Rick Perry calls for...(wait for it)

[discoberry]

A moratorium on ALL gov't regulation...

“We’re sending out a request today asking President Obama to put a moratorium on all regulations,” Perry said on WHO radio in Iowa, recorded live by ThinkProgress.
Under such a moratorium, the Food and Drug Administration would stop approving new drugs and preventing human experimentation; the USDA would stop checking for food safety; the EPA would stop monitoring for poisons in drinking water; the Library of Congress would stop loaning materials to blind people; the NTSB would stop investigating airplane accidents; HHS would end Medicare payments; no more patents, copyrights, or trademarks would be issued; DHS would stop protecting chemical facilities from terrorist attacks; the Treasury would stop printing currency; financial sanctions on hostile nations like North Korea and Iran would end; and the Federal Reserve System would shut down.

thinkprogress.org/green/2011/08/15/296314/perry-reveals-plan-for-total-u-s-anarchy-put-a-moratorium-on-all-regulations/

[ironbite]

Wow...what a fucking nutcase.

[Amaranth]

...I don't even know where to begin with that....

[TWoozl]

As an immediate neighbour to the United States, please, *please* I beg of you, Americans. Do not let this fool get elected.

[RavynousHunter]

So, is he retarded or just stupid?

[Amaranth]

Aug 17, 2011 14:28:16 GMT -5 TWoozl said:

As an immediate neighbour to the United States, please, *please* I beg of you, Americans. Do not let this fool get elected.

As an American, my first impulse is to scream "Screw you, I won't do what you tell me!"

[TWoozl]

Sarcasm and silliness aside, Amaranth, it's not a request. It's a hastily-voiced plea over my shoulder while my arms are busied with the task of digging a blast shelter. Metaphorically.

All of your potential presidential choices terrify me, more-so with the realization that I live within 20 kilometers of your border, and only a few dozen kilometers south of some of the most prime timberland in Canada, in the same province as Canada's second largest petroleum deposits. All it would take is "Gawd said we're blessed 'an we should take as we need", with some of your candidates.

[Jodie]

I agree with TWoozl that the Republican presidential candidates are nutjobs and scary, but I'm too busy worring about my own country because we have our own anti-gay, anti-environmental, Christian Conservative Prime Minister to deal with.

[Amaranth]

Aug 17, 2011 15:01:59 GMT -5 TWoozl said:

Sarcasm and silliness aside, Amaranth, it's not a request. It's a hastily-voiced plea over my shoulder while my arms are busied with the task of digging a blast shelter. Metaphorically.

All of your potential presidential choices terrify me, more-so with the realization that I live within 20 kilometers of your border, and only a few dozen kilometers south of some of the most prime timberland in Canada, in the same province as Canada's second largest petroleum deposits. All it would take is "Gawd said we're blessed 'an we should take as we need", with some of your candidates.

Think about how I feel. I'm much less than 20 kilometers from our border. These guys will ruin America long before they come for you.

[Thejebusfire]

There's no government regulation in Somalia. Why don't you go move there?

[discoberry]

Aug 17, 2011 14:33:24 GMT -5 RavynousHunter said:

So, is he retarded or just stupid?

I invented an adjective after I read this today: [glow=red,2,300]Fucktarded[/glow]

[ltfred]

A nice teachable moment.

[Smurfette Principle]

May he get lungs full of smog as he eats his salmonella-infested food that he won't be able to pay for.

[Rat Of Steel]

As one of the increasingly rare breed of Libertarians (namely, one who neither worships Ron Paul nor has been assimilated by the Tea Party), I have a brief message for the "esteemed" Mr. Perry:

*clears throat*

STAY OFF MY SIDE.

That is all. Thank you.

[Armand Tanzarian]

E-coli for everyone!