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Sell me some more of that 'compassionate conservatism'.

Thank you sir, may I have another?

Don't ya get it? FEMA trailers are being handed out as party favors! But only if you are a member of THAT certain party. No FEMA trailers for Dumas! No soup for you!

But lots and lots for red Mississippi and old gravel-mouth Gov. Barber. Just wait until every Toyota built in Tupelo comes with a free FEMA trailer to pull behind it.

We can fix this quick by erasing the state line between Arkansas and Mississippi and becoming Arkansippi. Then we can have lots of Toyota plants and FEMA trailers, plus we can claim Elvis as one of our own! Just think.....Arkansippi' Elvis.....it has a nice ring.

Interesting wording : "They cannot be sold immediately." They have been sitting there for quite a while...hello? If they can't be sold they can be loaned or donated.

WTF! They are the taxpayers property ..not supposed to be held hostage from the very type of disaster victims for whom they were purchased to help.

Impeach these criminals! all of them.

Wonder what would happen if a bunch of good ol' boys wandered up on those trailers and towed a couple hunert back Dumas ways?

Since the FEMA trailers are on Arkansas land, why can't Beebe authorize the Guard to relocate 150 or so to recently (tornado) cleared secondary storage locations in Dumas? AND have FEMA pay the transport and land rental costs?

Surplus FEMA trailers are being given to "qualifying organizations" by the Arkansas Federal Surplus Property Program.

Seems to me "people" should be the recipients instead of "organizations".

http://dwe.arkansas.gov/FSP.htm

If no one can have a FEMA trailer, let's get Huckabee to crush them all and at least save the monthly cost of storage. The damn Hope Airport is going to wind up with more money than the Walton family if this keeps up.

PS I like the idea of playing Robin Hood with my trailer hitch by invading the Hope Airport and towing some FEMA trailers to folks that need them in Dumas. We had a riot over tea at one time, why not have one over trailers for storm victims to live in? Holler and I'll gas up the truck.

DBI - Be sure and put a little US flag on your antennae and bush forever bumper sticker any anything that could be considered an As* part of your pickup.

WallyA might just be on to something. Perhaps the Dumas Baptist Church could "organize" this with Bushco faster than the Republican in Democratic party clothing (Ross).

Vernal - I wondered about your point last night.. If indeeed the State is collecting the storage rent on the mobile homes... then AR should jack that rate up like Haliburton.. The State would own them in a week.

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This is insane. I heard that one of the possible reasons that we didn't get declared a disaster area, in order to gain the FEMA assistance, is our budget surplus. I had no idea that the federal government looks over the books at state's hit with disasters to see if financial assistance is warrented. Is this new policy? I personally think that the idea that FEMA is keeping those trailers originally bound for Louisiana here in tornado alley is a horrid idea. I posted once before that I give it 3 years tops. If those trailers aren't gone from the Hope airport, for whatever reason, then nature will take care if it for everyone.