Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

GOPer's Sandy Hypocrisy

Tim Huelskamp Sandy Relief Rejection Comes As Relatives Receive Millions In Federal Farm Aid
WASHINGTON -- Superstorm Sandy ravaged huge swaths of the U.S. East Coast, killing more than 130 people, causing at least $62 billion in damage and turning neighborhoods into rubble. More than 72,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in New Jersey alone. But the devastation was not enough to convince Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) to vote for a slim Sandy relief bill in early January...

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

You're Feeling Poorer...

...because you are.

The Recession's Toll: How Middle Class Wealth Collapsed to a 40-Year Low - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic
Ready? Here goes: Between 2007 and 2010, the median net worth of U.S. households fell by 47 percent, reaching its lowest level in more than forty years, adjusted for inflation. In other words, middle class wealth virtually evaporated in this country. A good chunk of the population got sucked through a financial wormhole back to the sixties.

Saturday, January 05, 2013

Getting Even?

Remember the 67 Republicans in House of Representatives who turned their backs on Hurricane Sandy victims - NY Daily News
There are 67 Republicans from the House of Representatives who voted against the first round of federal money to pay for flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy. You ought to remember every one of them, all these elected officials who seem to have all the qualities of dogs except loyalty...

Well, unless you plan to move into their district, how do you get rid of these evil GOPers? I have a suggestion for all of the NE GOPers-- quit giving money and support of any kind to the Republican Party. You might then stand a chance of actually ridding all of us from these despicable people.