tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29365452.post1175041689773190307..comments2023-10-30T07:08:47.071-05:00Comments on Snowed In: A few questions for President Obama's Austin visitSnowed Inhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805293562637550951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29365452.post-21065018455317910402011-05-10T09:39:46.347-05:002011-05-10T09:39:46.347-05:00@Anonymous: "The FMAGS help firefighters pay...@Anonymous: "The FMAGS help firefighters pay for things such as equipment repairs, food and shelter. The funds do not help fire victims with recovery efforts." (<a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Perry-White-House-Denies-Disaster-Status-for-Wildfires-121226234.html?dr" rel="nofollow">KXAS</a>)<br /><br />@skrapnel (Chris?): I'm pretty sure I do follow your twitter feed.Snowed Inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805293562637550951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29365452.post-45481516861363063982011-05-09T23:26:34.724-05:002011-05-09T23:26:34.724-05:00Howdy:
Thanks for stopping by Republic of Austin....Howdy:<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by Republic of Austin.<br /><br />Couple things: <br /><br />The post wasn't saying I agree with Obama. In fact, I have a lot of questions for him, too. IF you follow my twitter feed, I ask a lot of those questions out loud. And to be quite honest: I don't know if I'd vote for him again.<br /><br />The "grouchy Republicans" is actually aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29365452.post-38830281159080936532011-05-09T23:15:15.367-05:002011-05-09T23:15:15.367-05:00FEMAs already given TX 20 Fire Management Assistan...FEMAs already given TX 20 Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAGs) for the recent wildfires.<br /><br />You could claim that the government should be doing more. [http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/may/04/obama-rejects-fire-disaster-declaration/] But it's not true that the federal government isn't giving any help to TX.<br /><br />Apparently, wildfires are handled differently than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com