Posts tagged “Hurricane Irene”
Federal Dollars for the Tea Party Front-Runner
(1) This past August, in the wake of Hurricane Irene, many Republicans in Congress began questioning the role of the federal government when it came to disaster response. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia notably demanded that federal disaster relief must be offset with cuts to the current federal budget. This idea was seconded [...]
Michele Bachmann on Causality
It seems that it is all too common these days for conservative politicians to claim disparate events such as natural disasters as evidence to back up their political ideology. The latest offender was Michele Bachmann who decided to link weather patterns as the will of God affirming conservative economic policy. This weekend during a campaign [...]
Reality and its Discontents
The Idiots at the Daily Beast decided to headline commentary pieces titled “Apocalypse When?” and “A Hurricane of Hype,” both decrying the media’s supposed overblown and unwarranted coverage of Hurricane Irene while simultaneously refusing to grasp the irony that their actual news Cheat Sheet had “Blackout: 4.5 Million Without Power” and “Casualties: At least 14 [...]
Mitt Romney Wins The Lottery
Seems like Mitt Romney has Hurricane Irene to thank for saving face. It was only a week ago that Romney decided to take a swipe at President Obama for vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard, even though he himself had a $2,500-a-plate fundraiser scheduled on Martha’s Vineyard this coming weekend. Romney, speaking of Obama, remarkably said: [...]
Republicans, Responsibility, and Natural Disasters
As we approach the six year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, funding for disaster preparedness and response has become somewhat of a non-starter for congressional Republicans. Leading the pack is Eric Cantor of Virginia who has previously demanded that congress offset spending for disaster relief in the wake of the deadly tornados in the Midwest [...]