Posted on 10/09/2024 6:05:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
My friends, we have reached peak government inefficiency:
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The government shipped up 3 pallets of electric chainsaws to us in a community without power
The original poster said his community in Little Switzerland, North Carolina, received these chainsaws from a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter ... and that it has been the only government assistance their community has received.
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This is the only federal government response I've seen so far. Almost all the pallets we have received are donations coming in from citizens and orgs. Feds usually don't come this far up into the mountains
9:30 AM · Oct 8, 2024
Despite that, he says the community really has no need for the government.
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This is the exact opposite Katrina response: we have no federal help, but the community is self-organizing to save lives and help rebuild. There's no violence, barely any looting, and people are grateful.
9:55 AM · Oct 8, 2024
I love it, but here's a radical idea: Imagine if we came together as communities and voted for people who would govern civil society and help us when natural disasters hit. Imagine if an entity like that existed. We could call it "govern-ment."
Surely, that entity would do the thing that it exists to do, right?
Next they’ll drop off Solar powered generators to power the saws ,LOL
You need to get out more often....................😉
To err is human, but to really foul things up, it takes a government program.
You don’t want them to use fossil fuels do you?
More here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4269765/posts
If they had accepted wind and solar like responsible citizens they could charge up those chain saws. Might as well send them on down to Tampa Bay area now. 🤔
Prayers up for all those folks as well.
LOL! Dang. I hate getting old. Took me a long time to catch on to the “kites in the sky” thing. Good one.
I’m 80...It’s even harder to create these zingers.
:o)
This PC crapola needs to stop. What absolute (albeit...typical) government idiocy.
let me guess its a “loan” and if they don’t return it there land is seized?
America has the best minds in government don’t they.
But, you have to admit that the chainsaws were environmentlally friendly. Not a speck of pollution from ‘em. And used virtually no energy at all! Your gooberment at work!
No violence but lots of down right evilness. Who was flying those two helicopters that tried to destroy the donated supplies?
“harbor freight”
Cheap batteries are generally more conducive to burning up things
Harbor Freight sells battery operated tools but the battery is not included..............
DEI!
Electric chain saws have been around for awhile, even powerful 18”.
And yes, there are electric “generators” too.
EGO has one that uses several of it’s batteries to convert to 110V. (Not really a generator but an inverter you can use in the house)
Gasoline generator backup reccomended.
If you were young you would not have gotten it at all.
I guess that is in line with a store not including gasoline when I buy something gas powered:)
Here is one example:
They advertise the drill at a really low price that catches your eye, only to find out that it doesn’t include the battery that costs near as much as the tool...........
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