Meh. Rural electrification was a liberal issue to begin with. Texas would be mostly powerless already without liberals meddling where they shouldn't be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Electrification_Act#:~:text=The%20Rural%20Electrification%20Act%20of,of%20which%20still%20exist%20today.

Electricity, another failed liberal policy.

This post was edited by Skinned on Feb 17 2021 05:14pm

Texas is a piece of fucking shit state where most of the worst shit in america including around here either lives or wants to go to. Let it fucking freeze over its as close to hell as you get anyway.

The bottom line is that America has the infrastructure of a third world country in many regards, including its power grid.

the R party only wants help when it’s them. It’s socialism unless it’s them. Then it magically becomes an emergency. Not a mention of socialism anywhere. Been going on with farmers for decades

This post was edited by theCrossbones on Feb 17 2021 06:57pm

Eh? I'm all for each of the 14 states that went into states of emergency due to the storm and still struggling to clean up and restore power to their citizenry receiving FEMA backing should they request it. It's really kind of odd that it was Biden who declared the federal state of emergency for Texas, but he did NOT do likewise for most other effected states. Right now, to the best I can find, the backing in Oregon is all state-level.

I'm tempted to think that Biden's decision to declare the state of emergency specific to Texas without addressing the other states was purely political. "See Texas? THIS is why you should go blue, us Dems are here to support you!" Meanwhile, here in blue Oregon, not a peep.

Also note: Texas has no state income tax. But it's citizens ARE still paying federal income tax. They're every bit as deserving of representation as Californians or New Yorkers.

Edit: Went through all the white house statements and briefings, and Biden has declared federal state of emergency in Texas and Alaska. I see nothing regarding the other states impacted. Why is a democrat ignoring the states that voted him in, while providing funding for states that voted against him?

This post was edited by InsaneBobb on Feb 17 2021 07:33pm

and liberals have been talking about it for longer than I've been paying attention to politics but Republicans always shut down infrastructure spending because it would be the government doing something good, and they make their political points off sabotaging the government.

If Texas gets FEMA for poor planning, then Minnesota should get FEMA to cover the riot damage from this summer.

this is his/her only form of communication with anyone. it is his/her “real life”


par for the course from the user who thinks the third reich won WWII


agreed here. the state vs state rhetoric is tired. blaming California for wildfires etc. is pretty silly. blaming Texas for a once in a what, 200+ year massive snow storm is equally silly. there are tens of millions people of all political persuasions suffering in multiple states right now

How are riots a national disaster? All Minnesota had to do to get full federal support to suppress the riots was ask.

Just like I don't think Oregon should get FEMA support for 10 months of rioting in Portland. Yet I do support Oregon getting FEMA support for it's ongoing struggle to get power reconnected the 150,000 people without.

And as edited in previous post, Texas and Alaska were both declared in Federal States of Emergency by Biden. Why is a Democratic President not helping the Democratic States that voted for him?