Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands
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Send Mitt Romney to Puerto Rico
https://slate.com/business/2017/10/send-mitt-romney-to-puerto-rico.htm
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The island needs an adviser to navigate Washington, Wall Street,
and an uncertain future. He’s perfect.
{I don't recall much about Mitt. But if this is true, I hope he gets the job.}
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Quote:I've wondered for quite a while - why does the US hold lands (Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana islands - where goods have the coveted Made in USA label, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa) with the inhabitants in limbo?
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Here's a video by Splinter/Jack Mirkinson on Puerto Rico
https://splinternews.com/lets-start-talking-about-puerto-rico-honestly
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SGG
I thought we were the land of the free.
Trump is not the problem. He set himself against the Deep State's agenda. And the Deep State's been heading for WWIII for years.
As for you, you're just a Deep State useful idiot, furthering its agenda. So I hope you enjoy cesium in your coffee. You've earned it.
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1Kiki: "I thought we were the land of the free."
Well ... we are ... sorta. Now that I think about it, it's kind of
conditional, even for me. There are people here who have a lot
more authority than me ... more rights, as it were. Law enforce-
ment & judges, for example. In a capitalist society, doesn't money
buy more rights?
As for our colonial territories, I'd like to see them prosper. There
is No good reason for them to be in poverty, & Shiney, I don't under-
stand it yet. Seeing is believing, but not necessarily comprehending.
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Mississippi to take in 1,200 prisoners from hurricane-scarred Puerto Rico
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/18/mississippi-
take-1-200-prisoners-hurricane-scarred-puerto-rico/777820001/
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Puerto Rico governor to huddle with Trump on recovery efforts
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356072-puerto-rico-governor
-to-huddle-with-trump-on-recovery-efforts
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I know that there are many lessons to be drawn from Puerto Rico, but the lesson that I get from it (and Katrina) is this: If there is a truly horrific disaster, you're on your own for at least three weeks if not more.
Seriously. I live near LA, and we're way overdue for a major quake. Can you imagine a situation where thousands are dead and millions have no power or water?
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Like this?
Central Mexico earthquake struck at 13:14 CDT (18:14 UTC)
on 19 September 2017 with an estimated magnitude of Mw 7.1
and strong shaking for about 20 seconds.
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No different than any other foreign power looking to colonize and conquer lands to gain financially and militarily. The Roman Empire, Spanish and English, French, Dutch etc.
This is a reality throughout history, even your precious Russia is looking to lord over the former Soviet Union. History repeats itself.
SGG
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Originally posted by 1kiki:Quote:I've wondered for quite a while - why does the US hold lands (Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana islands - where goods have the coveted Made in USA label, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa) with the inhabitants in limbo?
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Here's a video by Splinter/Jack Mirkinson on Puerto Rico
https://splinternews.com/lets-start-talking-about-puerto-rico-honestly
-1819456138
SGG
I thought we were the land of the free.
Trump is not the problem. He set himself against the Deep State's agenda. And the Deep State's been heading for WWIII for years.
As for you, you're just a Deep State useful idiot, furthering its agenda. So I hope you enjoy cesium in your coffee. You've earned it.
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Why is the power off in Puerto Rico?
In contrast with Texas after Hurricane Harvey and Florida after Irma, where thousands of workers rushed in, only a few hundred electrical workers from outside the island have arrived.
It was not until Saturday that the Puerto Rican government said it had the federal funding needed to bring in more workers. And until a week ago, the small Montana company hired to get the lights back on had only 165 workers on the ground; it now has about 300.
In comparison, 5,300 workers from outside the region converged on coastal Texas in the days after Hurricane Harvey to restore a power loss that was about a tenth the size, said Larry Jones, a spokesman for AEP Texas. Electricity was back on for almost everyone within two weeks.
In Florida, 18,000 outside workers went in after Hurricane Irma knocked out electricity to most of the state last month, according to FPL, Florida’s largest power company.
In Puerto Rico, the brunt of the work has been left to the 900 members of local crews.
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/puerto-rico-electricity-power.html
How much is Texas getting, compared to Puerto Rico, for hurricane aid? For Texas, it would be $18.7 billion in funding specifically for relief and recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey. For Puerto Rico, with more damage to more people, I can't find a number. Here is a reason why the number for Puerto Rico is a closely guarded government secret:Quote:
Floridians are “amazing people,” President Trump tweeted after Hurricane Irma. “We’re going to see some of the folks and make sure they’re happy,” he said in Fort Myers. Texans, for their part, “have done a fantastic job of getting things together” after Harvey.
“We are with you today, we are with you tomorrow, and we will be with you EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER, to restore, recover, and REBUILD!” he told Texas. Florida received the same message, right down to the: “EVERY SINGLE DAY.”
And Puerto Ricans? They “want everything to be done for them,” Trump has tweeted. “We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!”
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/opinion/puerto-rico-florida-texas-hurricane
.html
The message out of Washington amounts to a doctrine of personal responsibility and culpability applied only to Puerto Rico and its people, not the other areas of the United States affected by recent storms.
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