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| Retired General Honoré: Trump doesn't care about people of color (Disgusting, Seditious Video) |
| 2017-09-29 |
| [CNN] Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who commanded the military response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, slams President Donald Trump's response to hurricane-ravaged. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Same story seen in Haiti earthquake. Can't land relief planes, no secure airports or handlers. Can't dock many deep water ships because of port debris, few available cargo handling facilities and fewer workers. No infrastructure to serve any of it. Haven't heard much from the big industries like Union Carbide or the Navy. Away from city centers and tourist clusters PR is a third world country in a nice suit. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-29 22:04 |
| #11 The problem in PR is not the shipping, but rather the backlog of unloading the ships and delivering the supplies. McCain has a bug in his bonnet for repealing the Jones Act. It is one of his obsessions. It is not the issue here. I think that Honore's moment of fame and good sense has come and went. Sad. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-09-29 14:28 |
| #10 Bet they wish they had that Navy Base at Vieques about now. Posted by rjschwarz I thought I saw my sympathy meter move, but it was only an eye-floater. Getting old is not for sissies. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-29 12:46 |
| #9 It's what guys like him do with their free time when their 15 minutes are up... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-09-29 11:53 |
| #8 Bet they wish they had that Navy Base at Vieques about now. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-09-29 10:19 |
| #7 Stand up for America or take a political knee as he did. Looks to be a little fellow now. |
| Posted by: Dale 2017-09-29 08:02 |
| #6 It's a Caribbean nation. As such, sometimes it rains real hard, the winds blow and the lights blink. Severe tropical storms, that sort of thing. Anyone salt anything back for a rainy day ? Wiki - "The Puerto Rican government-debt crisis is a financial crisis affecting the government of Puerto Rico. After decades of mismanagement, the government's outstanding debt pile exceeds $70 billion." Actions have consequences. Have a nice day. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-29 07:05 |
| #5 General Katrina is Stuck on Stupid. |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Ebbaise1246 2017-09-29 06:02 |
| #4 I think he prefers colorful people. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-29 04:33 |
| #3 President Trump could have airlifted the entire population of PR to Côte d'Azur for six months R&R and they'd still be calling him a worthless SOB. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-29 04:32 |
| #2 Already done. Press Sec. Sarah Sanders twitter feed: At @ricardorossello request, @POTUS has authorized the Jones Act be waived for Puerto Rico. It will go into effect immediately. 8:02 AM - Sep 28, 2017 |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-09-29 04:27 |
| #1 Affirmative Action on Parade. Let's be honest shall we? It really isn't about the hurricane now is it ? Wiki: Honoré describes himself an "African-American Creole", a combination that includes French, African, American Indian and Spanish ancestry. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-29 04:14 |