Cogressman Ron Paul
re: Ron Paul Addresses Hurricane Irene, Says ‘There’s No Magic About’ FEMA (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/27/ron-paul-fema-video_n_939131.html:
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul told NBC News on Friday that “there’s no magic about” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He said that he doesn’t see the need for a federal response to Hurricane Irene as the powerful storm makes its way up the east cost.
“We should be like 1900, we should be like 1940, 1950, 1960,” said the Texas congressman in weighing in on the matter during a stop in New Hampshire. He regarded FEMA as a “great contribution to deficit financing.”
The Hill notes: A catastrophic storm hit Galveston in 1900, killing thousands.
“We should be coordinated, but coordinated voluntarily with the states,” Paul explained. “A state can decide. We don’t need somebody in Washington.”
The presidential contender explained that he lives on the Gulf Coast back in the Lone Star State. He said, “We deal with hurricanes all the time. Galveston is in my district.”
Click here for the latest updates on Hurricane Irene. Below, a clip of Paul’s remarks.
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Just to remind everyone, all those years he quoted would put us back before the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. When a politician wants to go back in time and says stuff like “a state can decide” my Jim Crow flag pops up. It seems to be a dog whistle that goes out to the rednecks telling them that “Hey, I’m on your side”. The “states rights” movement is kept alive by these bigots like Rand Paul. I think he would prefer us to be like 1860.
In regard to the context of his desire to go back to the time when it was every man for himself in a hurricane, he is more or less saying that all recovery efforts should be dropped in the laps of state and local budgets already in crisis.
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Tea Party Caucus Takes Shape In Senate, Sort of…
Re: Tea Party Caucus Takes Shape In Senate, The Huffington Post, Elyse Siegel
Three. Three guys, Paul, DeMint, and Lee, making some back-room pact does not a caucus make. But! The great thing here is that we may see some fragmentation in the Republican Party. Finally. I knew that they could not hold the wall together forever.
The first rift that jumps right out at you here is the statement: “Republicans in the Senate have already made a pledge to end earmarks and fight for a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” said Paul…”
Not true. Republicans in the Senate are actually pretty closed lip on the subject. This means that the majority of them actually want earmarks to continue. In legal terms, silence is not acceptance. But, I’ll bet the business/corporate lobby/interests in the red states are screaming. Earmarks mean improvements to commerce. They know it, we all know it and welcome it, even those of us on the far left.
Well, I’ve just got to say, three cheers for Rand Paul! The more the Right Wing© divides, the better.