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Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax “tea

party” Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states’ rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, “Secede!”

An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall — one of three tea parties he was attending across the state — that officials in Washington have abandon

ed the country’s founding principles of limited government. He said the federal government is strangling Americans with taxation, spending and debt.

Perry repeated his running theme that Texas’ economy is in relatively good shape compared with other states and with the “federal budget mess.” Many in the crowd held signs deriding President Barack Obama and the $786 billion federal economic stimulus package.

Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters’ questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.

“There’s a lot of different scenarios,” Perry said. “We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot.”

He said when Texas entered the union in 1845 it was with the understanding it could pull out. However, according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas negotiated the power to divide into four additional states at some point if it wanted to but not the right to secede.

Texas did secede in 1861, but the North’s victory in the Civil War put an end to that.

Fargo Phantom, ND — President Barack Obama’s overall job approval rating has been highly stable since mid-February, averaging 62% since Feb. 16, as well as in the most recent week, from March 30 through April 5.

Still enjoying a honeymoon period, Obama’s approval rating has fallen only slightly from its 67% starting point even as he has outlined an ambitious agenda that has been controversial to some with regard to the costs to taxpayers and the proposed expansion of the federal government’s role in the economy.

So far, Obama’s actions have served to turn off only a rather limited number of Republicans. He began his term with a 41% approval rating among Republicans — not outstanding but certainly healthy when juxtaposed against the largely single-digit approval ratings for George W. Bush among Democrats in the last year and a half of his presidency.

Obama’s approval rating among Republicans declined rather quickly in the weeks after his inauguration and was 27% this past week. So even though he still claims a substantial minority of Republicans as supporters, this group is about one-third smaller than at the outset of his presidency.

Meanwhile, Obama’s approval ratings among Democrats and independents have been highly stable. Last week’s averages of 90% approval from Democrats and 60% from independents nearly match the averages for his presidency to date.O

FARGO, N.D. (FargoPhantom.com)–Looking for a great weekend to just get away from fargo? Well I found just the place to stay in downtown minneapolis.  I really think the Van Dusen Center has to be the most romantic place to stay in in south minneapolis.  The website claims the following history….The Van Dusen mansion is one of the most flamboyant late 19th-century residences in Minneapolis. Most of its contemporaries in the Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood have been razed.

George W. and Nancy B. Van Dusen built the 12,000-square-foot mansion and 3,600-square-foot carriage house. in 1892. The structure is a mixture of Richardsonian Romanesque and French Renaissance revival architecture, giving it the look of a castle. It was built as an ostentatious symbol of the accomplishments of an otherwise low-profile company president. George Van Dusen founded Minnesota’s first and most prosperous grain processing and distribution firm in 1883.

Later that evening I went to a Restaurant called Murrays Steakhouse located close to the Target Center. It has to be one of the best steaks Ive ever eaten in my life. Everything there was Ala Carte.  There was a woman that plays the piano, and for $20 a woman will come to your table and play the Villain for you, any song  that you want.  The whole night cost about $160.00 food and wine.

The whole trip including Hotel was well under $600 a night. And yes it was a night to remember. If your significant other does’nt appreciate it my advice is to find another other….just kidding..seriously

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