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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:24 pm
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(September 26, 2017 at 5:15 pm)Alex K Wrote: I feel like I am living in some bizarre alternate timeline universe where everyone in the US has gone mad. You have a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions in your own country and we get a "meh, they have debt with wall street" from the president with 5 days delay and minimal media coverage, FEMA doesn't get command to act and there's a general level of indifference in the air. What is this shit even.
I honestly don't think that Trump even knew that Puerto Rico was an American territory, whose people are American citizens, until maybe 24-36 hours ago. The guy is an idiot.
EDIT: Oh, and, the media is in it for viewers/clicks. The spat with the NFL is more popular because it ties into people's political outrage on both sides, and thus drives up ratings.
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:27 pm
(September 26, 2017 at 5:24 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: I honestly don't think that Trump even knew that Puerto Rico was an American territory, whose people are American citizens, until maybe 24-36 hours ago. The guy is an idiot.
Probably true. The dotard still being in office as president seriously makes me question the sanity of the American people.
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm
(September 26, 2017 at 5:22 pm)Tiberius Wrote: (September 26, 2017 at 5:21 pm)Alex K Wrote: WHY ARE ALL NETWORKS NOT ON THIS 24/7
Ahem, because a load of football players knelt during the national anthem. Clearly the more important news here.
I heard they were BWK (black while kneeling), what an outrage.
History will not look back on this with kindly eyes...
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Also: they're poor and brown... not exactly the demographic Trump and Republicans are used to helping.
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:34 pm
(September 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Also: they're poor and brown... not exactly the demographic Trump and Republicans are used to helping.
But but... they gave us Ricky Martin and half of West Side Story.
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:35 pm
(September 26, 2017 at 5:34 pm)Alex K Wrote: But but... they gave us Ricky Martin and half of West Side Story.
I'm sure Trump doesn't know anything about either of those.
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:37 pm
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:37 pm
Here's the image I was talking about:
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 5:58 pm
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And Puerto Ricans speak Spanish....just like Mexicans and you know what the WLB thinks of them!
Turns out there might be another reason.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/trumps-...2-million/
Quote:Trump’s failed Puerto Rico golf course has cost the territory’s taxpayers more than $32 million
You know how the WLB hates bad memories.
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RE: Why is there no Puerto Rico thread
September 26, 2017 at 6:15 pm
(September 26, 2017 at 5:34 pm)Alex K Wrote: (September 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Also: they're poor and brown... not exactly the demographic Trump and Republicans are used to helping.
But but... they gave us Ricky Martin and half of West Side Story.
RepubliVision: You mean a gay guy and musical theater, which is also gay?
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