Politics, Politics, Politics

[Carl Franklin]

After natural disasters hit, white survivors and those with higher incomes are often more likely to receive help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, studies and reports show.

The disparities are the target of legislation introduced Thursday to make FEMA’s disaster response more equitable. The bill, sponsored by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., would require FEMA to center equity in its programs and change the way it collects data to flag and fix disparities.


The bill would also require the Government Accountability Office to review whether the criteria FEMA uses to consider states’ requests for help affect “equity for underserved communities.”

Federal bill seeks to end race and income disparities in FEMA aid after disasters

Some of the nation's most vulnerable homeowners and renters have struggled to receive aid after storms.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MacNfries]

The disparities are the target of legislation introduced Thursday to make FEMA’s disaster response more equitable.

Then I'd think you'd be encouraging your friends to vote Democrat; Republicans will pull funding from organizations like FEMA.
Your voice isn't being HEARD in this thread. But, you'll notice as soon as I post this I'm sure to get responses.

Trump Looted $44 Billion From FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund in the Middle of a Record-Setting Hurricane Season

The wisdom of that decision is called into question as Hurricane Laura heads toward Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi

www.yahoo.com

 

[Carl Franklin]

Pro-life and pro-abortion activists are confronting one another outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, Sunday morning.

Sunday’s mom’s Day protest follows a string of drastic measures being taken by far left radicals to protest the Court’s expected decision to repeal Roe v. Wade.

Watch Live: Mother's Day Protest – Pro-Life, Pro-Abortion Activists Clash Outside SCOTUS

Sunday's protest follows a string of drastic measures being taken by far left radicals to protest the Court’s expected decision to repeal Roe v. Wade.

www.breitbart.com

 

[MacNfries]

Pro-life and pro-abortion activists are confronting one another outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, Sunday morning.

Sunday’s *******’s Day protest follows a string of drastic measures being taken by far left radicals to protest the Court’s expected decision to repeal Roe v. Wade.

www.breitbart.com .... THAT'S YOUR SOURCE? What a JOKE. MORE Right-Wing BS of course. Why not just post as well.
Here's a few credible sources of public opinion on Abortion. Now, if the Right-Wing RepubliThugs really wished to get true public opinion, they'd allow the US citizens to vote on it in the next National Election. Of course Republicans never wish to hear the voice of the voters these days ....

'Pro-Choice' or 'Pro-Life' Demographic Table

Americans' identification as "pro-choice" or "pro-life" on abortion is provided here in tabular form, with breakouts by key population subgroups.

news.gallup.com

United States - pro-choice and pro-life supporters 2023 | Statista

In 2023, 52 percent of respondents stated they consider themselves pro-choice, meaning they would leave the decision to abort a pregnancy up to the pregnant woman.

www.statista.com

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americas-abortion-quandary/

Do YOU have any sources more credible than THE independent sources above? Show them! BREITBART .... ...........

Let me ask you a question: If it was your teen or pre-teen kid or grandkid that had been raped and impregnated, would you not be pursuing a way to terminate the pregnancy? Can you be truthful in answering that? Would you encourage your kid or grandkid to bring that pregnancy to full term? Really? I doubt it.
This type of politics is the result of extremism introduced in the Bush Jr administration & the Tea Party Republicans. What we no longer have in the Republican party is their party's ability to come to the table of negotiations. All the centrist Republicans are gone, driven from the party by Republican extremists.

 

[MacNfries]

Carl Franklin, you've pretty much had your own thread here for quite a while. A thread WE started over 8 years ago, long before you even were a member here, and you've turned it into a propaganda machine. Have you enjoyed posting your biased & non-factual and ruining the thread? Of course that's the way of the ReTardlicans, take something over and either establish it as a propaganda source OR burn it to the ground.

 

[hoping hubby]

Have you enjoyed posting your biased & non-factual

and ruining the thread? Of course that's the way of the ReTards, take something over and either establish it as a propaganda source OR burn it to the ground.

Are you trying to get this thread shut down as well? Having trouble understanding FunnyBunny ?

FunnyBunny said:
Refrain from any insult to your opponents, if you are not able to restrain your emotions, leave the discussion and forget about it! Use only facts and appeal to arguments, not insults! If you have nothing to say, please be silent.

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[TnC93]

@hoping hubby, it would appear that comprehension is a difficult thing for some.

There's no reason for folks to be name calling anywhere.

 

[subhub174014]

@hoping hubby, it would appear that comprehension is a difficult thing for some.

There's no reason for folks to be name calling anywhere.

tnc quote...one of many on trump is back
The sore thumb is an adequate gesture to signify that I disagree. You, sir, are a disease plaguing this forum, a cancer that will continue to be counter-productive to this or any other political discussion.one of your many posts on the moron forum...



.what is the matter....bored over there with no one to talk to so you want to come here and stir *******?

you people wanted your own forum to....???and all four of you proclaim how nice it is.....and now you want to bring your insanity elsewhere....to start something....you are one that stands a good chance of killing all the political threads

 

[subhub174014]

well tnc as far as i am concerned nothing has changed....your assinine red thumbs says it all.....still a baby who throws a tantrum


maybe should have listened to the owner and taken that time out....but you didn't and are still clearly the same as before

 

[TnC93]

tnc quote...one of many on trump is back
The sore thumb is an adequate gesture to signify that I disagree. You, sir, are a disease plaguing this forum, a cancer that will continue to be counter-productive to this or any other political discussion.one of your many posts on the moron forum...



.what is the matter....bored over there with no one to talk to so you want to come here and stir *******?

you people wanted your own forum to....???and all four of you proclaim how nice it is.....and now you want to bring your insanity elsewhere....to start something....you are one that stands a good chance of killing all the political threads

I'm surprised you actually quoted me correctly..

Everything I've said in that post is true... Don't forget to mention how you used pm in a failed attempt to bully me, or shut me down.

I've always been open to reasonable political discussion, however, when you're challenged or disagreed with, you go off in a hate-filled, name calling response, without even an attempt to exchange your ideas.

The last time I looked, all these threads are open to the members of the site. Personally, I don't want them shut down, nor do I want an "echo chamber", however, it would appear that you desire both.

 

[TnC93]

well tnc as far as i am concerned nothing has changed....your assinine red thumbs says it all.....still a baby who throws a tantrum


maybe should have listened to the owner and taken that time out....but you didn't and are still clearly the same as before

Are you saying that I'm not allowed to display any disagreement with your statements?

 

[subhub174014]

Are you saying that I'm not allowed to display any disagreement with your statements?

such a small mind.....it tells you only what you want to hear

 

[TnC93]

such a small mind.....it tells you only what you want to hear

I have told you repeatedly that I am open for a decent conversation. The ball is in your court.

 

[subhub174014]

Everything I've said in that post is true... Don't forget to mention how you used pm in a failed attempt to bully me, or shut me down.

I posted that pm on the board.....it was removed by a MOD......I even showed your intrepitation of that post and how twisted you are

 

[TnC93]

I posted that pm on the board.....it was removed by a MOD......I even showed your intrepitation of that post and how twisted you are

You showed your side of it, but none of my responses.

 

[TnC93]

The problem, sub, is that you've allowed political differences between us to take full control of your emotions. I'm not unreasonable man, and I'm actually a pretty friendly guy if you wanted to take the time to find out...

What I won't stand for, however, is the level of hatred that causes someone to make wild speculations about who I am, my career, my residence, my level of income, and even making disparaging comments about my wife... You've done ALL of those things... But here I am, still willing to converse.

 

[subhub174014]

You showed your side of it, but none of my responses.

they are posted for all to see....how you twisted things to make it look like you want......when the actual wording was there for all to see

 

[TnC93]

they are posted for all to see....how you twisted things to make it look like you want......when the actual wording was there for all to see

The problem is that a private conversation, should stay between the two of us, if you weren't trying to bully me, you never would have sent me a pm, but would have voiced it publicly to begin with.

Like I said, the ball is in your court

 

[subhub174014]

The problem, sub, is that you've allowed political differences between us to take full control of your emotions. I'm not unreasonable man, and I'm actually a pretty friendly guy if you wanted to take the time to find out...

What I won't stand for, however, is the level of hatred that causes someone to make wild speculations about who I am, my career, my residence, my level of income, and even making disparaging comments about my wife... You've done ALL of those things... But here I am, still willing to converse.

I will admit that now I have nothing but contempt for you and your friends....but it is something you and yours has pushed and pushed until it has boiled over.....i have got the red thumbs on occasion before and shrugged it off as nothing.....but for some reason when you do it.....and over do it...just pisses me off....stanley and blkliar are just as bad....maybe they don't throw insults....but have other ways of waving a red flag.....i don't see how this can and ever will be worked out.....had you guys taken your week to think about things....maybe cooled down......instead create your own thread and push each other saying how bad the left is.....just about every post on that thing is about how bad the left is

 

[TnC93]

I will admit that now I have nothing but contempt for you and your friends....but it is something you and yours has pushed and pushed until it has boiled over.....i have got the red thumbs on occasion before and shrugged it off as nothing.....but for some reason when you do it.....and over do it...just pisses me off....stanley and blkliar are just as bad....maybe they don't throw insults....but have other ways of waving a red flag.....i don't see how this can and ever will be worked out.....had you guys taken your week to think about things....maybe cooled down......instead create your own thread and push each other saying how bad the left is.....just about every post on that thing is about how bad the left is

This is a good thing... I will also admit that I said a lot of things that I wished I had either not said, or at least worded differently. Something that you don't know about me, sub, is that I'm an eternal optimist, I believe that people can have serious differences with each other, and eventually work them out.

It's easy to allow political differences to dehumanize others, something I'm more than willing to admit that I tend to do as well...

Sometimes something that some see as light hearted "ribbing" or "teasing", is not taken that way. It's nearly impossible to read typed text in the context in which it was intended very often.