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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Powerful. Tucker and/or Hannity need to run that on their shows tomorrow in order to counter that fraud, Anderson Cooper.
Man, does Bush have tiny teeth, or does Mobama have huge chompers?
Ship some horses, feed and cowboys in thar’! Covered wagons, fire wood and iron pots. Boil water and Ship in the drivers.
I just sent Drudge that video.
If he puts it on his page, he’ll have me back as a fan.
I read a headline yesterday that said the loss of electricity could be an ‘opportunity’ to install wind power etc. Leftists are crazy.
Fellow hack NYC Yellow Cab driver 1985-1988, a 12 hour shift cost $55 bucks plus $15 for gas.
Small island with wide highways out of San Juan, smaller roads are tough but thats up to the locals.
Scary whats been running USA, weird English Royal Family knockoffs, a Kenyan, and a cold blooded killer sex pervert Intern molester.
this is what happens to a modern society when all energy sources and supply lines cease to function simultaneously. no way to bootstrap.
That’s why the notion of EMP is so frightening.
The veneer of civilization is already a very thin coat.
“The veneer of civilization is already a very thin coat.”
indeed. and Puerto Rico may be on pace to be an abject example of what happens when that thin coat gets worn through.
The problem is that they don’t have the workers. Not just the truckers. They don’t have relief workers, construction workers, heavy machinery. They can’t get the power on. They can’t get the gas stations powered up. And many are damaged. And if you fly them in, they have no where to stay. They need to hire several cruise ships just to stay in port as floating hotels.
Thanks to our President, the agencies and those unselfish first responders.
A pox on Main Street media.
... I’m sure Puerto Ricans are more than ready, willing, and able to roll up their sleeves and tackle it head-on,...
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From everything I’ve read and seen on TV, the PRs are hardly doing anything to help clear their roads of debris, unlike what happened in TX and FL.
They seem to be waiting for their Dem govt. or the mainland US to do that work. ....Any wonder why supplies aren’t getting to some areas, unless they’re airlifted via choppers?
This is a good article and the fact that it was published in the Huffington Post means a lot. Anti-Trump articles adorn the front page of the Wash Post weekend addition because the Post is so anti-Trump that it doesn’t care if it publishes lies and distortions.
A “hat’s off” to the author of this article.
I wish the government would just stop and think about walkie talkies that go 15-16 miles, and some more.... surely they could help out the volunteers and supply coordinators working on getting supplies out to families in PR.
And now the left is trying to ban ‘right to work’ states, so only UNIONS have control of work.....NO THANK YOU!
I just watched the video from President Trump at the Twitter link. It is created as having been produced by the Department of Defense. I noticed a few of our men who were handing out food and water to civilians were wearing bullet proof vests. One was marked “Federal Agent” What gives ? This did not appear to be hostile territory nor were any more than a small fraction of the aid workers wearing them.
Yep - drop a lot of flyers across the island and let them know that have unions that are refusing to distribute the aid - if that doesn’t effect a change, nothing will.
There is gas. There are tankers full of gas.
H/t cmj
49% of supermarkets are up and running
10.7% of cellular towers are operating
75% of ports are open
65% of gas stations are operational
Why did you ignore this part?
Put another way, 80% of truck drivers do not show up to work, and yet again, it’s important to understand why. “There should be zero blame on the drivers. They can’t get to work, the infrastructure is destroyed, they can’t get fuel themselves, and they can’t call us for help because there’s no communication. The will of the people of Puerto Rico is off the charts. The truck drivers have families to take care of, many of them have no food or water. They have to take care of their family’s needs before they go off to work, and once they do go, they can’t call home,” explains Col. Valle.
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