Obama irks La. flood victims with memo warning them not to discriminate

Source: Washington Times
Published: Aug 19, 2016
Author: Valerie Richardson
Post Date: 2016-08-19 16:41:07 by redleghunter
Views: 3086

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.

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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: Stoner    To: redleghunter (#0)

" Has the nerve to send a memo reminding people not to discriminate while he is hitting the links. "

Someone should tell the SOB to STFU !!

Stoner posted on 2016-08-19 16:50:41   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Deckard    To: Stoner, redleghunter (#1)

" Has the nerve to send a memo reminding people not to discriminate while he is hitting the links. "

Someone should tell the SOB to STFU !!

Here ya go, be my guest:

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#3: Deckard    To: redleghunter (#0)

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.

Deckard posted on 2016-08-19 17:06:19   Reply   Private Reply


#4: misterwhite    To: Stoner (#1)

Someone should tell the SOB to STFU !!

Obama's not running for reelection, so WTF does he care?

misterwhite posted on 2016-08-19 17:30:36   Reply   Private Reply


#5: tpaine    To: Y'ALL (#0)

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?

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#6: Stoner    To: misterwhite (#4)

" Obama's not running for reelection, so WTF does he care? "

True enough, but conversely, why is he running his mouth?

Stoner posted on 2016-08-19 21:30:16   Reply   Private Reply


#7: Stoner    To: tpaine (#5)

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

Stoner posted on 2016-08-19 21:50:39   Reply   Private Reply


#8: tpaine    To: Stoner (#7)

these were not 'flash floods'. Most people sat there for hours and watched the water rise without trying to save their household goods?

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.

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#9: ConservingFreedom    To: redleghunter (#0)

"Barack Obama doesn't care about black people!"

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-08-19 22:21:48   Reply   Private Reply


#10: misterwhite    To: Stoner (#6)

"True enough, but conversely, why is he running his mouth?"

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.

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#11: misterwhite    To: Stoner (#7)

"Two years later, it flooded again, and did the same thing again."

misterwhite posted on 2016-08-20 10:01:03   Reply   Private Reply