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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:07 PM Original message |
Our government needs to throw all available resources at the Texas wildfires. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. that's a nasty thing to say |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No, I'm sorry, you misunderstood |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wildfires don't hurt the land in the long run.. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. How many forests are there in Texas? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, I've been to Texas.. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks for the comic relief. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I was just responding to what you wrote in your OP.. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. My point was that most think that those people whose homes and so forth |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No it wasn't, you specifically said it wasn't about the people.. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You are correct. My OP was about the land... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Eh, I live in a red state myself, have all my life.. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Fires not only renew the land but give |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Tell that to the people of Texas, whose land might have been rendered useless by the fires. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Your OP specifically was about the land, not the people or the voters.. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Aye a prairie fire is oh so much less deadly then |
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MrDiaz (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
45. You sir, |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. i have a friend that was burned out |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm for all the help that they need. They are fellow Americans. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why has no one ever figured out how to use one natural |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I don"t believe this is true, for it would be politically disasterous, and, |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. It's not about HIM, doll. It's about fighting fires. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. according to the people in Texas, who post here, he is not doing |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. To be honest. FEMA HAS thrown a lot our way |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. sadly, this is true |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. "Texas has cut funding for firefighting..." |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. fire report |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. and yet Perry refuses government stimulus funds. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Apples? Meet Oranges... |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
49. And "snubbing" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. Are you talking about the same Texas that wanted to secede from the Union |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "Texans need to help do something about our environment." What the fuck do you mean by that? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. We have huge fires nearly every year somewhere in Southern California |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
44. From Florida |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Yes, but the california pre-taped fire news |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. What the headlines leave out is the grants TX has gotten |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Admittedly, I have not been following the fires down there |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Appealed for, and been refused. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Do you have any evidence that the denial of Perry's request is politically motivated? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I don't, and I would counter your question with one of my own... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It's my heartfelt belief that people shouldn't go around making accusations without evidence. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. Texas has received ample financial resources even without the FEMA disaster recognition. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. That is terrible! |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Popular (DU) belief is that Texans in general don't vote for Democratic candidates. n/t |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Beliefs are fickle things, i rather think |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Guarantee: If Texas was "blue", the fires would be out. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Now this is just down right frightening... |
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kimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I know it doesn't make much difference but |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. update |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
47. States & state governments have the ultimate responsibilty |
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