Rick Perry Apologizes, Republicans Want Rubio, and More in Chad’s Steaming Pile

Here are just a few things in Chad’s Pile that you will hear on Lubbock’s First News this morning. Give Chad your feedback on the steaming topics.

1. Sorry about that heartless remark (link)

Was Rick Perry watching Chris Christie last night when Christie mentioned Perry's comment about some Republicans acting heartless? Possibly. Rick Perry has apologized for the remark, but still stands by his immigration policy.

Rick Perry said Wednesday that he was sorry for saying at last week's Republican debate that those opposed to providing an in-state tuition break to the children of illegal immigrants "did not have a heart."

“I was probably a bit over-passionate by using that word and it was inappropriate,” Perry said in a interview with Newsmax. “In Texas in 2001 we had 181 members of the legislature — only four voted against this piece of legislation — because it wasn’t about immigration it was about education.”

But Perry stood by his argument that building a fence along the entire Mexican border was unwise. The Texas governor said that the fence would likely be expensive, ineffective and violate the property rights of those who owned land on the border.

Thoughts?

2. Rubio! Rubio! Rubio! (link)

It seems like there is one thing all Republicans can agree on. Marco Rubio should be the next Vice President. He is young, smart, conservative, appealing, and oh yeah he would help out with a key demographic.

But the party’s leaders and grass roots collectively swoon over the person they believe makes the ideal choice for vice-president, a Florida senator who has been on the national stage for barely a year.

Perry/Rubio, Romney/Rubio, Cain/Rubio, Christie/Rubio. Yep, they all work for me.

3. Facebook didn't mean to track you (link)

Facebook is so sorry! It didn't mean to track all your actions...

Facebook has admitted that it has been watching the web pages its members visit – even when they have logged out.

In its latest privacy blunder, the social networking site was forced to confirm that it has been constantly tracking its 750million users, even when they are using other sites.

The social networking giant says the huge privacy breach was simply a mistake - that software automatically downloaded to users' computers when they logged in to Facebook 'inadvertently' sent information to the company, whether or not they were logged in at the time.

Most would assume that Facebook stops monitoring them after they leave its site, but technology bloggers discovered this was not the case.

Yeah, I'm sure Facebook didn't mean it. Right.

These and many more topics coming up on Thursday’s edition of Lubbock’s First News with Chad Hasty. Tune in mornings 6-9am on News/Talk 790 KFYO, streaming online at kfyo.com, and now on your iPhone and Android device with the radioPup App.