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The Republican presidential frontrunner’s anti-government stance turns deadly as Texas suffers the worst wild fires the state has ever seen. posted on September 7, 2011 at 1:14pm EDT

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    • huntnpeckr a year ago

      As they are fond of telling the rest of the world: DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS! I interpret that as don’t interfere with Texan sovereignty, so I take it they wouldn’t want any aid. Let ‘em take care of their own, well, mess.

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    • Paula R. a year ago

      Looks like it’s not working too well. (picture found on reddit)

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    • Paula R. a year ago

      The real kicker is that he instituted a proclamation for days of prayer for rain in Texas about 4 months ago…. http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/16038/ ….so apparently Rick Perry’s plan for economic stimulus is to cut funding for important public services and pray for god to pick up the slack.

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    • Bruce Chorney a year ago

      Texas burns while Perry flip-flops. Why doesn’t he just pray the fire away? I mean, that works right?

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    • Heihachi Mishima a year ago

      you’d think someone like rick perry would remember Galatians 6:7 “…for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

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