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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Kimberly on January 31, 2009, 09:56:42 PM
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Or...Obama hates white people and wants them to die (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3716925)
Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 05:52 PM
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No end to Kentucky power outage in sight, governor says
Advertisements [?]Source: CNN
(CNN) -- More than half a million Kentuckians remain without power three days after a devastating ice storm hit the state, and it was unclear when power would be fully restored throughout the state, the governor said.
About 545,000 people were without electricity, down from earlier figures of 700,000, Gov. Steve Beshear said.
"It's going to take some time to dig our way out of this," Beshear told CNN.
About 200,000 people were without working water systems, Beshear said, and the state was delivering water to them.
Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/01/31/winter.weather/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/01/31/winter.weather/index.html)
Well, someone is losing their hopeychangey glow:
Psephos (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 06:59 PM
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6. 46 people dead (so far), 600,000 without power - where the hell is FEMA?
Edited on Sat Jan-31-09 07:02 PM by Psephos
For that matter, where the hell is public pressure to get these people some help?
Why doesn't Obama kick some asses and order FEMA to wake up and get going?
Life after Ice Storm Dire, Getting Worse...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/winter_storm_outages (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/winter_storm_outages)
Thothmes (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 07:17 PM
Response to Reply #6
8. how many qualified power distribution electricians does FEMA
have on their payroll. Rightnow, power crews from at least a dozen different states and probably Canada are working all over the damaged areas. No matter which way you slice it, it does take time to replace thousands of damage power poles and hundreds of miles of damaged wiring.
Psephos (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 07:31 PM
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13. ??? FEMA's job is not to restore power
It's to provide emergency shelter, support and resources for people who have no heat, no power, and no running water in the dead of winter until professional utility crews can get those services restored.
Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 07:54 PM
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16. There will be electrical employees from all over there soon.
For example, when the big ice storm that hit Quebec a few years back, electrical employees from DC and north all went up there.
FYI Captain, my husband was one of those electrical linemen in that particular storm and they didn't work for FEMA. It's the local electric company's responsiblity to request, coordinate and pay for the assistance provided by other companies. FEMA's not involved at all.
NashVegas (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 09:56 PM
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23. Bunch of People Went Up From Nashville
the other day. I'm sure others will/have.
I saw a report that said it could be mid-Feb before it goes back on for some.
They're getting a taste of how their ancestors lived.
Can I say that about New Orleans? ::)
hedgehog (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 09:50 PM
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21. You do know that Obama has been in charge for only a week, right?
AS a matter of fact:
Nancy L. Ward began serving as Acting Administrator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on January 21, 2009.
Psephos (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 09:52 PM
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22. So what's Nancy doing, taking a sauna?
Meanwhile, all Obama has to do is pick up a phone and tell someone to bust some ass.
Which is kind of why I voted for him, you know?
He probably tried to email her but she didn't get it, since Obama's crack IT team hasn't got that working yet.
hedgehog (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 10:14 PM
Response to Reply #6
25. I think the people quoted in the article may have an agenda that involves
more than repairing the damage in Grayson County:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
What you have is a bunch of Mitch McConnell's buddies shooting their mouths off!
AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 10:17 PM
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26. Wasn't it Kentucky that just voted to put God in charge of disaster recovery?
Am I remembering this correctly? Some southern state - I'm pretty sure that it was Kentucky - had a law stating that God would be the head of their disaster relief. I feel bad for the people in KY who are freezing because they have no power and heat. I hope those idiot legislators are praying really hard right now.
*I wish I could take credit but it came from here. (http://eddriscoll.com/archives/014892.php)
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I thought all compassionate libtards could react to a clear natural disaster with the speed of The Flash and move men and materiel in a matter of MOMENTS!
Maybe the fuhrer jes don' like white people. Good thing they ain't no blacks in Kentucky.
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I'm sure Obama has turned the whitehouse thermostat down to 74 degrees this weekend instead of the normal balmy 78 degrees so he can feel their pain.
Someone send that man a snuggie!
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I'm sure Obama has turned the whitehouse thermostat down to 74 degrees this weekend instead of the normal balmy 78 degrees so he can feel their pain.
Someone send that man a snuggie!
[youtube=425,350]h05ZQ7WHw8Y[/youtube]
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So Obama's getting a taste, or may soon get a taste, of what kind of criticism came President Bush's way regarding Hurricane Katrina?
Perhaps he's learning something here that his Marxist mentors and his minions didn't know about, thus teach him; or that he never learned by his unimpressive days in the Illinois legislature and U.S. Senate?
BTW: On Aug. 29, 2007, the second anniversary of Katrina, His Hope-and-Change-Ness reportedly blamed some storm survivors for “shattering the faith that millions of innocent people had in the power of government.â€
“These people who have organized their own relief and rebuilding efforts have done more to hurt the poor, dependent folks of this country than anything in recent memory,†then-Sen. Obama is reported to have said.
"Instead of waiting like good people of faith, these over-achievers have callously taken their future into their own hands," he's also reported to have said. "As a result, they gained an unfair advantage over others, and cast doubt on the ability of government to solve people’s problems.â€
Further, Obama reportedly said private-sector initiatives which rebuilt many neighborhoods, churches and businesses were “little more than a cynical ploy by unbelievers to destroy the childlike trust of rest of us.â€
Using "unbelievers" and saying they destroyed the "childlike trust of the rest of us" in government? "People of faith" in what, "the power of government," too? Get a grip, fella.
He's a real piece of work: an arrogant, whining, me-me-me, victimhood-promoting, creative-killing, blame-everyone-else, Marxist, megalomanical prima donna.
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Jeez, you'd think the First Lady would be down there passing out blankets or somethin'... no?
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Jeez, you'd think the First Lady would be down there passing out blankets or somethin'... no?
She's too busy trying to be a fashion plate -- as far as the little freezing people -- let 'em eat ice cakes.
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I thought all compassionate libtards could react to a clear natural disaster with the speed of The Flash and move men and materiel in a matter of MOMENTS!
Maybe the fuhrer jes don' like white people. Good thing they ain't no blacks in Kentucky.
where are those National Guard trucks??
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[youtube=425,350]h05ZQ7WHw8Y[/youtube]
I see that there's two other members who read Michelle Malkin's site. She's posted something about sending the WH one every time she sees the Obamessiah in shirt sleeves in the winter, or something like that.
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where are those National Guard trucks??
They are no freezers stuffed with cash to be rescued at this time.
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 09:52 PM
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22. So what's Nancy doing, taking a sauna?
Meanwhile, all Obama has to do is pick up a phone and tell someone to bust some ass.
Which is kind of why I voted for him, you know?
Maybe Pony McHope-coke is still trying to find the door to his office.
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Uh, we just went through this in the NE (you know, where it is actually mind numbingly cold) right before Christmas. I had no power for a week. Those with well water had no power and no water for a week or so.
We had to buy generators, and schlep to the store to get water and gasoline. The National Guard was mobilized to clear roads and help National Grid and other electric companies restore power to the power lines (our ice storm was catastrophic in damage). We managed to get through it.
I must have missed the public whine/outcry for us.
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Where are the protests about racism?
Where's Kanye West saying Barack Obama doesn't care about white people?
:whatever:
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-31-09 09:52 PM
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22. So what's Nancy doing, taking a sauna?
Meanwhile, all Obama has to do is pick up a phone and tell someone to bust some ass.
Which is kind of why I voted for him, you know?
Which proves beyond doubt that you are an idiot for thinking any President is going to have a direct hand in your personal affairs or happiness.
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I see that there's two other members who read Michelle Malkin's site. She's posted something about sending the WH one every time she sees the Obamessiah in shirt sleeves in the winter, or something like that.
Play the video -- it isn't exactly the original...
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Play the video -- it isn't exactly the original...
Fox & Friends did a "commercial" for the Snuggie this morning. It was pretty funny. Though, not as funny as the audio from the ad you posted. H5.
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Holy Shiite! You mean our new President didn't just lift his hand, wave it, and make it all better down in KY???? :thatsright:
That's right DUmmies, the frozen blood of thousands is on O's hands... :whatever:
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Uh, we just went through this in the NE (you know, where it is actually mind numbingly cold) right before Christmas. I had no power for a week. Those with well water had no power and no water for a week or so.
We had to buy generators, and schlep to the store to get water and gasoline. The National Guard was mobilized to clear roads and help National Grid and other electric companies restore power to the power lines (our ice storm was catastrophic in damage). We managed to get through it.
I must have missed the public whine/outcry for us.
That happened on Bush's watch, so it was Bush's fault
This happened on Zero's watch, so it's still Bush's fault....
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First, natural disasters under a republican president = failure of the republican president.
Second, natural disasters under a democrat president = failure of the last republican president.
Wash, rinse, repeat as necessary.
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First, natural disasters under a republican president = failure of the republican president.
Second, natural disasters under a democrat president = failure of the last republican president.
Wash, rinse, repeat as necessary.
Yep, you got the Democrat's, liberals' and leftists' formulae correct. And their recycling strategy, too.
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I went through a similar Ice Storm as KY's under the Clinton administration. Surely that was Bush's fault, too. Anyway, we were utterly ignored.
Obama Dozed! People Froze! I love it. Actually, if I were the guv of KY, I wouldn't want a bunch of Federalis descending on me trying to "help." Would you?
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Which proves beyond doubt that you are an idiot for thinking any President is going to have a direct hand in your personal affairs or happiness.
exactly.
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You would think that 0bama could leave the 78 deg. Whitehouse at least long enough to fly down there for a photo-op.....He is from Chicago, you know, where they know how to deal with the bad weather.