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Puerto Rico Teamsters Union Refuse to Deliver Supplies Use Hurricane Maria as Contract Leverage…
Conservative Tree House ^ | Sept 30, 2017 | Sundance

Posted on 09/30/2017 3:10:33 PM PDT by HarleyLady27

Puerto Rican born and raised, Colonel Michael A. Valle (”Torch”), Commander, 101st Air and Space Operations Group, and Director of the Joint Air Component Coordination Element, 1st Air Force, responsible for Hurricane Maria relief efforts, has the following comment:

…They have the generators, water, food, medicine, and fuel on the ground, yet the supplies are not moving across the island as quickly as they’re needed.

“It’s a lack of drivers for the transport trucks, the 18 wheelers. Supplies we have. Trucks we have. There are ships full of supplies, backed up in the ports, waiting to have a vehicle to unload into. However, only 20% of the truck drivers show up to work. These are private citizens in Puerto Rico, paid by companies that are contracted by the government”.. (link)

Meanwhile, amid floods and lack of power the Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, finds a way to get propaganda T-Shirts to politicize the tragedy on very fake news CNN.

Go figure.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biglabor; corruption; crime; hurricane; news; puertorico; society; unions
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To: HarleyLady27

I need this one from another source. Seems to unbelievable.


61 posted on 09/30/2017 4:17:09 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: HarleyLady27

IBEW, they loved them some Obama.
They were down to a handful of members when they went all in for Hillary


62 posted on 09/30/2017 4:18:47 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (This time I am Deplorable)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Declare martial law. Then you have the means to make happen those things that must happen.

This is a "war", after all. It is the people versus those forces that will do whatever they can to destabilize and subvert the will of the electorate. Those who would willfully commit sabotage to further an agenda that is not in the best interests of those suffering on site are not to be treated lightly or negotiated with. Most of us are fed up with the intransigence of the opposition. Crush them or run up a white flag.

63 posted on 09/30/2017 4:20:51 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: Repeal The 17th

I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that our nuclear vessels were designed to be able to “share” the power from their reactors.


64 posted on 09/30/2017 4:22:42 PM PDT by Lee Enfield (If your diarrhea is red do you have the Trotskys?)
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To: Thumper1960

I think you are insane.


65 posted on 09/30/2017 4:25:40 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: HarleyLady27

Pull the teamsters licenses. That will make them show up.

Then file class action suits against all the teamster locals. Big money.


66 posted on 09/30/2017 4:25:50 PM PDT by buffaloguy (Bond arms Cowbot)
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To: HarleyLady27

Reminds me of the austrailian or New Zealand unions that refused to allow the navy to unload the ships early in WWII. And the union would only work from 9 to 5 due to union rules. They threatened some sort of violence, and the us basically told the prime minister they would shoot any one who interfered.


67 posted on 09/30/2017 4:26:03 PM PDT by sharkhawk (Chelsea Dagger)
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To: Rebelbase
"Martial law now!"

My thought exactly. Declare martial law. Pull General Russell Honore out of retirement and put him in charge.

68 posted on 09/30/2017 4:26:29 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: HarleyLady27
They remember how the media coverage of Katrina did a lot of damage to President George W. Bush--I doubt he ever recovered from that. Of course it was all his fault, not the fault of the city or state governments for being so incompetent.

They are undoubtedly thinking that they can use the hurricane damage in Puerto Rico the same way to hurt Trump. Of course, unlike GWB, he doesn't keep quiet when attacked.

69 posted on 09/30/2017 4:27:38 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Thumper1960
Truman seized control of the rails and steel mills in the early ‘50’s. There is a precedent, of sorts.

You forgot one very important thing.

The spelling of
Harry S. Truman (D)

70 posted on 09/30/2017 4:28:14 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mountn man
"The subs have no ability to draw power off hull."

Really?? The wiring they use to being aboard shore power when they are in harbor can't work both ways??

71 posted on 09/30/2017 4:29:00 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Repeal The 17th
"And just how are nuclear submarines able to assist in this effort?"

Floating nuclear power plants. Electricity. Nuke carriers can also provide the same capability, but subs are probably more easily available.

72 posted on 09/30/2017 4:30:59 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Your opinion.


73 posted on 09/30/2017 4:35:15 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: HarleyLady27

...and they (leftards) will blame Trump. The left lives for this sh*t. They were sooo disappointed that the previous two Hurricanes did not get as political.


74 posted on 09/30/2017 4:35:38 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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U.S. Navy‏Verified account @USNavy Sep 28

Today's photos of day: #USNavy’s Hurricane #Maria relief ops in #PuertoRico and #Dominica.

More Pics at Navy.mil

75 posted on 09/30/2017 4:37:42 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: mountn man
Oh, please.

I suppose his dropping nukes on Japan to end the war quicker is suspect because of that "D".

Lincoln also suspended habeus corpus. Maybe HE was a closet "D".

Sometimes one must do the unpalatable. One is either up to the job or one is a mouse who scurries between the legs of superior men.

76 posted on 09/30/2017 4:38:59 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: Wonder Warthog

“Honore”

He’s had a few interviews in these recent past storm recoveries. Don’t trust him to be loyal to Trump.


77 posted on 09/30/2017 4:41:00 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Orthodox American!)
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To: mountn man

The spelling of
Harry S. Truman (D)


I see Harry got his period back.
‘Twasn’t always so.


78 posted on 09/30/2017 4:42:18 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

Yep, a sub makes one super doper generator. It can power a small city.


79 posted on 09/30/2017 4:43:07 PM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness)
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To: Lee Enfield
I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that our nuclear vessels were designed to be able to “share” the power from their reactors.

Nope.

Urban legend.

It can work in "theory".

But theory and reality are two different things.

The boat is designed to run off of power produced.

Nowhere is the system designed to extract power off.
At least not in the Ww range.

80 posted on 09/30/2017 4:45:05 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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