Comments on: John Boehner Praises Colorado First Responders while Cutting Their Budget

By: Rudy Gonzales

Rudy Gonzales — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:55:11 +0000

John Boehner is cowing down to the fringe in an effort to appease and placate to them. This fringe calls them selves the TEA party. It includes Bachmann, Cruz, Rubio and a multitude of others who adhere to the espouses of this movement. TEA party extremes say they believe in limited government, but push or allow government imposed Sonogram/Ultrasound on women. TEA party extremes say they believe in Free speech, but interrupt loudly at any meeting and have disrupted meetings in the past. TEA party extremes say they believe in the 2nd amendment while taking loaded guns openly displayed to gatherings. TEA party extremes say they believe in our military, but offer nor retort to people like Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who put a hold on legislation was to be voted on for medical help or assistance to women and children as well as military personnel of Marine Base Camp Lejeune which had their water system contaminated with trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, benzene and vinyl chloride. TEA party extremes say they believe in secure borders and support extremist like the governor and legislature of Arizona who stepped across the line on immigrant legislation issues. TEA party extremes say they believe in our country, but conspire to execute their fringed views onto the masses without regard to freedoms of others. TEA party extremes say they believe in restricting voter rights going against federal laws. TEA party extremes say they believe Muslims should have no rights in America and have been totally critical of those who do. TEA party extremes say they believe in free speech but would disallow Mosques built in America. TEA party extremes are bigots, racist and demigods steeped in their own private world much like Joseph McCarthy. If you are tired of confrontational non-governing, in-effective representation, may I recommend voting for those who do not use the (R), because they just might be (T) in disguise.

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By: Gene Richardson

Gene Richardson — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:35:21 +0000

Joseph, there’s the perfect example. Why is the rest of the country expected to fund responders for people that don’t know any better than to live there. They want to live in that piece of crap area along the coast fine but don’t expect me to bail them out every time they have a problem.

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By: Jason Easley

Jason Easley — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:29:31 +0000

Joseph,

Your premise is completely faulty when it comes to first responders. The reality is that first responders aren’t just local. When there is a major criminal act or disaster, first responders come from neighboring cities, towns, and states. Do you think all of the first responders after Hurricane Katrina came just from the city of New Orleans? What about wildfires, or terrorist attacks like 9/11? First responders may be based in individual places, but they form a national network. When a disaster strikes first responders don’t say it didn’t happen in my town, so I am going to ignore it. These people risk their lives to help others no matter where they live.

This is why federal funding is needed. Disasters and terrorist acts don’t respect the boundaries drawn on a map. Your political argument simply doesn’t match the real world reality on the ground.

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By: Joseph Hertzlinger

Joseph Hertzlinger — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:51:11 +0000

Why do people who only affect a small locality need Federal subsidies? Wouldn’t it make more sense for them to be paid by people better able to judge their necessity and effectiveness? Local government is for locals.

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By: Michael Case

Michael Case — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:06:54 +0000

Two words…Republicans suck

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