Why Republicans Are Turning Their Chainsaws on FEMA: Swingers Discussion 2109471051

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TOPIC: Why Republicans Are Turning Their Chainsaws on FEMA

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User Details are only visible to members.	When Idiot-in-Chief Dubya played guitar and scoffed at tragedy during Hurricane Katrina, Americans witnessed the attitude and preparedness by the Republic-con Party and its the Bush/Cheney Crime Cabinet appointees in dealing with natural disasters. Nothing has changed. The Republic-con Party has no interest in preserving and protecting the lives of American citizens, but only in using natural disaster as a mode of blaming the opposition party, just like the fake and phony tee evangelists Benny Hinny, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Fail. Sea Goddess Calypso took out Falwell, and Obama/Biden took out the Bush/Cheney Crime Enterprise in election Y2008. My hope is that Calypso has created another scene for another election year. Taking out the Mormon Dementors and Republic-cons for Lord Voldemort would be so delightful after Halloween. J.K. Rowling may have had a premonition about this era when she imagined the assault on Hogwart School of Magic. Go Griiffindoor!
Treasure Is FL			Username hidden (6109 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	Seriously son, what the fuck is wrong with you? Get some counseling.... I saw the word Katrina and that was all I needed. To know where this is headed. Blame and deflection...
Saint Louis MO			Username hidden (12119 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	"Cut and Paste, Cut and Paste." I'm sorry you have so much of an attention deficit that you cannot even read a few paragraphs and that you have so much anger that all you can do is shout and scream epithets while ridiculing anyone that has anything more to say than "Ugh, you suck liberals". I'm posting a topic for discussion, along with extensive citations within the article. What is your problem with that? It is topical and pretty damn well researched, if you could pull your partisan head out of your ass long enough to take a breath you might actually see that. Seriously son, what the fuck is wrong with you? Get some counseling....
East Fishkill NY			Username hidden (2772 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	Lucky: Doesn't matter if his opening is a copy and paste, what he says is true. Your side is all about survival of the fittest. Guess what? We humans didn't climb out of the trees alone, we didn't develop weapons alone, we didn't go to the moon by the will of one man... It took hundreds of people to develop the best tools and the whole of the community to gather the resources for the collective good. If you want to be the world of (insert your name) Go build yourself a dome in the sea, anchor it to the sea floor and let is float under the water away from hardships of the surface world... safe and secure in limbo. I won't stop you from building your Utopia in away from the rest of humanity.
Hazle Township PA			Username hidden (4792 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	The Storm isnt over yet and already? Cut and Paste, Cut and Paste.
Saint Louis MO			Username hidden (12119 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	Everyone will need help after this long week, but to the working class it won’t just be about having the maid clean out a fridge full of unused food. It could be about life-and-death, as we tragically learned after Katrina. Should we tell Americans that they’re on their own? Or should we, as the wealthiest nation on Earth, uphold that agreement between each other that we’re all in this together, and that when a community in Southern New Jersey is wiped away, a community in Southern California is providing aid to help rebuild? This cuts to the core difference between conservatives – who think the commons should be a profit center for companies like Bain – and progressives, who believe we’re all in this together and government run by “we the people” has an obligation to help when disaster hits. This is a fundamental political and moral choice. And one we need, as a nation, to address soon, because on this rapidly warming planet Earth, these types of storms will keep happening with ever-increasing frequency. Are we a nation of Romney-type hustlers looking to make a buck off everything from outsourcing to disaster relief? Or are we a nation of barn-builders, who pull together when faced with adversity and help each other out.
East Fishkill NY			Username hidden (2772 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	So it shouldn’t surprise us that Republicans have turned their chainsaws in the direction of FEMA. And they’re cheered on by corporate profiteers who see big bucks in “the disaster relief in industry” if only they could only extricate FEMA from our commons and, like with our privatized prisons, replace it with themselves. For example, Republican Primary candidate Mitt Romney said that FEMA should be “sent back to the private sector.” As in, “We should rely on churches and a for-profit ‘disaster industry’ to save lives and rebuild devastated communities.” The only problem with that logic and assertion is that it didn’t work in the past, which is why FEMA was created in the first place. As we learned in Tennessee last year, when for-profit subscription firefighters sat by and watched a family’s home burn down, turning the commons into a profit center is insane. But that’s what Mitt Romney and Republicans support. Or at the very least, they support sending disaster relief back to the states. As in, “Sorry Louisiana, you’re on your own!” Even more bizarre, Romney and corporatist Republicans want to privatize FEMA just as climate change-induced storms are increasing. Cash-strapped communities in Michigan are turning off streetlights and taking cops off the streets, but Mitt Romney wants them to foot the bill for natural disasters, too. Republicans in Congress have chipped away at our disaster relief commons. In virtually each and every budget showdown, they’ve demanded massive cuts to FEMA’s budget, along with cuts to weather preparedness agencies like NOAA. After all, they have to pay for a $5 trillion tax cut for the top 1% somehow. Perhaps when Romney trashed FEMA during the primaries, he was just attempting to appeal to the far-right Republican base and he doesn’t really believe FEMA should be privatized. But House Republicans have already acted to limit the agency’s ability to respond to disasters. Among other examples, even after unprecedented, deadly tornados in Joplin and the freak damage caused by Hurricane Irene, House Republicans held up replenishing FEMA funds and demanded local communities ante up more than what’s historically been required. This attack against FEMA and our commons is also an attack on poor and working class Americans. It’s generally much easier for the wealthy to ride out Hurricanes from the comfort of their second vacation homes. They can even live-tweet what they see on the Weather Channel. It’s much easier for the wealthy to pay for home repairs with their top-of-the-line home insurance plans. And the rich never miss a few paychecks because they can’t get to work; people like Mitt Romney and Paris Hilton get their dividend checks wherever they are and whatever they’re doing. But what about the America that lives in public housing or low-income neighborhoods? What about for the America that lives paycheck-to-paycheck, or just has a small nest-egg for retirement? Who doesn’t have Donald Trump’s private jet to spirit them away from danger? To them, Hurricane Sandy, and every natural disaster, is much more significant.
East Fishkill NY			Username hidden (2772 post)

User Details are only visible to members.	Although Mitt Romney would prefer you didn’t think about it, the true test of the quality and resilience of a nation and its political systems comes when it’s most stressed. He suggests such crises are opportunities for profit, which is why he called for the privatization of FEMA. Historically, though, Americans have seen times of crisis as a time to come together and help each other out. There’s 5% more moisture in our atmosphere and higher levels of CO2 than at any other time during human history, so it’s not surprising that we’re facing tropical storm-force winds extending out 500 miles, as Hurricane Sandy cuts a path through seven states and 50 million Americans. It’s probably not a coincidence that record-breaking Sandy is here just after the warmest September recorded and in the midst of the warmest decade ever recorded. It almost certainly represents the “new normal” in this hostile-weather new world. Which makes how we as citizens respond to these “Franken-storms,” mile-long tornados, and levee-busting floods all the more important. When President Jimmy Carter created FEMA, he did it so cities and states would never again be alone in rebuilding after catastrophes. As FEMA’s mission statement reads: "FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards." Key words there: “we work together.” Whether you’re cleaning up your neighborhood or cleaning up after a hurricane, we all know things work out best when we’re all in it together. That’s why we’ve included disaster relief efforts as part of our commons, right alongside law enforcement and fire protection. These aren’t services that work best when run for a profit or to maximize wealth for shareholders; these are services owned by “we the people” to serve “we the people,,” and work best when kept in that pure, democratic form. Every year, FEMA responds to well over 100 disaster emergencies nationwide and helps rebuild communities drenched by floods, scorched by wildfires, and toppled by tornados. FEMA has had a few failures - most notably under the Bush Administration in New Orleans after Katrina. But that was due to mismanagement at FEMA, not a flaw in the conception of FEMA. As historian and best-selling author Thomas Frank explained, Republicans say government is a “bad thing,” then when they get into government they put incompetent people in charge who run it badly, so in the future they can say, “We told you so, government is bad and doesn’t work!”
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