We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
SpaceX Engineer In North Carolina Has Dire Warning: Biden-Harris' FEMA "Actively Blocking Shipments" For Relief
Respond to Rumors and Confirm the Facts Related to Hurricane Helene Response and Recovery: FEMA has enough money . . . No money is being diverted from disaster response needs. . . FEMA does not take donations and/or food from survivors or voluntary organizations. . . FEMA does not conduct vehicle stops or handle road closures with armed guards -- those are done by local law enforcement.
Louis Miller: First rule I apply when considering any source you sight . . .
Because, as everyone knows, "Is not!" is a stronger argument than evidence. FEMA has little enforcement power, which devolves to the state and local authorities.
The "migrant" scam is going to crush us. IMHO everyone involved in it needs to go to jail and every "migrant" needs to be deported. Every NGO participant, every government worker, every politician who aided and abetted these crimes needs to go to jail. Everyone involved with this massive illegal immigration are traitors to their country and to American citizens.
re SpaceX Engineer In North Carolina Has Dire Warning: Biden-Harris' FEMA "Actively Blocking Shipments" For Relief
I have been reading this elsewhere. Other groups trying to bring in supplies are experiencing similar problems.
Axelrod says the quiet part out loud.
Via Ace:
David Axelrod notes that, in a happy accident, it does turn out that maybe Harris-Biden's deadly delinquency could cause problems turning out the Trump vote.
The World Is in Love with America
Back in the day [70s, '80s], lefties told us that people in Latin America hated us in the USA/America, for our supporting dictators, economic imperialism, what have you. My experience as a tourist and worker in Latin America was, on the contrary, that being an American was an asset, a door opener. Very much so.
Granted, my speaking Spanish helped. I doubt that someone who didn't speak Spanish would have gotten invited into so many homes, because a conversation would never have commenced.
What did Latin Americans like about the US? Economic opportunity, compared to their home countries, was definitely a big part of it. I knew Guatemalans who walked 20 miles on jungle roads to apply for a job at a drilling rig in the jungle. But it wasn't just that. Because my wardrobe identified me as a furriner, several times in Argentina someone would come up to me to denounce the military regime.
What did they like about the US? The music. (Though I wonder what they now think of rap...) The literature- a friend told me he liked Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Our capacity for self-criticism. Our initiative.
I met a lot of Latin Americans who had lived in the US, in addition to those who were tourists. One Argentine Jew told me that he had gone to a professional conference in the US. He told someone at the conference that he was Jewish. So what, was the response. Whereas in Argentina, a lot of people had a strong dislike of Jews, and didn't hesitate to express that dislike.
After working in Latin America, what did I like about the US? Private enterprise in the US- government owned telephone companies, railroads, or oil companies were, for the most part, disasters in Latin America. In the US, companies, for the most part, kept their word, and honored contracts. In Latin America, a business contract was just a piece of paper, to be followed or ignored at one's discretion.
What did I like about US government, compared to Latin America? Efficient government. Police that don't solicit bribes. A country where the small guy had more of an even chance than in Latin America.
My time in Latin America turned me into a flag waver.