Opinion: Puerto Rico Is American. We Can’t Ignore It Now.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

You are correct in my mistake on the citizenship, I misspoke, in the same way you misspoke with  

"Three posts in quick succession that are all incorrect.'

 

I love a person that can  admit when they mistake. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

7 hours ago, Ebunoluwa said:

Help was not there fast enough for PR. Criticism increased it only the last couple days.
He did a great  job for FL and TX but sorry, not so for PR.
9 days was too late.
Trump was preoccupied with the NFL.
His nasty tweets against PR show his childish fits once again, who the heck would attack with tweets at a time like this. Vile and inappropriate.

"PR is an island surrounded by water.....big water....ocean water......."
Who talks like that

We know that already, who does he think his audience is with this baby talk. Go golfing and shut up Donnie and embrace your indifference.
 

The failing administration and it's many fired loosers have the lowest approval in the history of this country.
 

 

He doesn’t need to go to PR for help to be sent there, hopefully you know that.  In order to send so many thousands of Marines there within a few days of the storm happening is a massive logistical event.

Now the trouble is getting the stuff from ports to where it is needed.  And since the truckers in PR don’t seem to be willing to move it, there is a bit of a gridlock going on.

As for the bold part, that president isn’t in office any longer.

Edited October 1, 2017 by IDWAF

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

3 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

You are correct in my mistake on the citizenship, I misspoke, in the same way you misspoke with  

"Three posts in quick succession that are all incorrect.'

 

To me, they were in quick succession.  I didn’t say a number of hours.  I was referring to their geographical location on the pages of this thread.  

We all make mistakes, it’s no biggie, as long as we learn from them.  I make quite a few myself, even though I try to put out good info.  

 

It wasn’t you that said it, but I am still unsure what was meant by PR citizens being “qualified Americans”?  Never heard of such in regards to PR.

Edited October 1, 2017 by IDWAF

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

You got to love it when you are multiple pages deep, and everything the MDL has said has been debunked,  and you get " well somebody attacked Obama also".

 

The ol Bush or Reagan did something also selection B , standard MDL retreat bugle call.

My momma, use to say , if your friends jumped off a cliff would you also.

 

 

[spookyturtle 9,465]

41 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

You got to love it when you are multiple pages deep, and everything the MDL has said has been debunked,  and you get " well somebody attacked Obama also".

 

The ol Bush or Reagan did something also selection B , standard MDL retreat bugle call.

My momma, use to say , if your friends jumped off a cliff would you also.

 

 

And you do it too. 

[Merrytooth 5,748]

It seems like that San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz is attacking the Federal Government for her own political gains.

 

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/09/30/other-puerto-rican-mayor-trump-has-been-great-san-juans-mayor-has-been-awol-n2389031

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=474076812979151&id=100011305098727&comment_id=474204989633000&notif_id=1506815861536988&notif_t=comment_mention&hc_location=ufi

 

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The mayor of San Juan is hyping up her calls for help because she is upset that one of the distribution centers was not near her. The people that are coordinating these centers needed a place that had better and faster access. That is one thing that people here in the states do not understand. San Juan is huge and traffic is a nightmare there on normal days. It takes my son an hour to drive a 30-min drive to work. So a distribution center near Mayor Cruz would create a bigger problem to get trucks and vehicles in and out of the center to do their deliveries quickly.

 

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

46 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

And you do it too. 

You just doubled down on the someone else did it also so it doesn't matter, , Lame ditch left non argument .What is so amazing is you thought you were  so clever doing it. 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

4 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I love a person that can  admit when they mistake. 

We will be sure to remind you of that if you ever make a mistake.

[TBoneTX 45,299]

C'mon, folks, please.

 

Distance, logistics, port access, supply distribution, and lack of electrical power amidst tenuous infrastructure are plenty of objective hurdles to focus on.  The waiver of the Jones Act removed what was probably the biggest political impediment on "our" side of things, enabling direct aid from other countries... once the port logjams and trucking issues are resolved.

 

Let's have compassion toward those poor victims and do anything we can within our personal power to provide support to them.  Who else here has donated funds or supplies, and to which relief agencies?

 

Let's put our minds to work here:

1.  If you were in charge (as Governor of Puerto Rico, as commander of relief operations, as President, as FEMA head, or you pick it), what would you do to alleviate the above hurdles?

2.  When other Caribbean islands were hurricaned in the past, what procedures worked the best?  Are they transferable to the current situation?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

But, if can blame it on Trump, isn't that the way we SHOULD be doing It?

 

However...

 

 

[spookyturtle 9,465]

9 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

You just doubled down on the someone else did it also so it doesn't matter, , Lame ditch left non argument .What is so amazing is you thought you were  so clever doing it. 

I'll triple down. You did it again.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

7 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

We will be sure to remind you of that if you ever make a mistake.

Please do,  however I never make misteakes

[spookyturtle 9,465]

6 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

C'mon, folks, please.

 

Distance, logistics, port access, supply distribution, and lack of electrical power amidst tenuous infrastructure are plenty of objective hurdles to focus on.  The waiver of the Jones Act removed what was probably the biggest political impediment on "our" side of things, enabling direct aid from other countries... once the port logjams and trucking issues are resolved.

 

Let's have compassion toward those poor victims and do anything we can within our personal power to provide support to them.  Who else here has donated funds or supplies, and to which relief agencies?

 

Let's put our minds to work here:

1.  If you were in charge (as Governor of Puerto Rico, as commander of relief operations, as President, as FEMA head, or you pick it), what would you do to alleviate the above hurdles?

2.  When other Caribbean islands were hurricaned in the past, what procedures worked the best?  Are they transferable to the current situation?

Best post in thread. The people who are impacted are what is most important. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

From a friend of mine headed over to PR soon to assist FEMA:

 Our military has been there since the beginning. Biggest problems were the airports and ports were not ready for traffic and the infrastructure was a mess, roads etc. FEMA has been there and still assisting and I will be there soon. Drink some Soju for me and eat Yaki Mandu!!

[Neonred 3,564]

8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

C'mon, folks, please.

 

Distance, logistics, port access, supply distribution, and lack of electrical power amidst tenuous infrastructure are plenty of objective hurdles to focus on.  The waiver of the Jones Act removed what was probably the biggest political impediment on "our" side of things, enabling direct aid from other countries... once the port logjams and trucking issues are resolved.

 

Let's have compassion toward those poor victims and do anything we can within our personal power to provide support to them.  Who else here has donated funds or supplies, and to which relief agencies?

 

Let's put our minds to work here:

1.  If you were in charge (as Governor of Puerto Rico, as commander of relief operations, as President, as FEMA head, or you pick it), what would you do to alleviate the above hurdles?

2.  When other Caribbean islands were hurricaned in the past, what procedures worked the best?  Are they transferable to the current situation?

Absolutely.  And for those of you that don't remember, there was the same complaints after hurricane Andrew.  Three days after Andrew the Dade county emergency management coordinator cried and pleaded for help wanting to know where the government assistance was.  I remember this well as I was already living here in south Florida.

 

Same problem, different storm.