Courtesy of WSVN:
All five living former presidents are joining forces on a fundraising campaign to help with hurricane recovery for the U.S., Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama have launched the One America Appeal campaign, allowing donors to help with relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
Organizers say a special restricted account has been established through the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation to collect and quickly distribute donations. Officials say “100 cents out of every dollar” donated will help hurricane victims.
I can only imagine what the conversations between these former presidents must be like.
I would think there would be a lot of shaking their heads in disbelief and real concern for the future of the country.
This great effort by intelligent caring adults should be embarrassing to the dotard?
ReplyDeleteProbably not.
When is he going away? The rethugs are stupid and evil!
They have been doing this already for the last few weeks - for Hurricane Irma and Harvey, too!
DeleteHe simply does not care. Remember, he pledged some money (don't remember how much, but it was a paltry amount) for Hurricane Harvey - and did NOT pay up!
No, more like he'll be angry they are upstaging him and stealing his thunder. He wants to be the savior of Puerto Rico or whatever. Plus he doesn't want to be shown up for what an insensitiv incompetent he is.
DeleteNo matter what side of politics you fall on one should realize that these past presidents in all their glory and flaws truly care about our nation. Too bad the moron in charge now doesn't.....
ReplyDeleteThey^ I would trust...
ReplyDeleteGeneral too:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/general-credited-with-turning-around-katrina-slams-trumps-decision-making-on-puerto-rico/
O/T Just seen Steve Scalise return back to the House of Rep, I don't agree with his politics but I'm glad he made a full recovery. I would love to know would he fall in line with his fellow Republicans and take away Health Care from millions of Americans.
ReplyDeleteThat was good to see. Hadn't heard too much about his recovery, which is fine, it's his business what he chooses to share. But it was very nice to see him back.
DeleteOT?
ReplyDeleteYou> motherfucker $care people.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/28/trump-racist-rant-peacefully-protesting-black-nfl-players-scare-people.html
"Racists/sexists/abelists attack vulnerable people when they are down for a reason. It gives them a surge of relief, it feeds the sense of ENTITLEment to what they see as their rightful place, it’s cowardly and it’s predictable."
"All Trump has is his white {orange tint} skin and being born to money, but in HIS mind, these things ENTITLE him."
Fuck Donald Trump! Why isn't action being taken to impeach his sorry ass? Unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that those serving in Congress do not have the same type medical insurance as do the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteand it about time for all of them to speak out and call out trump for the intemperate, ignorant and dangerous president that he is.
ReplyDeletethose men do no service to our nation by not speaking out about what this man represents to our democracy - imperfect as it is.
DONATE MILES? THI$ $HIT>
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/trump-admin-charging-puerto-ricans-full-flight-prices/
"The note “obligates an evacuated person to repay the cost of the transportation to the U.S. government."
The amount of the note, or loan, is based on the most recent one-way full face plane ticket before a crisis, a State Department policy that the agency has declined to waive."
WHAT THE F.CK?!?!?!?!?!?
DeleteAdding insult to injury! I guess, he feels that now, that he 'magnaminously' suspended the Jones Act, now he can scr*w them a different way!
SMHIAD!!! (Shaking My Head In Absolute Disgust)
@9:13
Deletehttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gopers-introduce-bill-permanently-waive-puerto-rico-jones-act
ReplyDelete‘We Were Destroyed’: Ricky Martin Goes On ‘Ellen’ To Ask For Help For Puerto Rico
“As a Puerto Rican, as the American that I am, I’m here to ask for your help.”
Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico in dire need of assistance and Ricky Martin is trying to recruit more people to help.
The native Puerto Rican made a surprise appearance on “Ellen” Wednesday to promote nothing other than how we can all help Puerto Rico after the devastation they’ve endured.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I am from Puerto Rico and right now Puerto Rico is suffering,” Martin said. “We were destroyed by a hurricane and it’s been very difficult right now. There is no water, there is no electricity, there is no food. There is no medicine. There is no diesel for the generators that will make the hospital work. People are dying. So, as a Puerto Rican, as the American that I am, I’m here to ask for your help.”
Martin goes on to say that he hadn’t talked to his brother for five days at one point after the storm and that his father is currently very sick, but can’t get off the island due to the current status of the airports.
“It’s very scary,” he said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ricky-martin-goes-on-ellen-to-ask-for-help-for-puerto-rico_us_59ccfab5e4b0210dfdfc6d84?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
ReplyDeletePuerto Ricans Are Running Out Of Money Because Banks Are Closed
The island is mostly still without power.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/puerto-ricans-money-banks_us_59ccbe0ce4b05063fe0f386f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
ReplyDeleteRoyal Caribbean Cancels Cruise, Sends Ship On Mission To Help Puerto Rico
The ship will bring supplies to hurricane-ravaged islands and carry back evacuees.
Royal Caribbean announced Wednesday that it will cancel its Adventure of the Seas cruise, which was scheduled to depart from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 30 and sail to various islands in the Caribbean, to free up the cruise liner to dock in ports in San Juan and on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix to aid in relief efforts.
The ship will bring donated supplies to each port and bring evacuees from the islands to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ahead of ship’s next scheduled cruise on Oct. 6.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/royal-caribbean-cancels-cruise-puerto-rico-aid_us_59cc47cae4b02aef6cd766ac?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
I hope, the evacuees will not be charged the price of a cruise for this evacuation!
DeleteNot holding my breath, though, especially after seeing that the gubmint is charging them FULL ONE WAY FARE for taking a flight out of that misery!
Good for them. I hope a few other cruise lines step up and follow their example.
DeleteSo glad the adults in the room are speaking up.
ReplyDeleteTrump admin charging Puerto Ricans full flight prices
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/trump-admin-charging-puerto-ricans-full-flight-prices/
Usually they would have a word with the current USA President but today America is without a President. The Head Patient of the Global mental ward is in charge temporally due to misinformation, disinformation, fake information, lack of information, hacked information and just plain liars. Yep. Until President Hillary Rodham Clinton is sworn in to office we are without a President of the USA. So the previous 5 must step in and lead our nation.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)
Delete"Alex finds that he no longer has an aversion to violence or sex. The Minister arrives and apologises to Alex. He offers to take care of Alex and get him a job in return for his cooperation with his election campaign and public relations counter-offensive. As a sign of goodwill, the Minister brings in a stereo system playing Beethoven's Ninth. Alex then contemplates violence and has vivid thoughts of himself having sex with a woman in front of an approving crowd, thinking: "I was cured, al'T right!"
Hillary will never be president. There is absolutely NO legal path to it.
DeleteI'm in
ReplyDeleteThe Time Donald Trump Turned Away in Disgust While a Man Was Bleeding to Death in Front of Him
ReplyDeleteThe most shocking revelation from a recently unearthed trove of interviews between radio host Howard Stern and Donald Trump.
...“So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, ‘Oh my god, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away,” said Trump. “I couldn’t, you know, he was right in front of me and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him… he’s bleeding all over the place, I felt terrible. You know, beautiful marble floor, didn’t look like it. It changed color. Became very red. And you have this poor guy, eighty years old, laying on the floor unconscious, and all the rich people are turning away. ‘Oh my god! This is terrible! This is disgusting!’ and you know, they’re turning away. Nobody wants to help the guy. His wife is screaming—she’s sitting right next to him, and she’s screaming.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-time-donald-trump-turned-away-in-disgust-while-a-man-bled-to-death-in-front-of-him
Puerto Rico Mayors Cry for Help: ‘They Should Know Better!’
ReplyDeleteSupplies are piling up in the capital, unable to get out to desperate villages, while local leaders drive hours to ask for aid in person.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/puerto-ricos-mayors-forced-to-drive-hours-to-san-juan-and-beg-for-help
All Trump has to do is give the order to release the drivers and supplies. He is the one running the show and is doing everything in his power to kill Puerto Ricans. The man needs to be impeached! He doesn't support minorities and is a racist pig!
DeleteOur U.S. Military could easily mobilize to deliver these supplies to outlying villages, even if roads are out. Instead the supplies are sitting on the docks in refrigerated containers.
DeletePoor Donnie reaped the rewards of the FEMA plans Obama put in place, but when it came to Puerto Rico it was on him and he failed miserably. What a LOSER.
Trump administration is gouging hurricane evacuees trying to escape Puerto Rico
ReplyDeleteThe stunning regulation comes at the same time that Trump Cabinet members have exposed for flying around the country in luxury private jets — complete with upright leather seats and walk-in kitchens — and making taxpayers pick up the massive tabs.
Hurricane victims certainly aren’t receiving that kind of pampered treatment. Instead, they’ll being stiffed with bill.
“The Trump administration is making U.S. citizens pay ‘full fare’ to be evacuated from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico,” according to a Marketplace report. “What’s worse, the U.S. government, in accordance with a long-standing but discretionary policy, will hold the evacuees’ passports as collateral until it gets its money.”
That discretionary State Department rule sill has not been waived, more than one week after Hurricane Maria obliterated the island.
The administration is demanding is that if a evacuee is flown off the island with help of the government, be it a charter or military flight, the refugee must pay the equivalent of “the price of the last commercial one-way, full-fare (not discounted) economy ticket prior to the crisis.”
So even if a evacuee previously purchased a discount ticket for a flight that got canceled, and then received government transportation, the evacuee would still have to pay the higher “full-fare” price.
The evacuee first signs a promissory note before being flown off the island. “And that promissory note obligates an evacuated person to repay the cost of the transportation to the U.S. government” according to a State Department website. If there’s an issue with the payment, the government retains the passport.
“Upon evacuation, a Department of State official must limit an evacuee’s passport. In order to obtain a new passport, an evacuee must arrange payment as agreed upon via the promissory note,” the website reads.
The optics border on the obscene.
https://shareblue.com/trump-administration-is-gouging-hurricane-evacuees-trying-to-escape-puerto-rico/
Democrats demand help for Puerto Rico
ReplyDeletehttps://shareblue.com/democrats-demand-help-for-puerto-rico-join-the-protest-at-trumps-hotel-and-president-obama/
In Storm-Staggered Puerto Rico, New York’s Finest and Bravest Roll Up Their Sleeves
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/in-storm-staggered-puerto-rico-new-yorks-finest-and-bravest-roll-up-their-sleeves
I still can't wrap my head around the vindictiveness of #NotMyPresident, that he does not allow the Jones Act to be waived. He refuses foreign help to be given to Puerto Rico, for crying out loud!
ReplyDeleteI just hope and wish fervently that KARMA is paying close attention to him and his famdammily!
Ooohhhh Trump must be pissed. I believe this is the second time the Big 5 got together to do something and didn't include Trump. Does anybody remember the first time the Big 5 did something together?
ReplyDeleteCharlottesville.
DeleteThe first qualification required to join the President's Club is you cannot be a racist.
ReplyDeleteThe second qualification is you cannot be a traitor and abandon the United States of America and collude with the Russians.
The third qualification is you cannot step on the rights of the American people.
There's more qualifications but this is enough to keep Trump out of the club.
Fuck dick Cheney! The G.W.'s puppet master..
ReplyDeleteSad that America now has a mentally deranged individual and his cronies running this country. The Bushes were a prelude to this atrocity. Glad to see they are trying to make amends.
ReplyDeleteTrump is a vile snake.
The Bushes had philosophical differences as comes with being Republicans, but they were never MEAN or CRUEL. Trump is both (plus more) and it is INTENTIONAL!
DeletePass it NOW>
ReplyDeletehttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gopers-introduce-bill-permanently-waive-puerto-rico-jones-act
Can you imagine The Donald ever being pictured with our wonderful past presidents? I can't and doubt they'd ever ask him.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, Trump will be impeached! He will have no place in our history except for negative commentary! Remember, he is a racist first and foremost!
I want him erased from the books as well. He does not deserve to be #45 and certainly is not my #45
DeleteTrump would never show up as long as that black man and Hillary's husband are in the photo or part of the group.
Deletegood one.
ReplyDeleteWhat will The Don do to get his revenge at being disrespected, for that is how he will see it.
ReplyDeleteBecause someone has to step up and do it.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't the first time they've had to come together either.
They must be getting tired of this shit. They served their terms and now they have to try to do the job in "retirement" because the asshole in the White House is busy tweeting about petty shit.
The best thing Trump can do for this country is die in office as soon as possible. Every morning I wake up hoping that is the news story of the day.
I would rather see Jimmy Carter in charge of receiving and disburing the funds.
ReplyDeleteThe Big 3, Clinton, GW and Obama opened the Presidential cup at the Golf Club in NJ. Don was not invited.
ReplyDeleteBwa ha ha! And Golf is Trump's game! Man, that is such a slap in the face. I love it.
DeletePUERTO RICO
ReplyDeleteEvacuees on U.S.-government-coordinated transport must sign IOUs for the cost — and give up their passports as collateral
https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/913417711388184583
“Anyone evacuated on U.S.-government coordinated transport, including charter and military flights, must sign an Evacuee Manifest and Promissory Note (Form DS-5528) note prior to departure.”
“The promissory note obligates an evacuated person to repay the cost of the transportation to the U.S. government.”
They didn't include trump because he wasn't elected by Americans,they don't invite
ReplyDeleteRussian puppets in their club.
If they ever had a photo with Trump included, you can bet he'd shove Bush Sr. and Jimmy Carter out of the way so he could be in the front.
ReplyDeleteYour headline, while cabinent cruise the country in gov't or chartered jets.
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