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Angry New Yorkers say Obama pledge to cut red tape ignored by FEMA [W:36]

Queequeg said:
Having lived through one major disaster- the January 1994 earthquake in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, recovery take time. FEMA was not much help there. They did have a loan program through the SBA to retrofit foundation anchor bolts. Ought to make all the difference in the next big quake:lol: It took about one year to clear all of the collapsed homes in my old neighborhood. Some were rebuilt. Others reverted to grass and shrubs. Most of that work was paid for by insurance companies and/or the homeowners. I do not recall any FEMA involvement in site clearance. FEMA may have transfered money to the City of LA. I do not know how much FEMA can really do for these folks in NY. One of the big problems in that quake clean-up was landfill locations to receive all the debris of collapsed houses. Perhaps FEMA can reduce some of the restrictions on opening new dump sites offshore. That might be more efficient that trying to truck it in-land.
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Good points. The federal government does best at writing checks and waiving the routine chickensh!t regulations for the duration of the emergency. They do not do well as first responders.
 
tererun said:
I notice obama doesn't take any of the white people who think he should pack up and go back to kenya seriously at all. perhaps if they kissed his ass he would listen to one of their crazies?
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Nor should he...But I am interested....Who are these 'White people that think he should pack up and go back to Kenya"? Oh, and be sure to back this up with links to show who you think they represent.
 
joko104 said:
Why would Obama and Democrats do anything for New Yorkers? They will vote Democrat regardless and will blame it on Republicans anyway.

Once Obama had Christy's endorsement he flew off to Las Vegas because there was no reason left for him to do anything. He got more than he should have been able to hope for. Why stick around?
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It's pretty damn sad when you think that the President will only help people to get votes and that in states that are solid blue he would treat people there differently than anywhere else in the country. The mere fact that you believe such a ridiculous premise is sad for you.

People who lost everything and have nothing are naturally going to be dissatisfied many times during the rebuilding process no matter what anyone does. It's impossible to avoid.

Believing that New Yorkers are whining more than people from Mississippi is inane too. When it comes to disasters people of all sorts react all different types of ways and it has nothing to do with if they're in NY, MS or anywhere else.

The posts from some of you that so want to politicize this since you lost the election and you feel lost in general is also sad. Comparing the horrible response of the Bush Administration to the immediate and considerate response of the Obama Administration is like comparing apples to concrete.
 
Ray410 said:
Probably be redundant to mention that Romney's a good guy, if he'd been elected, he would have taken good care of you by now, even if Obama had tried to stop him.
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Do you really believe what you wrote? Really?
 
j-mac said:
No, Obama is not a super anything...In fact his action in disaster is by now predictable...When the oil spilled in the Gulf, he sprinkled a little Dawn and then forgot about it.. Same here, he flew to NJ, got Crispy Cream to endorse his oh so caring response, then he's out....good luck Rockaway's, good luck LI, good luck Point Pleasant, your on your own now...

At least there is a little entertainment in that I am sure that liberals/progressives are looking for a way to blame it on Bush....:mrgreen:
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So Obama does something... and it's big bad government... he does nothing... and he's not doing enough?

Still sore about Obama winning I see. This goes here:

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Hatuey said:
So Obama does something... and it's big bad government... he does nothing... and he's not doing enough?

Still sore about Obama winning I see.
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It's lonely at the top....Get used to it...No more pass on failure to govern...
 
j-mac said:
It's lonely at the top....Get used to it...No more pass on failure to govern...
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If you add in 'no more passes on failure threads' and I'm with you. Still claiming copper theft is Obama's fault?
 
Hatuey said:
If you add in 'no more passes on failure threads' and I'm with you. Still claiming copper theft is Obama's fault?
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good grief....What an asshole thing to bring up....I reviewed and rescinded that opinion in that thread publicly...If this is your approach, save it, it makes you look stupid.
 
jakiejakester said:
It's pretty damn sad when you think that the President will only help people to get votes and that in states that are solid blue he would treat people there differently than anywhere else in the country. The mere fact that you believe such a ridiculous premise is sad for you.
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Actually, it is more sad for the suckers in the blue states who still believe in Obama and the big government of the left wing.
 
j-mac said:
good grief....What an asshole thing to bring up....I reviewed and rescinded that opinion in that thread publicly...If this is your approach, save it, it makes you look stupid.
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As opposed to contradictorily claiming that if Obama does too much it's bad but if he does too little.
 
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j-mac said:
good grief....What an asshole thing to bring up....I reviewed and rescinded that opinion in that thread publicly...If this is your approach, save it, it makes you look stupid.
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Moderator's Warning:
This kind of stuff stops right now.
 
It's amazing to watch the same people who--8 years later--still bitch about the response to Hurricane Katrina bend over backwards to defend Obama's piss poor job of responding to Hurricane Sandy. Sickening, actually.
 
Diogenes said:
Actually, it is more sad for the suckers in the blue states who still believe in Obama and the big government of the left wing.
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Your previous post stated that you believe that the President is purposely ignoring Americans who were hurt by Sandy - and your reason was that he doesn't need the votes. That my friend, is about as cynical as one can get. The mere fact that you believe that makes me sad that you have such a warped view of everyday life. It's like you're in a bubble or something.
 
apdst said:
It's amazing to watch the same people who--8 years later--still bitch about the response to Hurricane Katrina bend over backwards to defend Obama's piss poor job of responding to Hurricane Sandy. Sickening, actually.
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Comparing President Obama and his government response to Sandy to that of President Bush and Katrina as if their's a similarity is not correct IMHO. You can hate the President all you want - you can be ultra unhappy that Romney got schooled - but to believe that Bush and his "Helluva a job Brownie" has an equivalent in the Obama Administration is inappropriate.
 
jakiejakester said:
Comparing President Obama and his government response to Sandy to that of President Bush and Katrina as if their's a similarity is not correct IMHO. You can hate the President all you want - you can be ultra unhappy that Romney got schooled - but to believe that Bush and his "Helluva a job Brownie" has an equivalent in the Obama Administration is inappropriate.
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You're right...Obama's response is worse.
 
j-mac said:
Nor should he...But I am interested....Who are these 'White people that think he should pack up and go back to Kenya"? Oh, and be sure to back this up with links to show who you think they represent.
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You need a mirror at this moment.
 
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER OVER ANYTHING

God - what is so hard for people to understand about this ****? Of course he can't force FEMA to cut through the red tape. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT ****ING WAY.

Damnit people - brains . . . use them, learn about our government and how it does and doesn't function so then when you want to bitch you know WHO TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER OVER ANYTHING

God - what is so hard for people to understand about this ****? Of course he can't force FEMA to cut through the red tape. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT ****ING WAY.

Damnit people - brains . . . use them, learn about our government and how it does and doesn't function so then when you want to bitch you know WHO TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.
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He did when Katrina hit. :rofl

If he doesn't, he should have known better than to promise that he was going "cut through thevred tape" because "FEMA works for me".
 
jakiejakester said:
Your previous post stated that you believe that the President is purposely ignoring Americans who were hurt by Sandy - and your reason was that he doesn't need the votes. That my friend, is about as cynical as one can get. The mere fact that you believe that makes me sad that you have such a warped view of everyday life. It's like you're in a bubble or something.
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It's not so much cynical as realistic to recognize that Obama is incapable of governing.
 
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