State of Disaster

[Crabtownboy]

Texans should be embarrassed.

But the flow of federal money poses a bit of awkwardness for the Lone Star State.

After all, just over a month ago hundreds of Texans decided that a pending Navy Seal/Green Beret joint training exercise was really an excuse to take over the state and impose martial law. And they claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency was erecting prison camps, readying Walmart stores as processing centers for political prisoners.

There are nut cases everywhere, but Texas's governor, Greg Abbott added to that particular outpouring of paranoia by ordering the Texas State Guard to monitor the military exercise. "It is important that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed upon," he said. In other words, he'd protect Texans from this federal plot.
Now, Abbott wants federal money. And the Federal Emergency Management Agency is gearing up for a major role in the cleanup -- including places like Bastrop, Texas, where the Bastrop State Park dam failed -- and where, just five weeks ago, a U.S. Army colonel trying to explain the pending military exercise was shouted down by hundreds of self-described patriots shouting "liar!"

After all, just over a month ago hundreds of Texans decided that a pending Navy Seal/Green Beret joint training exercise was really an excuse to take over the state and impose martial law. And they claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency was erecting prison camps, readying Walmart stores as processing centers for political prisoners.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/state-of-disaster_b_7481252.html

 

[Revmitchell]

Sigh.......... the op fails to understand just what the issue really is. There is no disdain of the federal government only excessive intrusion by it. Receiving federal aid during times like this is not inconsistent.



And since there have been deaths maybe the extreme far left in the media and on this board can be respectful and at least wait until their bodies have cooled off in the ground before playing politics with this tragedy.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Sigh.......... the op fails to understand just what the issue really is. There is no disdain of the federal government only excessive intrusion by it. Receiving federal aid during times like this is not inconsistent.

Texas politicians seems to think so when it was New England in need.

And since there have been deaths maybe the extreme far left in the media and on this board can be respectful and at least wait until their bodies have cooled off in the ground before playing politics with this tragedy.

[SIZE="3"So it is excessive intrusion and waste when the Fed. gov. helps New England, but statutory necessity when Texas needs help. Right?
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[targus]

Same CTB lie - new thread.

Nothing new here to see.

 

[carpro]

Same CTB lie - new thread.

Nothing new here to see.

Exactly. :thumbs: