Death total for latest storm system at 40. These deaths, many of

[theophilus]

children, are tragic. An important point needs to be made about the availability of emergency assistance (911, etc.) and other government provided aid. If we keep "cutting" will there be a time when 911 answers "This number no longer in service"? The southern states are vulnerable to climate related damage and tragic loss of life. We need to emphasize that government is GOOD when it helps in these situations and taxes are a positive GOOD when used to help our people....ALL of our people. The horrendous idea that "Government is THE PROBLEM" needs to go on the garbage pile of history.

[Faygo Kid]

1. K&R.

Underreported story, and thanks for posting.

[uppityperson]

2. k&r, was just looking at these tornado maps from nws last 2 days. Incredible

Red are tornadoes. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110416_rpts.html
Link to article http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-jackson/strong-long-tracked-tornadoes-confirmed-mississippi-ef-3-clinton-jackson

Link to Lakesville, MS night tornado
http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-jackson/killer-leakesville-ms-tornado-captured-on-video-video

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Maybe the Republicans are fine with culling the numbers?

[PDJane]

5. I have come to the conclusion that rethugs like waste.

Birth control and abortion are wrong because they kill babies, but if that baby dies in a tornado because mom's homeless or there are no first responders, that's God's will.

I despise this kind of non-reasoning.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. They are a nonChristian version of Christianity.

It's obvious they don't have confidence in our government, which means they have no confidence in the U.S.A.

[supernova]

4. That was a really nasty storm system

Horrible.

[nc4bo]

6. People tend to forget the need for services when catastrophe hits....

And by "people" yall know who I mean...

Wish we could put those types in one place, that way they can have their less government utopia all to themselves.

[Odin2005]

8. The RWers will just claim it was God's Wrath or sume such BS.

[theophilus]

10. I'm sure that some will. That's nuts. These storms are killing folks in

RW neighborhoods. I would imagine that many of the victims are RWers. This is not happening in places where RWers point to Liberals. Places like New York or California. These storm deaths are going to be harder for the RWers to explain away as The Wrath of God. Maybe they will start realizing, some of them at least, that government plays an important part in warning of these storms and in cleaning up and in dealing with the injury and misery. The point needs to be made in a gentle but firm way to the "cut, cut, cut" crowd. IMO

[katnapped]

11. No worries...

Pat Robertson will just claim it's mostly "god-hating libruls" who died, so that makes it OK.

[lonestarnot]

14. or some such other bullshit.

[tridim]

9. I'd say government is mostly good, except for the Pentagon..

and the corporate tax code.

Reagan was an idiot, just like Ryan.

[datasuspect]

12. i certainly hope right wingers there don't expect "big government" interfering with their

lives in the form of federal or state aid and disaster assistance.

this is a good time for them to "take their country back."

[BillyJack]

13. The 'south' needs to get their head outta the bible, and stop voting against their best interests n/

[kestrel91316]

15. I'm sure that if the gubmint had gotten out of t he way to begin with,

the wonderful Free Market would have made sure none of those people were harmed.

:sarcasm: