We'll be there for the next round of hurricanes, too. Look, pal, I get that you play to your constituents' misguided sense of provincialism. But seriously, just STFU and GBTW.

Love,

The rest of the non-treasonous nation

Flue? Pig chimneys?

When swine can fly, Dick Perry.

Texas hates big gub'mint.

Except when we have to drive on its roads.

Let them fend it off with their bootstraps.

Bah my submission line was better from wonkette, but someone already beat me with the link.

Squeal like a piggy moar Rick.

SHHH!! Don't let the teatards find out about this, Rick. You had them all worked up and it would be a shame to highlight the fact that their ideas are stupid.

Hah Sounds like someone is gearing up for a run at President.

Ehhhh...I can kinda understand him seeing a difference between arguing what he sees as an overextension of the federal government, and saying that same government has a responsibility to protect its citizens. However, he's still an ass.

He said when Texas entered the union in 1845 it was with the understanding it could pull out. However, according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas negotiated the power to divide into four additional states at some point if it wanted to but not the right to secede.

I did not know that. That's pretty interesting.

Require America's conservative enemies to swear an oath of loyalty to the union before giving them any more federal aid. fark them.

Car_Ramrod: He said when Texas entered the union in 1845 it was with the understanding it could pull out. However, according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas negotiated the power to divide into four additional states at some point if it wanted to but not the right to secede.

I did not know that. That's pretty interesting.

FiveThirtyEight has a good article about that.

Even hypocritical assholes are bigger in Texas.

Stay Cool Babylon: We'll be there for the next round of hurricanes, too. Look, pal, I get that you play to your constituents' misguided sense of provincialism. But seriously, just STFU and GBTW.

Love,

The rest of the non-treasonous nation

Done in one.

Let those idiots fight the pig flue with their bibles and guns.

lol Fark you Rick Hair
Fark you too Ron Paul

All this is going to do is make the teabaggers more angry cause the government had to help the Rick out.

Guess you better plan on getting the texas CDC up to speed. Morans.

Karma Chameleon: Let those idiots fight the pig flue with their bibles and guns.

flu

/idiot

hang 'em high

Car_Ramrod: Ehhhh...I can kinda understand him seeing a difference between arguing what he sees as an overextension of the federal government, and saying that same government has a responsibility to protect its citizens. However, he's still an ass.

He said when Texas entered the union in 1845 it was with the understanding it could pull out. However, according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas negotiated the power to divide into four additional states at some point if it wanted to but not the right to secede.

I did not know that. That's pretty interesting.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. It's not like he asked for that TARP bailout, he asked for help with an epidemic, and given that Texas sits right against Mexico and in Mexico it's killing people, I don't see this as a dumbass move nor a hypocritical move.

This should be a test for Texas. If they can stick to their guns and not take any federal money as long as Obama is in office, they can go their merry way.

The Texas-Mexico War of 2019 should be entertaining.

Karma Chameleon: Let those idiots fight the pig flue flew with their bibles and guns.


That day will never come I say!

I'm not worried, Texas has always told us that they could go it alone, bir, rugged, individualists that they are.

Maybe Ex-President Bush can get Dick Cheney to kick in a few million.

Goddammit, not everyone in Texas thinks like Big Dick Rick.

HELP US.

whereisian: Car_Ramrod: He said when Texas entered the union in 1845 it was with the understanding it could pull out. However, according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas negotiated the power to divide into four additional states at some point if it wanted to but not the right to secede.

I did not know that. That's pretty interesting.

FiveThirtyEight has a good article about that.

Good article. Thanks! 538 always has such cool stuff on it. As a Chicagoan thinking about moving to Austin this winter, I would support that plan.

It would take completely loopy people like the Huffington Post to even draw this comparison.

Not wanting federal "stimulus" money is quite different than wanting federal money in order to deal with a natural disaster.

Aarontology: This should be a test for Texas. If they can stick to their guns and not take any federal money as long as Obama is in office, they can go their merry way.

The Texas-Mexico War of 2019 should be entertaining.

There's no farking way. Texas would be a narco-state in matter of months. All of the minuteman and state pride in the world wouldn't change that.

In other news: Huffy-po publishes politically partisan puff piece to pan Perry and profit from potential pandemic panic!

randomjsa: It would take completely loopy people like the Huffington Post to even draw this comparison.

Not wanting federal "stimulus" money is quite different than wanting federal money in order to deal with a natural disaster.

Calling the President a "tyrant" then asking him for aid of any kind is douchey.

Great Janitor: Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. It's not like he asked for that TARP bailout, he asked for help with an epidemic, and given that Texas sits right against Mexico and in Mexico it's killing people, I don't see this as a dumbass move nor a hypocritical move.

It is hypocritical, but not stupid. However, he accepted a VAST majority of the bailout money. Or was that Jindal. . . or was it both? I know Jindal accepted like 97-99% of it and acted like it was a big deal he was rejecting some.

randomjsa: It would take completely loopy people like the Huffington Post to even draw this comparison.

Not wanting federal "stimulus" money is quite different than wanting federal money in order to deal with a natural disaster.

And talking about secession is quite different from merely not wanting federal stimulus money. Or, rather, trying to act like you don't want it while taking as much as possible.

To be fair, Perry didn't say Texas should secede. He believed that they had the option though from the annexation.

way south: In other news: Huffy-po publishes politically partisan puff piece to pan Perry and profit from potential pandemic panic. Penis

FIFY

captain_heroic44: randomjsa: It would take completely loopy people like the Huffington Post to even draw this comparison.

Not wanting federal "stimulus" money is quite different than wanting federal money in order to deal with a natural disaster.

Calling the President a "tyrant" then asking him for aid of any kind is douchey.

But what have the Romans ever done for Texas?

If you don't need the federal government, Ricky, then you don't get it. That's what "secession" means. You don't get to secede and then ask for money to help you leave.

That is why, despite supporting most of the rest of the country, California has not actually left the Union yet. Well, that and America is still the greatest country in the world. And also we don't have the army to annex Mexico and hold it profitably. Yet.

Aarontology: This should be a test for Texas. If they can stick to their guns and not take any federal money as long as Obama is in office, they can go their merry way.



Fine...as long as we don't have to give any we'll come out ahead on the deal.

Great Janitor: It's not like he asked for that TARP bailout, he asked for help with an epidemic, and given that Texas sits right against Mexico and in Mexico it's killing people, I don't see this as a dumbass move nor a hypocritical move.


Agreed. Besides, if it does become pandemic in Texas, it's not like it will stop at the state border.

This statement DOES make his previous statement look extra-stupid, though. Not only should he understand his own state's history and relevant documents before making such a pointless and divisive remark, but it ignores the simple reality that his state is better off in the Union, as simple as that. Were Texas to secede somehow, the first thing they would have to do is send an Ambassador to Washington to beg for a military alliance and foreign aid. And help from the CDC and NIH on the Pig Flu.

I just sent him some used kleenex
so I hope he catches something.

way south: In other news: Huffy-po publishes politically partisan puff piece to pan Perry and profit from potential pandemic panic objective, fair, and balanced article which juxtaposes Perry's "Texas Tough Guy" image with the reality that his pansy state is the first at the federal trough the second someone gets a fever, exposing the comical hypocrisy of repressed Texan girly-men!

FTFY.

vudukungfu: I just sent him some used kleenex
so I hope he catches something.

Did you happen to wipe your ass with it first?

Random Reality Check: I'm not worried, Texas has always told us that they could go it alone, bir, rugged, individualists that they are.

Maybe Ex-President Bush can get Dick Cheney to kick in a few million.

Texas said that?
What a jerk.

RemyDuron: Great Janitor: Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. It's not like he asked for that TARP bailout, he asked for help with an epidemic, and given that Texas sits right against Mexico and in Mexico it's killing people, I don't see this as a dumbass move nor a hypocritical move.

It is hypocritical, but not stupid. However, he accepted a VAST majority of the bailout money. Or was that Jindal. . . or was it both? I know Jindal accepted like 97-99% of it and acted like it was a big deal he was rejecting some.

randomjsa: It would take completely loopy people like the Huffington Post to even draw this comparison.

Not wanting federal "stimulus" money is quite different than wanting federal money in order to deal with a natural disaster.

And talking about secession is quite different from merely not wanting federal stimulus money. Or, rather, trying to act like you don't want it while taking as much as possible.

B-b-b-but it's patriotic to hate the Dems enough to threaten the country when they are in charge !!!

What a little biatch.

randomjsa: It would take completely loopy people like the Huffington Post to even draw this comparison.

Not wanting federal "stimulus" money is quite different than wanting federal money in order to deal with a natural disaster.

It's always different when you need the money.

If Texas was its own country, couldn't it just seal its ports and borders?

/fark Madagascar

Although I do agree that the money should be spent to protect the country... like securing the border between Texas and the US for example.

Annnd here come the Fark Independents that will yet to act dumb and say asking for help with the flu is different than the stimulus. WRONG. No member do the United States, no automatic help from the government. Your an independent nation now. Fend for your own self.

PS Sure you won't have to pay anymore federal taxes but you think the migration of teabaggers are going to be happy when they have to pay some type of tax to the new independent nation of Texas?

/Id give it 2 years before Mexico overruns Tejas

I like how they take massive amounts of money from us then give a little back and call it help.

I think if Rick is so gung ho about Texas seceding, he should first pay to take care of this crisis out of the state treasury than go begging to the gub'mint, you know, as a test run for the Lone Star Nation.

failing_junk

How come Texas doesn't have its own CDC. They didn't see this coming. They give the government so much money that could of keep few dollars to build and maintain their own facilities, right?


Perry looks like a fool right now and your attempts to deflect aren't helping.

Rick Perry you so crazy