Everything's so beautiful and there are no icky brown people wanting to touch me Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria over a week ago, and the island's power grid needs to be completely rebuilt. Roads are still impassable. Hospitals are running out of fuel
Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who was named this week to lead recovery efforts, told reporters Friday that there were not enough people and assets to help Puerto Rico combat what has become a humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the storm.
The military has significantly stepped up its mobilization to the island commonwealth, with dozens more aircraft and thousands of soldiers bringing “more logistical support” to a struggling recovery effort that has been delayed by geographical and tactical challenges.
The storm-related fatalities are mounting with each passing day, and official numbers are not counting patients who are not receiving dialysis, oxygen and other essential services.
I was born in the UK and became an American citizen a few months before Ronnie Ray Gun invaded Grenada (the country where man my father was born.) It took him less than a week to deploy soldiers to that tiny island and it is 600 miles south of Puerto Rico. Needless to say I've been ambivalent about my citizenship ever since and Dotard Donnie Two Scoops is exacerbating that conflict, bigly!
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and the Virgin Islands’ representative in Congress on Friday called for an “emergency” hearing on the Trump administration’s response to this month's deadly hurricanes.
In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), they asked for a hearing next week given that the full panel does not currently have any public activity scheduled.
“Urgent action by our Committee now could help accelerate the federal response to the devastation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and make a measurable and significant difference in the lives of American families there,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) wrote.
cholera has now reportedly begun to spread in PR. without access to fresh, clean water, you have about 3 days- that's under ideal conditions, not heartbroken, stressed out in 100 degree heat. tetanus and other good old fashioned killers are going to make an appearance also. the time to respond was when irma was approaching the island. of course the loofah faced shitgibbon in the peoples house only cares about that soulless apparition that looks back at him from the mirror.
Don't worry. There's always an excuse or exception that fully vindicates all involved and assigns blame to a faceless 3rd party. It's the Republican way. Personal responsibility is for other people.
As she should be. What he's NOT done so far is unconscionable. If we weren't saddled with sadistic traitors with voting rights this relief effort would have started day fucking 1 under someone not an obvious foreign agent of our enemies.
A timeline of Trump response to Puerto Rico.
https://www.washingtonpost....
Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who was named this week to lead recovery efforts, told reporters Friday that there were not enough people and assets to help Puerto Rico combat what has become a humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the storm.
The military has significantly stepped up its mobilization to the island commonwealth, with dozens more aircraft and thousands of soldiers bringing “more logistical support” to a struggling recovery effort that has been delayed by geographical and tactical challenges.
The storm-related fatalities are mounting with each passing day, and official numbers are not counting patients who are not receiving dialysis, oxygen and other essential services.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/...
Be nice if it turns out the airport is too damaged for a 747 to land.
What is with this administration? Every pronouncement about an issue includes a dollop of self-congratulatory bullshit.
I was born in the UK and became an American citizen a few months before Ronnie Ray Gun invaded Grenada (the country where man my father was born.) It took him less than a week to deploy soldiers to that tiny island and it is 600 miles south of Puerto Rico. Needless to say I've been ambivalent about my citizenship ever since and Dotard Donnie Two Scoops is exacerbating that conflict, bigly!
http://thehill.com/latino/3...
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and the Virgin Islands’ representative in Congress on Friday called for an “emergency” hearing on the Trump administration’s response to this month's deadly hurricanes.
In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), they asked for a hearing next week given that the full panel does not currently have any public activity scheduled.
“Urgent action by our Committee now could help accelerate the federal response to the devastation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and make a measurable and significant difference in the lives of American families there,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) wrote.
http://www.snopes.com/is-th...
Rated as FALSE by Snopes.
Claim that the Trump administration is making Puerto Ricans sign promissory notes and surrender passports before evacuating them or rendering aid.
If he does land, he'll tour only the damaged golf courses.
cholera has now reportedly begun to spread in PR. without access to fresh, clean water, you have about 3 days- that's under ideal conditions, not heartbroken, stressed out in 100 degree heat. tetanus and other good old fashioned killers are going to make an appearance also. the time to respond was when irma was approaching the island. of course the loofah faced shitgibbon in the peoples house only cares about that soulless apparition that looks back at him from the mirror.
Don't worry. There's always an excuse or exception that fully vindicates all involved and assigns blame to a faceless 3rd party. It's the Republican way. Personal responsibility is for other people.
As she should be. What he's NOT done so far is unconscionable. If we weren't saddled with sadistic traitors with voting rights this relief effort would have started day fucking 1 under someone not an obvious foreign agent of our enemies.
100% agree.
Oh this is a good one.
Well I heard Tom Price's jet is pretty open availability wise....secure communications and everything.
Maybe the one he defaulted on leaving the island stuck with debt of 22 million which the sonofabitch put in his own pocket.
But the real story is that the press is being mean to Trump