Anti-Government Texas Region Worries About Being Undercounted In Census

Houston Chronicle:

ALPINE, Texas -- Perhaps only in southern Brewster County -- where the land is harsh, the libertarian fevers run hot and the missing refinements of civilization are not mourned -- could a census worker be mauled by a wild swine kept as a family pet.

"I guess she didn't know what a javelina was or how territorial they can be. She ended up trapped inside the house and called for help," Brewster County Judge Val Beard said of the improbable confrontation that occurred in 2000, the last time the feds tried to count people here.

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Comments

[nixrox04]

07:32 AM on 07/07/2010

Good ole' Texas...they are anti-government, racist and ready to secede from the union until they want money from the US Government.

[helgathewitch]

12:55 AM on 07/07/2010

I just can't seem to be able to muster up any sympathy

[ConservativeUSA]

12:36 AM on 07/07/2010

They should be. We are seeing the lawlessness promoted by this government. There is nothing they won't do to lie, cheat, or steal.

[funinthesun]

12:35 AM on 07/07/2010

If they don't want to be counted and it cuts their federal aid, so be it. Afterall they'll be the first ones to tell you it's a free country and they don't want nuthin' from the gobament. IF the county leaders have a problem with that they have to straighten out their own people, stop blaming the feds for not counting people who don't want to be counted.

[Robert Cortez]

10:48 PM on 07/06/2010

"You've got a lot of people out here convinced the government is out to get them."

Fine, then don't whine when you don't received federal funds from the government because of paranoia.

[oafishcad]

10:31 PM on 07/06/2010

They want the money FROM the government, but want to give no money TO the government. Magic thinking.

[satanlite]

10:32 PM on 07/06/2010

That's REPUBLICAN thinking.

[mrJJ]

09:46 PM on 07/06/2010

Perry compared himself to hurricane evacuee's who lost their homes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hub-GUE0kCc

[cpad]

04:21 AM on 07/07/2010

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[VinceTeeter]

09:32 PM on 07/06/2010

Load gun, point gun at foot, pull trigger!

[sbmulqueen]

08:58 PM on 07/06/2010

Well boo-freakin-hoo. But let me guess - when the federal money comes to them they don't turn it down.

[Kiri sute gomen]

08:56 PM on 07/06/2010

So the anti-government types want the government to give them money, but they don't want the government around because it asks who wants the money?!?

[satanlite]

10:33 PM on 07/06/2010

You can't make this sh** up.

[mrJJ]

08:44 PM on 07/06/2010

Perry's Budget Woes...

But as the state's budget shortfall widens—to as much as $18 billion, or about 20% of the next two-year budget, according to the state legislature's latest analysis released earlier this month—critics are complaining that Mr. Perry's policies have left the state with little room to reduce spending.

"There is no way that they will be able to come up with $18 billion in cuts," said Eva DeLuna Castro, a senior budget analyst at the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a nonprofit that advocates for low-income Texans. "They would have to shut down our prison system."
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When the Oil Platform Exploded,
Rick Perry Went to Work … Defending BP

Joe Barton Apologizes to BP – Months ago, First Rick Perry suggests the BP disaster was simply an “act of God” and argued that BP “historically had a very good safety record.” Then Texas Republican Joe Barton apologized to BP, and then unapologized. Rick Perry and Texas Republicans want to defend BP instead of the victims of the senseless, man-made tragedy in the Gulf.

BP donates $250,000 to the Governor's mansion
When Rick Perry needed to raise money to restore the Governor's Mansion after a major fire, he turned to his friends at BP. According to the Austin American-Statesman, "The largest donation is $250,000 from energy giant BP America." (Source: Austin American-Statesman, January 30, 2009)

http://www.lonestarproject.net/Permalink/2010-05-07.html

[mixpiklix]

08:34 PM on 07/06/2010

Oh ya maybe michele bachman will cover the differance after all she's the one that preached don't fill out the census it's bad she did that until she figured out she could lose her job and then said fill it out just don't put your phone number on it

[mixpiklix]

08:31 PM on 07/06/2010

sucks to be that county when they run out of money early and don't get their share of the tax dollars they paid to the government

[oafishcad]

10:31 PM on 07/06/2010

Through their own actions.

[SuperMoncho]

06:47 PM on 07/06/2010

You reap what you sow.

[oafishcad]

10:32 PM on 07/06/2010

They don't want to sow. Only reap.

[ivoteforsmartpeople]

06:11 PM on 07/06/2010

Gee - guess they never learned not to S#*T where you EAT!