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<h1 id="reader-title">FEMA: "Not our job to deliver water and
food" to Puerto Ricans. Think I am making this up? Wrong!</h1>
<div id="reader-credits" class="credits">By Victor Klemperer
Respawned - October 10, 2017<br>
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<p><strong>FEMA says it is not their responsibility to
distribute food and water to Puerto Rican survivors of
Maria and Irma</strong>, according to a <a
href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/d-block-puerto-rico-1067297859792"
target="_blank">recent report by Rachel Maddow</a>.
Are you serious?! </p>
<p>That was the response Rachel got when FEMA was
asked why it has been almost 3 weeks since the last
hurricane hit Aibonito, a small town high in the
mountains about an hour south of San Juan, and FEMA has
yet to deliver a single bottle of water.</p>
<p>FEMA claims the roads aren’t passable, For the
record, when I say “about an hour south” I mean Google
Maps puts the drive — right now — at 1 hour and 5
minutes if I take the autopista (highway). BUT it also
says there are portions of the road that are closed.
Soooo you have to take route 173 and that takes 1 hour
and 24 minutes. Maybe Google is wrong, right? It would
be nice if someone on the ground could actually make the
trip…. oh wait… what’s that? The MSNBC film crew
already made the trip and it took them “about an hour
and a half.” </p>
<p>As the MSNBC video shows, they got there no problem
because the road was clear. No bridges out, no trees in
the way, no mudslides, no raging rivers. Not even bad
hombres. I realize the last menace would be Mexicans and
there shouldn’t be any Mexicans clogging up the roads in
Puerto Rico right now. But we all know to the Trump
Klan, Puerto Ricans are just Island Mexicans, so they
probably worry about that sort of thing.</p>
<p>Presented with the fact of Maddow’s team having video
evidence directly contradicting their claims,
FEMA then dropped this bombshell: Apparently,
FEMA says it is the mayor’s job to distribute food and
water. They are just there to help people fill out
paperwork. Forget the fact that about half of the people
in Puerto Rico have no access to clean water. Forget the
fact that it is<a
href="https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/destacados/Confirman-muertes-por-Leptospirosis-en-Puerto-Rico_TLMD---Puerto-Rico-449937663.html"
target="_blank"> now confirmed that people are dying</a>
from waterborne diseases like leptospirosis because they
lack potable water. Forget the fact mayors in small
towns didn’t even have satellite phones until a couple
days ago. Forget the fact mayors don’t have fleets of
trucks at their disposal. They sure as hell don’t have
gas for the trucks they do have. Oh… and when they do,
look out the window because the situation can always
change on you. That picture above was from Monday in
downtown Santurce, a couple of blocks from the main Post
Office. Good thing FEMA doesn’t have to deal with
that. We’d really be screwed.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s just too damn bad. A real tragedy. If only
there was something we could do. If only FEMA could
help. Yeah, I know. That’s hard to swallow. Especially
when FOX News <a
href="http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/fema-distributes-food-water-in-polk-co"
target="_blank">reported THIS about FEMA in Lakeland,
FL</a> responding to the crisis following a recent
hurricane that hit there</p>
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<p><strong>LAKELAND (FOX 13)</strong><span> </span>-
People who are worn out from Hurricane Irma are
getting help in Polk County.</p>
<p>On Friday, FEMA starting handing out free food and
water at 11 different sites around the county,
including Victory Church.</p>
<p>A long line of cars formed at 8 a.m., and continued
throughout the day. Many of the people who came still
don’t have electricity.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The difference? Unlike Aibonito, Lakeland is <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida#Demographics"
target="_blank">over 70% white, and that is the
darkest part of Polk County.</a> But I’m sure that
has <em>nothing </em> to do with it. While we are
pretending this isn’t the most racist federal government
in 70 years, explain something to me Mike Pence, you
shameless hypocrite. </p>
<p><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-virgin-islands-governor-praises-maria-response/2017/10/06/da6a085a-aab0-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html?utm_term=.a06a2e183f3e"
target="_blank">When you stood in a House of God in
Puerto Rico and declared from the pulpit</a> after
reading scripture:</p>
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<p><span>“We are with you today, we are with you
tomorrow.”</span></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Were you being literal? Did you only mean you were
with Puerto Ricans until October 8th? I ask because
shortly after you went off to do your Sunday Football PR
stunt, you guys let the Jones Act reactivate. Not only
did you throw up a choke point <em>on every domestic
relief operation heading towards Puerto Rico,</em> you
also raised the prices on EVERYTHING coming in to Puerto
Rico at a time when people are desperately trying to get
stuff to family and friends stranded on an island. In
the middle of water. Big water. Ocean water. You know
this isn’t like Lakeland Florida where folks can drive
to Georgia if they need to. Way to go, douchebag.</p>
<p>I suppose I shouldn’t be shocked by this. I mean, yeah
you guys are a bunch of white supremacists and all, but
this sure doesn’t sound like the Christian thing to do.
Especially from a guy who has the balls to let his wife
lead a church in prayer after reading a bible passage
that says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><span>“Love one another with mutual affection.”<span> </span></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I’ll be honest. I’m not shocked. Not even a little
bit. This confirms what I have been saying all along. </p>
<h2><strong>The game plan in Puerto Rico is clear.</strong> </h2>
<p>The sons of bitches are going to grind those poor
bastards into dust, trigger a mass exodus of those who
can afford to leave, and then swoop in and buy up the
land at fire sale prices so they can build high priced
condos to use as real estate for their next
international money laundering scheme.</p>
<p>What surprises me? There are still Puerto Ricans who
think the most racist government in 70 years is going to
help them.</p>
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