Tomorrow morning, at the RedState "Gathering", Rick Perry will announce his run for president. Let us pray. But seriously...I want to welcome Slick Rick to the presidential race with twitter greetings, including the following:
Texas ranks 45th in SAT scores http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Perry’s Texas Has Highest Percentage Of Minimum Wage Jobs In The Nation http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
Texas ranks 4th in % of population living below the poverty level http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Texas ranks 7th in teen birth rate http://t.co/... #slickrick #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
Here are a few more. Much of this information comes from TEXAS ON THE BRINK published by the Texas Legislative Study Group.
Bypassing the Legislature, Perry issued an order requiring all 6th grade girls to get STD vaccination #RSG11 #slickrick
Texas ranks 43rd in high school graduation rate http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
Texas has a $27 billion budget deficit #TexasMiracle #RSG11 #slickrick
Over the last 15 years, Haskell County/Paint Creek received $232 million in federal farm subsidies #RSG11 #slickrick
Perry used federal stimulus funds to plug Texas budget gap #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
People are beginning to discover Perry didn't create jobs as much as bribe companies to move to TX from other states #RSG11 #TexasMiracle
Texas ranks 4th in Percent of Children Living in Poverty http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle
Texas has 8th highest poverty rate in the nation #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Texas ranks 1st in % of the population that is uninsured http://t.co/... #slickrick #RSG11 #TexasMiracle
16.3% of children in Texas were uninsured in 2009 compared to 8.6% nationally. #RSG11 #TexasMiracle http://texaslsg.org/...
28% or 6.1 million of the population of Texas is uninsured, the largest share of uninsured in the nation http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle
From 2000 to 2009, the annual family health insurance premiums in Texas rose from about $6,600 to $13,221, or about 50% #RSG11 #TXMiracle
In Texas, 63% of adults between ages of 19 and 64 living in poverty do not have health insurance. #RSG11 #TXMiracle http://texaslsg.org/...
Perrygate: http://huff.to/... | Sharp look, crooked dealings in the Lone Star State. #RSG11 #slickrick
Texas Ranks 2nd in % of population suffering from food insecurity http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMircale #slickrick
Texas ranks 46th in Homeowner’s Insurance Affordability http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
Texas ranks 9th in rate of incarceration http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
Texas ranks 16th in violent crime http://t.co/... #RSG11 #TexasMiracle #slickrick
Texas Ranks 42nd in Percent of Households with Internet Access http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Texas ranks 49th in average credit score http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Texas ranks 42nd in doctors and 44th in nurses per capita http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Texas ranks 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick #TexasMiracle
Why didn’t the Bush tax cuts create any jobs? #p2 #tcot #RSG11 @GroverNorquist @EWErickson
David Grann on Willingham death-penalty case http://t.co/... #RSG11 #slickrick
Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten Todd Willingham and what you did http://t.co/... #RSG11
Perry replaced 3 members of commission days before investigative mtg on Willingham execution; new members cancelled the mtg #RSG11
Rick Perry ran Al Gore's TX campaign in 1988, has attended Bilderberg with George Soros! #RSG11 #slickrick
Perhaps @RedState founder @Ewerickson needs to see some of this information.
Perry is speaking on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m eastern.
Happy tweeting. Create your own, or retweet me - @DrinkBeerNotTea.
More Texas information at TEXAS ON THE BRINK.