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What did he say and about which mayor? | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
She should shut up and let adults talk, she is just a mayor of some little city. The governor of Puerto Rico had nothing but praise for Trump and his administration. "Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló praised President Donald Trump for his response to the island after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. “The president and the administration, every time we’ve asked them to execute, they’ve executed quickly,” Rosselló told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in an interview on Friday morning." http://www.breitbart.com/big-g...-hurricane-response/ "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Corgis Rock |
All the media is reporting:
There were talking heads on CNN. One was a shrill woman who could not get past "Trump is to blame." The other was a male that calmly listed in detail the work that has been done. He fisnished that people are no doubt expecting it to go faster but this was reality. The shrill woman kept screaming. “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
Dear God why were you watching CNN? I refuse to give them a second of my time. I had no choice recently when in was in Mexico, the only channel inn the hotel in English was CNN. I just read a book and turned it off after so long. They are worse than MSNBC, truly. Fuck them. Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
This is what they did to El Diablo in Katrina. The Governor of Louisiana and Mayor of New Orleans refused to cooperate with FEMA, give appropriate orders, make formal requests, dragged their feet and made a terrible situation hideous. The feds and El Diablo got rhe blame. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Internet Guru |
Yep...the media figures they might as well pursue a Katrina type hatchet job of Trump's handling of Puerto Rico. They only need one hysterical mayor to make it stick. Trump doesn't take the high road. He fights back...that's his style. | |||
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Glorious SPAM! |
There is no "high road" to take with liberals. There is retreat, or dam the torpedoes, full speed ahead! About time we took the latter. | |||
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It is going to take months to clean up and start rebuilding the damagrd areas. It doesn't matter how many workers, how many ships, how many trucks, bulldozers, tractors, etc. There are, according to one report I read, 39,000 houses that have to be essentially rebuilt in Houston before they can be occupied. That will take a long time, no matter who runs FEMA, no matter the resources thrown into the effort. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Glorious SPAM! |
Months is most likely an understatement. There is no Amazon Prime for natural disaster relief. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
When my mom's house was ruined in a flood in 1998, I think it took over a year to get it back habitable, cleaned, dried, treated, and finally rebuilt. That was in a situation where relatively few properties were involved, power, water, roads were always available, she got a contractor who she knew and trusted working on it relatively soon and had the resources to proceed without any real worry, although she did worry. She had a place to live and her car. It wasn't the easiest thing that ever happened, but far, far easier to deal with than what most of these hurricane victims face. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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In Biloxi after Katrina, it was staggering how much debris needed to be removed—including highways, bridges, etc. Countless truckloads of debris had to be carted off—-where do they put it all? _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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A Grateful American |
I live in the Florida panhandle, and for many years, there were still blue tarps on houses. Some houses were never rebuilt in time to prevent total loss due to continued damage and the effects of nature over time, and some of these have been demo'd and new homes built in there place as late as this year. And this is in an area that is desirable and growing at a pretty good clip, worth people of means. So, to say that things will be going on for many years to come, and that some of the progress will be very slow, is an understatement. Those who are whining loudest are doing the least to recover. I have selective deafness of such noise. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Other Puerto Rican Mayor: Trump Has Been Great, San Juan's Mayor Has Been AWOL https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...s-been-awol-n2389031 The Washington Examiner reported earlier today that the mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico criticized neighboring San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz for "playing politics" after Hurricane Maria. He also praised President Trump for his hurricane recovery coordination efforts. Guaynabo Mayor Angel Perez Otero says that Mayor Yulin Cruz has been a no show at coordination meetings between FEMA, U.S. military officials, and Puerto Rican leaders. "I've seen other mayors participating. She's not," said Perez Otero. Perez Otero says he has been in constant contact with U.S. officials and is confident that they will provide the very best recovery efforts they can. Increasingly though, it would appear Mayor Yulin Cruz seized this natural disaster as a political opportunity to score points as a hero for the people of Puerto Rico, despite not actually working with federal agents in recovery effort. Perez Otero is now the second person today to report that Yulin Cruz has been non-compliant with federal aid. FEMA administrator Brock Long told CNN today that "the problem that we have with [Yulin Cruz] unfortunately is that unity of command is ultimately what’s needed to be successful in this response" and “what we need is for the mayor, the good mayor, to make her way to the joint field office and get plugged into what’s going on and be successful." | |||
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Now, Ms. Mayor who attacked Trump for doing nothing and killing her people... is saying this is not the time for politics. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/...i=BBnbcA1&srcref=rss San Juan Mayor Says `No Time for Politics' After Trump Taunt President Donald Trump steps through the door of Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Trump is spending the weekend in Bedminster, N.J., at his golf club. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Price's exit further complicates GOP health care push Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulin Cruz stands outside of the government center at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum days after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 30, 2017.© REUTERS/Carlos Barria Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulin Cruz stands outside of the government center at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum days after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 30, 2017. (Bloomberg) -- San Juan’s mayor said there’s “no time for politics” in Puerto Rico’s recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria, hours after getting blasted by President Donald Trump on Twitter. “I have only one goal, and it is saving lives,” Carmen Yulin Cruz, mayor of Puerto Rico’s largest city, said in an interview with Bloomberg. “I will say whatever needs to be said or done to be able to do that. There should be no distractions. There’s no time for anything else.” Earlier on Saturday, Trump said on Twitter that Cruz and others in Puerto Rico had displayed “such poor leadership ability” in being “not able to get their workers to help.” “They want everything to be done for them,” Trump said. He also suggested that Cruz had been told to criticize the president by “the Democrats” after earlier praising the relief efforts. Cruz said she wasn’t alone in concluding that federal action to help the U.S. commonwealth recover from Hurricane Maria, which hit on Sept. 20, had been inadequate so far. “General Buchanan has said he doesn’t have what he needs in Puerto Rico to get the situation under control,” she said of Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who’s been appointed to lead all military hurricane efforts in Puerto Rico. “Don’t take my word for it, take a three-star general’s word for it.” In an interview Friday with CNN, Buchanan said the Pentagon had 10,000 people helping with hurricane response efforts and that more were being added. “We’re bringing in both Air Force, Navy, and Army medical capabilities in addition to aircraft, more helicopters,” he said. “It’s not enough, and we’re bringing more in.” Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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| Lighten up and laugh |
That is a smart mayor. I'm sure he means it, but you know he's getting anything he wants now  | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
 __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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As always, there's a lot of misinformation being spread around. For example, take a look at the following pic of the mayor "braving the cholera-infested waters" to lend a hand. Literally, lend a hand.  Also, notice how dry her shirt is. Try to do that on waist-deep water. Care to expound a theory about that image? I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Damn proud to be too. And this is what I know about "my" people. In some areas, all able-bodied persons rolled up their sleeves and brought their neighborhoods to almost normal conditions. In others, they just wait for someone to do it for them. Sure, we are talking about a major disaster and all that it logistically entails. Conditions are not the same everywhere. But I don't believe for an instant that the images we get through the media are not ratings-driven. Or in the case of individuals, opportunity-seeking. For example, Benicio del Toro is doing something to help. Lin Manuel Miranda just talks. *************************** Knowing more by accident than on purpose. | |||
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Only the strong survive |
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v...6001/?#sp=show-clips Trump touts efforts to level playing field for manufacturing industry Sep. 29, 2017 - 4:59 - Marlin Steel President Drew Greenblatt and American Majority CEO Ned Ryun discuss President Trump’s speech at the National Association of Manufacturers. 41 | |||
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| Only the strong survive |
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v...651001#sp=show-clips Mnuchin: Tax plan will cut deficit by $1T Sep. 28, 2017 - 9:02 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argues President Trump's tax reform plan can generate $2 trillion in growth. 41 | |||
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