Following the "historic hurricane" [bHo 08-24-2010], Obama took to the airwaves to show how his awesome leadership is guiding the country out of the rain we just had on the east coast.

He is definitely in front of this issue. Comparisons to how FEMA is handling this non-event and the destruction of New Orleans, totally different scales (one a hundred-year disaster, one a weak tropical storm) show that Obama can indeed handle crises of the magnitude of Irene.



In other news, a muslim was found burning plastic with an historic magnifying glass and he is canceling his next vacation to monitor the investigation.

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Politics of Hate aren't going to fly this time...better start coming up with something positive to say about the Republican opposition instead.

Oh.

Wait.

I understand.

Nevermind!

Never in a million years could Obama display the leadership of George Bush following Katrina.

I'm surprised Obama didn't put on a Superman suit to deliver
his speech.

conVince Wrote:
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> Following the "historic hurricane" , Obama took to
> the airwaves to show how his awesome leadership is
> guiding the country out of the rain we just had on
> the east coast.

And if the President hadn't shown leadership and Irene had been a disaster, you'd be complaining about that, too.

Face it: You will never be satisfied w/anything President Obama does. Therefore, your criticism of him is irrelevant.

Love how these same idiots were complaining about Obama being in Martha's Vineyard as the hurricane was bearing down on the East Coast. Now, by being responsive, he is trying to capitalize on it politically.

Ever feel schizophrenic, conVince?

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Now that Vermont is flooding and is dangerous, Obama flees New England to "manage" things down in DC. Too bad, the demokrat could have had his photo opp, walking among the ruins and disaster. Maybe it is revenge against the 59,806 people who voted for Hillary Klinton in the 2008 primaries.

So... with budget and earthquake disaster in DC he vacations in New England, and when disaster strikes New England he goes back to DC. Like a caboose pushing the train.

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conVince Wrote:
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> Now that Vermont is flooding and is dangerous,
> Obama flees New England to "manage" things down in
> DC.

Martha's Vineyard is 200 hundred of miles from VT.

Time time get back on your meds, conVince.

Obama can't appear to win. Obama is at Martha's Vineyard with what is likely more robust communications than Bush ever had in Crawford, TX, and he gets criticized by the same people who hung out with Bush at his ranch. He plays golf, he is criticized by the same people laughing with their hero when Bush was golfing after 9/11. He goes back home, he is called out for leaving the geographic region of flooding.

But that is the nature of the Republican arguments... argue who any given action is wrong even if they are actions they called for.

Average storm? 2,000,000 Americans without power? 8 States flooded? Train service halted in the North East because tracks are washed out. North East airline flights cancelled due to wind.

I give Obama, NHC and FEMA an A+ for being pro-active and preventative.

Americans were clearly warned, shelters were setup, emergency procedures clearly explained and lives were saved.

Dude stop watching the Sci-Fi movies and put some money in your saving account for an emergency.

Average Wrote:
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>
> put some money in your saving account for an emergency.

conVince has over 400 pounds of wheat in his basement.

Why do that when the demokrats will give me money for not taking responsible measures like that?

Obama and the anti-Constitution demokrat Bloomberg konspired to make this seem like a Katrina event. It petered out and now they are all patting themselves on their kollektive demokrat bakks. Irene wasn't any more destructive than others that happen every year, it is elektion politiks.

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Average Wrote:
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> Average storm? 2,000,000 Americans without power?
> 8 States flooded? Train service halted in the
> North East because tracks are washed out. North
> East airline flights cancelled due to wind.
>
> I give Obama, NHC and FEMA an A+ for being
> pro-active and preventative.
>
> Americans were clearly warned, shelters were
> setup, emergency procedures clearly explained and
> lives were saved.
>
> Dude stop watching the Sci-Fi movies and put some
> money in your saving account for an emergency.

+1

I'm sick of people downplaying Irene. Just because it didn't produce damage to the extent of Katrina, doesn't mean that it wasn't a big deal. It had the potential to be a very serious threat to the east coast, and did in fact end up taking some lives, leaving masses without power, and producing damaging floods. You can never be too careful...

Irene... psh Wrote:
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> I'm sick of people downplaying Irene. Just
> because it didn't produce damage to the extent of
> Katrina, doesn't mean that it wasn't a big deal.
> It had the potential to be a very serious threat
> to the east coast, and did in fact end up taking
> some lives, leaving masses without power, and
> producing damaging floods. You can never be too
> careful...

Agreed. Leaders in all jurisdictions and all levels of governement, regardless their political affiliation, delivered the reight message and resources to ensure the public safety.

Kudos to everyone involved.
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>
> So... with budget and earthquake disaster in DC he
> vacations in New England, and when disaster
> strikes New England he goes back to DC. Like a
> caboose pushing the train.


Earthquake disaster? Do you live in Virginia? I'm sure if bridges had fallen, etc, Obama would have come back. He didn't come back after the earthquake because there was no reason to come back.

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Average Wrote:
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>
> I give Obama, NHC and FEMA an A+ for being
> pro-active and preventative.
>

I totally agree. If a Cat 2 had hit Manhattan, everyone would have been ready.

If everyone erred on the side of caution this time, so be it. In a month, nobody will care about this. If Obama and local authorities had been too lackadaisical, like folks were prior to Katrina, and it had been at Cat 2, people would be talking about this five years from now (like they continue to do about Katrina).

Fact is, if all the evacuations, etc, hadn't happened with Irene, right now the news media would be in boats interviewing people stranded in their homes in Maryland and NJ and the GOP would be screaming, "Why didn't Obama do more!!!???"

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Obama did the right thing by showing up.

Now watch this dumbshit fumble around with another pointless "jobs plan".


Jobs and economics just aren't his strong suit.

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Thinking_Man Wrote:
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> conVince Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Now that Vermont is flooding and is dangerous,
> > Obama flees New England to "manage" things down
> in
> > DC.
>
> Martha's Vineyard is 200 hundred of miles from
> VT.
>
> Time time get back on your meds, conVince.


Point of order........Irene was 700 miles wide.

justsayin Wrote:
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Obama is at Martha's
> Vineyard with what is likely more robust
> communications than Bush ever had in Crawford, TX,
>
A summer rental in MA has better phones than the TX home of a president?

Wow..no wonder it was $25,000 a week.


> But that is the nature of the Republican
> arguments... argue who any given action is wrong
> even if they are actions they called for.
>
>

Isn't this exactly what you've done in regards to Bush's presidency ever since the day Obama was elected?

Why would you expect Republicans to agree with a Democratic president? ANY Democratic president?

I don't expect you to ever say a nice thing about Bush or any other Republican president.

It's cool though, you just don't have it in you.

SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> Point of order........Irene was 700 miles wide.

Not well taken........flooding in Vermont, a state 100+ miles distant from the Atlantic coast has no impact on Martha's Vineyard, an island off said coast.

Thinking_Man Wrote:
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> Irene... psh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'm sick of people downplaying Irene. Just
> > because it didn't produce damage to the extent
> of
> > Katrina, doesn't mean that it wasn't a big deal.
>
> > It had the potential to be a very serious
> threat
> > to the east coast, and did in fact end up
> taking
> > some lives, leaving masses without power, and
> > producing damaging floods. You can never be
> too
> > careful...
>
> Agreed. Leaders in all jurisdictions and all
> levels of governement, regardless their political
> affiliation, delivered the reight message and
> resources to ensure the public safety.
>
> Kudos to everyone involved.


This is exactly why everyone went so far with this relatively weak (but more destructive in some areas than we are giving it credit for since it didn't do much here) storm. To show off their disaster plans and probably even to test how well they work. What better time to test those than when there's a Cat 1 coming up the coast instead of a Cat 3-4 or whatever.

They showed themselves to be well-prepared and on top of things from before it got there till now when it has passed. It's reassuring to the public.

I suggest conVince search "Nashville" and "Obama's Katrina." Funny how Tea Baggers don't think FEMA is necessary, and then try to blame Obama for significantly less flooding than has happened with this "made up" hurricane.

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Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina has been cut off from the mainland after Hurricane Irene made its first U.S. landfall on the 200-mile-long chain of tourist-friendly barrier islands. State Highway 12, the main thoroughfare through the islands, is interrupted in five places, reports the Charlotte Observer, isolating not only Hatteras but also the towns of Duck and Rodanthe.

Ocracoke, another island in the Outer Banks that's home to one of the country's oldest continually operating lighthouses, was also cut off over the weekend.

The damage is significant for the Outer Banks, whose economy is heavily reliant on summer tourism. "We're done for the year," a museum director in Hatteras told the Miami Herald. "The isolation from the visiting public will be devastating."

With Labor Day still a week away, one hotel manager is holding out hope for a final tourist surge. "This next weekend would have been one of our biggest moneymakers. And many people come here after Labor Day to enjoy the season when it's less crowded," the manager of the Comfort Inn in Buxton, North Carolina told the Miami Herald.

Oh my!
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Thinking_Man Wrote:
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> SoylentGreen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Point of order........Irene was 700 miles wide.
>
> Not well taken........flooding in Vermont, a state
> 100+ miles distant from the Atlantic coast has no
> impact on Martha's Vineyard, an island off said
> coast.


I get it. You were arguing the pin point, not the point.

You should really broaden your view a bit. It rained in a lot of places. And flooded in most of them. Just because Vermont is getting all the pub right now..doesn't mean other places didn't have problems.

(you liberals sure are a narrow minded bunch)

Thinking_Man Wrote:
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> conVince Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Following the "historic hurricane" , Obama took
> to
> > the airwaves to show how his awesome leadership
> is
> > guiding the country out of the rain we just had
> on
> > the east coast.
>
> And if the President hadn't shown leadership and
> Irene had been a disaster, you'd be complaining
> about that, too.
>
> Face it: You will never be satisfied w/anything
> President Obama does. Therefore, your criticism
> of him is irrelevant.

+1

Irene... psh Wrote:
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> Average Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Average storm? 2,000,000 Americans without
> power?
> > 8 States flooded? Train service halted in the
> > North East because tracks are washed out.
> North
> > East airline flights cancelled due to wind.
> >
> > I give Obama, NHC and FEMA an A+ for being
> > pro-active and preventative.
> >
> > Americans were clearly warned, shelters were
> > setup, emergency procedures clearly explained
> and
> > lives were saved.
> >
> > Dude stop watching the Sci-Fi movies and put
> some
> > money in your saving account for an emergency.
>
> +1
>
> I'm sick of people downplaying Irene. Just
> because it didn't produce damage to the extent of
> Katrina, doesn't mean that it wasn't a big deal.
> It had the potential to be a very serious threat
> to the east coast, and did in fact end up taking
> some lives, leaving masses without power, and
> producing damaging floods. You can never be too
> careful...

what you've said is absolutely correct. I agree with you 100%.

I heard it gave one old man a heart attack....true story

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> I suggest conVince search "Nashville" and "Obama's
> Katrina." Funny how Tea Baggers don't think FEMA
> is necessary, and then try to blame Obama for
> significantly less flooding than has happened with
> this "made up" hurricane.


What's even funnier is how you continually rewrite history.

In the "Nashville" floods.........FEMA and the Red Cross were held at bay once they finally showed up because there was so much support at the local level..........they weren't needed until it was used up.

So far at least 22 people have lost their lives with the "made up" hurricane, asshole. I'm sure their friends and family are thrilled to hear they died pretending to be in one.

The great story of Noah and the ignorant/arrogant people.

It doesn't hurt to be prepared.

SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> I don't expect you to ever say a nice thing about
> Bush or any other Republican president.
>
> It's cool though, you just don't have it in you.

Bush was awesome at making people laugh, and I like jelly beans like Reagan. There, I proved you wrong yet again.

Aside from that, you seem to be a partisan yourself, moreso than I. Point me to a Democratic president with 2A views I routinely express on the forum. I am not a Democrat, I am an independent that leans liberal. But that doesn't mean I can't be conservative on other issues. Just because you want to pigeonhole me into your black and white world view doesn't mean I have to abide it.

SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> I get it. You were arguing the pin point, not the
> point.
>
> (you liberals sure are a narrow minded bunch)

No, Greeny, you don't get it. You're insistent, though, so I'll break it down for you:

ConVince suggests the President fled New England to avoid flooding IN VERMONT.

> Now that Vermont is flooding and is dangerous,
> Obama flees New England to "manage" things down

I, in turn, suggested conVince is off-the-mark in his assessment of the President's motivation for returning to DC, since flooding IN VERMONT was no threat to the President, as he was 200 miles away.

> Martha's Vineyard is 200 hundred miles from
> VT.
>
> Time time get back on your meds, conVince.

Then you pointlessly point out that Irene was, indeed a big storm, impacting both Vermont and Martha's Vineyard:

> Point of order........Irene was 700 miles wide.

I responded to you that, again, that flooding IN VERMONT was no threat to the President, as he was far away, and was, therefore, not a factor in his decision to return to DC.

> Not well taken........flooding in Vermont, a state 100+ miles
> distant from the Atlantic coast has no impact on Martha's
> Vineyard, an island off said coast.

You continue to misunderstand my exchange w/conVince and slander me as narrow-minded.

So, that's where we are. I await your apology.

An "average storm." Seriously?

SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I suggest conVince search "Nashville" and
> "Obama's
> > Katrina." Funny how Tea Baggers don't think
> FEMA
> > is necessary, and then try to blame Obama for
> > significantly less flooding than has happened
> with
> > this "made up" hurricane.
>
>
> What's even funnier is how you continually rewrite
> history.
>
> In the "Nashville" floods.........FEMA and the Red
> Cross were held at bay once they finally showed up
> because there was so much support at the local
> level..........they weren't needed until it was
> used up.
>
> So far at least 22 people have lost their lives
> with the "made up" hurricane, asshole. I'm sure
> their friends and family are thrilled to hear they
> died pretending to be in one.

I'm not saying the hurricane is made up (hence the quotes). That's what Obama's critics are saying, not me.

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WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> I'm not saying the hurricane is made up (hence the quotes). That's what Obama's critics are saying, not me.

Umm, this whole storm was a waste of TIME and MONEY, stupid. Now is the time for spending CUTS.

Funny. Obama's last statements have been all about jobs, not Irene or FEMA.

1776 Wrote:
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> Umm, this whole storm was a waste of TIME and
> MONEY, stupid. Now is the time for spending CUTS.

What a douche!

Here's hoping that next time there's a natural disaster
YOU pay the price (dead relative(s),livelihood destroyed,
home wrecked) and NOBODY ELSE GIVES A FUCK!

`

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1776 Wrote:
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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> > I'm not saying the hurricane is made up (hence
> the quotes). That's what Obama's critics are
> saying, not me.
>
> Umm, this whole storm was a waste of TIME and
> MONEY, stupid. Now is the time for spending CUTS.

Keep living in your glass bubble of not in my backyard.

This is the type of person who yells spending cuts and then learns his job has been cut as a result.

epic fail

It is spelled Idiocracy Wrote:
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> epic fail

Spelled that way on purpose. Think about it.

I don't see anything particularly witty about it, I'm going with misspelling.

Thinking_Man Wrote:
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> SoylentGreen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I get it. You were arguing the pin point, not
> the
> > point.
> >
> > (you liberals sure are a narrow minded bunch)
>
> No, Greeny, you don't get it. You're insistent,
> though, so I'll break it down for you:
>
> ConVince suggests the President fled New England
> to avoid flooding IN VERMONT.
>
> > Now that Vermont is flooding and is dangerous,
> > Obama flees New England to "manage" things down
>
>
> I, in turn, suggested conVince is off-the-mark in
> his assessment of the President's motivation for
> returning to DC, since flooding IN VERMONT was no
> threat to the President, as he was 200 miles
> away.
>
> > Martha's Vineyard is 200 hundred miles from
> > VT.
> >
> > Time time get back on your meds, conVince.
>
> Then you pointlessly point out that Irene was,
> indeed a big storm, impacting both Vermont and
> Martha's Vineyard:
>
> > Point of order........Irene was 700 miles wide.
>
> I responded to you that, again, that flooding IN
> VERMONT was no threat to the President, as he was
> far away, and was, therefore, not a factor in his
> decision to return to DC.
>
> > Not well taken........flooding in Vermont, a
> state 100+ miles
> > distant from the Atlantic coast has no impact on
> Martha's
> > Vineyard, an island off said coast.
>
> You continue to misunderstand my exchange
> w/conVince and slander me as narrow-minded.
>
> So, that's where we are. I await your apology.


Okay dickhead.........let's play a little geography 101 shall we?

If it's raining in Vermont and that rain is coming from a 700 mile wide storm, how many times can you blow a bunch of smoke out of your ass before you realize I don't give a shit what/where/why the president was?

I was simply pointing out that it was raining in MA too. Christ....just because you want to argue with someone else over how what happens in Vermont stays in Vermont.........don't make it so. If fucking well rained in Martha's Vineyard. There may or may not have been damage and actual (gasp) danger to the president in MV but I don't really give a shit about that either.

Was I wrong? Was the storm not 700 miles wide? Was I wrong, would not a 700 mile wide storm have coverned Vermont AND Martha's Vineyard? Will you go hungry and cry yourself to sleep tonight if I am wrong? Did I even mention a single thing ConVince was arguing? Fight with him all you want but you don't get to change the shape and bounderies and size of New England.



Where's my fucking apology?

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> SoylentGreen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I suggest conVince search "Nashville" and
> > "Obama's
> > > Katrina." Funny how Tea Baggers don't think
> > FEMA
> > > is necessary, and then try to blame Obama for
> > > significantly less flooding than has happened
> > with
> > > this "made up" hurricane.
> >
> >
> > What's even funnier is how you continually
> rewrite
> > history.
> >
> > In the "Nashville" floods.........FEMA and the
> Red
> > Cross were held at bay once they finally showed
> up
> > because there was so much support at the local
> > level..........they weren't needed until it was
> > used up.
> >
> > So far at least 22 people have lost their lives
> > with the "made up" hurricane, asshole. I'm
> sure
> > their friends and family are thrilled to hear
> they
> > died pretending to be in one.
>
> I'm not saying the hurricane is made up (hence the
> quotes). That's what Obama's critics are saying,
> not me.


Well in that case.............sorry. Missed the quotes. Carry on.

Even if he did cause the hurricane.........by taking separate jets to MV.

Butterfly effect yanno.

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> SoylentGreen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I don't expect you to ever say a nice thing
> about
> > Bush or any other Republican president.
> >
> > It's cool though, you just don't have it in
> you.
>
> Bush was awesome at making people laugh, and I
> like jelly beans like Reagan. There, I proved you
> wrong yet again.
>
> Aside from that, you seem to be a partisan
> yourself, moreso than I. Point me to a Democratic
> president with 2A views I routinely express on the
> forum. I am not a Democrat, I am an independent
> that leans liberal. But that doesn't mean I can't
> be conservative on other issues. Just because you
> want to pigeonhole me into your black and white
> world view doesn't mean I have to abide it.


Sorry for pigeonholing you but I was only basing my opinion on what I've seen you post here day in and out.

A strong dislike of anything Republican.

That said.......why do you care what I think?

I sure as hell wont be thinking "wwjsd" when I pull the lever..push the button..break the point off my #2 pencil, next November.

I don't really care what you think, you just posed a challenge and I answered it and countered with another, and got the non-answer I expected. I provide stats in a thread explaining to an anon user why I think BB&T gets robbed more because they don't allow concealed carry and I'm labeled a leftist, brilliant.

I don't like most Republicans, but that doesn't mean I can't be conservative on some issues. Republicans aren't really a party of conservatives anymore, they just say no to everything that a Democrat says even if it is the same thing the Republicans wanted before and hope (or assume) it spins conservative.

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> I
> provide stats in a thread explaining to an anon
> user why I think BB&T gets robbed more because
> they don't allow concealed carry and I'm labeled a
> leftist, brilliant.

You pick one issue and say that makes you a non-Demokrat? You are a Demokrat and I stand with my fellow patriots SoylentGreen and WingNut in saying you are wrong and full of krap.

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conVince Wrote:
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> justsayin Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I
> > provide stats in a thread explaining to an anon
> > user why I think BB&T gets robbed more because
> > they don't allow concealed carry and I'm labeled
> a
> > leftist, brilliant.
>
> You pick one issue and say that makes you a
> non-Demokrat? You are a Demokrat and I stand with
> my fellow patriots SoylentGreen and WingNut in
> saying you are wrong and full of krap.

justsayin is going to "Storm the Bastille" one day, I think he really means it...

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SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> Okay dickhead.........let's play a little
> geography 101 shall we?

Greeny, you can't really be this DENSE?

It doesn't fucking matter where it was raining. I was responding to conVince's assertion that the President fled Martha's Vineyard to avoid flooding danger in VERMONT. Whether it was raining on Martha's Vineyard HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH conVince's assertion. In context, your post made no sense. It has yet make any sense. Unfortunately, you're too fucking stupid to comprehend that, so you prattle on endlessly, and pointlessly, about the size of Irene and where it was raining. Do us all a favor & STFU.

BTW, where's my fucking apology?

First, anybody who thinks the Secret Service would allow a President to ride out a hurricane is oblivious to how the Secret Service works.

Second, suggesting a hurricane is a political edge is pure insanity. The last thing a President wants to deal with is a natural disaster on his watch.

Dingle Barry to the rescue! Hooray!

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Irene expected to be one the top 10 costly US natural disaster. How is Obama handling this catastrophe?


Hurricane Irene will likely prove to be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in the nation's history, with some insurance industry estimates putting the cost of the storm at $7 billion to $10 billion largely because the hurricane pummeled an unusually wide area of the East Coast.

Beyond deadly flooding and destruction, the hurricane:

• Washed out North Carolina's cotton and tobacco crops.

• Disrupted shellfish harvesting in Chesapeake Bay.

• Pushed tourists off Atlantic beaches in the peak of summer.

"I think this is going to end up being a bigger event than people think it is," Connecticut Gov. Daniel P. Malloy said in an interview. "All of this is massive in scope. What the final dollar amount is, I don't know."

IreneMostCostly Wrote:
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>
> How is Obama handling this
> catastrophe?

Now that we have 40 dead Americans and billions of dollars in damage, the first and foremost thing we must do is abolish FEMA.

justsayin Wrote:

> I don't like most Republicans, but that doesn't
> mean I can't be conservative on some issues.

Name one that doesn't involve gun control, please.


> Republicans aren't really a party of conservatives
> anymore, they just say no to everything that a
> Democrat says even if it is the same thing the
> Republicans wanted before and hope (or assume) it
> spins conservative.

And what you say here is exactly why I hate ALL political parties.

Btw...I agree with you completely on the Republican party not being conservative.

But I still believe the Democrat party is just as evil.

Life is entirely too simple for them (all politicians) to have made it so complex.

I'm all for kicking dead weight off welfare, but telling some town that just got destroyed sucks to be you is un-American.

Before abolishing FEMA let's stop sending money to contractors rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan. Why the hell should we be rebuild other countries ahead of America?

I find more resistance to great idea on the Republican side than Democratic. Democrats seem to accept good Republican ideas, where as Republicans act more a grumpy old man who has to have it his way.

AmericaFirst Wrote:
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> I'm all for kicking dead weight off welfare, but
> telling some town that just got destroyed sucks to
> be you is un-American.
>
> Before abolishing FEMA let's stop sending money to
> contractors rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan. Why
> the hell should we be rebuild other countries
> ahead of America?
>
> I find more resistance to great idea on the
> Republican side than Democratic. Democrats seem
> to accept good Republican ideas, where as
> Republicans act more a grumpy old man who has to
> have it his way.


Obama got Halliburton and Blackwater out of Iraq and Afghanistan immediately after taking office..

Oh wait, no he didn't.

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>
> Umm, this whole storm was a waste of TIME and
> MONEY, stupid. Now is the time for spending CUTS.


Well, we'll have to have a word with the weather for wasting time and money. I'm sure all the highways and bridges that were destroyed weren't actually needed, right? So we shouldn't pay to re-build them.

Oh right, YOU don't use them so they don't matter. Now if 495 in Va or 66 got a huge section washed away, that would be another story, right? After all, that's what the government's supposed to pay for.

While this area got off rather easy with the hurricane, other areas did not, and not just the stupid beach homes that they keep rebuilding. This clearly was not an 'average storm'.

Thinking_Man Wrote:
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> SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> > Okay dickhead.........let's play a little
> > geography 101 shall we?
>
> Greeny, you can't really be this DENSE?
>
> It doesn't fucking matter where it was raining. I
> was responding to conVince's assertion that the
> President fled Martha's Vineyard to avoid flooding
> danger in VERMONT. Whether it was raining on
> Martha's Vineyard HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
> conVince's assertion. In context, your post made
> no sense. It has yet make any sense.
> Unfortunately, you're too fucking stupid to
> comprehend that, so you prattle on endlessly, and
> pointlessly, about the size of Irene and where it
> was raining. Do us all a favor & STFU.
>
> BTW, where's my fucking apology?


"us all" called a minute ago. They said the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were still in place and I don't have to "STFU".

They also said they don't give a shit if you were responding to Thomas Jefferson (the considered founder of NOAA).

Argue all you want with ConVince. About ConVince's assertion.

But don't call me dense when you're the one that's wrong and wont admit it.

The president returned to the White House because he wasn't about to stay in harms way. ConVince strung together a bunch of conspiracy theories to go with that assertion which are laughable but you can't change the fact that it fucking well did rain in Martha's Vineyard and the storm fucking well did pass through there just becaues you jumped the shark in the wrong direction.

"us all" also said they like your statue and believe your debating skills are on par with a pile of marble and bronze.

Republicans are so bitter they can't even think straight. It's seems the general mantra from Republicans is oppose anything the Democrats do to make them look bad. A bunch of grumpie old men who want to live in the 1700's.

Unfortunately while America is sitting on it's hands, countries like China, Japan, and India are making record strides in technology, healthcare and alternative fuels.

America needs to wake up and smell the global coffee.

SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> justsayin Wrote:
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> > I don't like most Republicans, but that doesn't
> > mean I can't be conservative on some issues.
>
> Name one that doesn't involve gun control,
> please.

Again look at where I post, many in financial markets threads. I am conservative on government regulation in the financial markets. While I believe reform was needed to prevent what caused the financial crises, I also believe that Frank-Dodd was over-reaching and didn't reform anything that caused the crisis.

It's so fun to be even-handed and pragmatic, getting called out by pinheads like you on personal views when they are all over the forum to read, plain as day.

JoePlumber Wrote:
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> Republicans are so bitter they can't even think
> straight. It's seems the general mantra from
> Republicans is oppose anything the Democrats do to
> make them look bad.

No, it doesn't "seem". It has been overtly stated:

>>> "...Now why would anyone want to weaken the economy? It's impossible to
know anyone's motives for certain, but Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
probably tipped his hand when he said: "The single most important thing we want
to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president..."

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/113418/why-would-anyone-want-weaken-economy-marketwatch

Tell that to the people in NY, NE, MA, CT and NJ that had their houses flooded by rivers.

Qwestor Wrote:
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> Tell that to the people in NY, NE, MA, CT and NJ
> that had their houses flooded by rivers.

Don't be silly! Facts & truth mean nothing to those suffering the debilitating effects of Obama Derangement Syndrome (ODS). ODS is insidious, using the victim’s own anger, fear, frustration and whatever other base emotions wrack their feverish minds to blind them from reason and logic.

Really, it's not their fault. They are sick.

I can't believe people think natural disaster need a government response.