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22 Tuesday Jul 2025

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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FEMA, flooding, incompetence, search and rescue, Texas

Not at all.

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response

‘….It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight,’ another DHS spokesman said in a statement about Pagurek’s resignation. ‘We’re being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that’s our job….’

….FEMA leaders were unable to quickly mobilize some critical resources, including these elite teams, in the crucial first hours of the Texas floods. The holdup stemmed from a new rule imposed by Noem, who continues to require her personal approval for every contract and grant over $100,000 before funds can be released – a threshold that FEMA officials called ‘pennies’ during a disaster response….

Apparently, their job:

Mark Alford (r): FEMA on you

08 Tuesday Oct 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, FEMA, former newsreader, Hurricane, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media, Trump sycophant

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Today:

Congressman Mark Alford
[October 8, 2024]
Congress needs to act to make sure that our first responders and impacted communities have the resources they need to rebuild and recover.
The Harris-Biden admin should also be ashamed of itself for using disaster response funds on illegal immigrants.
[….]

As usual, there is much hilarity in the responses:

THE HOUSE IS THE PURSE. IT IS LITERALLY YOUR JOB. STOP BLAMING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR NOT DOING THE JOB OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.

Vote for a convicted felon. The Alford chant. Alford acting like he cares when all he cries about is Israel. Move

Ha! It is disinformation you are spreading and you know it. They did not use fema money on illegal immigrants! Stop spreading the lies!
I thought you are a religious man… lying, spreading disinformation and stoking fear are not Christian like at all. Shame!

It’s not Sunday. That’s the only day he pretends to be a Christian. Alford reveals what he really is like the rest of the week.

That money was transferred from Customs and Border Protection to FEMA to be distributed to cities with a large influx of immigrants. It was never budgeted for Disaster Relief. Apparently Accounting and Budgeting are not something you or Alford understand.

Exactly. Sunday Christians are a top 3 reason I walked away from organized religion. Many of the most un-christian like, visious, uncaring, hypocritical, judgemental, unaccepting, unempathetic, unforgiving creatures on the planet can be found attending services on Sunday in this country.

So…why are you worried, Mark? Your Messiah is just fine with all this. He told Michigan this week that rising oceans are a good thing – there will be more ocean front property.
I would like everyone to think about that.
Rising oceans. LESS ground above water. LESS Beach front property and why the fuck would Michigan care?

Congress isn’t even in session and Moses Johnson says hurricane victims can wait until after the election

what facts? Just because Congressman Mark Alford says something doesn’t make it true.

Ouch. That one left a mark.

Apparently you missed the news that maga politicians have already been called out for spreading lies and disinformation about this. Putting politics above the needs of the individuals in the disaster areas is shameful.

“Congress needs to act…”
But Mike Johnson won’t call the House back to session. You can’t blame that on Biden.

You’re an idiot. At least Harris and Waltz aren’t tossing rolls of paper towels like Trump did in Puerto Rico… Let’s not forget when he tried to “change” the route of a hurricane…

Then don’t talk but do act. Or are you not in Congress? And maybe you can share some of that shame you throw around.

Actually. And this is a secret. It wasn’t the illegal aliens from across the border that they spent it on. It was the aliens invading us from across the galaxy.

We see what you did there.

So are hurricane machines owned & operated by “they” that are aiming them at red states.
But ya’all still believe the garbage.

Exactly. Speaker Johnson sent them home to campaign and they KNEW another hurricane was in line for Florida.

Ask Mike Johnson.

IT WAS NOT ALLICATED -BY LAW-BY CONGRESS.
REPEAT AFTER ME.
THE BUDGET IS BASICALLY NEW LAW ON WHAT & WHERE WE SPEND MONEY.
CONGRESS STRIPPED THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, BEGINNING OCT 1ST, OF ANY MONEY ALLOCATED TO FEMA.
IF THERE WAS A FULL BANK SAFE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR MYORKAS CAN’T TOUCH IT UNLESS CONGRESS SAYS SO.

Effing liar…GET BACK TO DC AND DO YOUR JOB BY SECURING MORE FUNDS FOR FEMA

You are such an abhorrent liar.
You’re disgusting. You’re re-victimizing Helene victims and creating fear and confusion for both them and Milton’s victims.
How do you sleep at night? Seriously? All warm & comfy because you pushed the MAGA lies, consequences be damned??
You’re pathetic.

We are ashamed of you, Mark Alford

You are one of the BIGGEST IDIOTs in Congress. HOW Dare YOU post this crap? YOU are part of the APPROPRIATIONS process. YOU SHOULD know not only HOW funds are appropriated, but HOW MUCH is appropriated. IF YOU do not know this, then YOU are NOT qualified to be a Congressman.
You have posted some pretty ignorant and stupid comments, but this Sir, is the WORST! It is time for YOU and YOUR fellow MAGA Trump lovers to STOP this BULLSHIT. STOP spreading misinformation.

PROOF? PROOF? What kind of PROOF do you need? That claims and misinformation of funds being misused?
If so, go learn about how the Federal Government (and most other governments) process works. Especially how Appropriated Funds get distributed.
It has been reported on different (NON TRUMP Influenced) News Networks how Trump’s lies and MISINFORMATION is wrong and harmful. Even REPUBLICAN Legislators have asked for the MISINFORMATION to STOP!
Congressman Mark Alford is just as guilty of playing party politics, and is putting Himself, Party and Trump ABOVE the People he is supposed to Serve.

Proof? The proof is staring you in the face. Your ignorance of the process is why people like Mark Alford are in office when he shouldn’t be, because he is completely unqualified and completely unfit to serve – not only due to his own ignorance of how government works, which he shows here in this post (and 99% of the other posts he makes here) but also because he is clearly a pathological liar on repeat, determined to lie on a daily basis to gin up his base. Evidently it makes a very small man feel like a big man to lie, day in and day out. Alford lies like he does because he knows his supporters here are also ignorant, not only of the truth but also how government works – that’s why he is as brazen as he is. It’s the damndest thing I’ve ever seen, and a resounding and total condemnation of the GOP and their voters.

you are the one that should be ashamed. You’re lying and you know it. You show, again, how much of a small, small man you are. You’re worthless when it comes to an elected official. Incompetent, ignorant of the process, and completely unfit to serve. The 4th District deserves better. #LIAR #ElectionDenier

You are a piece of work. Evidently you still believe trump. The money Biden used was not from the FEMA relief fund. FEMA distributed the money from a different fund. Why are you in congress if you don’t know this? Did you tell everyone that trump took $155 mil from disaster relief fund to pay for immigrant detention space and temporary hearing locations and to deport migrants and $217mil from thr DHS program. Did you point that out, or would you rather just promote trump lies and hurt those who are in such a horrible situation.?

Shame on you! This has been debunked! Heck you know it is two different FEMA accounts – you voted on these issues geez louise.

Lies on top of lies. So called Christian hypocrite.

Why don’t you phone Speaker Moses and demand he call congress back to pass and fund the disaster relief loan program that people down there could really use?
I’ll tell you why you haven’t called him–because you’re a lazy Brownthumb.

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

There are still 20,000 pallets of bottled water sitting on a runway in Ceiba, Puerto Rico

13 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Donald Trump, FEMA, Hurricane, Puerto Rico, social media, Twitter, water

For almost a year.

This morning, via Twitter:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…
7:37 AM – 13 Sep 2018

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
…..This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!
7:49 AM – 13 Sep 2018

“…This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible…”

Oh, you’re doing just fine on your own.

Some questions for Roy Blunt about disaster relief

31 Wednesday Aug 2011

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disaster relief, FEMA, Hurricane Irene, Joplin tornado, Roy Blunt, spending cuts

PoliticMo reports that Roy Blunt is up in arms about reports that a portion of the disaster relief funds promised to aid the Joplin recovery might be delayed so that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can address the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene. Where Senator McCaskill, for her part, expresses resolve to “fight to make sure” that Joplin gets its due, Blunt directs his rhetorical attack directly at FEMA:

If FEMA can’t fulfill its promise to our state because we have other disasters, that’s unacceptable, and we need to take a serious look at how our disaster response policies are funded and implemented.

The situation in Joplin is serious and we all expect both McCaskill and Blunt to do their best to insure that it is adequately addressed. Nevertheless, the focus of Blunt’s pugnacious response does prompt a few questions:

— Why is Blunt questioning implementation? The issue here seems to be one of funding pure and simple. If nature persists in dumping one disaster after another on the United States, we will have to ration relief funds if they aren’t adequate. But when it comes to implementation, the consensus of reasonable people seems to be that the current FEMA, as opposed to the bad old Bush FEMA, seems to be doing an excellent job and can be expected to continue to so so as long as sufficient funds are available.

— In view of the primacy of the funding issue, what does Blunt have to say to GOP party leaders, like Eric Cantor, who are willing to continue to hold the well-being of Americans hostage, this time by making disaster relief contingent upon ideologically driven spending cuts, cuts that in many instances make us less able to respond to disasters in the first place?

— What does he say to those of his GOP confrères, such as Ron Paul, who are loudly trumpeting their desire to do away with or seriously weaken FEMA?

Given these facts, the real question is whether Blunt is huffing and puffing about FEMA in order to gain political points at home while undercutting the excellent job that the Obama administration has done in rehabilitating the agency, or whether he’s really willing to blow down the GOP House that is proposing to pull the legs out from under the agency at a crucial time. How can we know the answer? Easy – when Blunt shows that he can stand up to the Tea Party brigade and support strings-free funding of FEMA, we’ll know just how sincere he really is.

Romney just gave a big FU to Joplin

14 Tuesday Jun 2011

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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FEMA, Joplin, Romney

OK, so there is not much to do tonight and my brother has picture-in-picture to follow the Cub game.

Romney just said that states should take care of disasters like Joplin.

That response would be a great commercial to run if he gets the nomination.

FEMA declares Eric Cantor a Disaster Area

31 Tuesday May 2011

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emergency disaster relief, Eric Cantor, FEMA, missouri

Citizens of Joplin, please know that denying you disaster relief couldn’t be helped. Eric Cantor wouldn’t even give himself relief if it meant increasing the deficit.

One day after Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) stirred controversy by withholding funds for tornado relief, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) took the extraordinary step of declaring Rep. Cantor a disaster area.

Within hours of the declaration, FEMA officials were dispatched to assess the damage to Mr. Cantor’s status as a human being capable of empathy.

“I’ve seen a lot of hurricanes and tornados, but this is something new,” said FEMA spokesman Tracy Klugian.  “Rep. Cantor appears to have been caught up in a moral vacuum.”

While concerned FEMA officials looked on, the morally ravaged House Majority Leader took to the floor of the House to make the case for denying funds to repair himself.

Okay, sure, this is from the Borowitz Report, and I didn’t tell you that in advance. Just thought you might appreciate exercising your satire sensor. How long did it take before you knew?

FEMA Sends Missouri Search and Rescue Team to GOP Convention, Not Gulf Coast

31 Sunday Aug 2008

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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FEMA, missouri, Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

Left in Missouri spotted an interesting tidbit in the Missourian – the Missouri-based Urban Search and Rescue Task Force will be deployed to Minnesota for the GOP Convention, rather than the Gulf Coast for search and rescue after Hurricane Gustav hits (and Hanna, too.)

The Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces are highly trained and FEMA-certified first-responders capable of providing emergency medicine, disaster relief, and search and rescue operations. Each task force is organized into two teams of 31 individuals, and enough equipment and supplies to last the entire task force 5 days are pre-assembled and ready to ship out within hours of being notified.

According to a commenter at Left in Missouri, deploying them to Minnesota rather than Louisiana is no big deal, because there are 28 task forces total from around the country, and at least some of these are being deployed to the Gulf. Besides, there should be some units held in reserve, and the Missouri task force can always deploy after the convention if needed. Well, I’m hardly an expert on disaster response, but resources deployed across the country and given other responsibilities can hardly be called “held in reserve.”

Missouri is one of three states closest to the area in Gustav’s path that has a task force, and by FEMA’s own standard operating procedure the three closest task forces are supposed to be deployed. So why send a team from Missouri to the GOP convention, instead of from Minnesota or Wisconsin or Illinois?  

Apparently, those three states don’t have search and rescue task forces. Neither does any state bordering Minnesota. And as the article mentions, the closest task force, the one from Nebraska, is unavailable due to “staffing issues.” Wonder how many of FEMA’s emergency response personnel are unavailable due to “staffing issues?” Me too.

By the way, it’s one thing for McCain to show he cares more than he did 3 years ago when he was eating birthday cake with Bush while New Orleans drowned. It’s another thing to tie up resources by grandstanding.

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