10-01-2017, 10:35 PM | #1 |
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No one dying in Puerto Rico?
At least, beyond about 16 people that were the initial news blurbs.
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10-01-2017, 10:36 PM | #2 |
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ya like CNN Faux News is Fake News. I wouldn't believe anything they report.
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No one at all?
Dude, we should all move to Puerto Rico! Apparently no one dies there. But we might want to wait until they have basic infrastructure restored.
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10-02-2017, 09:44 AM | #4 |
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Seriously? Good for them. Texas had how many people killed in the aftermath of Harvey but every ones ok in Rico? Amazing.
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10-02-2017, 12:17 PM | #5 |
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Sometimes storms are unpredictable, why does a tornado levels one city and than leaves other one intact? You don't know what lives or damage will happen in a storm.
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10-02-2017, 12:21 PM | #6 |
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But the mayor actually admits it there.
"What's all this about people dying all over the place here?" Mayor: "Well... what I mean is, everybody is in the PROCESS of dying... so what I said was true."
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10-02-2017, 12:28 PM | #7 |
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10-03-2017, 10:59 AM | #8 |
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Trump told Puerto Rico Your hurricane isn’t a "real catastrophe" like Katrina. This guy is a moron
https://www.vox.com/2017/10/3/164114...source=twitter
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Humankind can only last so long with limited resources, and some less than others if they need medication and/or medical care that is currently impossible to access.
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Puerto Rico may be an island, but it's still part of the U.S. and we're still part of its wider community, no matter if a bit removed. That includes its government! Social creatures, esp humans, help each other when needed. If that is somehow "wrong" now, then we may as well call it quits on having a civilized world and society, head back to the woods, and become a solitary species. |
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05-31-2018, 12:29 PM | #10 |
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There's a lot today about there being "4,600 deaths" in Puerto Rico from the hurricane. When I look closer as to the proof, though, all I can see is "a study suggests."
What study? By whom? To what end?
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Yes, let's all blame Trump despite the fact that already Puerto Rico was in dire straits financially before the hurricane, the FBI investigating the local government for inadequate distribution, and $100 million worth of bonuses to island government employees per year (while struggling with the island government's debt) as Puerto Rico's governor asks for $94 billion in hurricane aid.
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Thousands of Americans died during a natural disaster on his watch.
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I'm of the mind that much of the devastation in Puerto Rico could have been avoided if their infrastructure had been well maintained. The only thing in Puerto Rico that's been maintained until recently is its status as a tax shelter for people on the mainland.
Puerto Rico has been very ill used by the mainland, and as a result was vulnerable even before the hurricane hit. Now, people are dying because they lack basic services. I don't deny that an aspect of this is due to corruption, either by local authorities, but also by federal ones who denied the island the same shipping waivers that Texas was allowed. At the end of the day the citizens of Puerto Rico are American citizens, and we're supposed to take care of our own.
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