Posted on 10/04/2024 7:47:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I have long thought that one of the hallmarks of an advanced economy is built-in resilience to shocks to the system.
As with so many things these days, that resilience has eroded to the point that, except in certain areas of the country like Florida, it hardly exists.
You have probably seen many of the same videos I have, in which North Carolina residents are begging for help and wondering where FEMA is. Aside from funding migrants, that is. It seems to be doing a fine job at that, exhausting the funds that should be going to help Helene's victims.
Joe Biden says all the people in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina are getting everything they need and are “very happy.” pic.twitter.com/5azdn0EhNr— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 4, 2024
Why is FEMA so awful? Or, should I say, why other than the fact that Alejandro Mayorkas, the most destructive man in America, is in charge of it?
Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina. @FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!
“Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two…— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 4, 2024
According to FEMA itself, it's #1 priority is no longer responding to emergencies but promoting Diversity, Equity, and inclusion.
She should be fired tomorrow.
Not for bias or anything.
She should be fired because she’s too dumb to be within a mile of any decision no matter how inconsequential. https://t.co/w9BDwtJdqq— Tandy (@dantypo) October 3, 2024
As victims are suffering and dying in Appalachia, FEMA is focused on trans migrants of color who may feel uncomfortable getting help from religious organizations.
We can't have a Christian or a Jew helping somebody unless they usher men into women's bathrooms. Seriously.
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Thanks to reporting from Ben Wilson at the Washington @FreeBeacon we know that FEMA held a series of DEI trainings, one of which claimed that the U.S. is rooted in extreme violence, and the established systems in the U.S. require oppression of subjegated people.
pic.twitter.com/zMlT8BhS7W— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) October 4, 2024
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This is confirmed by the fact that we have Equity as the foundation of disaster relief being built right into the FEMA strategic plan.
When time is valuable and lives hang in the balance you need to move as fast as you can, there's not time to bean count for equity.
pic.twitter.com/eeIOhSfiZC— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) October 4, 2024
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FEMA also says they are going to "determine if FEMA’s workforce demonstrates an increased commitment to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion in delivering the agency’s mission.
To be clear: FEMA is going to implement DEI when delivering disaster relief.
pic.twitter.com/OOMTmZv0KL— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) October 4, 2024
FEMA is, as with every bureaucracy under the Harris/Biden administration, obsessed with microaggressions, affirming fetishists, and distributing benefits by race. Kamala Harris herself has said that disaster aid should be distributed by race in order to promote equity.
This is a frightening philosophy. According to Harris, disaster aid should be based on race and gender, not how much water flooded your home. That’s insane. pic.twitter.com/Nf99blUFzP— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) September 30, 2024
FEMA is so concerned that people are getting the right idea about their incompetence, red tape, and misapplication of resources that they are fighting "rumors" rather than saving people. Perhaps a trans woman of color with a bum leg and a pending asylum claim needed something to do, so they asked "her" to put together a page on misinformation.
There has been a lot of rumors spreading about the #Helene response.
Rumors can create confusion & prevent people from getting assistance they need. Help us share accurate information:
https://t.co/Z5vxuBTths pic.twitter.com/U3DCtmC1LN— FEMA (@fema) October 3, 2024
While Biden took a vacation on the beach as Appalachia was slammed and Harris was out fundraising in Las Vegas, FEMA was leaderless and paralyzed. Whistleblowers are reporting failures across the board, and certainly the videos coming out of the stricken areas seem to back up the claims.
BREAKING: FEMA whistleblowers have come forward alleging that the agency misappropriated funds in the wake of Helene, withheld pre-disaster aid, and that first responders and service members have been waiting in hotels without deployment orders.
pic.twitter.com/uf0XrspRTz— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 4, 2024
It wasn't until Trump and Elon Musk shamed the administration into kicking things up a notch that things started moving, and by all accounts, they aren't moving smoothly. The Cajun Navy and thousands of volunteers are doing far more than the federal government, and the military seems hampered. North Carolina is bursting with active-duty military, yet few are mobilized to help.
I expect there are too many white men involved or something.
One white man brimming with toxic masculinity has stood up as the federal government has fallen down, and that is Ron DeSantis. He has hurricane damage to deal with himself, but told FEMA to rescue North Carolinians, and sent his own Guard units to help residents in other states.
Florida is literally carrying more weight than the federal government
They are running flights, sending personnel and resources to North Carolina. Biden and Kamala are nowhere to be seen, while NC must wait.
Trump is visiting Georgia too. Major GOP show of leadership. https://t.co/F8vhCmKeIN— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 30, 2024
I don't know about you, but I find it disgusting and dispiriting that our federal government is filled with incompetent ideologues and worse. Our health bureaucrats are insane, FEMA is focused on trans migrants, and our Secret Service seems determined to get Donald Trump shot.
Rachel Levine, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health, who pushes for children be medically transitioned with irreversible hormones, launches healthy eating campaign.
“We’re here taking about food is medicine.” pic.twitter.com/qQy6TlJNAS— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) October 3, 2024
It is mystifying that so many Americans are OK with this state of affairs. Are they so driven by partisan hatred that they don't care about their fellow citizens, or just so brainwashed that they don't notice the decline?
I suspect it is a mix of both.
I don't watch cable news or the nightly broadcasts, so I can't say for sure whether our "journalists" are covering the disaster that FEMA has become or not.
But I remember Katrina and its aftermath, and the media was laser-focused on both the real and imagined flaws of the Bush administration's response. This time around, hardly anybody commented on the fact that Joe Biden was on the beach for days during the height of the hurricane.
You would think they would at least feel free to criticize him. He is, after all, a white man.
Dam repair is part of FEMA’s purview since it is considered disaster prevention. Part of FEMA’s job that I did not mention earlier is to identify and implement disaster prevention efforts both natural and man made (including certain terrorism issues). This ranges from creating flood zone maps to funding dam repairs, electrical grid improvements or overseeing coordination of security at the Olympics. One can justifiably argue that these missions are too broad for this small agency but right now, it is in their wheelhouse.
A county in NYS just applied for $50 million in disaster relief from FEMA.
Now, that is indeed paet of FEMA’s remit, coughing up for disaster assistance.
But NYS has a $250 billion dollar budget.
See where I’m going with this?
Why are states, including mine, so eager to offload so much onto someone else’s taxpayers?!
Why isn’t North Carolina Democrat Governor Roy Cooper not being held accountable for not getting off his fat a$$ and doing something?
Gee, we all owe Barry Soetoro a HUGE thanks, huh?..
“Why are states, including mine, so eager to offload so much onto someone else’s taxpayers?!”
Because politically, it is far better to spend someone else’s money than your own constituent’s money.
Source is relatives who live in the areas.
I do not know if those stories are true.
“What’s the number to call”
1-782-69-3425
Point taken. Discernment and follow-up are required.
The Lake Lure story was first posted on Twitter (X). It has turned out to be completely true, and worse than originally reported as well. The City Manager of Lake Lure just keeps doubling down on support for the malicious actions of their Deputy Fire Chief.
I am not inclined to simply dismiss stories posted on X. The posters get most stuff wrong, but when they are right, they are way ahead of the Legacy Media.
"Never believe a rumor until it has been officially denied".
I'm inclined to fact-check any story from any source.
My experience recently is that the MSM, like Pravda, gets the basics right then adds just enough opinion and slime that can be lost if you’re not careful, in the hopes that we become statists.
”New media” is a mixed bag. Gateway Pundit and Slay News are the bottom feeders, though Slay is particularly awful. They often get the basic facts wrong, and then go off the opinion rails.
Breitbart is usually good.
Twitter is hit or miss…you REALLY have to fact-check and verify. There is a lot of garbage there, but when someone has a legit scoop, they punch above their weight.
No, sorry.
No, sorry.
The Cajun Navy did heroic work, in TX, after Hurricane Harvey.
ISN’T “RACHEL LEVINE” the ugly MAN who thinks HE is FEMALE???
GLASSES-—Blond——VERY UNATTRACTIVE
Good point.
And the $16 billion dollars in taxpayer money ro finance the "Affordable Connectivity Program" to subsidize
high speed digital connectivity and internet to certain people and organizations.
If there is a way to buy votes or line the pockets of friends with taxpayer money you can be sure the Deep State
crooks in Washington, DC have found it or are creating it.
FEMA has become a piggy bank for Deep State.
FEMA needs to be dissolved and replaced with something lean and mean, that assists in logistics, provides expertise.
Checks can be cut by Congress and administered by states.
States should be required to maintain solvent funds to provide for themselves, to carry insurance to cover larger amounts, and get only grants from Fedzilla. Funds that have to be paid back, with great terms, so states aren’t inclined to use the other 49’s taxpayers as cash cows.
If states are required to have more skin in the game, they might be more inclined to plan, zone, spend accordingly. Ditto for local governments.
Citizens might be more inclined to refuse to be infantilized, carry decent insurance, have a plan to take care if themselves should disaster hit.
Just like deep red Mississippi coast in Katrina etc
“Land mass between Alabama and Louisiana “
And I just checked.
Per FEMA, that bureaucratic Charlie foxtrot now employees over 20,000 people.
I won’t print the rest of what I am thinking about THAT.
Didn’t know about that one. Seems like someone taking idiocy to a new level. I was of the opinion that EVs of any sort were not considered the safest in (especially) flooded areas.
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