Hello, Irene!

[Howey]

And...before anyone like Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann or Glenn Beck, or say Eric Cantor decide to say the earthquake was God punishing us for raising the debt ceiling, think twice...

In fact, earlier this month, during the debt-ceiling debacle, their representatives in the U.S. House, driven by right-wing Christians under the tea party banner, nearly destroyed the fragile recovery of the world economy as a tactic in their on-going refusal to obey Jesus’ admonition to “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s,” in the form of taxes on their wealthy benefactors and corporate sponsors.

Then came the 5.8 earthquake, which struck into the heart of Virginia’s 7th Congressional District yesterday.

The location of the epicenter is biblically significant because the member of Congress who represents the 7th District happens to be House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a tea party favorite and one of the key architects of the tea party’s efforts to kill the recovery in the debt-ceiling crisis.

How Republican is Cantor’s district? In 2008, it voted for John McCain over Pres. Obama, 53/46 percent. In 2004, it went for George Bush, 61/38, and for Bush in 2000, 61/37.

It was also telling the the quake hit Cantor’s district because, after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan earlier this year, Cantor defended right-wing efforts to defund the United States Geological Survey, the National Weather Service and NOAA. The budgets were later restored, but there is still a question about Cantor’s role in downgrading the safety of a nuclear plant in the area when he served in the Virginia Legislature.

In the past, true-believing Christians have taken heed when their religious leaders they have claimed that other disasters were punishments from God — like when Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blamed the 9/11 attacks on lesbians and feminists or when John Hagee, John McCain’s favorite pastor, and the Rev. Billy Graham’s son Franklin blamed the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina on gays.

Apparently, these Bible-believing Christian Republicans only see the motes in the eyes of liberals but are blind to the beams lodged in their own eyes.

[ekg]

And...before anyone like Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann or Glenn Beck, or say Eric Cantor decide to say the earthquake was God punishing us for raising the debt ceiling, think twice...

 

Didn't Cantor just a cpl months ago try and kill money for the USGS?

That's some irony right there..

[Howey]

Didn't Cantor just a cpl months ago try and kill money for the USGS?

That's some irony right there..

Them, plus the NWS, NOAA. Hopefully, his state will wash out to sea after Irene hits.

[Howey]

Why HOW DARE the socialist, negro, muslim, ignore the needs of his country and do this!

WASHINGTON – President Obama and the first family are cutting their vacation short, leaving Martha’s Vineyard today as the East Coast prepares for a major hurricane that is scheduled to begin hitting the North Carolina coast tomorrow.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that Obama would leave tonight, ahead of his previously scheduled departure tomorrow. Aides later announced that first lady Michelle Obama and the couple’s two daughters, Malia and Sasha, would join him.

They were not scheduled to arrive back at the White House until very late in the evening, extending their planned nine-day break as much as possible.

The announcement came after Obama warned Americans to take the hurricane warnings seriously and make the proper preparations.

And, really? How can he ignore our country's needs in this time of disaster? Remember Katrina?

Underscoring the government’s own preparations, Mr. Obama said he had ordered an aircraft carrier group out to sea to avoid the storm. Before his remarks, the president for a second day had convened a conference call of senior administration officials about Irene’s progress and the status of federal relief efforts. The call included his chief of staff, William M. Daley; Janet Napolitano, the secretary of homeland security; and W. Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which since last weekend has been setting up outposts in coastal communities stocked with water, meals, cots, blankets and other supplies for those displaced.

Mr. Obama said he also had called mayors and governors of coastal states to reinforce the message that the federal government is standing by to help with preparations, evacuations and any damage in the storm’s aftermath. For residents, he recommended two government Web sites for advice: Ready.gov or Listo.gov.

Sheesh!
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[Howey]

Why HOW DARE the socialist, negro, muslim, ignore the needs of his country and do this!


And, really? How can he ignore our country's needs in this time of disaster? Remember Katrina?

Sheesh!
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Humph! We should have Ron Paul as president right now!

After a lunch speech today, Ron Paul slammed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and said that no national response to Hurricane Irene is necessary.

"We should be like 1900; we should be like 1940, 1950, 1960," Paul said. "I live on the Gulf Coast; we deal with hurricanes all the time. Galveston is in my district.

"There's no magic about FEMA. They're a great contribution to deficit financing and quite frankly they don't have a penny in the bank. We should be coordinated but coordinated voluntarily with the states," Paul told NBC News. "A state can decide. We don't need somebody in Washington."

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(Many apologies to Mr. Nutman)

[Howey]

Coming off his insistence that the government not provide aid for the recent earthquake, idiot Cantor now says that if states want hurricane relief it ain't gonna happen unless something's taken hostage!



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/26/tie-disaster-aid-to-spending-cuts_n_938617.html?1314403510

As East Coasters brace for what some say will be a historic pummel by Hurricane Irene, at least one lawmaker is fuming over a requirement by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) that any potential emergency disaster aid be offset by spending cuts.

"It is sinful to require us to cut somewhere ... in order to provide emergency disaster assistance for American citizens," Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) told The Huffington Post on Friday.

The Louisiana Democrat pointed out that this weekend is the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his district and cost the federal government more than $100 billion. That recovery effort would have been delayed "by years" if Congress had required the same kind of spending cuts to offset aid, he said.

"I have been one who has been preparing for the hurricane, trying to give people some comfort. One thing they need to know is the federal government can come to their aid," Richmond said. "I don't think we're in a position, given the rules set up by the majority, that we're going to be able to come to their aid quickly."

Cantor raised some eyebrows on Wednesday when, in the aftermath of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled the East Coast and originated in his district, he said Congress will help those hurt by the earthquake but will require finding offsets for any federal aid.

"When there's a disaster there's an appropriate federal role and we will find the monies," Cantor said during a news conference in Mineral, Va. "But we've had discussions about these things before and those monies will be offset with appropriate savings or cost-cutting elsewhere in order to meet the priority of the federal government's role in a situation like this."

Good God. This fool's in charge?

[Howey]

Humph! We should have Ron Paul as president right now!
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Just in case nobody in America heard, Mr. Paul is repeating himself:

As Hurricane Irene rampaged up the East Coast on Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul blasted the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is in charge of handling the damages caused by the pounding rain, flash floods and high-speed winds.

"It's a system of bureaucratic central economic planning, which is a fallacy that is deeply flawed," the Texas congressman said on "Fox News Sunday." "FEMA has been around since 1978. It has one of the worst reputations for a bureaucracy ever."

The libertarian-minded Paul acknowledged that FEMA can't be replaced overnight, yet he claimed the agency is wasteful and funnels money to contractors instead of the victims of natural disasters.

Should FEMA need emergency funding, Paul told host Chris Wallace he would vote against additional appropriations.

I'm quickly losing all respect for this guy...

I'd like to also take issue with this comment:

FEMA has been around since 1978. It has one of the worst reputations for a bureaucracy ever.

Incorrect, sir. FEMA had a bad reputation during Dubya's administration. Why? Remember Brownie? The career nothing who knew nothing? He ain't no Craig Fugate, thankyouverymuch!

[Howey]

Ohh...the teabaggers aren't going to like this...

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Sunday praised the federal disaster response to Hurricane Irene, saying the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Administrator Craig Fugate has been exemplary.

"This is a much better FEMA than the olden days," the Maryland Democrat said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "They have been with us since Day One."

"Craig Fugate and the people at FEMA, [Homeland Security] Secretary Napolitano and President Obama -- they have been excellent," O'Malley went on.

In 2005, FEMA was widely panned for an inadequate response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

But O'Malley's a Democrat so I guess he's a liar.

What about Chris Christie?

Here's what he tweeted today...

@rickklein  on August 28, 2011 @10:12 am EDT Retweet Gov. Chris Christie to @jaketapper: "So far, FEMA has been very responsive.... FEMA's been great." #TW

[Howey]

teehee!

http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3D75f-YUntYRI

[Howey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RakAbASPY5o&feature=player_embedded

[Howey]

12.5 million without power, 30 BILLION in damage, 23 people DEAD...

and Drudge bemoans the accusation that the NHS is getting defensive and that forecasters overestimatedthe impact of Irene...

More Drudge headlines...


'People assume we can predict everything'...
NYT: Experts Misjudged Structure and Next Move...
IRENE: A PERFECT STORM OF HYPE...
'Category Feh'...

Not a single word of praise...

[Howey]

Here's an idea...let's just not give any money to his state!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqIwTlXTK7U&feature=player_embedded

[ekg]

ya know, if anyone can take a look at the number of deaths, the number of ppl without power/homes, and the amazing flooding and still say this storm was 'over-hyped' then they should simply be erased from the gene pool.. because they are just way too stupid and/or partsian to breed..