BRILLIANT: The Image That Destroys "Get Big Government Off My Back" Proponents

[1StrongBlackMan]

18. Shortly after Katrina ...

I was at a social function where a rightwing, conservative, small business owning, and now President Obama hating friend began spouting off about how FEMA should be abolished and Katrina recovery should be of concern to only the states of Louisianna and Mississippi.

I let it go for awhile, then asked ... "Brian ... If it were you or your family stranded on a roof-top with the water rising in New Orleans or Mississippi, would you still say it's the state's responsibility; or would you want the federal government or whatever governmental agency to move heaven and Earth to secure your/their rescue?"

His response: "Yes. I wouldn't want the federal government spending all that money just to rescue me or my family ... it's not their responsibility."

I said, "B.S., I suspect you would accept whatever help that came, regardless of the source, to save your family. Any other choice would mean loving your theoratical ideology over your real life family. That's B.S., and you know it!"

But the priceless thing was watching his equally, rightwing, conservative, and even more now President Obama hating, wife wrestle with the mental conflict of telling her husband he's full of $hit (he had better save her and their kids) versus supporting him in saying that he would be right to allow her and their kids drown for the sake of political ideology.