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* Texas HATES the Federal government, HATES the idea of the Federal government, Wants to cede from the union, scared the feds are going to take over and jail them in Walmart. I think now is the time to Let them have their own Nation, their own Government, before they cost us a bundle. Ted Cruz can be their NEW President , WE don't want him!!
* There's only one word to describe little teddy cruz: HYPOCRITE.
* Typical Conservative thinking. I count, I am important, God speaks to ME, I should have everything, NO SOUP FOR YOU!
* My deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones. However, I'm remembering the 100 years flood that hit the residents living along the Mississippi River (1993?)--they were told at the time by the Repubs they should know better than to live along the river. And a few of those towns did move though their homes had existed for decades, some a hundred years before the flood. And year after year taxes from midwest citizens help those, particularly along the East and Gulf coasts, re-build after hurricanes. Now we have a situation of Texas who hates the fed. government, hates POTUS Obama, hates the 47%, whom they qualify as the "takers", yet now those same haters have their hand out... from the Christian Science Monitor 5/27-- "Emergency officials in Texas are struggling with the fact that they appeared to do everything by the book--and yet 21 people are still confirmed dead....But on Saturday night, hours before the height of the flood, the National Weather Service was trying to get the message out every way possible: "MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW." "...in one tragic case, 12 people in a local vacation rental reportedly got the warning only when it was delivered in person by the homeowner. By then, the flood waters had risen so high that they could not be crossed on foot. The house was swept from its pilings". --- Be careful of whom and what you hate, citizens of Texas should be grateful that we are a benevolent nation, a benevolent federal govt--NPR just announced that POTUS Obama has just declared several Texas counties disaster areas qualifying them for FEMA assistance. How's all that hate serving you now, Texans?
* As far as I'm concerned this piece of work still owes the taxpayers 24 billion dollars for that silly government shutdown a couple of years back. How much would that 24 billion dollars help out Texas right now, you stooge?
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Ted Cruz adopts a new posture on disaster aid
By Steve Benen, May 29, 2015
The storms in Texas this week have caused deadly flooding, affecting communities across much of the state. According to NBC News’ latest reporting, “at least 23 people have died in flooding across the state this week.”
Given the disaster, it’s hardly surprising to see members of Texas’ congressional delegation speaking up in support of federal disaster relief. TPM reported yesterday:
“There are a series of federal statutory thresholds that have to be satisfied. Initially, it appears those thresholds are likely to be satisfied by the magnitude of the damage we’re seeing,” Cruz said while touring the flooding in Wimberley, Texas, according to Texas television station KSAT.This is, of course, exactly what one expects of a senator after his state is confronted with a crisis. Indeed, note the senator’s specific phrase: “statutory obligations.” For Cruz, it’s not even optional – Americans have a duty under the law to come to Texas’ aid.
“Democrats and Republicans in the congressional delegation will stand as one in support of the federal government meeting its statutory obligations to provide the relief to help the Texans who are hurting.”
But as the TPM report added, Cruz took a very different posture in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, when he opposed federal disaster relief.
“This bill is symptomatic of a larger problem in Washington – an addiction to spending money we do not have,” the Texas Republican said at the time. “The United States Senate should not be in the business of exploiting victims of natural disasters to fund pork projects that further expand our debt.”
As best as I can tell, he made no references to “statutory obligations” at the time.
If this seems like a familiar dynamic, it’s probably because it’s far more common than it should be.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), for example, voted against emergency aid to Hurricane Sandy victims, arguing at the time that he didn’t “think Arkansas needs to bail out the Northeast.” But last July, Cotton was quick to seek federal aid for Arkansas when it suffered severe flooding.
And in Colorado, every Republican in the state’s congressional delegation voted against post-Sandy relief, and then every Republican in the state’s congressional delegation wanted emergency funding for their own state in September 2013.
Update: I heard this morning from Brian Philips, a senior communications aide to Sen. Cruz, who said the senator’s opposition to post-Sandy aide was based on what Cruz saw as “pork” in the bill, not opposition to federal assistance itself. Cruz eventually called the federal response “appropriate.”
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