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Title: Obama irks La. flood victims with memo warning them not to discriminate
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Washington Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... ds-louisiana-flood-victims-me/
Published: Aug 19, 2016
Author: Valerie Richardson
Post Date: 2016-08-19 16:41:07 by redleghunter
Keywords: None
Views: 2167
Comments: 11
President Obama has refused so far to survey the Louisiana flood disaster, but he did let state and local officials know that he’s watching to make sure they don’t engage in racial discrimination. In a 16-page guidance issued Tuesday, the Obama administration, led by the Justice Department, warned Louisiana recipients of federal disaster assistance against engaging in “unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency).” The guidance’s frameworks “highlight the importance of complying with nondiscrimination requirements of civil rights statutes, addressing the needs of the whole community, and ensuring equal opportunity to access recovery efforts.” Needless to say, some Louisiana residents were offended, including the American Conservative’s Rod Dreher, who took umbrage at receiving an anti-discrimination lecture from Washington, D.C., as locals struggle to rescue, house and feed their neighbors. “[E]verywhere you look you can find black folks and white folks loving on each other, helping each other through this crisis,” Mr. Dreher said in a Thursday post. He referred to the guidance as a “long bureaucratic memo” issued by the “Department of Justice and many other agencies of the executive branch overseen by He Who Cannot Be Troubled to Leave Martha’s Vineyard.” Mr. Obama has come under fire for sticking to his two-week golf vacation on Martha’s Vineyard instead of taking time to survey the flooding in the Baton Rouge area, which has left 13 dead. The administration guidance cited instances of discrimination in Gulf Coast states after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005, such as “numerous media reports [that] showed images of African Americans stranded on roofs in New Orleans.” “These images exposed significant inequalities in access to emergency response and recovery efforts,” said the guidance. Poster Comment: Has the nerve to send a memo reminding people not to discriminate while he is hitting the links.
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#1. To: redleghunter (#0)
Someone should tell the SOB to STFU !! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Someone should tell the SOB to STFU !! Here ya go, be my guest: President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history. That begins with taking comments and questions from you, the public. PHONE NUMBERS TTY/TTD Here are a few simple things you can do to make sure your message gets to the White House as quickly as possible. The White House One of the networks (ABC) made a huge blunder today - I watched as they showed Trump on his way to the flood zone, followed immediately by some video of Obama golfing. It wasn't flattering to the POTUS. I wonder if that producer still has a job. Obama's not running for reelection, so WTF does he care?
I've wondered about the photos of virtually ALL the contents of those flooded houses, stacked out on the roadside, ready to be dumped. Did it ever occur to those homeowners to put all that stuff up in the attic when flooding became obvious? Very few of those houses were completely under water, -- most flooded only up to the windows. And these were not 'flash floods'. Most people sat there for hours and watched the water rise without trying to save their household goods?
True enough, but conversely, why is he running his mouth? Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Yep, all true. A friend of mine had a rental house that got flooded. He did not have any flood insurance, so he was out his expense on carpet, sheet rock, refrigerator, stove, AC, etc. The guy renting, had no insurance, but got in on a fed program. He turned in all his stuff, which new was all probably worth about $1700 tops. Mostly real cheap used furniture he got at GoodWill. He got a check for $28000.00, and bragged to my friend. Two years later, it flooded again, and did the same thing again. He even still had an old junk lawn mower that he had got paid for the first time, and claimed it again. My friend was really disgusted. Your tax dollars at work. Spit Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
these were not 'flash floods'. Most people sat there for hours and watched the water rise without trying to save their household goods?
"Barack Obama doesn't care about black people!"
A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. He believes the people look to him for guidance. This was the best he could do, given that he's a busy man working on correcting his slice.
" Has the nerve to send a memo reminding people not to discriminate while he is hitting the links. "
#2. To: Stoner, redleghunter (#1)
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" Has the nerve to send a memo reminding people not to discriminate while he is hitting the links. "
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#3. To: redleghunter (#0)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#4. To: Stoner (#1)
Someone should tell the SOB to STFU !!
#5. To: Y'ALL (#0)
#6. To: misterwhite (#4)
" Obama's not running for reelection, so WTF does he care? "
#7. To: tpaine (#5)
#8. To: Stoner (#7)
The guy renting, had no insurance, but got in on a fed program. He turned in all his stuff, which new was all probably worth about $1700 tops. Mostly real cheap used furniture he got at GoodWill. He got a check for $28000.00, and bragged to my friend. Two years later, it flooded again, and did the same thing again.
Well, that explains it; renter or not, with fed programs like that available, the only thing you bother saving would be heirloom/antiques. Thanks for the info.
#9. To: redleghunter (#0)
#10. To: Stoner (#6)
"True enough, but conversely, why is he running his mouth?"
#11. To: Stoner (#7)
"Two years later, it flooded again, and did the same thing again."
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