by Ron Paul
In the wake of hurricane Irene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to come hat in hands asking for more money from Congress. Like the rest of the government, it is broke. It has been suggested that any additional funds allocated to FEMA should come from cuts elsewhere. This seems harsh and lacking in compassion to big government advocates who do not understand economics, but I would go a step further. FEMA should never have been established. It is based on misguided ideas of disaster relief.
This seems shocking to those who have never been subjected to the secondary disaster that is the arrival of FEMA on the scene of a catastrophic event. But explaining FEMA’s ineptness is not the same thing as saying no one should help people affected by disasters. Quite the opposite.
Victims of disasters should get any and all help possible, and there is virtually no limit to the generosity and compassion of good American people after devastation hits. One only need to remember the outpouring after Katrina to know this is true. FEMA, however, did more to get in the way of relief than to actually provide and facilitate it. The examples are numerous. When the call was put out for volunteer firefighters, they volunteered by the thousands. It was FEMA, for reasons of control and bureaucratic ineptitude, who made sure they were not, in fact allowed to actually help. When a group of firefighters arrived from Houston, instead of being put immediately on the job, they were told to sit around and wait. After waiting for two days doing nothing, they were simply sent home. One thousand volunteer firefighters were sent to Atlanta to undergo sexual harassment training while fires actively raged in the city. The ones that remained through this stupidity were sent to escort the president around or to distribute fliers instead of putting out fires. Computer engineer Jack Harrison was told his skills were needed to rebuild technological infrastructure. After being given the runaround for about two weeks, he was misallocated as head of security on the cruise ship FEMA had leased, when he should have been using his skills to help. All manner of help was turned away or mismanaged by FEMA while people suffered and waited. Even the Red Cross had its hands tied by FEMA.
It has only gotten worse since 9/11. Compare the stories of two flotillas – one after 9/11 and one after Katrina. Within an hour of the 9/11 attacks, the largest boatlift in history was organized spontaneously by locals who saw an immediate need and responded immediately. Over 500,000 terrified New Yorkers were taken off the island by ferries, tugboats, pleasure crafts, fishing boats and barges when all other access points had been shut down. A similar flotilla attempt was privately organized after Katrina. 500 boats caravanned to New Orleans to rescue patients from hospitals that were out of supplies and desperate. Unfortunately, FEMA had taken over by then and they were turned away, empty, while the patients languished, still stranded. Tragically, the Vermont Air National Guard helicopters were in Iraq when Irene hit, and they were desperately needed here.
The establishment of FEMA is symptomatic of a blind belief in big government’s ability to do anything and everything for anyone and everyone. FEMA is a bureaucratic organization. Bureaucracies, while staffed with well-meaning people, are notoriously slow and wasteful by their very nature. When people are starving, injured and dying they need speed and efficiency, yet FEMA comes along with forms and policies and rubber stamps. This sort of thing is bad enough at the DMV, but in matters of life and death where seconds count, this is just not acceptable.
True compassion would be to get FEMA out of the way.
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RON PAUL 2012 – LEGALIZE FREEDOM AND POT
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Insurance is a measure of risk.Someone in Iowa should not foot the bill for someone who chooses to live in a hurricane zone.Fema is a bureaucratic nightmare.You must get your information from your grammar teacher.
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WRONG DUMBFUCK. He didn’t post his photo for everyone to see. Secondly, it’s not a crime to post photos of yourself to legal-age people. We ALL have a sex life and denying that shows you are a fucking child who cares more about sensationalistic news. I can name 10x the republicans caught with their pants down, dumbfuck. Dressing in drag? sorry, you’re confusing Anthony Weiner for Rudy Guiliani.
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Only an intellectually bankrupt mouth-breather would suggest that if you disagree with the federal government doing something, you disagree it being done at all. Alas, this country is ripe with intellectually bankrupt mouth-breathers.
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Only an intellectually bankrupt mouth-breather would suggest that if you disagree with the federal government doing something, you disagree it being done at all. Alas, this country is ripe with intellectually bankrupt mouth-breathers.
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what do you mean?? he clueless on economics.. he has slanted his opinion for the democractic party you idiot.. He is their mouthpiece..
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Oh well that makes perfect sense then LOL. Anthony Weiner, the guy who posts pictures of his naked body and himself dressing in drag on the internet for all to see. What a great choice for president… I seriously cannot stop laughing right now. You are no longer worthy of conversation.
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Anthony Weiner, Alan Grayson, or Dennis Kucinich.
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WRONG AGAIN DUMBFUCK! How is Cenk Uygar a fraud? I’ve been a fan of his for almost four years now and he’s always spoken the truth, never slanted his opinion for corporations or businesses and has remained far more consistent than any politician I’ve seen. YOU CAN’T ALLEGE FRAUD UNLESS YOU HAVE A WELL-DOCUMENTED REASON, YOU STUPID CUNT.
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BULLSHIT. YOu stupid TWAT. In this economy no one is gonna help you pay off damage to your house or your uncle dying from cancer. YOU ARE A LIAR. In a grueling economy, people are not charitable, and even if they are, it’s harming their own lives as most people can barely afford a decent lifestyle, you fucking retard. Maybe you’re lucky to have some neighbors, but tell that to all the fuckers hit by hurricanes and the hundreds dead from those and floods, earthquakes too. YOU BASTARD.
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WRONG DUMBFUCK. You can’t judge someone’s political opinions based on the language they use. WHAT A DUMBFUCK YOU ARE! FAIL LOGIC.
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Well you might as well. Who would you like to see be the next president??
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he use to when he worked you know where before he got fired or whatever that was.. But Uyghar is a fraud..
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I tend to rely on myself for the well-being of my family and myself.Any of my neighbors who are in trouble through no fault of their own will be helped by my family and the rest of our community because we share a common goal of peace,prosperity and individual freeedom.Our government sides with bankers,corporatists and “elite” individuals who seek to enslave us all.I trust my neighbors and fellow Americans far more than the Government.This is a healthy attitude in a free society.
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You have no clue about Ron Paul. Your attitude and language just shows who you are.
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You have no clue about Ron Paul. Your attitude and language just shows who you are.
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Be quiet sheeple. Back to watching FOX news now.
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Go to “Rick Perry” Channel (governorrickperry — Subscriber 369) = He doesn’t even have the balls to give readers/viewers the option to Comment or Like/Dislike.
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Go to “Rick Perry” Channel (governorrickperry – Subscriber 369) = He doesn’t even have the balls to give readers/viewers the option to Comment or Like/Dislike.
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electronicoffee is a DUMBFUCK
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He broke with his party in voting against the Patriot Act , for one example . Most did not bother to read the bill – who would not vote for a bill named the Patriot Act , but if you read its content it was anything but . He has a 20 plus consistent voting record – he votes his conscience – no games for Ron Paul.
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LoL..
Hillary = Obama..
Same crap..
Cenk Uyghar??? AHAHAHAHAHAHAH that george Soros funded piece of $hit..
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my friend, from an Australian, EVERY American should be so PROUD of the TRUTH this man speaks, I hope you all can DO THIS
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Ron Paul is loved by Honest white and black Americans from all backgrounds because of a simple truth. He is just like them: Honest
Others have no problem wasting your money in wars don’t make you safer but rather more hated for the wrong reasons.
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5 people have no soul.
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5 from FEMA
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5 from FEMA
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-and you show quite the unwise character through your language.I never meant to pass judgement on you simply tell you that your comment was unwise and so therefore foolish and was not getting support for Ron Paul but taking it away.30 Thumbs up?So what.That doesn’t change the facts that your comment is chasing away support and is foolish and foul.You think I am ignorant?You could have said that without such foul language.Our culture is sick and stupid we default to bad language and idiocy.
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Don’t Judge Ron Paul by his Physique. Vote for him because he really wants to help people and cares for this country. However Love is not Individual. It is Universal. One Love <3.
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