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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    Hey einstein. It doesn't take a year to die from drowning. The press invented that figure of 3000.

    you are a liar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    Hey stupid. That category stuff is based only on wind speed. Rainfall is MUCH more important. THINK
    Why have over 130 members of Congress written a letter to trump telling him that he is basically lying about the PR death count?

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    OPie fails again!


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    Similar numbers were killed in Puerto Rico directly from storm causes. The higher figure is due to the fact that the island spent almost a year without power, a lot of people are going to die in fact when your hospitals don't have electricity.

    Also even if something similiar occurred in North Carolina, it would take about a year to produce similiar figures.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    Moron. The press and govt work together on everything.
    The Republicans control the government so shouldn't that mean it's all Republitard>?
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    If roads are closed to hospitals because of a flood caused by a storm. and if the road was open but for the storm the person would live, the storm caused the death.

    Not that complicated, TDAK, but certainly not as cut and dried as you would like.

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    "The press obviously lied about Maria" TK #1
    This lead, this topic is a cesspool of ignorance.

    First of all, the 3K figure didn't appear in prominent media until most of a year had elapsed.
    It has not been most of a year since Flo.

    Second, in the Carolina's we have building codes.
    @PR if there are any such codes they're weaker, widely disregarded, with little if any enforcement.
    "The press obviously lied " TK #1
    Third,
    this assertion conflates the message with the messenger.
    Such impact assessments take time, particularly within storm-ravaged infrastructure. And when done properly such assessments are methodical, and as accurate as practical.
    Even if wrong by an order of magnitude, it's still alarming.
    "PR is a backward $#@!hole territory" TK #1
    Interesting euphemism for tropical paradise.
    "This is an island. Surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water." U.S. President Trump, Washington DC 17/09/29 11:42 (/ MSNBC) commenting on Puerto Rico in context of the difficulty of providing U.S. federal disaster relief following hurricane Maria
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    I still can't believe they can't get their heads around, a small number dying in the hurricane, and the rest dying from the after effects, without needed assistance. One town was cut off from the rest of the island, because it's only outlet was completely destroyed. Texty obviously doesn't know the after effects of a hurricane. It was an island that was ravaged. No power, or clean water, sewage escaped into the rivers, when the flooding overflowed the system, most food destroyed. What the fuck does Texty expect if essentials don't start pouring in. It's was almost like on big deserted island, full of millions. The poorer neighborhoods never have recovered, and even some of the higher up ones had issues.

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    Hello Jade,

    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    I still can't believe they can't get their heads around, a small number dying in the hurricane, and the rest dying from the after effects, without needed assistance. One town was cut off from the rest of the island, because it's only outlet was completely destroyed. Texty obviously doesn't know the after effects of a hurricane. It was an island that was ravaged. No power, or clean water, sewage escaped into the rivers, when the flooding overflowed the system, most food destroyed. What the fuck does Texty expect if essentials don't start pouring in. It's was almost like on big deserted island, full of millions. The poorer neighborhoods never have recovered, and even some of the higher up ones had issues.
    He can't stand those Americans because they speak Spanish.

    He doesn't value them because they can't vote.
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    Quote Originally Posted by floridafan View Post
    Why have over 130 members of Congress written a letter to trump telling him that he is basically lying about the PR death count?
    HAHAHA. Is that your "argument"?? Democratic congressmen would never lie just to make trump look bad?? HAHAHA
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello Jade,



    He can't stand those Americans because they speak Spanish.

    He doesn't value them because they can't vote.
    Ricans can't vote because they DON'T PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX. Why won't you libs mention that?
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    Hello Text Drivers are Killers,

    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    Ricans can't vote because they DON'T PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX. Why won't you libs mention that?
    I have no problem discussing that. I didn't mention it because I am not going to make your points for you.

    I also question your reasoning.

    I do not dispute that Puerto Ricans are not permitted to vote in presidential elections, but I do question the reasoning.

    Do you have a source to back up your contention that the reason is because they are not required to pay federal income tax?

    The fact that they are not required to pay federal income tax is also linked to something which you failed to mention, namely that they do not qualify for federal welfare, either.

    And more importantly, neither does the federal government allocate any pork expenditures to Puerto Rico. That is because, though they have representation, their powerless representatives cannot vote.

    It should also be noted that even if they were required to pay income tax, most of them are so poor they would be below the poverty threshhold, and would not have to pay anything anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    HAHAHA. Is that your "argument"?? Democratic congressmen would never lie just to make trump look bad?? HAHAHA
    Obviously you didn't see or read the letter, asshole!

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    Please state something, anything, that the American press has lied about, which has not been corrected.

    The main stream media is interested in accuracy, because their reputation depends upon it.

    Any source will correct errors if and when they are pointed out to them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    Hey stupid. That category stuff is based only on wind speed. Rainfall is MUCH more important. THINK
    The irony is priceless!

    Look, forum fool, the LAST thing you do is think.

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