There might be something to Rick's claim about Obama targeting Texas...

How petty can the federal government be? Emily Ramshaw has the story about how the feds denied the standard rubber stamp type of request by Rick to fly flags at half mast at federal buildings in Texas for the death of former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (link). Excerpt follows...

When former Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. died Sunday after a long illness, Gov. Rick Perry reached out to the U.S. government, asking for flags to be flown at half-mast at federal buildings in Texas. The response, Perry's office says, was a resounding no.

Under the United States Code, "In the event of the death of a present or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United States or the death of a member of the Armed Forces from any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff."

But when Perry's office made the request to the Department of Homeland Security's Denver Megacenter — which distributes flag orders from the White House — Perry was flatly rebuffed, his spokeswoman says. She says federal officials told him he didn't have the authority to make the request.

DHS officials have not yet been reached for comment — and Perry's office says they think it was just bureaucratic confusion.

Yes it may have just been bureaucratic confusion... but it was kind of a Freudian slip in some ways. The default answer by the feds right now is to say no to Texas. To do anything and everything to undermine anything Rick does.

I don't use foul language here often, but f**k the federal government. This is so petty of them. Maybe the "s" word isn't such a bad idea about now, right?

This episode definitely bolsters Rick's claim that Obama has put a target on Texas... anything to screw over Texas, one of the only successful states out there right now.