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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,498 posts)
5. So, Donny - you are saying if my neighbors' house is on fire....
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 11:31 PM
Sep 2017

....and he owes me 20 bucks from poker night, I shouldn't lend him my garden hose until I get the twenty?

This situation is heartbreaking. What a pompous elitist ass he is to even mention their debt or aging infrastructure. This is a humanitarian crisis of huge proportion, risking hundreds of thousands of American lives.

A strong LEADER of the US would have had his subordinate agencies preplan rapid responses to this disaster, particularly considering this hurricane was predicted with very high probability to hit the island and the US Virgin Islands well before the event.

I have no clue as to the status of our Navy or Coast Guard fleet at this moment, but can't believe we could not have started a considerable fleet of either US Navy or larger Coast Guard ships toward the Island immediately after the storm passed. I realize it takes considerable time to prepare ships for deployment where massive aid is required, but we could at least get rapid response teams and a large security contingent on the way FAST. Rant done, nuf sed.

He's still dragging his heels in sending the USNS Comfort, hospital ship truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #1
Took him a week to wake up? Sheesh. George II Sep 2017 #2
Give him a break, he is distracted by NFL which is far more important! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #12
You're being far too generous by saying that nonsense is coming from someone who is conscious xor Sep 2017 #15
So Trump is more concerned about "billions of dollars owed to Wall Street"? procon Sep 2017 #3
Not a word about the deaths or suffering of the people in PR. riversedge Sep 2017 #4
of describing the situation (possible months with no power; challenges to accessing safe salin Sep 2017 #7
send that up with irony - given that he has screwed so many investors (banks) salin Sep 2017 #6
Yes, and Puerto Rico has not been allowed to restructure their debt through bakruptcy TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #16
So, Donny - you are saying if my neighbors' house is on fire.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #5
Maybe China could help Puerto Rico... Rollo Sep 2017 #8
It all depends on whether you are white or not. Stonepounder Sep 2017 #9
They absolutely can vote for him obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #18
Only in the primaries for Pres--Electoral Collage rules once again and WHY it needs to be canned. Bengus81 Sep 2017 #28
100% nature of repugs. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #22
Captain Obvious peggysue2 Sep 2017 #10
As I have said before angrychair Sep 2017 #11
That's right, Donny - what are YOU doing about it? Retrograde Sep 2017 #13
Why can't he do anything like a normal decent person? xor Sep 2017 #14
No shit, Sherlock MrSmokeTooMuch Sep 2017 #17
Welcome to DU & nice Monty Python reference :) Demit Sep 2017 #21
Hey! greytdemocrat Sep 2017 #29
Puerto Ricans don't matter to Trump. Hieronymus Sep 2017 #19
What an asshole jzodda Sep 2017 #20
Trump is blaming the victim, ... his excuse for not helping brown skins. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #23
Good review of progress (or not) on WaPo. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #24
+1 Best information on the response so far. FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #25
What kind of person talks about debt @ this time? Botany Sep 2017 #26
EXACTLY how Bush reacted to Katrina--don't give a shit Bengus81 Sep 2017 #27
He's projecting his own problems... AntiFascist Sep 2017 #30
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