sandt250 | Sep. 28th, 2017

Sep. 28th, 2017

Everyone, but donald trump.

Uh, donald, you are aware that Puerto Rico is also bordered by the Caribbean Sea, right? Water, lots of water. Wet, too. (/s) If this were not so tragic, I'd be laughing. This creature lives in an alternate universe where chaos reigns!

Hey, if donald trump can do it, so can I.

Decided to make a salad to help in my weight loss program. Of course, could not just leave it at that. Found this recipe on YouTube for " Easy N0-Bake Cheesecake ". Salad was easy. No-Bake Cheesecake, not so much. Too many steps & ingredients. And, I used dark brown sugar to make the caramel to drizzle over the whipped cream - I think I was supposed to use light brown sugar. The salad called for an avocado; I did not like the look of it, so threw away. But, they both were very good.

Well, it's a start. So, once again, you had to be bullied & shamed ( although, I think you have no shame ), into doing your job. Forced to do the right thing. You previously & quickly waived the Jones Act ( The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ), to temporarily aid Houston & parts of Florida. Why not Puerto Rico?

I may be wrong, but, I'm thinking that International Governments could have been shipping in aid all along, helping those American citizens. They could have already shipped in the fuel needed for transporting that aid piling up at ports. Finding drivers, clearing the roads. What is the purpose of FEMA? Why have they not been able to locate drivers & trucks? Ship some in! Why do they appear to be so unorganized? Why is it so easy for the excuses to roll off your tongue?

You told us & the World, you refused calls from lawmakers & activists asking that international organizations & governments be allowed to ship aid to the Island. Due to business interests - in a word, Money. Wealthy business people in the shipping industry did not want the Jones Act lifted, due to the fact they would lose money & they were afraid of losing some control of every aspect of the rescue effort. IMO - my take. donald trump, you did not seem to have a problem when it was Houston & Florida. Well, they were Republican governors. And, for the most part, these are just brown people. Meanwhile, American citizens continue to suffer.

Way to go Donald. /s

So, now you decide to appoint 3 star General Jeffrey Buchanan to try to take charge of this monumental screw-up. Why did you not have him there in the beginning? Where are the branches of all of our Military Services? - you don't have enough people on the ground. Have you learned nothing from Katrina? I wish you luck, Gen. Buchannan.

Retired Lt. General Russell Honore (he is the one who came in & took charge of the Bush/FEMA Katrina disaster in 2005 ), is totally "p_ _ _ _ d, to put it mildly! Just caught him on CNN.

I feel oh so vindicated.

Cancelled my 40 + year subscription in September of 2016. Oh, I had at first renewed it in August, but, came to my senses. Why was I going to pay $216.72 for a 3-year subscription, when I no longer cared about the magazine or its content, was continually ticked off at them & had not even read one issue of the 2016 magazines. They were just neatly stacked on the shelf under the coffee table. When I received the renewal bill, I wrote "cancel immediately" across the face of the bill, dated & signed my name, returned it to them. I took all of the saved magazines down to the dumpster. I found a number of things upon which to spend my $216.72.

Naturally, in April 2017, I got a letter from a collection agency (probably SI own collector - they try to intimidate you - did'nt work). I wrote them back, explained I had cancelled back in Sept. 2016, which was well within my right to do so, at any time, of my choosing. And, if they thought I was going to pay for merchandise never received, they were seriously mistaken. I referred them back to Sports Illustrated. Suggested they not contact me again. Have not heard from them since.

Note To Myself: Maybe I should check my Credit Report status, just to see if they have it listed as a debt. It better not be listed. I have no debts.

Sports Illustrated, you are a piece of work! There is a reason, after 40 years, I'm no longer your subscriber. Glad of it. I'm in agreement with Steph Curry, this cover is so wrong. Where is Colin Kaepernick? Why is he not front & center on this cover? Starting the parade without him, hoping no one notices? Oh, I read your little lame excuse - I'm not buying it.

When will "other people" get the message and learn you don't get to define what African-Americans are aggrieved about? Why do you keep trying to decide what our outrage should be? And, where, when & how we should peacefully protest. Trevor Noah addressed this on the Daily Show

(See later posting for actual video from Daily Show)

As quite a number of people have stated, the original message is getting lost & being diluted (deliberately so, I believe ) with all this talk of disrespecting the military & the flag. As for the SI cover, this is not about linking arms in some deluded show of solidarity, to show we're all together. Well, we most certainly are not all together. Taking A Knee is about the murders of young unarmed black men by policemen across this country. No one is held accountable. Did I say young men? Tamar Rice was only 12 years old, quietly playing in a park, all alone with his toy gun. He was a child & he will forever remain so. Some irresponsible, derelict, quite possibly racist police officer made that decision. It happens time & time again. Sports Illustrated, you needed to have Colin Kaepernick on that cover.

So, to all you racists & white people with privilege, not your call.