Liberals Reach New Low: 'Texans DESERVE Harvey Disaster Because They Voted For Trump'

[Flash]

Looks like god sent a flood to destroy all the evil people that voted for Crooked Hillary. Not the first time he used a flood to destroy evil.

 

[sealybobo]

Yea I don't want to wait for my church in Michigan to send their little token supplies or Taco Bell sends $1 million that will come in a couple months and the funds won't be distributed for years. Send in Uncle Sam.

Unlike the catastrophe caused by Gov. Blanco and now imprisoned Mayor Ray Nagin, Texas was prepared and have done an incredible job in spite of the fact that this was many times worse than they expected.

So what that the money from Taco Bell won't come for a couple months? Do you not think it will be needed? The clean-up will be going on for years.

How much have you contributed?

What fills you with so much hate?

No one hates anyone. As I said before I wouldn't have even considered not helping if it weren't for Republicans who didn't want to help hurricane Sandy victims.

Chris Christy warned Texas legislature back then that one day it will be them who needs help and we will help.

Do you not see what hypocrites you all are?

So I want to help anyone who wanted to help Sandy victims. Hopefully all the people who didn't have already drowned. Lol

 

[sealybobo]

Yea I don't want to wait for my church in Michigan to send their little token supplies or Taco Bell sends $1 million that will come in a couple months and the funds won't be distributed for years. Send in Uncle Sam.

Unlike the catastrophe caused by Gov. Blanco and now imprisoned Mayor Ray Nagin, Texas was prepared and have done an incredible job in spite of the fact that this was many times worse than they expected.

So what that the money from Taco Bell won't come for a couple months? Do you not think it will be needed? The clean-up will be going on for years.

How much have you contributed?

What fills you with so much hate?

And if I believed in God I would think this was good teaching the Texas legislature a lesson.

Let's just call it karma

 

[rightwinger]

When all but one Texas Republican voted no during Sandy, what fucking possible reason could you give me for helping their constituents.

Did those bastards get voted out of office? Nope. Texans didn't care much that their politicians voted no to helping victims of Sandy. So the citizens are little eichmans. Look it up.

As always, the Progressives here twist the truth to fit their agenda. The FACT of the matter is that the "Financial Aid" bill was LOADED WITH PORK, items totally unrelated to Sandy.

Well lets look at the 'Facts'

Analysis | Ted Cruz’s claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’

“The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), interview with NBC’s Katy Tur, Aug. 28, 2017

The Congressional Research Service issued a comprehensive report on the provisions, and it’s clear that virtually all of it was related to the damage caused by Sandy. There may have been some pork in an earlier Senate version, but many of those items were removed before final passage. There were also some items that appear to have been misunderstood.

Ryan, for instance, referred in a statement to “non-Sandy expenses,” such as “sand dunes at the Kennedy Space Center, highway repairs in the Virgin Islands, and roof repairs in Washington, D.C.” But Sandy was a storm that stretched far beyond New Jersey and New York as it raced up from the Caribbean.

The Smithsonian Institution suffered roof leaks from heavy winds and torrential rain, resulting in a $2 million request. The shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B at the Kennedy Space Center also suffered major erosion, leaving the ocean less than a quarter-mile away, so $15 million was added to deal with that problem and repair a NASA facility on Wallops Island in Virginia that also was damaged by Sandy. We couldn’t find a line-item for Virgin Islands highway funding, so it appears to have been relatively minor.

The bill did wrap in some other 2012 disaster funding, including disasters that had been declared over Alaska Chinook salmon, New England groundfish, Mississippi fisheries and American Samoa bottomfish. Those are the fisheries that the Cornyn spokesman referenced — but they were disaster declarations. So one would think it would make sense to include relief in a disaster bill.

Some lawmakers complained about $100 million in funding for Head Start, but that was limited to facilities that had been damaged in New Jersey and New York.

This being Congress, one of course can find some eyebrow-raising provisions. In particular, there was $16 billion for the account that funds Community Development Block Grants, which were aimed at Sandy relief but also could be used for eligible disaster events in calendar years 2011, 2012 and 2013. So the main focus was Sandy, but the money could be moved to assist other disaster relief efforts over a three-year period.

Still, it’s all related to disaster relief.

The bill also included tribal and state clean water and pollution mitigation grants ($600 million), funds to improve weather forecasting ($25 million), and upgrades to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft ($44.5 million). Those provisions were intended to prevent future disasters but arguably were not related to Sandy. But that’s less than 2 percent of the total.

You don't follow along too well... Probably because you RELY on "fact-checkers" rather than doing any research.

Congress LIES all the time. Because they Purposely confuse bills that "evolve" thru several votes and committees. Originally proposed by OBAMA as $69Bill worth of MOSTLY pork..

http://nypost.com/2012/12/15/obama-...th-holiday-goodies-unrelated-to-storm-damage/

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska, The Post has learned.

The pork-barrel feast includes more than $8 million to buy cars and equipment for the Homeland Security and Justice departments. It also includes a whopping $150 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to dole out to fisheries in Alaska and $2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to repair museum roofs in DC.

An eye-popping $13 billion would go to “mitigation” projects to prepare for future storms.

Other big-ticket items in the bill include $207 million for the VA Manhattan Medical Center; $41 million to fix up eight military bases along the storm’s path, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida; $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and $1.1 million to repair national cemeteries.

Budget watchdogs have dubbed the 94-page emergency-spending bill “Sandy Scam.”

THANKS to Repub opposition like Ted Cruz and others --- this then got pared down to about a $12Bill bill which STILL INCLUDED projects unrelated to Sandy. And FINALLY ended up as a "Sandy Only" bill to FINALLY get the relief money. MONTHS of time expired to fix this. And the snapping poodles on both sides of your tribal conflict can find ANYTHING THEY WANT to quote as fact to keep fighting over this. Including those biased, partisan, shit-headed "fact-checkers" of yours. They just SELECTIVELY QUOTE and do shady "condensing" of the time line and events.

Fact is -- that relief for Sandy WAS delayed months because Obama and Dems used it as an opportunity to load up the 2nd Stimulus bill that they never got...

More from the Obama proposed "Sandy" bill..


$10.78 billion for public transportation, most of which is allocated to future construction and improvements, not disaster relief.
$17 billion for wasteful Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), a program that has become notorious for its use as a backdoor earmark program.



Your "fact checkers" make all dolts look like the kid cheating off his neighbor during a test.. MAJORITY of the original proposed funding was NOT Sandy relief.. It got whittled from $60Bill to $9.7Bill -- So your deceitful fact-checkers just ignored the "facts" to make you look stupid...

It fell under the broad umbrella of Sandy relief

Sandy did damage to other areas other than NY and NJ including the roof on the Smithsonian
Some of the other areas were damaged in previous storms and funding was grandfathered
Other money went for prevention and detection of future storms

That money was not "wasted"...they were legitimate storm related expenditures

Now, lets see if Harvey funding can be "pork free"
If there are any non-Harvey expenditures in the bill....Will Ted Cruz and his fellow Texans vote against it like they did with Sandy?

 

[rightwinger]

97 percent of scientists say it is no hoax. Only Republicans still deny it

That 97 percent thing has been debunked for so long I'd have expected far, far left Progressives like yourself to have given up trying to shove that one past anyone. So, you're that desperate?

Actually, it hasn't

No legitimate scientist believes climate change is a myth....Only Republicans

 

[LoneLaugher]

Professor: Texans 'Deserve' Harvey Because They Voted For Trump

"A sociology professor at the University of Tampa published a tweet on Sunday afternoon suggesting that Texas residents deserve the death, destruction and suffering caused by Hurricane Harvey because a majority of Texas voters supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election."

What a piece of fecal matter.....

You think one crazy crackpot in FloriDuh deserves your attention? Can't you find anything else to post about? Bored much?

You are an attention whore. Your thread title is a fucking lie, too.

Unfortunately, he reflects the view of many of you other crazy crackpots.

Many? Name some. Thanks.

 

[eddiew37]

When all but one Texas Republican voted no during Sandy, what fucking possible reason could you give me for helping their constituents.

Did those bastards get voted out of office? Nope. Texans didn't care much that their politicians voted no to helping victims of Sandy. So the citizens are little eichmans. Look it up.

As always, the Progressives here twist the truth to fit their agenda. The FACT of the matter is that the "Financial Aid" bill was LOADED WITH PORK, items totally unrelated to Sandy.

Well lets look at the 'Facts'

Analysis | Ted Cruz’s claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’

“The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), interview with NBC’s Katy Tur, Aug. 28, 2017

The Congressional Research Service issued a comprehensive report on the provisions, and it’s clear that virtually all of it was related to the damage caused by Sandy. There may have been some pork in an earlier Senate version, but many of those items were removed before final passage. There were also some items that appear to have been misunderstood.

Ryan, for instance, referred in a statement to “non-Sandy expenses,” such as “sand dunes at the Kennedy Space Center, highway repairs in the Virgin Islands, and roof repairs in Washington, D.C.” But Sandy was a storm that stretched far beyond New Jersey and New York as it raced up from the Caribbean.

The Smithsonian Institution suffered roof leaks from heavy winds and torrential rain, resulting in a $2 million request. The shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B at the Kennedy Space Center also suffered major erosion, leaving the ocean less than a quarter-mile away, so $15 million was added to deal with that problem and repair a NASA facility on Wallops Island in Virginia that also was damaged by Sandy. We couldn’t find a line-item for Virgin Islands highway funding, so it appears to have been relatively minor.

The bill did wrap in some other 2012 disaster funding, including disasters that had been declared over Alaska Chinook salmon, New England groundfish, Mississippi fisheries and American Samoa bottomfish. Those are the fisheries that the Cornyn spokesman referenced — but they were disaster declarations. So one would think it would make sense to include relief in a disaster bill.

Some lawmakers complained about $100 million in funding for Head Start, but that was limited to facilities that had been damaged in New Jersey and New York.

This being Congress, one of course can find some eyebrow-raising provisions. In particular, there was $16 billion for the account that funds Community Development Block Grants, which were aimed at Sandy relief but also could be used for eligible disaster events in calendar years 2011, 2012 and 2013. So the main focus was Sandy, but the money could be moved to assist other disaster relief efforts over a three-year period.

Still, it’s all related to disaster relief.

The bill also included tribal and state clean water and pollution mitigation grants ($600 million), funds to improve weather forecasting ($25 million), and upgrades to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft ($44.5 million). Those provisions were intended to prevent future disasters but arguably were not related to Sandy. But that’s less than 2 percent of the total.

You don't follow along too well... Probably because you RELY on "fact-checkers" rather than doing any research.

Congress LIES all the time. Because they Purposely confuse bills that "evolve" thru several votes and committees. Originally proposed by OBAMA as $69Bill worth of MOSTLY pork..

http://nypost.com/2012/12/15/obama-...th-holiday-goodies-unrelated-to-storm-damage/

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska, The Post has learned.

The pork-barrel feast includes more than $8 million to buy cars and equipment for the Homeland Security and Justice departments. It also includes a whopping $150 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to dole out to fisheries in Alaska and $2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to repair museum roofs in DC.

An eye-popping $13 billion would go to “mitigation” projects to prepare for future storms.

Other big-ticket items in the bill include $207 million for the VA Manhattan Medical Center; $41 million to fix up eight military bases along the storm’s path, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida; $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and $1.1 million to repair national cemeteries.

Budget watchdogs have dubbed the 94-page emergency-spending bill “Sandy Scam.”

THANKS to Repub opposition like Ted Cruz and others --- this then got pared down to about a $12Bill bill which STILL INCLUDED projects unrelated to Sandy. And FINALLY ended up as a "Sandy Only" bill to FINALLY get the relief money. MONTHS of time expired to fix this. And the snapping poodles on both sides of your tribal conflict can find ANYTHING THEY WANT to quote as fact to keep fighting over this. Including those biased, partisan, shit-headed "fact-checkers" of yours. They just SELECTIVELY QUOTE and do shady "condensing" of the time line and events.

Fact is -- that relief for Sandy WAS delayed months because Obama and Dems used it as an opportunity to load up the 2nd Stimulus bill that they never got...

More from the Obama proposed "Sandy" bill..


$10.78 billion for public transportation, most of which is allocated to future construction and improvements, not disaster relief.
$17 billion for wasteful Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), a program that has become notorious for its use as a backdoor earmark program.



Your "fact checkers" make all dolts look like the kid cheating off his neighbor during a test.. MAJORITY of the original proposed funding was NOT Sandy relief.. It got whittled from $60Bill to $9.7Bill -- So your deceitful fact-checkers just ignored the "facts" to make you look stupid...

lol, you ridicule factcheckers and then provide your own 'factcheckers'.

Goddam that's funny.

all related to disaster relief and repubs played politics F them and F texas ,,A New Yorker

 

[Freewill]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

 

[sealybobo]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

Just look at that gerrymandered map. There's probably more people living in Houston than in all those red areas combined.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next
A small but ominous victory for gerrymandered maps.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next

 

[Freewill]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

Just look at that gerrymandered map. There's probably more people living in Houston than in all those red areas combined.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next
A small but ominous victory for gerrymandered maps.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next

Both sides Gerrymander to imply otherwise is just plain BS.

Never the less according the some on the left Houston is being punished for voting for Hillary. Too funny.

 

[sealybobo]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

Just look at that gerrymandered map. There's probably more people living in Houston than in all those red areas combined.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next
A small but ominous victory for gerrymandered maps.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next

Both sides Gerrymander to imply otherwise is just plain BS.

Never the less according the some on the left Houston is being punished for voting for Hillary. Too funny.

Yes both parties have gerrymandered in the past but the Republicans have taken it to a whole new level.

Political districts no longer represent the people

Gerrymandering—the manipulation of district boundaries to protect or harm the political interests of incumbents, parties and minorities—began in the early years of the republic and has been a source of controversy and criticism throughout American history. Setting and following appropriate standards—such as contiguity, compactness, equal population, adherence to local political boundaries, respect for communities of interest and neutrality with regard to any political party or candidate—has proven much more difficult than it might appear. Since the Supreme Court in the 1960s established the “one-person, one vote” requirement, each decennial census has set off a wild scramble across the country to garner political advantage in drawing the new district lines. The federal mandate against minority vote dilution in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 introduced a new basis of conflict into the redistricting process. This picture is not pretty, and many critics see gerrymandering as a, if not the, primary source of our political and governing discontents.

Why Gerrymandering Should Be a Bigger Issue

 

[iceberg]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

Just look at that gerrymandered map. There's probably more people living in Houston than in all those red areas combined.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next
A small but ominous victory for gerrymandered maps.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next

Both sides Gerrymander to imply otherwise is just plain BS.

Never the less according the some on the left Houston is being punished for voting for Hillary. Too funny.

both sides pull the same shit for the same reasons - to push THEIR ideology. to think otherwise is to fool yourself.

 

[sealybobo]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

Just look at that gerrymandered map. There's probably more people living in Houston than in all those red areas combined.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next
A small but ominous victory for gerrymandered maps.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next

Both sides Gerrymander to imply otherwise is just plain BS.

Never the less according the some on the left Houston is being punished for voting for Hillary. Too funny.

both sides pull the same shit for the same reasons - to push THEIR ideology. to think otherwise is to fool yourself.

Democrats have never gerrymandered this bad. It's starting to effect our democracy. And since you wouldn't like it if we did this, maybe that's admitting we/you should stop doing it???

Why Redistricting Threatens Democracy

WATCH: John Oliver says gerrymandering threatens the “foundation of democracy”

it’s irrelevant whether one party cheers and another grumbles. Ending political gerrymandering would be excellent news for our nation as a whole, and is essential to the survival of our democracy.

When the practice of gerrymandering first appeared, this tactic of drawing a district into an odd shape for political reasons seemed a bit odd but generally benign. The courts did not feel the need to block it in a muscular way.

But gerrymandering is no longer benign. Technology has turned it into a malignancy. Computing horsepower gives the party that controls the statehouse the data it needs to draw congressional districts with a precision the earlier courts could never have imagined. The ruthlessness of this precision has obliterated our politicians’ capacity to compromise.

 

[deanrd]

Professor: Texans 'Deserve' Harvey Because They Voted For Trump

"A sociology professor at the University of Tampa published a tweet on Sunday afternoon suggesting that Texas residents deserve the death, destruction and suffering caused by Hurricane Harvey because a majority of Texas voters supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election."

What a piece of fecal matter.....

It's not liberals who will screw over disaster victims. It's the GOP. Everyone knows that.

 

[easyt65]

[It's not liberals who will screw over disaster victims. It's the GOP. Everyone knows that.

Thanks for that rant, 'Beaker'...

 

[Freewill]

Since all we are hearing about is Houston then his comments interesting considering this map:

Yeah, that's right, Houston is a blue dot in a sea of red.

Just look at that gerrymandered map. There's probably more people living in Houston than in all those red areas combined.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next
A small but ominous victory for gerrymandered maps.

Alito’s order on Texas’ gerrymandered maps sends a warning about what could come next

Both sides Gerrymander to imply otherwise is just plain BS.

Never the less according the some on the left Houston is being punished for voting for Hillary. Too funny.

both sides pull the same shit for the same reasons - to push THEIR ideology. to think otherwise is to fool yourself.

Democrats have never gerrymandered this bad. It's starting to effect our democracy. And since you wouldn't like it if we did this, maybe that's admitting we/you should stop doing it???

Why Redistricting Threatens Democracy

WATCH: John Oliver says gerrymandering threatens the “foundation of democracy”

it’s irrelevant whether one party cheers and another grumbles. Ending political gerrymandering would be excellent news for our nation as a whole, and is essential to the survival of our democracy.

When the practice of gerrymandering first appeared, this tactic of drawing a district into an odd shape for political reasons seemed a bit odd but generally benign. The courts did not feel the need to block it in a muscular way.

But gerrymandering is no longer benign. Technology has turned it into a malignancy. Computing horsepower gives the party that controls the statehouse the data it needs to draw congressional districts with a precision the earlier courts could never have imagined. The ruthlessness of this precision has obliterated our politicians’ capacity to compromise.

Here is a fact of life for you, losers whine, usually a lot.

 

[sealybobo]

Professor: Texans 'Deserve' Harvey Because They Voted For Trump

"A sociology professor at the University of Tampa published a tweet on Sunday afternoon suggesting that Texas residents deserve the death, destruction and suffering caused by Hurricane Harvey because a majority of Texas voters supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election."

What a piece of fecal matter.....

It's not liberals who will screw over disaster victims. It's the GOP. Everyone knows that.

And Republicans lie. Even Republicans will tell you that other Republicans are bold faced liars.

The Texas senator was responding to Christie saying Cruz was lying about why he voted no on the $50.5 billion package to aid victims of the superstorm that devastated parts of New Jersey and New York. Cruz said he voted against the bill because it was a bad piece of legislation that was two-thirds full of spending unrelated to the superstorm. The Washington Post fact-checked Cruz’s claim and found that claim untrue.

But Cruz kept lying

“For folks who are focused on raising political shots and snipes about the Sandy bill, facts matter,” Cruz continued. “And a simple fact was that Sandy bill was over $50 billion, and 70 percent of it was non-emergency.”

Repeat a lie enough times it becomes a fact. Just look at USMB republicans. They believe Obama was born in Africa and that Trump didn't collude with Russia.

 

[rightwinger]

Texas:

It's like voting against drunk driving laws and then complaining if your child gets killed by a drunk driver

 

[easyt65]

Repeat a lie enough times it becomes a fact. Just look at USMB republicans. They believe Obama was born in Africa and that Trump didn't collude with Russia.

YOU JUST DISCREDITED EVRYTHING YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY BY PROVING YOU ARE A LIAR.

Asked repeatedly for any evidence to prove the lies and false accusations of 'Collusion' lil' lying snowflakes like yourself continue to spin, delay, distract...every thing BUT provide any evidence...but you sure do lie and make false accusations against others really well, as you have proven.

 

[sealybobo]

Professor: Texans 'Deserve' Harvey Because They Voted For Trump

"A sociology professor at the University of Tampa published a tweet on Sunday afternoon suggesting that Texas residents deserve the death, destruction and suffering caused by Hurricane Harvey because a majority of Texas voters supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election."

What a piece of fecal matter.....

It's not liberals who will screw over disaster victims. It's the GOP. Everyone knows that.

And Republicans lie. Even Republicans will tell you that other Republicans are bold faced liars.

The Texas senator was responding to Christie saying Cruz was lying about why he voted no on the $50.5 billion package to aid victims of the superstorm that devastated parts of New Jersey and New York. Cruz said he voted against the bill because it was a bad piece of legislation that was two-thirds full of spending unrelated to the superstorm. The Washington Post fact-checked Cruz’s claim and found that claim untrue.

But Cruz kept lying

“For folks who are focused on raising political shots and snipes about the Sandy bill, facts matter,” Cruz continued. “And a simple fact was that Sandy bill was over $50 billion, and 70 percent of it was non-emergency.”

Repeat a lie enough times it becomes a fact. Just look at USMB republicans. They believe Obama was born in Africa and that Trump didn't collude with Russia.

Or is Christy lying? This is fun. Which Republican is lying?