http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/27/1388090/-As-Texas-floods-now-is-the-time-to-examine-its-teaparty-Republicans?detail=email
The drought in Texas ended with a wet, thundering bang last weekend, but the political hypocrisy may just be getting started. The Lone Star State is currently ruled by the worst sort of Tea Party Republicans. We brought you Senator hopes-to-be-President of the Confederate-States-of-America Ted Cruz and Louie the-dumbest-man-in-Congress Gohmert just to name a couple. We even elected this clown:
West, TX is represented in Congress by Bill Flores, who is also asking that the government declare the impacted area a federal disaster—and is requesting federal money. [...] Mr. Flores was one of the 67 members of the House of Representatives who voted against the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief.
Spending is only big and bad and out of control when it helps people Bill Flores and his ilk don't care about. Case in point, it's now flooding down in Texas:
This is when Texas nationalists and secessionists really look foolish. With 46 counties now declared disaster areas by Gov. Greg Abbott and no end in sight until summer, Texas welcomes federal officials and disaster relief.
Texas Task Force 1 and soldiers and pilots of the Texas Military Forces — the National Guard units and Texas State Guard — have worked round-the-clock to save motorists in Krum, lift away flood victims in Cleburne and search for the missing in Wimberley. But if anyone needs convincing, this reminds us Texas can’t go it alone.
When neighboring states or nearby foreign countries suffer the wrath of nature or the callous nature of man, Texans are often among the first volunteers on the front line rendering aid.
So, when Texas Tea Party Republicans seek to deprive taxpayers in any state of their own money, in some cases money and resources specifically earmarked for disaster relief, maybe it's time for voters of all stripes to re-examine that party's notion about what Americans expect and deserve from their elected representatives.
ahhh the tea people the real grassroot Americans who seem only to care about themselves individually not even as a collective. they are living high on the hog like the pigs that they are in Texas they get all their perks of being bigoted racist gun toting cowboys what's that saying "all hat and no cattle"
remember they came here to DC and other states with signs saying "we came unarmed this time" sounds like a threat to over throw the gov't. then what would they do fight over who's in charge they have so many chapters and so many chef's which leads to too many cooks which leads to a pot boiling over while trying to decide who's the head chef.
also wonder had they seceded from THE USA what would they be doing now facing this flood disaster borrow from China or Russia???? ignorance doesn't afford you the benefit of thinking pass 15 mins. in the future
