Thanks a Bunch, FEMA
FEMA is pulling out of Puerto Rico today.
Some on the island believe it’s too soon to end these deliveries given that a third of residents still lack electricity and, in some places, running water, but FEMA says its internal analytics suggest only about 1 percent of islanders still need emergency food and water.
Hey, they have paper towels so what the hell else do they want? Only half a million of them are still without electricity, but those people have 2 rolls of paper towels. They are the jumbo kind, too.
Is FEMA still on the ground in Texas? Uh huh.
Harvey ended in Texas on September 3rd. Maria ended October 3rd. FEMA is still in Texas. Could you imagine if Texas had half a million people without electricity?
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
Texas has 38 electorial votes, Puerto Rico zero. More anglos in Texas, who do you think the Trump cares about if he cares at all?
1The state of the Uniom is strong.
The state of the territories are not states. (TM)*
* It sounds like something Trump would say, so this way I can try and collect royalties on Tweets and Retweets.
2Sheer, flat out racism.
3I got nuthin that wouldn’t upset Mama.
Donald Drumpf sure is tall.
4Trump and the repig party do not care about poor people. Particularly if they happen to be poor BROWN people
5Micr, the credit goes to the lifts in his shoes which probably stink, too.
Dotard45 harassed Andy McCabe over petty golf fees. Donnie defaulted on a golf course in Puerto Rico, but he’s still not done punishing the people.
Note to Mr. Mueller: add Puerto Rico to the list of Dotard’s conflicts of interest and criminal intent.
6As Chica says, they’re only brown people– hell, it’s not as if they’re human. They’re only AMERICAN CITIZENS (please excuse my yelling).
7Don’t forget about USVI where people wait three months for a FEMA inspection. It took months for blue roofs to be installed by the Army Corps and by then too late.
HUD is not remediating the mold in the public housing units forcing people to live in unhealthy and unsanitary conditions.
8I’ve written to my congresscon Chris Collins about it, but don’t expect an answer. He hardly ever answers (or whoever writes his letters) anymore. Because of that, I admit I wasn’t particularly polite.
9Dear PR:FU. You are neither rich nor white. However you are inconveniently occupying property that would be more valuable to our cronies if you were no longer occupying it.
Get lost. Sincerely,
DJT and GOP
10Privatize the electric grid, problem solved. /sarcasm
Oh, the roads are still washed out and homes were destroyed. It’s a damn shame ain’t it? There was flooding, right? Untold stories of a strong and brave people coming together to weather, (pun?), or ride out this disaster. I was fortunate enough to read one personal story.
Where is NPR and PBS on this? Old news, I guess.
11Maybe the citizens of Puerto Rico are being abandoned because the [lily-]white house at 1600 thinks Puerto Ricans don’t speak-a da Ainglich too well.
12OT, but can’t resist rubbernecking a trainwreck.
Well, Melania didn’t look happy at all.
Lifted these drinking rules:
With that in mind, let’s lay out some DON’Ts for the SOTU drinking game:
Do not drink every time Trump lies.
Do not drink every time Trump praises himself.
Do not drink every time Republicans give Trump a standing ovation and Mike Pence wipes a worshipful tear from his eye.
Do not drink every time Trump says “believe me.”
You may be able to drink every time the following happen—with caveats:
Drink every time the Republican side applauds something that quite possibly could constitute a crime. (Caveat: If Trump uses the word collusion, you’re going to need to put on the brakes within a couple minutes.)
Drink every time Trump goes off teleprompter. (Caveat: If Trump becomes enraged by Democrats not applauding and just totally loses it, knock this off your drinking game.)
Drink when Trump mentions his family and puts that special, creepy emphasis on the “k” in Ivanka. (Caveat: You may be nauseated so wait until the urge to vomit dies down before pounding a shot.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/30/1736860/-Drinking-game-do-s-and-don-ts-for-Donald-Trump-s-first-State-of-the-Union
13Flying Junior, “Where is NPR and PBS on this?”
PBS’ NewsHour has had frequent hurricane aftermath segments on PR, USVI, other Caribbean locations, and TX, LA, FL, etc. Along with other programs, such as Nova, FrtLn, etc. One of the things that hasn’t slid down too much over there.
14I no longer listen to NPR so ?who knows (NearlyPureRepublican radio).
Per NPR today at 6:00 am, many Senators and congressman have called on FEMA to remain in Puerto Rico. Too much of the island and far too many of the residents are still without running water, electricity, food. We will see if anything happens.
15Does that wonderful Governor of PR have a GoFundMe site or anything so those of us who DON’T hate brown people can continue to help our fellow American citizens?
16Opinionated Hussy, are we talking about the Mayor of San Juan,Carmen Yulín Cruz? Governor Ricardo Rosselló doesn’t seem to be as impressive as the Mayor.
Lacking Ms. JJ’s research skills and the accounting acumen of Alfredo, I am not competent to properly vet charities, so I won’t link to any specific one. However, if you check out Lin-Manuel Miranda there’s guidance to a number of charities you might like. Also chef José Andrés who was instrumental in feeding so many in Puerto Rico.
17Um yeah. Texans can vote for president. And that’s what matters.
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