tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post112861562798989648..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: 26 questionsBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-1128706897757044662005-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:002005-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:00Living in Louisiana I see get to see FEMA in non-a...Living in Louisiana I see get to see FEMA in non-action, it truely sucksOle Blue The Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607608554845566519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-1128695690843404852005-10-07T07:34:00.000-07:002005-10-07T07:34:00.000-07:00All I know is some idiots keep telling me that it'...All I know is some idiots keep telling me that it's the States' responsibility to handle the desasters financially and all and if that's the case, I want to stop sending so much of my tax money to my Federal government and give more to my State government because right now we don't even have enough to keep firehouses, police stations, and schools open.<BR/><BR/>I'm for the idea of something more like the EU over here. It can't be worse than what we have now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-1128685182562649892005-10-07T04:39:00.000-07:002005-10-07T04:39:00.000-07:00BadTux-What a wonderful world it would be.The prob...BadTux-<BR/><BR/>What a wonderful world it would be.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that the real reason for a federal government is control. It's easier to keep the peasents in line if the government is some far away unknown entity.NewsBlog 5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/16000509600519901799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-1128669057638774272005-10-07T00:10:00.000-07:002005-10-07T00:10:00.000-07:00No, the administration's question #26 is, "if FEMA...No, the administration's question #26 is, "if FEMA doesn't work, why spend money on it?" My question #26 goes much further. My question #26 applies to the whole federal government -- starting with the President of the United States, who should be walking that unemployment line outside the homeless shelter just like 50% of Louisiana's population is doing right now. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I believe it's time to end the federal experiment. The United States is no longer 13 sparsely-populated states with a combined population of less than 1.5 million people that had to hang together or hang seperately. If California were an independent nation today, it would be the 5th largest economy in the world. What we need is a loose union like the European Union which allows free movement of people and goods and provides for common defense, not a strong centralized government like we have now, which is too easily subverted and used to destroy choice by overriding the will of the peoples of the various states (like the Feds coming in against medical marijuana in California and assisted suicide in Oregon, despite the people of those states voting overwhelmingly in favor of those). <BR/><BR/>The Constitution served its purpose -- to keep the United States from being conquered by the world powers of the era (France, Britain, and Spain). But its time is past. The Katrina response is just a punctuation mark on that.<BR/><BR/>- Badtux the Libertarian PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-1128667488678412062005-10-06T23:44:00.000-07:002005-10-06T23:44:00.000-07:00I think you'll find that your Question #26 is exac...I think you'll find that your Question #26 is exactly the question our current administration wants everyone to ask... The idea being, "Why spend money on FEMA when FEMA doesn't work?" Now we can get rid of it altogether and spend it on oil in Iraq!<BR/><BR/>SmokinJayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-1128629632204410532005-10-06T13:13:00.000-07:002005-10-06T13:13:00.000-07:00It's going to take a tax revolt to wrest our gover...It's going to take a tax revolt to wrest our government from the hands of the oligarchs! Voting is useless when it's controlled and "corrected" by the one party in charge - and telling a politician what to do is useless unless you can vote them out if they don't do what you want.SB Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104522586390324382noreply@blogger.com