Don't worry Wyoming, you are already covered in the U.S. government's plan for all the states, called Rex 84.

Something about some concentration camps?

@hungrymongoose... thank you for the information! I had NO IDEA!! :(

I think I hear the first steps for secession.

"Wow! I thought that Texas was the only State with that kind of paranoid lunatics."

No, California is #1.

"I think I hear the first steps for secession."

Again....No.....Baja, California is #1 AFTER it is becomes a State.

And......No.....implementation of a military draft and obtaining an aircraft carrier were eliminated from the lesgilation.

I really wish every one of those red states WOULD secede from the United States. Every one of them would be crashing into 3rd world status within months of secession as they found out they REQUIRED federal money to keep their infrastructures up and running. The US would end up prospering out of it.

Sandy, problem is, all the people in the red states are the ones paying to keep the blue states alive in the current situation. Better re-think your position. If we stop sending our money to DC, we'll have plenty to run our own infrastructures. The story is not about anyone seceding anyway. If we reach the point this story is talking about (and we may and we may not in our lifetimes), seceding will be way down on the list of everyone's priorities.

Actually most red states pull in far more federal dollars than they pay out compared to any blue state. Also, once you stop sending money to the feds you will find that you will have to raise state taxes above what the average person paid the feds. It would be a net sum loss. I will guarantee the people in those states will either start immigrating to the US from those seceded states are pressing to become states again. It would be fun telling them to pound sand. :D

@STexan and Michael from Sonoma,

WRONG.

With the exception of Texas and few other states there is a strong correlation between states that receive more federal dollars than they were taxed and which ones voted republican in the presidential election of 2008.

Google "states that pay more than they receive"

Please do some research before you post this B.S. Thank you.

I wonder if they have anything in that Bill to do something about the water up there....seems to be something in it that is effecting the thought processes.

"I really wish every one of those red states WOULD secede from the United States. Every one of them would be crashing into 3rd world status within months of secession as they found out they REQUIRED federal money to keep their infrastructures up and running. The US would end up prospering out of it."

Really? REALLY!? And where do you think the federal government gets its money from? So yeah, states might have to raise their own state taxes to compensate, but the money that goes to the federal government originates with people doing business in a state in the first place. And "Michael from Sonoma" hit it right on. Emergency preparedness used to be called wisdom...I don't know what everybody's thinkin it is now. Saying this is secession is like refusing to keep extra light bulbs in your house, and will only buy them AFTER the lights go out. Not very smart.

"Michael" was right again, about states having their own resources. Do any of you know the amount of energy that Wyoming supplies for the nation? Whether it's coal, oil, or natural gas? While Wyoming would theoretically have to raise its own taxes to redirect the money that used to go to the federal government directly into our own state, the natural resources we provide could easily provide for many of the state's funds. So rather than saying Michael doesn't know what he's talking about, or using extreme language such as "all the red states," realize that we're talking about Wyoming here. As far as money goes, Wyoming is doing fine now and it would do fine on its own. (And yes, I googled "states that pay more than they receive," and Wyoming was not on the top or bottom 10 list.)

I know I shouldn't have gone into all that, as this bill is not about recession at all. It's about typical conservative philosophy of "if I can help myself out, then that's what I'm gonna do." I still fail to understand why people would demonize such a way of thinking and way of life, especially when there is no mention of doing this at the cost of helping others, but rather to enact such a plan only when we CAN'T rely on nor help any others.

The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced the legislation on Monday, but eliminated language calling for plans to implement its own military draft, army and acquire an aircraft carrier.

Wyoming is land locked. The largest lake in Wyoming is Yellowstone Lake which is 20 miles by 15 miles. In 2000, it cost $4.5 billion dollars to build an aircraft carrier. As of 2005 the state of Wyoming paid approximately $4.2 billion in Federal Taxes and received approximately $4.8 billion in Federal Spending.

According to the Star-Tribune, House Bill 85 would create a state-run “government continuity task force,” to prepare Wyoming for potential disruptions in food and energy to a complete breakdown of the federal government.

Miller is also asking for the task force to look into creating its own state currency in the event the dollar loses value entirely.

Prepare Wyoming for potential disruptions in food and energy? So is the state going to stockpile food and oil/gas/coal? Where is the money going to come from to build up a storage? Taxpayers? Printing their own currency? So is the state going to buy a printing press and all the supplies to make their own currency for a what if scenario?

I'm glad I'm not a resident on Wyoming. Sounds like the legislatures is wasting time and therefore taxpayer money.

independent beat me to the punch, but STexan never lets facts get in the way of a good rant. PaLEEEEEZE do your research before you spout more Rove drivel or wherever you get your bad information.

Wild child, the reason people are demonizing is because it is the same doom and gloom that these ultra conservative states spout. They are going print their own money???? Really???? Anyone remember confederate money? Isn't Cheney from this state as well???? It all fits. Never seen a man with such a gloomy and suspicious mind in my life. While you say they might have to raise taxes a little to make up, I think you would be totally amazed what it would cost the state to pay for all the services the Govt provides. Not to mention all the fed money spent with big biz. I always enjoy the reps who say "smaller govt, cut spending, etc".. yet they are often sucking on the govt teat with big defense contracts, govt services contracts, etc.

Guess someone there was watching Doomsday Preppers a little too much

Is it the water? The air? What the hell is turning half of America into raving lunatics??

How embarrassing for the sane people who live here. What the wingnuts who control this state don't realize is that since we are sitting atop the largest super volcano in the world, Yellowstone, the "doomsday event" they speak of will probably start here and kill everyone in an 800 mile radius pretty much instantly.

Anyway I was hoping that when doomsday came I would no longer have to live under their tyrannical rule and I could just kind of form my own little country WITHOUT them or their kind. But it appears that even after the end of the world the wingnuts want to be in charge, they are probably already preparing for the post apocalyptic war on drugs.

Wow...they really have us by the balls if the states are tipping their hand of how bad things really are behind the scenes like this and all we can do is argue about...texas.

Maybe now is the time to store a bit of water, just in case.

Our Federal Government is already 99.97% non-functioning and there are millions of cenarios (Natural and Man-made) that could cause .03% damage. Wyoming has got it, wake up America

A good king awoke one day and found all his subjects crazy. When He asked them what was wrong with them, they all told him they were fine, but demanded he tell them what was wrong with Him. He went away and finally met a stranger who appeared sane. "Wonder what happened to my people"?, He inquired of the Stranger. "The well water was bewitched by your enemy", the Stranger replied. "They have all drank from it and are raving mad now". Dejected, but resolved, the good King went to the well, drew a bucket of the water, and drank a full gourd. All crazy now, but none know it.

No aircraft carrier? How about a couple of black helicopters? And those of you willing to accept Wyoming currency, raise your hand.

STexan

Sandy, problem is, all the people in the red states are the ones paying to keep the blue states alive in the current situation. Better re-think your position. If we stop sending our money to DC, we'll have plenty to run our own infrastructures.

Might want to re-look at where most of the money is in this country. Aside from Texas, a lot of the red states take back more in federal funding than they pay in.

Bluelake

Is it the water? The air? What the hell is turning half of America into raving lunatics??

Still trying to figure that out. The division in this country is embarrassing.

STexan,

Republican Red States use more Government Entitlements then Democratic Blue States. Here is the Interactive Map Courtesy of the N.Y. Times. Note; Arizona appears to be at the Top of the List. Also Note Sarah Palins Alaska, Rick Perry s Texas and all the Southeastern Red States;

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/12/us/entitlement-map.html

Hey wait a minute, I thought all the wingnuts were going to get "raptured" just before the end? And now they are making plans to stay and ruin my life for another 2000 years. Great, why can't they just castrate themselves like a normal cult.

Greg in New York, you might want to do a little research. Wyoming produces more coal than the next 5 states COMBINED. Plenty of oil and gas also. That being said, this guy is a lunatic. If a white republican was in office, he would feel cozy and warm.

wildchild, explain to me please how the State would make money from your natural resources? It's not making money from them now, is it?--or at least, not making money on the scale that would be needed to subsidize an independent government. Anyway, aren't these resources already spoken for by private companies? Would the State "nationalize" those industries? Sounds like a Socialist plot to me...

you can't even satirize these right wing nuts anymore...They are beyond crazy...How the heck does some one who is so extreme and stupid they don't even understand the basics of how this country works actually get elected to office--EVEN in Wyoming? He sounds like one of those Taliban whack jobs who think if you take down a few buildings, or if there's a recession, the US just collapses. Where do they FIND these basement dwellers?

Guess planes can't land on pavment in Wyoming. They actually consider this giant air power floating in circles in Lake Powel, Yellowstone or Flaming Gorge??? WOW. I think top down, anyone getting goverment checks needs to be Drug Tested PRONTO and that is before they get their pay!

MDMTNWMN,

actually we have a 1 billion dollar surplus. you see if you let the foreign oil companies like encana, shell and BP come in to rape, loot and plunder your state, poison the ground water, pollute the air and increase the cost of living by 300%, then you can afford to start your own country, especially since our population is less than most major cities.

Doomsday is starting in Wyoming.....Already? It's not Dec 21 2012 yet. While it does sound like the State gov is going off the rails and it all might be too late now. But oh no...not a State draft too!!!! OMG what is wrong with these dum-dums, what will we do where shall we go? woe's me... be afraid, be very afraid. All states will soon be red after the fake elections, look how screwed up all the primaries have been already. WE are doomed...woe, woe, woe your boat gently down the stream.....this is it...

I don't agree with everything Michael from Sonoma says in his post, but I, as a liberal, agree that there is nothing wrong with having a contingency plan. By the time an economic collapse or some other major disaster happens, it is too late to think about what to do to protect your state and your people. Wildchild is right, "Emergency preparedness used to be called wisdom". Wisdom no longer appears to be something that is valued in our culture, but we would all be better off if it still was. I wish my state would come up with such a plan. In fact I think it is even more important for my state because I live in Hawaii, and we import almost everything.

In response to the earlier argument about which states receive more federal money than they pay:

The following is the ranking of each state based on how much federal tax dollars it receives for every $1 of federal taxes paid by the residents of that state (if it says $2.00 it means the state received twice as much as it paid, if it says $0.50 it received half as much as it paid). I also included whether the state is considered republican, democrat or swing state based on current 2012 presidential polls. All this information was gathered from the IRS and the most recent census data.

1. Mississippi (R) $2.83
2. West Virginia (R) $2.82
3. New Mexico (D) $2.80
4. Hawaii (D) $2.38
5. Alaska (R) $2.24
6. Alabama (R) $2.21
7. South Carolina (R) $2.13
8. Montana (R) $2.13
9. Maine (D) $2.00
10. Kentucky (R) $1.96
11. North Dakota (R) $1.93
12. Virginia (S) $1.90
13. South Dakota (R) $1.82
14. Vermont (D) $1.69
15. Arizona (R) $1.59
16. Maryland (D) $1.53
17. Idaho (R) $1.48
18. Louisiana (R) $1.35
19. Iowa (S) $1.34
20. Wyoming (R) $1.30
21. Missouri (S) $1.30
22. Kansas (R) $1.29
23. Michigan (D) $1.28
24. Indiana (R) $1.26
25. Tennessee (R) $1.26
26. Florida (S) $1.24
27. Oregon (D) $1.21
28. Oklahoma (R) $1.20
29. Utah (R) $1.18
30. Georgia (R) $1.14
31. Pennsylvania (S) $1.12
32. New Hampshire (S) $1.11
33. Wisconsin (D) $1.09
34. North Carolina (S) $1.04
35. Nevada (S) $1.03
36. Washington (D) $1.03
37. California (D) $1.00
38. Massachusettes (D) $0.95
39. Ohio (S) $0.95
40. Texas (R) $0.92
41. Arkansas (R) $0.92
42. Colorado (S) $0.90
43. Rhode Island (D) $0.89
44. Nebraska (R) $0.82
45. New York (D) $0.79
46. Illinois (D) $0.79
47. Connecticut (D) $0.74
48. New Jersey (D) $0.62
49. Minnesota (D) $0.54
50. Delaware (D) $0.40

To break that down for you:
$0.40-$0.80 - 6 Democrat, 0 Republican, 0 Swing States
$0.81-$1.00 - 3 Democrat, 3 Republican, 2 Swing States
$1.01-$1.50 - 4 Democrat, 9 Republican, 7 Swing States
$1.51-$2.00 - 3 Democrat, 4 Republican, 1 Swing States
$2.01-$2.50 - 1 Democrat, 4 Republican, 0 Swing States
$2.51-$2.83 - 1 Democrat, 2 Republican, 0 Swing States

Republicans talk a lot about "personal responsibility" and not being "dependent on government", but turns out it is mostly Republican states that are a drain on federal tax dollars while it is mostly Democrat states that pay the bill.

I think I'll switch to being republican so I too can get a free ride. Thanks for the info.

Yellowstone is a super volcano...if that sucker goes...they won't have too worry for long 8^)

No wonder the youth of america are all messed up with this kind of banter! If you don't think you should be preparing for this nation to go through some really tough times then don't expect handouts from the rest that are preparing.

Well, I'm really bummed. I was already to head to Wyoming to live for it's legislator's foresight, then they eliminated the plans to aquire an aircraft carrier. The USS Ronald Reagan would have been appropriate. Well forget that. I'm gonna wait till one of these insane state legislative braches includes the aircraft carrier.

Someone commented regarding any secession state would be in trouble "as they found out they REQUIRED federal money to keep their infrastructures up and running" ....

CONSIDER- There is no such thing as "Federal Money" (unless we're referring to the dollars printed by the fed). "Federal Money is tax revenue paid by the States.

Consider - No doubt people made fun of and told jokes about Noah building his big boat far from water.

Rep. Miller seems delusional with an admiral's uniform in mind. Why an admiral? Dress up/Michael Jackson style? This won't fly in Wyoming. Cancel the air force-witch hunts for dress up artists, first. The cowboy outfits must have gotten old.

@Tim-1040943

I knew red states were the leeches, but I didn't know to this extent. We need to end this welfare for poor red states. Let's start with the states that sent their states that sent presidential candidates - Texas, Georgia, Alaska

The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced the legislation on Monday, but eliminated language calling for plans to implement its own military draft, army and acquire an aircraft carrier.

They actually considered spending billions of dollars on an aircraft carrier for a state that is nowhere near the ocean? And this was to prepare for an economic collapse?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Only a republican would come up with that idea.

after two presidents from texass in the last 24 years,and the little one stuffing his pockets like he was at an all you can eat buffet, well money in texass you should thank the others.

ISW Cheyenne, I like that, it has a nice ring to it. BTW (ISW= Independent State of Wyoming) of course then we need the REST of the Battle Group also. Cruiser, Destroyers, Submarines, and supply ships and oilers. Then we also need to add the Marine Amphibious Group with THEIR support ships. MAYBE we could split the cost with Montana and Idaho? Maybe the Dakotas and Utah would want in on this too. AND WE HAVE NUKES!!!

Thank you Tim for all the research and information, to be immediately ignored by right wing republicans.

The aircraft carrier and Wyoming money is over kill but being prepared for something to happen seems like smarts to me. I live in FL and when a storm is coming the shelves are literally stripped bare from people buying every little piece of food and drink they can and dont even try to find batteries because its not going to happen. Gas stations dry up because the line for the pump is around the block. Now if the local stores cant even keep up w a storm we see coming days in advance how the hell are people going to react when it just happens? Mayhem, looting, carjackings, and murder for what people want but dont have. Dose your car have a spare tire? Why? Is it because your paranoid or is it because @!$%# happens? The people of Japan didnt see the quake coming and neither did Indonesia or New Orleans well maybe we did see nawlins coming but you get the idea. I have a stockpile of food and water as well as gas i rotate out as i use it as well as more guns than i really need to protect it all. I also have a generator not because im paranoid but because its hot as hell here and i want my ac when the power goes out. You call me paranoid but guess where everyone goes when the power is out? Thats right my house to soak ac, get hot showers, and watch tv on my 120'' projector.

you really want to know what state pays what to the fed vesus what they get back, to include Puerto Rico an Washington DC?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-fiscal-union

Everybody telling STexan to do research ...LOL

Dontcha know that Research is to Righties what religious Tolerance is to Jehadis ? LOL

J.Milurn

after two presidents from texass in the last 24 years,and the little one stuffing his pockets like he was at an all you can eat buffet, well money in texass you should thank the others.

Actually neither of them were really from Texas. They're New England boys.

Some of these comments got me into researching to see which states had the most debt and to which party they lean toward.

Blue (B): Democrat-Leaning States

Red (R): Republican-Leaning States

Most Debt Ridden States:

1 Massachusetts (B)

2 Alaska (R)

3 Rhode Island (B)

4 Conneticut (B)

5 Delaware (B)

6 New Jersey (B)

7 New Hampshire (Neutral)

8 New York (B)

9 Vermont (B)

10 Montana (R)

Least Debt Ridden States:

1 Tennessee (R)

2 Georgia (R)

3 Texas (R)

4 Arkansas (R)

5 Nebraska (R)

6 Arizona (R)

7 Nevada (Neutral)

8 Alabama (R)

9 Minnesota (B)

10 Kansas (R)

Sources:

So to put an end to this discussion, it is clear to see that 7 of the top 10 debt ridden states are lean Democrat. 8 of the top 10 LEAST debt ridden states lean Republican.

LOOK IT UP BEFORE YOU POST YOUR OPINION!

Now we know who would suffer if the red states and blue states were left to themselves...

Mr. Florida, you are right and I'm from Connecticut. Having lived in Florida I was prepared for Hurricane Irene when she hit us. I was lending ice to neighbors. While everyone makes "crazy" comments about preparedness, has anyone remembered what Homeland Security was invented for? Is it not a Federal Agency paid for by state taxes?

I do believe people can go overboard with the preparedness. However, contingiency plans make sense.

States gave power to the Feds to create a safety net in the event of mass emergencies. This started way before HS. The key question is how well the Feds are prepared and funded for these events. Why does Wyoming feel the need to do what they were doing before Federal involvement?

Individual states must have their own plans first. Feds only help after all state resources are depleted. The Governor declares the need for help and the Feds step in. Not until then.

It's not a left, right, blue red or purple issue. Not so sure about Wyomings currency idea as I still feel we are the UNITED states and should act as such. Even Puerto Rico...

Sources:

==realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html

==mainstreet.com/slideshow/moneyinvesting/credit/debt/most-debt-ridden-states-america

Mr. Florida, you are right and I'm from Connecticut. Having lived in Florida I was prepared for Hurricane Irene when she hit us. I was lending ice to neighbors. While everyone makes "crazy" comments about preparedness, has anyone remembered what Homeland Security was invented for? Is it not a Federal Agency paid for by state taxes?

I do believe people can go overboard with the preparedness. However, contingiency plans make sense.

States gave power to the Feds to create a safety net in the event of mass emergencies. This started way before HS. The key question is how well the Feds are prepared and funded for these events. Why does Wyoming feel the need to do what they were doing before Federal involvement?

Individual states must have their own plans first. Feds only help after all state resources are depleted. The Governor declares the need for help and the Feds step in. Not until then.

It's not a left, right, blue red or purple issue. Not so sure about Wyomings currency idea as I still feel we are the UNITED states and should act as such. Even Puerto Rico...

Junicon

The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced the legislation on Monday, but eliminated language calling for plans to implement its own military draft, army and acquire an aircraft carrier.

They actually considered spending billions of dollars on an aircraft carrier for a state that is nowhere near the ocean? And this was to prepare for an economic collapse?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Only a republican would come up with that idea.

Yep it just goes to show you that the right has just as many idiots as the left. I figured they would negotiate with Illinois and open a naval port in Lake Michigan. Maybe Chicago could rent the planes to do fly by's before Cub's games?

Avaguat - What so you have to say about this -

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/01/14/10-states-with-the-largest-budget-shortfalls

Ten states with the largest budget shortfall -

StateProjected FY 2012 shortfall
(in millions of dollars)

California
$21,300

Illinois
17,000

New Jersey
10,500

Texas
10,000

New York
8,200

Connecticut
3,800

Minnesota
3,800

North Carolina
3,000

Ohio
3,000

Florida (tie)
2,500

Oregon (tie)
2,500

It appears that education is wasted on most.

Did anyone else notice that the money that goes back and forth between Wyoming and Washington, D.C. is about as much every year as it takes to build an aircraft carrier?

No? I didn't think so.

Leave it to the leftists to fancy themselves the only people in the world with a sense of humor

and then to prove that they have no sense of humor at all.

Maybe. But you can bet that the church will profit handsomely - both it, and its members who are businessmen - under the guise of 'tax exempt status'.

aircraft carrier - new model - has wheels.

But the cost!! Where does this guy plan to get the money?? Raise taxes? Ask the feds?

And a task force? Another piece to add to a growing government.

And raise their own military?

How did this guy get elected?

We do have lots of oil, gas, coal, oh yes and wind power.

Hmmmmm Wyoming Spring----not real sure I've ever seen one.

As for our military----Everyone who is over 18, not a felon and is a legal / sane resident of the great Windy state that is WYOMING is entitled to carry a concealed weapon. I like it here!

Again....No.....Baja, California is #1 AFTER it is becomes a State.

That is not going to fly very nicely with the Mexicans...The last time I looked, Tha Baja Peninsula WAS still part of Mexico....Unles Santorum said that he will make it part of the US in the last 5 minutes since he said his latest asinine comment.

Lexi - You can love the great state of Wyoming and her people and still look cockeyed at this guy.

Usually it's us Southern states that get caught in the spotlight for saying silly things.

Are you sure David Miller is not actually from down this way?

Utah isn't near as Red as Wyoming but it's really RED alright! Dum-dee-dum-dum, ahh -- what who me????

They were just going to sneek all them the ICBM's into the support boats to hide them I bet. Now just pee in the bottle.

Actually, Utah is the only state redder than Wyoming.

we shall have to demand aptitude and drug tests prior to taking office after this one! ha ha ha ha ha ha

Won't need an Ice Breaker there I guess, that is if Utah wants one too.

why would we have to worry about rommney seizing Flaming Gorge, If you actually looked at a map you would see the gorge is fed by the Green River which comes from the upper Green River Basin which is a glacier fed river hence Utah would have to worry about wyoming diverting the flow of the Green River...... also if you look at the laws you would see Wy is the only state in the union that actually has total controm over their water rights..... as for the Federal money Wy recieves from the government for all you morons that do not know ... it is called royalties that the feds have to pay for the coal, natural gas, trona, soda ash, electricity,lumber,and lease of public lands that supports all these entitys.......also realize that wy does support the nation with a lot of agriculture and ranching activitys.... something in the water dont think so but some of these remarks in here shows something is wrong with yours.... one more thing if wy is so bad then why are all these morons flocking here ? In fact check the statistics most people are here to rape wy for the resources they dont have or the jobs they dont have..... We have implants from every state in the union and plenty more from Mexico which needs to stop .... aircraft carrier was way overboard and i wonder wether the reporter made a mistake or if lawmakers are smoking to much crack from there home states

Don - we have a lot of the exact same issues you mention that Wy is having. Praise the people of Wyoming,praise the state of Wyoming - but don't defend idiots who propose such silly legislation that reflects poorly on the people and state of Wyoming.

Say all you will about the state of Wyoming and one over-zealous lawmaker - but at least even he realized the extreme of the aircraft carrier and it was REMOVED from the bill. For all who think the state is a joke - ya might want to rethink ... Wyoming posted a State SURPLUS at the end of 2011 of 427 Million dollars and over 1 BILLION dollars in Liquid Savings after a TWO-TERM DEMOCRATIC Governor, Dave Freudenthal. Wyoming has ZERO State Income Tax and a cap of 5% Sales Tax in any of it's 23 counties.

Having corrected the record, please keep thinking all your ignorant thoughts of our state and that way you'll stay the hell OUT and we can continue to live in peace in one of the BEST kept secrects in this country!

Oops! You just let the cat out of the bag. Shhhh.....stop saying how great it is.

The state of Wyoming used to have an enormous sign on one end of the Lincoln tunnel in NYC. It showed a beautiful 'big sky' scene to the traffic jammed drivers and, under it, the statement: "If you lived in Wyoming you'd be home by now."

Wyoming government does sponsor some of the most creative advertising I've ever seen... Thus, I suspect, the "aircraft carrier," along with "Wyoming currency."

I'm surprised he didn't have something in there about zombies!

@ Crying shame:Now,now; let's not bring his relatives into this.

NEWS ALERT Zombies are coming from DC quic...help hel..........

Eric Holder needs to look into these Wyoming State law makers, this smells a little treasonous. (Political collasp?) What the hell is that, not getting your way? This is the United States of America- love it or go pound sand! I believe well do just fine and we'll stick together thank you very much.

I will never defend a politician but I will defend the state of WYOMING. I am one of those implants from another state I did not come here to rape the resources or jobs. I have been coming here for 20 plus years prior to moving here 7 years ago. I came here because it is the land of the free a true replica of what the USA should be. I own my land and can do as I wish with it, I own my life and control it, I can carry a loaded weapon under my coat and in my car and use it responsabily as the other residents do. Hunting and fishing is almost year around to feed my family do to the great management of our natural resources. I am not red, blue nor indipendent nor a liberal I am an American I help every one I can and move on. To read most of the coments above cracks me up. Never condem being prepaired and yes I have a spare light bulb. Thanks ya'll

Maybe it's like a Plains Schooner

Well smart guy, have you ever seen Buffalo Bill Resivour? and, it's windy enough

to launch planes against Meeteetse!

But John - unless it's got wheels on that baby - it ain't goin' nowhere!

@Rob-2029343: Straight up sh^t creek where He lives.

sail a aircraft carrier?

During WW2 they used the hulls of old paddle boats to train pilots on the Great Lakes and the British were looking at making one out of ice and sawdust..... so anything is possible....... :) just wonder what the trucking charges would be? )P

Every state has "idiots" that you cringe when their on the news. In Iowa - we have Rep King.... the male version of Machelle Bachmann / Sarah Palin.

So in this economic crisis with severe budget cuts facing everyone, this nut wants Wyoming to create another govt. beauracracy?

I think he's planning harbor front accomidations for that barge when Cali-mexi falls off and Wyoming is the new oceanfront recreation area with gas grass and as*.WWWHOOOO----eeeeeeee!MMMMOOOOO-YAAAA?

It didn't sound all that bad until they mentioned the aircraft carrier. Being prepared for a Katrina type event or worse, seems to me to be a good idea. There are a lot of potential disasters we know about and probably quite a few that we don't. Going beyond providing emergency preparedness and a plan to keep the populous alive doesn't seem necessary. They probably have a National Guard and that should be enough of a military unless and until something actually does happen. Maybe they could get Washington to plan the allocation of the current military to the states in the event of a failure of the central government. If Iran or somebody else nuked DC, a contingency plan might be a good idea. Better than letting the military run itself!

Anarchy is the military running itself.(ne.Egypt;2011-/2012-?).The US. is just chock full of crazies that would make Egypt and the Iraqi's look like the lightweights they were/are,more equipped and just as sure god favors them first,enough so I can almost agree with the planning to pervent absolute loss of societal function.

Jericho duh...

Everyone needs to think "emergency preparedness" (start of each season) and you don't need to go over board on it.... but realize that if there is an ice storm, nothing is going to move for days. even the "super stores" only carry 2-3 days worth of items and that's for normal shelf rotation.

I wonder if my state can get the USS Iowa and float it on the great lakes.

I thought all the states already had plans in place for any eventuality- called STATE GOVERNMENT. They are all supposed to have emergency preparedness plans, much of the development of said plans paid for by the federal government by the way of grants for just such a purpose. Following 9-11, Homeland Security required plans and it was again visited when Katrina happened. While Katrina can't happen in Wyoming, the fact that tornado's can take place there was brought home not long ago when tornadoes damaged the Metra Park in Billings, MT, just north of Wyoming and has seen a few others spring up including one that took the lives of a couple when it went through their home. They have had to issue tornado watches/warnings in Wyoming in conjunction with storms moving through. As another poster mentioned, part of Wyoming and part of Montana is sitting on top of a Super Volcano, that if it ever erupted would wipe out everything and everyone within a huge radius of the actual volcano and the resulting dust clouds would wipe out everything all the way to mid-Missouri, down to Texas and all the way to into the Pacific Ocean and north through parts of Canada. They would not have need of any plan other than the one to bent over and put head between your knees and kiss your behind goodbye. If they do not have a plan for the need of Wyomingites in case of some other kind of disaster that cuts them off from the rest of the country, they took US Government money and didn't spend it as they should have. Because Wyoming is a sparsely populated red state, they do take in more federal dollars then they pay in.the way of federal taxes, so a bunch of people would become the responsibility of the state government, so I hope they have a plan for that. They have a lot of people who don't have the wherewithal to feed themselves adequately and who are in need of medical support. Maybe they are going to have to raise state taxes to plan for such a eventuality and raise the taxes on the gas and oil that is taken out of their ground. Wonder how that's gonna fly?

There will be a point in time when blaming Bush will no longer be valid. Economists are projecting the deficit will reach 25 trillion dollars if Obama is reelected. In 3 1/2 years, Obama and Congress combined have added 6.2 trillion dollars to the deficit. I don't think you are aware of the facts. The US economy will collapse if spending is not controlled.

Really? That the best you can come up with Chuck? So what exactly do you mean by reich-wing nut jobs? What exactly do you know or understand about the Nazis? What exactly do you know or understand about anything? In your eyes it's wrong or somehow evil to hold people accountable for thier own actions? In your eyes it's wrong or evil to expect people to work for what they have or want? Get a grip on something besides yourself & get over President Bush.

Bush and Cheney can be dictators of their own countries.

if Mitt or Rick is elected do you think that spending will be under control we dont know that, the economy could get better or worse if they are elected, same thing if Obama is re-elected

ahnerrj

Economists are projecting the deficit will reach 25 trillion dollars

Can't find a single economist predicting that.

The great economist Sarah Palin predicted that.

get over President Bush? isn't that a Oxymoron? just saying

Yeah, leave them in Wyoming!!

But the good people of Wyoming were hoping to ship them all off in that aircraft carrier

In a big way Katheryn Brandy. I may understand the thinking but .......

So Katheryn the only "good" people in Wyoming are the ones that think the same way you do?
How conservative of you.

Barlow# Summa' Wyo can be kinda pretty,'specially when it becomes oceanfront.America's next Myrtle Beach!

au contraire gollie - Not only does Wyoming have some of the most beautiful landscape in this country, but they have the kind of citizens that make this country great. I don't care what side of the ideological fence you want to put them on - this guy is casting their state in a poor light.

Andy,

You probably worked with Gov Dave Freudenthal. See what can happen with term limits-----He left us with a surplus----

Just the Reds

no just the implants from the other states, wy is a boom state meening our growth relies on the demand of natural resources ( coal, oil, gas ect.) so the more people that move here for work are always trying to make things like where they come from such as concert halls colosiums ect. Worse yet is when they get elected into some kind of office like city council or government positions that the real stupidity flows

Even dumber than some of the things that Santorum has been spouting???? That's pretty bad!

Barlow....I'm pretty sure they thought this thru,after all they ARE the gop,and in Wyoming it's when the grey smoke comes from the stack at the nearby legislative Moron conclave gathering of the doo-dahhs theirselves to signal the begining of the day's happy hour recognition of the state's significant American beauty...have another cold one for me Green River...

the sheep remark..... i like that.... but really didnt you know.... that the only reason there are sheep here...... is because Texans cant leave there ex-wives at home...... check the statistics and see how many cowboys are actually from there...... what a dip@#$@@

I am with you with this analysis. No one starts this kind of thinking unless there is more to it than they are actually telling. I pray this craziness is not going to engage the US in another Civil strife like the Nigerian experience with secetionist biafra in the early to late 1960s.

I think it's just stupid people and government waste. There won't be another civil war. There won't be a catastrophe. The worst will be a depression. We've survived those before, we will again.

Now, let me think about this. "Unless the government knows more than they are telling anybody???"

Gee, I hope they know more than they are telling anyone. They sure can't know less.

/sarcasm mode off

Yes.

RON PAUL 2012 ----He's crazier than Wyoming!!! We would be better off with Ru Paul!

I think not... I believe in our Constitution and if it is not backed by the Constitution then it's NOT backed by Ron Paul. He is a very intelligent and stands by what he says! NONE of the other candidates, or even our current President, have the slightest clue about what it means to listen to the people of this country. I find it hard to disagree with anything he says...IT WAS PREDICTED BY HIM YEARS AGO. You may want to research him a bit before you say such things :) Knowledge is power, believe me! :) good luck :)

I really disagree with parts of his monetary policy, but other than that, unlike all the others, I have nothing against anything he stands for.

In my opinion though, with some of his current stances, he has a better chance being elected if he would change to Democrat.

Course, he's also plagued by being Ron Paul. Ron Paul is... Ron Paul.

I really disagree with Ron Pauls sophomoric interpretation of our living constitution. He wants to take us back to robber barons, slave states, and third world status. Ron Paul for day dreamers.

Obama 2012.

Well than you're in luck. Mr. Obama has already been re-elected (as long as the economy doesn't tank this summer).

Ron Paul? he's from texasssss..........

oh I think not patriotm - if it's anything like Florida - the legislative body and their staff are exempt.

So are all the politicians in DC,including the president. Forgot about them did you?

would not surprise me if that were so gollie- people in charge always want the restrictions on placed on everyone but them