Posted on 04/27/2011 4:37:05 PM PDT by Kaslin
Politics: Asked last week why he's so unpopular in Texas, the only thing our president could say was "Republicans." Now that Texas has been lashed by tornadoes, his curious refusal to aid the state suggests the depth of his dislike.
Two weeks ago, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pleaded with the president in a 16-page letter to declare a large number of Texas counties disaster areas after historic wildfires ravaged over a million acres across the state, burning 350 homes and killing three.
A bad combination of hurricane rains, freezing weather and subsequent drought have made ideal conditions for the inferno during this tornado season.
Perry's request was a routine effort to free up federal disaster funds so the state wouldn't have to fight the fires alone. Texas should have been granted it easily.
But to date, nobody's gotten back to him — though other states with natural disasters, such as Oklahoma next door, got the declarations they needed. North Carolina got its declaration a mere four days after it made its request. So far, the White House seems to be saying Texas can burn.
This is no isolated incident. In the aftermath of the September 2010 killing of a U.S. citizen by Mexico's Zeta cartel in Texas waters, Perry pleaded in another letter to the president to send 1,000 extra National Guard troops to the border, warning of a "dire threat amassing on our southern border."
The response he got was little more than pablum from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano assuring that all was well on the border.
Since then, mass graves have been found on the Mexican side of the border, and they aren't done digging.
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That’s why we are a net contributing state. They just want our money to fix up he’ll holes like New Orleans. Screw the contributing class.
Texas more than most other states has options.
Thanks for posting this article. Obama is a thug and he knows he isn’t liked here. You can’t fool many Texans...so he doesn’t even bother anymore. Now he takes his revenge on the innocent victims of these fires just to satisfy his petulant child ego.
Novemeber 2012 can’t come soon enough!
He is president of blue states only.
I’d like to see Texas secede....then I really might move again...one LAST time...
Why wait? Come on down.
We will take care of it ourselves. Mr Ohaha has better things to borrow money from China for. I just wish Gov. Perry would send bamster the bill back when he wants his cut.
Courtesy ping (of potential interest to you).
Come on down...you know we got Dr.Pepper down here right??? Could you need another reason???
What they should do is enact a law requiring banks to regularly report all accounts held by the IRS. Most payroll taxes are paid via joint accounts so that would quickly and thoroughly document the federal income tax stream within the state. Though a mere state reporting requirement would not break any federal law, the implied threat would be obvious .
Apparently so! Our whole state is on fire(although the ones in my area are just about under control thanks to the Lord sending rain and many brave firefighters). Obama and his administration haven’t lifted a finger to help anyone. The stories in the local media are heartbreaking and horrifying to read. Last week they were so close to town that I had to water my entire wooded lot and decks in a panic just in case one of the embers caught the right wind. It’s very terrifying.
We have moved 10+ times in past 25 years....I really DO NOT want to move again....unless we HAVE to....plus I’m a Northwesterner....I have web between my toes.....
If Bush had held back on aiding states that went Dem, the press would have fried him. With “The One” being playing the game, the press is silent. Imagine the surprise of the electorate - sadly, we have come to expect this type of behavior out of this administration and have come to expect the press to cover for him with their silence.
I have 2 coffee cups that I bought when I visited my daughter and her family in Amarillo in 2009 I bought 2 coffee cups that says Don’t Mess With Texas on both of them
Obama came here during the election and tried to act like a cowboy with a black stetson but most here could see right away he was all hat and no cattle...lol!
Texas simply needs to withhold the money that it sends every month to the feds. It’s that simple. Tell Ozumba to kiss your a**.
That arrogant pos has hardly lifted a finger in any state that had a natural disaster. He never visited Nashville TN when it had the terrible flood last year that damaged the Opryland Hotel. He just does not care about the American people
You said it
Texas free!
Texas alone!
Texas forever!
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