tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post8916672423736858299..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Mitt Romney tells Hurricane Sandy Victims they are on their OwnGrung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-12545424695490713362012-11-06T10:37:43.446-06:002012-11-06T10:37:43.446-06:00Hey silverfiddle, I really wish you were there to ...Hey silverfiddle, I really wish you were there to assist the victims of Hurricane Sandy, like your highly intelligent post about merely putting people on a bus. Such a simple solution that somehow escaped Governor Christie. Just one thing, if I can pick your genius brain for a moment, where does one procure buses large enough to fit houses and boardwalk businesses? Thanks!byebyemittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-45839054462959655582012-11-01T13:44:27.458-05:002012-11-01T13:44:27.458-05:00 Paul Krugman,
So let me just take a moment to fl... Paul Krugman,<br /><br />So let me just take a moment to flag an issue others have been writing about: the weird Republican obsession with killing FEMA. Kevin Drum has the goods: they just keep doing it. George Bush the elder turned the agency into a dumping ground for hacks, with bad results; Clinton revived the agency; Bush the younger ruined it again; Obama revived it again; and Romney — with everyone still remembering Brownie and Katrina! — said that he wants to block-grant and privatize it. (And as far as I can tell, even TV news isn’t letting him Etch-A-Sketch the comment away).<br /><br />There’s something pathological here. It’s really hard to think of a public service less likely to be suitable for privatization, and given the massive inequality of impacts by state, it really really isn’t block-grantable. Does the right somehow imagine that only Those People need disaster relief? Is the whole idea of helping people as opposed to hurting them just anathema?<br /><br />It’s a bit of a mystery, calling more for psychological inquiry than policy analysis. But something is going on here.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-43307356752927518092012-10-31T13:15:07.409-05:002012-10-31T13:15:07.409-05:00"Silverpiddle notwithstanding, there's no...<i>"Silverpiddle notwithstanding, there's no way in Hell that local government, however capable, could cope with a disaster like Katrina"</i><br /><br />FEMA does not evacuate people. Local authorities do.<br /><br />If you think it takes the federal government to load people onto buses and get them out of the path of a hurricane, then you you need help. But that explains liberalism...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-34134284260849777932012-10-31T11:01:05.955-05:002012-10-31T11:01:05.955-05:00There's a very evil aspect of Republican leade...There's a very evil aspect of Republican leadership in government. People who are virulently opposes to the Federal Government were placed in high-level positions during Bush's Presidency. Brownie at FEMA, John Bolton at the UN...<br /><br />First, from 2000-2006 all 3 branches were under Republican control. They gave America 9/11, Tora Bora and Bin Laden's escape, Iraq, Katrina, relaxed regulations on Wall Street and the Oil Conglomerates, under enforcement of OSHA, MSHA and the EPA and tax cuts for the 1%.<br /><br />The fallout from those actions are still plaguing us today.<br /><br />Republican leadership is murderous, disastrous and evil. It's all for the purpose of Destroying America, enslaving the Nation and enshrining a Plutocratic Feudalist State. Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-59423752241466082482012-10-31T10:24:42.212-05:002012-10-31T10:24:42.212-05:00Perhaps Mitt Romney thinks Ohio is The Ocean State...<i>Perhaps Mitt Romney thinks Ohio is The Ocean State just like Syria is Iran's Path to the Sea?</i><br /><br />Ohio is Romney's path back to private life.<br /><br />Silverpiddle notwithstanding, there's no way in Hell that local government, however capable, could cope with a disaster like Katrina. FEMA dropped the ball there because it was being run by an incompetent Bush appointee, not because of any inherent problem with the concept of federal disaster assistance.<br /><br />As for how well Obama has handled Sandy, why not take the word of a prominent Republican on the scene -- Chris Christie?<br /><br />The wingnuts can spin till they're dizzy and cherry-pick phrases, but the fact remains that Obama is succeeding where Bush screwed up. The wingnuts should stick to stuff they're actually good at, like tormenting rape victims.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-80382622579401961392012-10-31T08:25:52.677-05:002012-10-31T08:25:52.677-05:00Obama's advice to people left stranded with no...Obama's advice to people left stranded with no electricity and damaged infrastructure?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83024.html?hp=l10" rel="nofollow">Monitor the situation on TV and the internet</a><br /><br />Is this a presidential administration or a SNL skit?<br /><br />What a collectivist collection of dim bulbs.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-17197063737290675232012-10-31T08:08:00.565-05:002012-10-31T08:08:00.565-05:00Here's some balance to offset this unhinged, m...Here's some balance to offset this unhinged, moronic rant:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/thinktanked/wp/2012/10/31/hurricane-sandy-mitt-romneys-position-on-fema-and-more-am-briefing/<br /><br />http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/1030/Did-Mitt-Romney-suggest-eliminating-FEMA-video<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83001.html<br /><br />I'm glad Sarge pulled his finger out of his ass and mentioned New Orleans, where a Democrat governor and a Democrat Mayor fumbled and dithered, letting people drown, instead of evacuating them. Thanks for the reminder.<br /><br />Democrat leadership is deadly. Just ask Ambassador Steven and his staff who were murdered by terrorists because Obummer couldn't make a decision, and instead jetted off to Vegas.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-13944016307658797192012-10-30T19:39:16.361-05:002012-10-30T19:39:16.361-05:00Halliburton and Bain Capital LLC Disaster Relief i...Halliburton and Bain Capital LLC Disaster Relief if you can afford it.<br /><br /><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/romney-ball-caps-made-china-obamas-m" rel="nofollow">Romney-Ryan official caps made in China</a>. Romney's One Point Plan already in play.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-62217588686929065242012-10-30T17:27:47.909-05:002012-10-30T17:27:47.909-05:00Make that silverfiddle!
burp...
RonMake that silverfiddle!<br /><br />burp...<br /><br /><br />RonSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-41809866217284729722012-10-30T17:26:48.785-05:002012-10-30T17:26:48.785-05:00Oh, I forgot - senile demensia fueled by Miller Li...Oh, I forgot - senile demensia fueled by Miller Lite:<br /><br /><br />Fuck You, Silverfish...<br /><br /><br />The SergeantSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-48267232028516215012012-10-30T17:24:27.227-05:002012-10-30T17:24:27.227-05:00I don't think I will ever forget that picure o...I don't think I will ever forget that picure of GW flying up aboard AF One and looking down on the flooded 9th Ward in New Orleans. Apathy isn't a strong enough term for that.<br />Sandy is different! It isn't poor asses black folks being hit - It is above middle class and flat-assed wealthy that have lost homes in this storm. Yet, the Republicans cut funding for FEMA and gave the bucks to the Pentagon.<br /><br />Romney is now getting involved with disaster relief funding (in Ohio)after saying that FEMA should be abolished and the states and private enterprise should handle disasters.<br /><br />I voted today and sttod in a line over an hour to exercise that right.<br /><br />Get yer ass out there and vote.<br /><br /><br />SargeSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-32350099107518406932012-10-30T15:24:29.732-05:002012-10-30T15:24:29.732-05:00Heckava Job Brownie found a way to connect Hurrica...Heckava Job Brownie found a way to connect Hurricane Sandy to Benghazi,<br /><br />“One thing he’s gonna be asked is, why did he jump on [the hurricane] so quickly and go back to D.C. so quickly when in…Benghazi, he went to Las Vegas?” Brown says. “Why was this so quick?… At some point, somebody’s going to ask that question…. This is like the inverse of Benghazi.”<br /><br />Yeah, why does President Obama not let all those undesirables die like Super Christian George W(orst President Ever) Bush did? Huh? Huh? Huh?Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-76296473551478466762012-10-30T14:22:49.497-05:002012-10-30T14:22:49.497-05:00Yeah, Gene, he simply has no idea how the other 99...Yeah, Gene, he simply has no idea how the other 99% live....or die. I can't believe half the people of America actually are buying his lies.<br /><br />I mean, Hel's bells, he is the guy that squicked out girls like me in HIGH SCHOOL, the sort who would steal girls undies while there were in gym class or such...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com