Governors shun Bush military plan

Just because one state has a waffling handwringing crybaby fool for a governor doesn't mean they all do.

 

Just one more nibble by the Feds to take greater control of your life; NO THANK YOU!

 

This action was practically begged for in Louisiana.

The media, the local government officials, the victims and some of the people on this board all asked the same question.

Where is our standing Army? Why aren't they helping?

And this request by the President is a surprise?

 

In retrospect this is no surprise.

This is the first state I am aware of to ever let an emergency, that was foreknown, get to the point that such a request was deemed necessary.

If LA wants it, then I'm fine with that; I don't!!

 

Neither do I.

What is really needed is a different Governor of Louisiana.

 

A further usurpation of States rights/responsibilities.

 

Oh comeon...where are the conspiracy theorists when you need them?

Isnt this just another diabolical plot of the President to suggest something be a rule - before the states all start crying for federal help? I can hear it now...tornado touches down and destroys the Tri-City area, local government asks for federal help and the President responds..."But you said no thanks."

Capro, that line of thinking (Where is the Army now and why arent they helping) stems from the Clinton Administration when everyone thought it was perfectly fine for this country's military to do anything but protect it. I once heard my CO talking about how some of the staff suggested that the military get out there and build some homes for all those poor people instead of letting them live under the bridges.

 

A lot of people would not give the President credit for having that much political savvy.

It did cross my mind.

 

Reminds me of a poem.

A little off the subject, but still a good place for it.

Out-Dumbed, by George!

Did you really believe we’re too stupid to see,
How you tried to deceive us with smug sophistry?
Did you actually think we’d accept without thinking,
That our ship of state’s hulled, our economy’s sinking?
We saw how with help from your media tools,
You picked just the right captain for your ship of fools.
With your Cambodian Admiral at the helm of your boat
You needed an ocean of lies just to keep him afloat.

You put forward no spokesman with a true honest voice
And offered the voters no acceptable choice.
Your party got “jacked” by the loons on the left,
And the rest of you’ve yet to wake up to the theft.
You let billionaire bandits with a Bolshevik whiff,
Take your “Ride” for a drive that went straight off the cliff.
So, do you now blame your loss on these crazies and flakes?
Nope, by Jove, it was Rove, must’ve messed with the brakes.

Even now that you’ve lost, you refuse to accept,
That your party’s outdated and its leaders inept.
The election is over, and with your masquerades falling
The true you we see is truly appalling.
You’ve nothing but scorn for true faith and belief
Holding up Christianity as some election year thief.
Your apostasy’s clear to those blacks and Hispanics,
Who, next time around, just may be your Titanics.

So now as you sit contemplating your fate,
Sipping modest Chablis, camembért on your plate,
Just remember your failure in sowing false fears,
And let this burn in your brains for four more long years:
Even owning the press and controlling the tube,
You got your butts whipped by an’ ol’ Texas rube.
So, keep pondering this ‘til your brains are all numbed
Rove didn’t outsmart you; you were smartly out-dumbed

That’s gonna stick in your craws ‘til you’re forced to disgorge,
All you smart liberal wienies just got out-dumbed, by George.

Russ Vaughn