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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (156669)	9/8/2011 3:46:42 PM
From: t4texas	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206106

the fires were sunday, monday, tuesday. by wednesday many were quite contained. i understand you want to point out how fema/govt. is here to help us all, but it looked late to me. that's ok, because the feds did not disappoint anyone down here in texas. it's a big place, and lots of fire fighters came in from north texas and many other locations around the state to fight the fires. i understand a lot of other states don't have so many resources in the state. President Barack Obama telephoned Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday afternoon to offer condolences about the wildfires and pledge federal help with firefighting and recovery, the White House said. Obama reached Perry in California, where the governor was preparing for Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate. After hanging up, Obama directed officials to ensure that they are "making all resources available" to Texas, the U.S. Forest Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the press office said. statesman.com

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (156669)	9/8/2011 5:43:24 PM
From: Bearcatbob	5 Recommendations Respond to of 206106

Jacob/Sam, Ultimately is not the debate about what the role of government is? Implications that government is thought to be not needed by some is simply more propaganda that adds nothing to the debate. The issue is not if government is needed - but what the role of government is to be. On another board I simply say we should have to pay for whatever government we want. If we are forced to pay for everything government does we will find that judgements will have to be made as to what we really want - and what we dream we want. Borrowing a trillion $ plus a year to avoid setting priorities is not a plan. Bob

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (156669)	9/10/2011 11:24:17 PM
From: t4texas	Respond to of 206106

here is a 2nd input for you, jacob snyder, and sam. i was looking for some news early saturday morning, and i saw some bastrop and other fire news. watched a few minutes, and a woman from paige, texas, (near bastrop) was bemoaning they won't let her go back in to see what happened to her property even though the fire is out. then they cut to a fema location set up recently, and the reporter explained no one was allowed back in until interviews and several forms were filled out by people that wanted to go back to their properties. then they showed a table filled with stacks of federal/fema forms at the interview tables set up. it sounded like sometime in the next day or two, residents might be allowed back in after the forms are filled out.