'Liberals' are a neverending joke...
'Liberals' are a neverending joke...
Enjoy the non-California sh*tholes you all freeze in, and realize that if you morons would just agree to let CA break off like you all wish for, we'd be one of the largest GDP nations on earth. The rest of you red staters would still be third world, only everyone would know it by then.
Let CA, OR, WA, HI and NY go, and the rest of you may as well be Uganda.
And yeah, TX bite my rear end. You want no government interference? Okay.
DiscoGary wrote:
Yep. The Feds should have nothing to do with disaster relief or rebuilding. It isn't one of the powers delegated to the Feds by the Constitution, so they shouldn't be involved.
General welfare
Affirmed in Helvering v. Davis (1937)
Gulf waters were 4 degrees hotter than average.
Gulf waters are also higher than they were just ten years ago (just one year ago also).
This means this hurricane was strong thanks to the increased water vapor in the Gulf, and the waters are higher because the waters are higher.
It's exactly the future cataclysmic weather that experts said we'd experience, no matter your beliefs on Trump's wording. Gee, they were right.
Floodwatcher44 wrote:
Enjoy the non-California sh*tholes you all freeze in, and realize that if you morons would just agree to let CA break off like you all wish for, we'd be one of the largest GDP nations on earth. The rest of you red staters would still be third world, only everyone would know it by then.
Let CA, OR, WA, HI and NY go, and the rest of you may as well be Uganda.
And yeah, TX bite my rear end. You want no government interference? Okay.
x1000
eat $hit & die Trumptards; feel badly for those who voted otherwise and in the state at least, are denied representation by outrageous gerrymandering. (can't imagine WHY.)
creampie surprise! wrote:
Floodwatcher44 wrote:Enjoy the non-California sh*tholes you all freeze in, and realize that if you morons would just agree to let CA break off like you all wish for, we'd be one of the largest GDP nations on earth. The rest of you red staters would still be third world, only everyone would know it by then.
Let CA, OR, WA, HI and NY go, and the rest of you may as well be Uganda.
And yeah, TX bite my rear end. You want no government interference? Okay.
x1000
eat $hit & die Trumptards; feel badly for those who voted otherwise and in the state at least, are denied representation by outrageous gerrymandering. (can't imagine WHY.)
Districts were gerrymandered in the US circa the late 1960s and 1970s to elect more non-whites. This much less frequently gets mentioned.
Even in the best case scenario, most places are only planned around a 50 year or 100 year event. This event went well beyond the 100 year design event (basically no amount of planning would have prevented this). Heck, Boulder, CO, which is one of the most heavily planned, environmentally minded places in the US, was heavily impacted by Flooding in 2013 (that event had about as many deaths as Harvey at this point). The truth is, there are natural disasters that no amount of planning can prevent.
Texas republicans will have to vote for an emergency aid package to save their flooded state. They will. But, when New York and New Jersey were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, all but one Texas Republican in Congress ― Rep. John Culberson ― voted against a $50.5 billion package to help people in those states.
Typical Texans; please send money save our Lone Star state — we will never vote for money to save any other state because that ain't right, pardner.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59a46fcce4b041393a1fc43a?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067
john utah wrote:
no state income tax wrote:They pay no state income tax. But if like like others carrying the weight for you you should go on welfare.
Texans pay taxes to the federal government. Understand? Now the Fed needs to give Texas their share back instead of subsidizing some bs programs in other states.
The idea that retards can somehow paint the most fiscally responsible state and one of the biggest economic engines in the USA as a failure just boggles the mind. Clusterf#4k California is in complete chaos and bankrupt but they have it figured out. Right.
California isn't in chaos, dopey.
Wiser One wrote:
creampie surprise! wrote:x1000
eat $hit & die Trumptards; feel badly for those who voted otherwise and in the state at least, are denied representation by outrageous gerrymandering. (can't imagine WHY.)
Districts were gerrymandered in the US circa the late 1960s and 1970s to elect more non-whites. This much less frequently gets mentioned.
this is NOT true though it's by no means a North / South issue. while the southern Democratic states practiced blatnat discrimination at the polls, voter suppression, nearly all-- usuaully Democratic-- northern states and cities were districted to greatly reduce to exclude black elected officials.
read about Shirley Chisholm's political career to learn about this in a microcosm.
clowns try to "justify" Trumptards by pointing out the Democrats deep and abiding racism which while TRUE, began to change somewhat with FDR and obviously flipped all the way with LBJ and after the Repubs embraced a racist creep like Barry Goldwater, the role reversal was nearly complete.
(Jackie Robinson, a Republican because he knew very well Democratic party racism and had campagined for Nixon in 1960, was so digusted he joined Republicans for Johnson in '64.)
Interesting thing is whether it will humble certain people (prob not)? We already know they are FOB. But there is no reason something this terrible won't happen again and perhaps be a generational thing with global warming? We don't know. What if it happened ever 20 years?
The big question: what can greater Houston do to see that this doesn't repeat? I would say probably nothing to potential storms but better planning over rivers bayous evacuations et al.
Maybe the two Tx Sen's will say God won't let it happen to them again.
Proper role of government does not include disaster relief.
donut eater wrote:
Proper role of government does not include disaster relief.
Ted Cruz says it does.
Floodwatcher44 wrote:
Gulf waters were 4 degrees hotter than average.
Please provide data.
No income taxes in texas wrote:
There is no state income taxes and government regulation is minimal. Houston had no levies, the government had minimal oversight on the number and types of buildings, there was no adequate addressing of drainage concerns.
Now texas will look for a federal handout. We should give it to them because people are hurting but it's quite ironic.
In the North taxpayers PAY to be prepared for great blizzards that may or may not happen. We PAY our way. States need to prepare for events like these and States like Texas just can't wait for the federal taxpayer to cover.
Also flood insurance should be mandated!
Sounds to me like you're doing it wrong.
Those Texans ... take only wrote:
Texas republicans will have to vote for an emergency aid package to save their flooded state. They will. But, when New York and New Jersey were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, all but one Texas Republican in Congress ― Rep. John Culberson ― voted against a $50.5 billion package to help people in those states.
Typical Texans; please send money save our Lone Star state — we will never vote for money to save any other state because that ain't right, pardner.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59a46fcce4b041393a1fc43a?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067
Lyin Ted lied to try and explain his no vote. His hand is out now.
Karma not working for you Ted?
There was much Texas could have done to prepare for some thing like this to mitigate some of the effects. Texas already receives much money from the rest of the country in petro dollars.
Take care of your own needs Ted Cruz.
You have obviously never been to the "Imperial Valley."
Third World is an understatement for much of CALI😂
Experts believe the main culprit is the explosive growth of low-lying riverine and coastal development, which has had the double effect of increasing floods (by replacing prairies and other natural sponges that hold water with pavement that deflects water) while moving more property into the path of those floods. An investigation last year by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune found that the Houston area’s impervious surfaces increased by 25 percent from 1996 to 2011, as thousands of new homes were built around its bayous. Houston is renowned for its anything-goes zoning rules, but the feds have also promoted those trends by providing extremely cheap insurance in high-risk areas.
Jeff Wigand wrote:
Ted Cruz says it does.
Funny how often Republicans act like Democrats!
Floodwatcher44 wrote:
Gulf waters were 4 degrees hotter than average.
Gulf waters are also higher than they were just ten years ago (just one year ago also).
This means this hurricane was strong thanks to the increased water vapor in the Gulf, and the waters are higher because the waters are higher.
It's exactly the future cataclysmic weather that experts said we'd experience, no matter your beliefs on Trump's wording. Gee, they were right.
Add to this people continuing to over build in the low lying coastal areas. One scientist stated these once in every 500 year storms are happening every three years.