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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #175 on: June 10, 2018, 05:56:57 pm »
Quote from: Elderberry on June 10, 2018, 05:35:17 pm
So I can see who won't stand with us.

You must be making a joke.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #176 on: June 10, 2018, 05:57:26 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 10, 2018, 05:31:56 pm
Well....Holland has Europe, Houston has Texas.   :shrug:

The article about the sinking Suburb a few posts up says that place was built on clay, not a very firm place to stand.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #177 on: June 10, 2018, 06:00:33 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on June 10, 2018, 05:22:56 pm
Maybe that’s Houston’s problem; all the Texas dykes are in Austin.

I like it when you play ball!   I lobbed a fat one and BOOM!

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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #178 on: June 10, 2018, 06:15:21 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 09, 2018, 03:37:46 pm
NTS?

No, I said ALL people have agendas.  Pretending otherwise makes you seem disingenuous and clearly agenda-driven.
Pretending otherwise and disingenuous is what the headline is doing to Trump's words.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #179 on: June 10, 2018, 06:20:25 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on June 10, 2018, 06:15:21 pm
Pretending otherwise and disingenuous is what the headline is doing to Trump's words.

OK, we're so far from the original statement, I can't even follow you.  You could be right, I just can't tell.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #180 on: June 10, 2018, 08:45:35 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 10, 2018, 06:20:25 pm
OK, we're so far from the original statement, I can't even follow you.  You could be right, I just can't tell.
Headline:
Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Harvey

What Trump said(from corbe):
"Saved 16,000 people, many of them in Texas, for whatever reason that is. People went out in their boats to watch the hurricane. That didn’t work out too well. That didn’t work out too well."


Being a former journalist, I call that journalistic malpractice.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #181 on: June 10, 2018, 09:04:56 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on June 10, 2018, 08:45:35 pm
Headline:
Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Harvey

What Trump said(from corbe):
"Saved 16,000 people, many of them in Texas, for whatever reason that is. People went out in their boats to watch the hurricane. That didn’t work out too well. That didn’t work out too well."


Being a former journalist, I call that journalistic malpractice.

Fine, you're right.  Which only leaves what he said as not understanding why people in Houston had to be rescued.   *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #182 on: June 10, 2018, 09:23:50 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 10, 2018, 05:56:57 pm
You must be making a joke.

I couldn't resist.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #183 on: June 10, 2018, 09:40:14 pm »
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #184 on: June 10, 2018, 11:23:46 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 10, 2018, 06:00:33 pm
I like it when you play ball!   I lobbed a fat one and BOOM!

Nice!

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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #185 on: June 10, 2018, 11:54:02 pm »
Trump clueless about do-it-yourself ethos that makes Texas great

By John Daniel Davidson   https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Trump-clueless-about-do-it-yourself-ethos-that-12977835.php
June 8, 2018

A reporter once asked Willie Nelson what it means to be an American, and Willie said, “America, to me, is freedom. I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.”

In his half-joking way, Willie captured something quintessential about Texas: We sort of just do things on our own, without asking permission. Sometimes that makes it seem like no one’s in control, but the flip side is that Texans tend to pitch-in during a crisis — like they did when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston last August and everyone within 150 miles who owned a boat showed up to help rescue those stranded by floodwaters.

With emergency services swamped, ordinary people stepped up, some them coming from as far away as San Antonio with nothing but a canoe strapped to a trailer. They rescued thousands of people, and the effort came to define Hurricane Harvey. It marked a moment of greatness for Texas.

More at link.
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Re: Trump claims thousands had to be rescued after going 'out in their boats to watch' Hurricane Har
« Reply #186 on: June 11, 2018, 12:19:06 am »
Quote from: Elderberry on June 10, 2018, 11:54:02 pm
Trump clueless about do-it-yourself ethos that makes Texas great

By John Daniel Davidson   https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Trump-clueless-about-do-it-yourself-ethos-that-12977835.php
June 8, 2018

A reporter once asked Willie Nelson what it means to be an American, and Willie said, “America, to me, is freedom. I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.”

In his half-joking way, Willie captured something quintessential about Texas: We sort of just do things on our own, without asking permission. Sometimes that makes it seem like no one’s in control, but the flip side is that Texans tend to pitch-in during a crisis — like they did when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston last August and everyone within 150 miles who owned a boat showed up to help rescue those stranded by floodwaters.

With emergency services swamped, ordinary people stepped up, some them coming from as far away as San Antonio with nothing but a canoe strapped to a trailer. They rescued thousands of people, and the effort came to define Hurricane Harvey. It marked a moment of greatness for Texas.

More at link.

Good article, Elderberry, they get it.
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