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U.S. MILITARY ON PUERTO RICO: “THE PROBLEM IS DISTRIBUTION” AND HERE’S WHY
Huffington Post ^ | 9/29/17 | Penelope Jean Hayes

Posted on 09/30/2017 6:23:38 PM PDT by angelrod

Col. Valle is a firsthand witness of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) response supporting FEMA in Puerto Rico, and as a Puerto Rican himself with family members living in the devastation, his passion for the people is second to none. “It’s just not true,” Col. Valle says of the major disconnect today between the perception of a lack of response from Washington verses what is really going on on the ground. “I have family here. My parents’ home is here. My uncles, aunts, cousins, are all here. As a Puerto Rican, I can tell you that the problem has nothing to do with the U.S. military, FEMA, or the DoD.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dod; fema; hurricane; maria; puertorico; third100days; trumpdod; trumpfema; usnavy
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To: R_Kangel

I heard something like that on another forum, and I’ll ask you the same thing I asked there. Link?


21 posted on 09/30/2017 7:09:42 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Viking2002

Trump has acceded immediately to every PR request. But can’t the distribution system (or lack thereof) be pinned on him? The MSM wants to know.


22 posted on 09/30/2017 7:09:52 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: angelrod

Let me guess. Puerto Rico is a one-party (democrat) government.


23 posted on 09/30/2017 7:10:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Nicojones

Trump is just a Boss!...love that he doesn’t take crap from his critics, not like GWB!


24 posted on 09/30/2017 7:10:27 PM PDT by angelrod
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To: Dr. Pritchett
"The labor unions actually tried similar EXTORTION tactics to stall the arsenal of democracy during WW2."

..... Ya .... It's alive an well even now ..... and the Public .... HECK .... The Nation ..... needs to know about the reason why the President needed to put out a clarion call for Truck Drivers in PR. It's because of the Greed of the unions and how they are making things worse .... instead of banding together as concerned citizens of a free nation to help in the time of need. But then again .... It is PR.

25 posted on 09/30/2017 7:11:38 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: angelrod

Exactly. What other republican would fight back a false media narrative like this? None. Trump just produced his own video and distributed it to the world. This is why he shouldn’t give up his twitter. He gets to cut through the liberal lies. It’s just sad that this has to be done with america’s media. Really sad.


26 posted on 09/30/2017 7:12:56 PM PDT by Nicojones
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To: TigersEye

I gotta admit, when he first tweeted a response about PR, I clutched my pearls for about 30 seconds...then I remembered we have seen this movie a few times and it always turns out k, lol!


27 posted on 09/30/2017 7:13:48 PM PDT by angelrod
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To: Raycpa

“It’s a lack of drivers for the transport trucks, the 18 wheelers. ... However, only 20% of the truck drivers show up to work.”

This can be solved as it was in the past:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-army-to-seize-control-of-railroads


28 posted on 09/30/2017 7:16:46 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Raycpa

exactly....I heard they are on strike (if true) as I read 1 tweet that said...”Did mayor of San Juan mention union workers at port are on STRIKE & demanding money first before distributing supplies off boat?..”


29 posted on 09/30/2017 7:17:15 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: angelrod

I. Problem

20% of island truck drivers bothered to show up to deliver.

II. Problem
Island truck drivers are instead of working using time to negotiate their union contract.

III.
Guaynbono Mayor said the San Juan Mayor has been a NO SHOW at the FEMA coordination meetings.

IV.
Mayor Whines A-Lot is dumber than a box of rocks, using her time instead for whining for the camera instead of working with FEMA and getting drivers to show up for work.


30 posted on 09/30/2017 7:17:49 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: angelrod

Trump should always take care to tweet the facts supporting his allegations. Concise. Provable.


31 posted on 09/30/2017 7:18:56 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Socon-Econ

That video he tweeted makes me so proud of our military. Go USA!


32 posted on 09/30/2017 7:21:22 PM PDT by Nicojones
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Like most units in the Army, there are already Spanish speakers. Sounds like they need to mobilize some National Guard Truck Units. Probably also place the Puerto Rico under martial law. This would not be happening if the island were populated by Swiss, English or German descended people...just saying.


33 posted on 09/30/2017 7:21:52 PM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: RitaOK

Yup...


34 posted on 09/30/2017 7:23:20 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: angelrod

Thank you so much for posting this article. It should be required reading for all staff at CNN and the mayor of San Juan and other assorted liberals and people who have no idea what the word LOGISTICS means and how it applies in a true crisis.

The media ...is throwing fuel on this fire and not helping the people of PR. Shame on them.

This is triage time. Critical review time will come later.


35 posted on 09/30/2017 7:23:57 PM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: griswold3

That’s awesome! We got this!


36 posted on 09/30/2017 7:25:56 PM PDT by angelrod
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To: Jim Robinson

Crooked as the day is long.


37 posted on 09/30/2017 7:27:12 PM PDT by angelrod
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To: SE Mom

Reading Facebook critics really got to me tonight. Posted it on FB also. Glad you enjoyed it.


38 posted on 09/30/2017 7:29:30 PM PDT by angelrod
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To: angelrod

I’m a truck driver, I can drive any truck, been doing it for 37 years and it’s getting slow now so I have free time so how do I get down there? I’m not paying out of my own pocket plane rides. I can be down there this week if they get me a plane ride and haul whatever they want. I also use to drive a taxi in New york city which is the hardest kind of driving anybody can do. I was also homeless and unemployed for 2 years (never took food stamps or welfare) so I’ve experienced extreme hardship. Here I am, ready to go so how do I get down there? I’ll haul every last trailer they got to whereever they need it


39 posted on 09/30/2017 7:31:48 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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To: angelrod

They need trucks and drivers.


40 posted on 09/30/2017 7:31:54 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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