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'Basket of Deplorables' Head to Houston
The Remnant ^ | September 4, 2017

Posted on 09/05/2017 1:47:23 PM PDT by detective

Let this sink in for a minute...

Hundreds and hundreds of small boats pulled by countless pickups and SUVs from across the South are headed for Houston. Almost all of them driven by men.

They're using their own property, sacrificing their own time, spending their own money, and risking their own lives for one reason: to help total strangers in desperate need.

Most of them are by themselves. Most are dressed like the redneck duck hunters and bass fisherman they are. Many are veterans. Most are wearing well-used gimme-hats, t-shirts, and jeans; and there's a preponderance of camo. Most are probably gun owners, and most probably voted for Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at remnantnewspaper.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: harvey; heroes; houston; hurricane; realmen; volunteers
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These are the people the Left loves to hate, the ones Maddow mocks. The ones Maher and Olbermann just *know* they're so much better than.

These are The Quiet Ones. They don't wear masks and tear down statues. They don't, as a rule, march and demonstrate. And most have probably never been in a Whole Foods.

But they'll spend the next several days wading in cold, dirty water; dodging gators and water moccasins and fire ants; eating whatever meager rations are available; and sleeping wherever they can in dirty, damp clothes. Their reward is the tears and the hugs and the smiles from the terrified people they help. They'll deliver one boatload, and then go back for more.

1 posted on 09/05/2017 1:47:23 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Video at the link.

Here is the direct YouTube link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7l82bo8sI


2 posted on 09/05/2017 1:49:35 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Respect.


3 posted on 09/05/2017 1:51:56 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Three things sustain the existence of the world: justice, truth, and peace." - Mishnah)
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To: detective

Because the job has to be done and they know nobody else is going to do it - not in time for it to be meaningful. So it might as well be them.


4 posted on 09/05/2017 1:53:07 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: detective

“Written by A Remnant Reader”...
It looks to me like someone has anonymously done a copy/paste
of an article that has appeared elsewhere into “The Remnant Newspaper”
and not given any attribution to the original.


5 posted on 09/05/2017 1:53:48 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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And that’s my people.........what MY family is like. I love them each and every one and I’m so proud of this segment of the population. There’s no one that can even come close to these people. The left in this country that look down on this class of people can eat shyte and die and then go to hell!!!


6 posted on 09/05/2017 2:06:02 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

“someone has anonymously done a copy/paste
of an article that has appeared elsewhere”

I found this article. I don’t know if Matt Lowe and the anonymous author are the same person or what happened.

But good catch.

http://douglas.allongeorgia.com/real-heroic-men/


7 posted on 09/05/2017 2:07:30 PM PDT by detective
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They are racists, what any good Democrat should do is refuse their help. No matter how hard one of these racists try to help you, you must resist.

From the desk of Brackobama


8 posted on 09/05/2017 2:07:49 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: detective

Thanks for posting.


9 posted on 09/05/2017 2:08:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: detective
These are the people the Left loves to hate

This is also a week old.

10 posted on 09/05/2017 2:09:04 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: detective

Yes, that’s the one.
Thanks!


11 posted on 09/05/2017 2:10:21 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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No one would ever want to depend upon Antifa or all the Lefturds to be saved during a natural disaster!!! The Real Men and Women are the DEPLORABLES!


12 posted on 09/05/2017 2:10:32 PM PDT by Enchante
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This is what it would look like if the liberals came to help.
13 posted on 09/05/2017 2:11:35 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: detective

Wait til they’re joined by like-minded Westerners, mid-Westerners and Northerners for a march on DC...


14 posted on 09/05/2017 2:12:52 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

the foundation of what makes our people great !


15 posted on 09/05/2017 2:17:08 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: detective

I lived in Houston for almost 50 years but am originally from New Orleans. When Katrina raped New Orleans I hooked up the boat and drove over to New Orleans. I got as far as Laplace but no further. The police would not allow me to go in.

Of course, being from there and knowing my ol’ stomping grounds, I got in through all of the back roads.

I do not know hoe many road in my boat over those days but afterward it was such a satisfying feeling that I shall never forget.


16 posted on 09/05/2017 2:19:23 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: Please.....GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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After a natural disaster, government ALWAYS opts for the power grab. A panicked reaction to its fecklessness being exposed.


17 posted on 09/05/2017 2:34:31 PM PDT by Romulus
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“After a natural disaster, government ALWAYS opts for the power grab.”

It’s called “ingrained mindlessness!” “We really don’t know nuthin, but we can keep you from doing sumptin!’

BTW, didn’t you just love the monster trucks pulling the stalled military vehicles out of the water!


18 posted on 09/05/2017 3:26:12 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: detective

Wow, watching that video and seeing the line of pickups and boats headed to Houston put a lump in my throat as big as their hearts.

God I love this country and the people who inhabit it


19 posted on 09/05/2017 3:27:23 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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“BTW, didn’t you just love the monster trucks pulling the stalled military vehicles out of the water!”

That was so great. Rednecks are the best!!


20 posted on 09/05/2017 3:41:19 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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