Okay folks, local news just reported that our Texas National Guard troops, sent down by Gov. Perry to cover a border that our President didn't feel compelled to cover, have contacted the local food banks for assistance. You see, the way this goes, the troops are deployed, but not paid or reimbursed for meals until the pay period AFTER they've been there. So up to then, meals and incidentals come out of their pockets. Think of your own budget, could you pay for your meals, cover household costs at home, for a month while waiting to get paid?
Gov. Perry, you sent them down, see to their needs. And in the meantime, Texans can step up here. I'm contacting our local food bank and National Guard post to see what can be done to put together emergency food boxes to ship down there.
Meanwhile, our pretender in chief, fresh off a grueling 15-day vacation, is off for a grueling three day weekend of fundraising and celebrity-studded wedding festivities. The nutritional advisor for Mooch's Let's Move campaign is marrying an MSNBC reporter in a glitteringly pretentious ceremony. I hope he chokes on a bon bon.
UPDATE
Apparently, the National Guard is furiously backpedaling on this. They called it a "proactive" move to ascertain resources in advance of any needs. I have a feeling, you talk to the soldiers, it's one story; you talk to the politicians, it's another. The Democrats have seized on this gleefully to make themselves look sympathetic to the troops they vehemently opposed.
I wouldn't panic. Food bank recipients around here eat better than the paying customers. It is Texas and we take care of ours. Any Baptist church on any given day and they will eat better than the working stiffs. Rick Perry will not let this oversight slide.
ReplyDeleteHave you heard of Ted Cruz's sinister plan to get the Obamassa to the border?
ReplyDeleteHe invited the putz in chief to play golf at a resort in El Paso.