And let us not even begin to discuss the implications to the “religious right” that Perry so depended on about the efficacy of moral training on their kids. Obviously, he’s going with the “inevitable” argument as far as premarital sex goes.

I can honestly say that I’m glad I didn’t vote for him. Though, to be honest, despite my “least of two evils” [Strayhorn] approach to the gubenatorial election didn’t succeed, I wasn’t happy with some things I found out about her post-election. Maybe we should have made a Kinky choice. At least he was open about his moral bankruptcy.

The betrayal factor here is, as you say, Tom, very high.

http://www.nvic.org/PressReleases/pr020107HPV.htm

“The most frequent serious health events after GARDASIL shots are neurological symptoms,” said NVIC Health Policy Analyst Vicky Debold, RN, Ph.D. “These young girls are experiencing severe headaches, dizziness, temporary loss of vision, slurred speech, fainting, involuntary contraction of limbs (seizures), muscle weakness, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet and joint pain. Some of the girls have lost consciousness during what appears to be seizures.” Debold added “The manufacturer product insert should include mention of syncopal episodes, seizures and Guillain-Barre Syndrome so doctors and parents are aware these vaccine adverse responses have been associated with the vaccine.”

Good reporting Tom! I love how this isn’t blasting all over the media! IDIOTS!!!

I saw a book at B&K this weekend that might be of interest. It was too daunting for the mood I was in, but I am going to go back and pick it up now that I’ve read your anarchy/tyrant hypothesis.

I believe it was called “the end of civilzation”. It started with some very troubling presuppositions, such as the property of the eletes will always be of more value than the lives of the underclass. I don’t think the author has a Christian perspective, but it is bound to challenge my preconceptions. And who knows, it may help me think more creatively of the world that is soon to come. Keep in touch, ok?

Add to this the fact that Merck has only tested this for 4 years; they don’t know long-term effects of this vaccine; the vaccine is reportedly only effective for as little as 3-1/2 years; cervical cancer has been correlated to, not proven to be caused by HPV; the vaccine doesn’t prevent all strains of HPV or types of cervical cancer; and the last figures I saw about cervical cancer deaths in Texas was 400 annually — and Texas has a high rate. So Perry is levying a mandatory $54M expense every year in the hopes that perhaps, if they’re lucky, for a while, women might not get a virus that could possibly have something to do with them having a chance of getting cervical cancer, and maybe, just maybe dying from it… many years from now.

Please understand, I am not saying that these deaths aren’t tragic. I would be devastated to lose my wife this way. But I’d be just as devastated to lose her in a car crash, and I don’t see anyone mandating an annual $54M private investment in highway safety, when traffic fatalities are much more statistically probable.

But just throw out the “C” word, and watch the panic kick in. Make it female only, and just see if anyone has the huevos to dissent.

The long and the short of it is, this is a gross abuse of executive power, and a shameless display of nepotism.

And this will succeed as another step in the slide towrd the “Nanny State” precisely because they’re relying on parents who have already abdicated so much of their responsibility in their children’s rearing to assume that the State knows best.

Maybe Perry would have a more positive effect if he did contract with Trojan… and had them emboss his face on the condoms.

(NOTE: some strains of HPV cause genital warts)