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President Obama Declares American Samoa a Major Disaster (Faster Response than Georgia Floods)
All Barack Channel (ABC) ^
| 09/30/09
| LINDSAY GOLDWERT, et al
Posted on 09/30/2009 6:14:54 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
President Obama has declared the U.S. territory of American Samoa a major disaster after an undersea earthquake caused a tsunami and massive flooding that has reportedly killed more than 80 people in the South Pacific Samoan Islands.
The declaration makes federal funding available to people in American Samoa, which has a population of about 65,000 people.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: disaster; insensitivity; obama; samoa
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Very quick response...less than 24 hours, I think. As it should be.
How long did it take BO to help out Georgia? I know he was TERRIBLY busy and all--golfing and going on David Letterman....
And he sent Joe Biden down there to act like his team gave a ****....but wasn't it a bit longer?
I hear FEMA is being rushed to Samoa...were they rushed to Georgia?
To: SoFloFreeper
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:17:30 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Obama would have
Helped Georgia, but didn’t want
To piss off Russia...
3
posted on
09/30/2009 6:17:59 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(If You have a Right / To the Service I provide / I must be a Slave)
To: SoFloFreeper
I hear FEMA is being rushed to Samoa...were they rushed to Georgia? IIRC, in the last election American Samoa went for Obamalamadingdong and Georgia went for McCain. 'Nuff said....
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:18:47 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
To: SoFloFreeper
Wouldn’t have anything to do with Dole Foods, by chance, would it?
5
posted on
09/30/2009 6:19:31 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09!)
To: SoFloFreeper
Barack Obama doesn’t care about white people!
6
posted on
09/30/2009 6:20:07 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Maybe they will get healthcare coverage too!
To: SoFloFreeper
Don’t worry,response time to disasters in the USA will improve as we move closer to national elections.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:20:43 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(Don't blame me,I voted for the American)
To: SoFloFreeper
When does BOzo declare his administration a disaster.
9
posted on
09/30/2009 6:20:58 AM PDT
by
jetson
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: SoFloFreeper
Has he visited Georgia yet??
What do you mean he’s in Hopenhagen?
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:23:32 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: SoFloFreeper
Georgia is an evil state full of racist rednecks. We don’t deserve any help.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:24:36 AM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. -- James Madison)
To: SoFloFreeper
Georgia is full of souther white racists..oh wait...no never mind.
Being a bigot can be so complicated
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:25:36 AM PDT
by
wilco200
(11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
To: Politicalmom
Lets walk instead of run. There were very few follow ups on the Indonesia flood and I recall a huge amount of money went for nothing.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:27:01 AM PDT
by
AZFolks
To: SoFloFreeper
Obama IS the major disaster.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:27:51 AM PDT
by
DB
To: wilco200
Well the Samoa’s are innocent in all this so I'm glad they are getting help.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:28:25 AM PDT
by
angcat
("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
To: SlowBoat407
Yeah, there’s hardly any black people in Georgia. It’s almost lily-white.
To: SoFloFreeper
In this case, the need was much more sudden. Georgia's rains have taken several weeks to become a disaster area. An earthquake is sudden and the needs to respond are much more clearer. Plus, President Tingod is in Denmark, pleading for the Chicago Olympics and Union Job Creation Act - he can't look bad over there.
The Samoans are Americans, too, even if they aren't citizens. I'm glad they're getting help.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:35:12 AM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: cydcharisse
You forgot your sarcasm tag. Atlanta is not almost white, nor the state of Georgia.
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:35:24 AM PDT
by
Rapunzel
(Never forget Fallujah..S. Helvenston RIP.....Sarah...Sarah...Sarah loves America)
To: Adder
Doesn’t Botox Nancy have some sort of tuna (Sunkist maybe) operation in Samoa?
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posted on
09/30/2009 6:35:29 AM PDT
by
Merlinator
(Take them all down...one czar at a time)
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