Not warming up to FEMA

 

 

 

"Hello. We are here from the government. We are here to help. NOT!"

Just when you think you might have heard it all from this Administration, another whopper develops. Only this time it is FEMA. Not the IRS, not the VA, not the Justice Department, not the ATF, not ICE, but FEMA. And this one truly is a head shaker. If the Governor of your state does not worship at the altar of ALGORE, in other words, if your Governor does not sign on to the myth of manmade global warming, your state will lose some FEMA funding.

FEMA's State Mitigation Plan Review Guide (FP 302-094-2) which was just released, will become effective in March of 2016. In that plan (no, this is not an early April's Fool's joke), should a state desire to obtain disaster preparedness funding from FEMA, it will have to jump through hoops and in some cases, sell its soul. In other words, the state must report on how they will be impacted by manmade global warming due to "More intense storms, frequent heavy precipitation, heat waves, drought, extreme flooding and raising sea levels."

FEMA, just to show they are magnanimous, will NOT withhold funding after a disaster strikes. However, if the Governor of a state does not put the required language in the state's disaster plan, bye-bye prep funding from the Fed.

Some think this is aimed directly at Governor Rick Scott of Florida after he instructed his staff not use the term "global warming". My take is it does not matter who it is aimed at. There is a higher principle at stake here. We do all of us, fund FEMA with our tax dollars. Their budget is comprised of money we have sent to them. It is the arrogance of power, for ANYONE in the Federal Government to think they can withhold funding due to any reason - especially political correctness.

As far as I am concerned, FEMA just signed their death warrant. Get rid of them. This is another function the states can handle themselves. States can retain funding they were going to send to Washington and then use those funds for their own disaster preparation. One more time for the slow learners in Washington - the government works for the people, not the other way around!

I really, really hope our next President has the courage to trim down this beast. Start by getting rid of the Department of Education, then the Department of Energy. Next get rid of the IRS and then the EPA. Finally FEMA. It has to be done. It is long overdue. After November of 2016, clean house, fumigate, and then cut the fat.