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1 Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate  Sun, Apr 17, 2011 5:48:55pm

I think, politicians, like Perry, will publicly support contempt for the federal government, and even play around with secession, because they know getting rid of the Federal government or secession will probably never happen. It really is a win win situation for them. They can keep their supporters believing in a noble fantasy of states running better and life being more idyllic, if only the Fed was out of the picture. it keeps the public actively pushing for slashes on federally imposed state regulations and programs-that might raise taxes on certain people- while the state government still receives federal money by blaming the existence of the federal government for creating the problem in the first place.

2 APox  Sun, Apr 17, 2011 7:29:27pm

Did they re-up on their federal firefighter subscription? Unfortunately, without pre-payment nobody will be able to intervene.

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[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

I seem to remember so many people arguing about this being 'justice'.

3 3CPO  Sun, Apr 17, 2011 8:03:19pm

Texas is #1 in federal disaster aid requests.
[Link: www.fema.gov...]

I'm not saying they shouldn't ask, but can they please stop with the Fed-bashing?

4 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Apr 17, 2011 9:52:07pm

Man, the balls on these scumbags

5 Kruk  Sun, Apr 17, 2011 10:54:39pm

re: #1 Cankles McCellulite

I think, politicians, like Perry, will publicly support contempt for the federal government, and even play around with secession, because they know getting rid of the Federal government or secession will probably never happen. It really is a win win situation for them. They can keep their supporters believing in a noble fantasy of states running better and life being more idyllic, if only the Fed was out of the picture. it keeps the public actively pushing for slashes on federally imposed state regulations and programs-that might raise taxes on certain people- while the state government still receives federal money by blaming the existence of the federal government for creating the problem in the first place.

Bravo! This is right on the money. Extending it a little further, this is also why some political figures in the US can keep calling for a theocracy. They know that the First Ammendment ensures it can never happen, so it's a safe way of firing up the base without consequences. In countries like the UK, where there is no seperation of Church and State (Her Majesty is also the head of the Church of England, and one of her titles is Defender of the Faith), politicians are much more restrained. They know a theocracy can actually happen, so they never risk bringing it about. They know that very few people really want to live in a theocracy, no matter how "righteous" they are, because they know they can fall foul of any number of religious edicts very quicky. ("No-one expects the Spanish Inquistion....")

6 theheat  Mon, Apr 18, 2011 5:40:18am
"I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state and the affected local governments, and that supplementary federal assistance is necessary."

Fuck the United States - wait! - gimme, gimme, gimme. Save the GREAT state of Texas!

it is utterly impossible for any state to exist as independently of the federal government as they would like

QFT. That's the downside to fundie secessionist wet dreams: reality bites.

7 labman57  Mon, Apr 18, 2011 5:35:47pm

Perry reminds me of an ungrateful teenager who disses his parents, and then asks for $50 and the keys to the car.

Perry has been brown-nosing the most vocal contingent of the idiot tea party crowd, morons who foolishly call for the state to secede from the Union, knowing fully well that it is a load of hyperbolic, rhetorical B.S.

And now we see one important reason why secession would be disastrous for any state to seriously contemplate.


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