Rick Perry, welfare queen.

And here I thought we were going to secede:

Texas Governor Rick Perry criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for not responding to a request for a disaster aid for the parched state, where wildfires have scorched nearly 2 million acres.

"You have to ask, 'Why are you taking care of Alabama and other states?' I know our letter didn't get lost in the mail," Perry, a Republican and frequent critic of the federal government, said after addressing a Texas emergency management conference.

Rick needs to remember that the Lord helps those who help themselves and relying on the federal government just breeds a culture of dependency.