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I listened to part of Rick Perry's speech on local news last night. He was pretty fired up about how the federal government is interfering with state business. He said some things I agree with, some I don't. I know Perry is running for re-election and I haven't made up my mind on who I will vote for yet. But one thing I don't like is hypocrites. Two things stood out in my mind as I listened to Perry lambast the federal government. One - Perry claims that the federal government is "oppressive" and meddles in state affairs; but he doesn't talk like that when he request federal troops to patrol the Rio Grande to deal with the drug violence down there. Two - while complaining about the federal government spending so much tax payer money, he has not offered to return that 17 billion dollars in bailout money Texas got recently. It's one thing to complain about the big bad federal government; but to do it while asking for their help and taking bailout money at the same time is just hypocritical. Again, just my opinion, nobody has to agree with it. I expect I'll get a lot of flack over my opinion, but so what.