“LIVE BY THE SWORD …”
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s request for federal assistance in the wake of recent winter ice storms has been shot down …
In a letter dated March 13, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acting associate administrator Elizabeth A. Zimmerman wrote to Haley informing her “it has been determined that the impact from this event was not of the severity and magnitude that would warrant an increase to the federal cost share.”
“Therefore your request for 100 percent federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures … is denied,” Zimmerman writes.
Ouch!
Haley wrote to FEMA on March 2 requesting the money. Her office has thirty days to appeal the federal decision.
South Carolina will still receive plenty of federal aid in the wake of last month’s ice storm – which did an estimated half a billion dollars worth of damage – it just won’t get the full reimbursement sought by Haley.
More than twenty counties will receive aid, though, after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for the Palmetto State earlier this week.
Haley’s had better luck with the Obama administration in the past. For example in 2011 her cash-strapped Department of Transportation (SCDOT) requested and received a $52 million bailout from Obama.
And while Haley is rejecting Obamacare Medicaid subsidies, her administration is growing its Medicaid rolls more than three times as fast as other states rejecting the Obamacare dollars.
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Stand by for the hissy fit!!
Ouch. That’s a cold response to the Ice Queen. Welfare assistance request – DENIED.
Welfare Agent: “Back to the end of the line Missy until you get your paperwork right! Neeeeext!”
US DSS
What do you mean?
She is such a fucking embarrassment. So glad I moved the hell away from SC, now when reading these stories I can sit back and enjoy a good laugh with the rest of the country.
So in Haley’s world…federal dollars (100% now and an ongoing 90% federal match) to help the poor with healthcare = bad
but federal dollars to cleanup some downed trees = good
Go figure.
Trees are people my friend.
Actually they’re wood. But I see your point, most of Haley’s friends are wood.
That orange garb fits Haley perfectly…prison jumpsuits are orange!
The yellow stripe is a nice touch don’t you think?
Oh the hypocrisy. Want federal assistance for storm damage, but reject it for health care. The difference– the group wanting their debris cleaned up for free are Republicans, the group needing health care are Democrats.
Getting poorer working Americans health care access isn’t a big deal, but clearing debris sure is!
the group wanting their debris cleaned up for free are Republicans, the group needing health care are Democrats.
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Republican constituents are poor white trailer trash who blame the liberals for their lack of ambition. The culture of hate and suspicion.
Nikki Haley looks sooo white
really? I could have sworn she was Sikh.
I really hate it when people inject race into arguments but you’d have to be willfully blind not to see it in South Carolina’s rejection of Medicaid expansion. The same goes for the way our state supports, or fails to support, public education.
willfully blind
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the catch phrase of this century
And yet perfectly appropriate here.
Apparently so.
Obama is targeting a state he HATES w/ Gov’t resources. Clinton did it w/ Hurricane Floyd.
If ANY Republican even TRIED to use his power to punish suffering Americans, they crucify him in the media…Bush lavished La. w/ money, and they still blamed the hurricane on him…and many Dumb@$$#$ believed it…even after it was revealed the democrats failed La.
Obama is a pure Piece of S#!t…Bastard…who exacts revenge on you because you are not radical Racist, like him…
“If ANY Republican even TRIED to use his power to punish suffering Americans, they crucify him in the media”
You mean the way Jeff Duncan, Mick Mulvaney, Trey Gowdy, and Joe Wilson voted no to Hurricane Sandy relief? oops.
They did not block it, you ignorant Piece of S#!*….
They may not have agreed to the amount because it was a government handout grab bag for the corrupt lazy and opportunistic..but they did not try to inflict suffering on their fellow Americans for political purposes…You F*#king Dumb@$$….
Well, they voted no, but they did not block it.~
They weren’t inflicting suffering on their fellow Americans for political purposes.~
Damn, I’m glad you’re back T. Even the best comedians aren’t as funny as you are.
They wanted ADEQUATE aid…not a payoff to democrat crooks and cronies of Obama, you ignorant B@*stard..
It amazes me how you pieces of human $#!* think if you can make someone else as Filthy as your lord-god, it absolves you from the dirtbags and @$$holes you are..
Hating your fellow South Carolinians, just because you worship a false, pile of dung, god, makes you look like Trash…end of story…
You mean the way FEMA determined the money already being sent to SC was ADEQUATE aid and they did not want to payoff republican crooks and cronies of Hailey. oops
Hating your fellow South Carolinians
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unlike you, right?
Don’t give Will the satisfaction of complimenting his sock puppet. He needs to up his game.
You are right, they did not block it but they sure as heck gave it their best effort. So I guess in fairness they just attempted to use their power to inflict suffering on their fellow Americans. Fortunately the forces of good stepped in an stopped them.
JOE WILSON IS A PIECE OF S**T. AND SO IS BITCH WALLACE AND ALL THE REST OF THESE BOTTOM FEEDERS. ISN’T THERE ANYBODY IN LEXINGTON OR AIKEN COUNTY THAT CAN CHALLENGE THIS TURD IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY??
What happened to the usual GOP call of not giving emergency aid to states? Make ’em pay for their own shit!
Oh, right. Red states are the first to cut funding to their own emergency services so they can hand off tax cuts to the rich. Then, when the inevitable disaster comes along, “Help us! We need federal aid!”
I guess we should’ve listened to the GOP rant about NJ getting federal funding, that fat bastard governor really did blow the money on worthless shi- …Oh wait, he’s Republican too. Damn!
He’s been made an honorary Democrat by the Tea Party.
It was a little old snow storm – you don’t see Michigan looking for a hand out. #)%*#)(%#$*%#)
Typical conservatives – gooberment spending bad – oh I stubbed my toe – I need a gooberment check. GT – so predictable.
Like grand Tango Haley is a “taker” trying to freeload and get a free lunch from those of us who are productive.
As FEMA would say, FUCK YOU!!
Help yourselves!! Bootstraps and all that stuff you love so much. LoL!
Nobody blamed the hurricane on Dubya. He was blamed for allowing American citizens to suffer and die in the streets of an American city while he watched from Crawford and Air Force One. He was blamed because he was warned of dire possibilities ahead of time and did nothing. Heck of a job, Bushie!
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11627394/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/t/video-shows-bush-got-explicit-katrina-warning/#.UyL-qpVOXDc
Were you born yesterday, or do you think I was?…Regardless, you are a F*#king Dumb@$$…
Is that incoherent babbling the best you can do? C’mon. Why waste your time?
Who’s going to pay for my above ground swimming pool.
May I suggest faith healing?
You’ve been going a little soft on Nikki lately. Not eager to be on the bad side of a two-term governor? Perhaps an endorsement deal is in the works, eh?
You’ve been going a little soft on Nikki lately
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She’s been toning down her outfit as she grows older.. maybe a bustier would stiffen up Will’s resolve.
In other words – NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!
When a politician does something this hideous and reckless, it really triggers a backlash.
I wonder if this is a signal that Obama has conceded the Senate and retention of the House to the GOP…
I hope so, because no we can concentrate on increasing numbers, and if we use a simple majority (thanks Harry) we can make BOLD and CLEAR WHAT Barack Obama is…by laying the legislation to fix the country, on his desk…and let everyone and all see that it is Obama and Obama alone…who Hates America and wants revenge on us….
“wants revenge on us”
Who is us and what does he want revenge for?
Ask Obama, he is the one who said it in the 2012 campaign.
Frigid,
where did Obama mention revenge?
Thanks in advance.
Use a search engine: ‘obama revenge’ it was cited everywhere for weeks, look it up yourself. Were you paying attention in 2012?
“voting is the best revenge?”
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you’ve *got* to be kidding… is this more along the lines of the “Dean Scream?” Do you remember Bush saying “Bring ’em on?”
God himself said “Revenge is mine” – will that make you an atheist?
Paul, in Romans 12:20 said “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Obviously, this is the best revenge as well… will this make you reject Christianity?
BING, BING BING…we have a winner. This idiot is equating God with his lord and savior, Obama…Obama is their deity…
Give a Dumb@$$ liberal enough rope…and he’ll hang himself…
THANK YOU e.m….you PROVE ALL that I say about yall, every day…You showed us who you are better than I EVER could….
Good boy… now *fetch*… *fetch*!
What day is your Mass for Obama? …or do yall Mecca him toward Kenya at 5 in the afternoon??…
Liberalism surely is a jealous and corrupt god, and it explains why you Hate Christians…and envy the moral…
..back again? look at you! you’re so *cute*! wagging your tail and hanging your little pink tongue… You want to fetch some more? Do ya? oh yes you do!… yes you doooo…. here you go boy! [throws stick] go get it.. go get it… not that one.. that’s it! good boy!
here’s a treat… yeah.. yeah… ok.. now go play…
C’mon you leftwing Dumb@$$…you stuck your mug out there, and I slapped the $#!* out of your stupid @$$…
You liberals lie like a MoFo…but every now again, through stupidity, you admit the truth. You worship Obama as god…and I called you out using YOUR own words…that has to P!$$ your ignorant @$$ off…LMAO…Hahahaha…idiot…
I just wish this thread was not dead so e’rbody could see how I kicked your @$$, and theirs too..because you are all the same…you kneel down to Obama and the liberal sacraments. You admitted it…and I BUSTED you on it…
aww… hey, boy! did you get bored out there? yes, you did!.. you can’t have another treat.. no… no… stop licking me.. hahah! oh, yeah! what a good boy you are! yes you are!… [rubbing head]… what do you have there? What’s in your mouth? oh.. bad dog! you shouldn’t eat that! damn! and you licked me right in the face! Ack… bad dog!
You think God is Obama…And the worst part of it: I probably have the strongest mind on here, and your ignorant slip-up is now written in stone.
You defined yourself, and the liberal movement… and I caught you…you’ll never live that down…LMAO…
The strongest mind? You ARE the weakest link.
Get off my leg you nasty thing…. stop that… Damon, I hate it when you do that..
Well I don’t know about strongest! Loudest – maybe. #)(%#)$%#
Ignorance is bliss..and liberals are most blissful some beeches on earth…
Yes, that quote was cited way out of its importance in the right-wing echo chamber and raised a lot of money that still didn’t win you ladies the election.
It was IMPORTANT then and it is now, Dumb@$$…because he is GOVERNING with Revenge for the Americans he HATES…(see IRS)….
You ignorant pieces of $#!* are so stupid, you don’t know that Obama is Un-American, and anti-Constitution…which is bad for the country if you happen to be sworn to uphold the LAW (for all people)…not perpetuate a political enemies campaign…
That said: ‘Vengeance is Mine sayeth the Lord’…and if you look at Obama CRASHING and he can’t get up, I think the Lord may manifest upon your false god….at least we can all pray for healing and restoration..as He promises for the faithful…
No. It was important only because you haters say it is while ignoring similar stuff from your own elected officials. Your hysterical (you might look up the “hyster” root of the word and see how it applies to you) raving is evidence that you have lost it… if indeed you ever had it.
I could vote for 10 rapscallions…but that won’t change the fact that your god-Obama is a devil…who has attacked and damaged the American people, after promising to serve them…
I could vote for 10 rapscallions…but that won’t change the fact that your god-Obama is a devil
And with this statement you demonstrate that you do not know the difference between a fact and an opinion. You are of course entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts. That confusion, along with your penchant for HYSTERia, is probably why your analysis is so flawed and so reliant on scatalogical name-calling.
Obama told you F*#king Dolts to Vote for Revenge. That is not an opinion. You are a f*#king LIAR and deny he said it..So STFU and don’t come back until your Dishonest, Obama-worshiping @$$ can learn how to tell the TRUTH.
Obama told you F*#king Dolts to Vote for Revenge. That is not an opinion. You are a f*#king LIAR and deny he said it..
Where did I deny that President Barack Hussein Obama, the Leader of the Free World, said something about revenge. In claiming that I did and that I am a liar, you show that not only do you not understand the meaning of the words “fact” and “opinion,” you do not understand the words “lie,” “liar,” and “truth.” No e-coli laced word salad that you can concoct changes your HYSTERical approach to what one imagines is some kind of attempt to discuss politics.
I’m assuming Tom’s ignorant of that comment by his mystic god.
Most liberals have no idea what the guy actually says or does…they just vote on their racism, myths and they all hate the same people…
I’ve not met one yet that when quizzed on basic Obama bio facts, had a clue about any of it. Most don’t even know his college records are all sealed, who ACORN is/was, his church, this is simple resume stuff they’ve had years to learn about, much less ongoing assorted gaffes, screw ups, endless lies, and power grabs. Just oblivious.
They don’t really care as long as the govt checks and the food stamps come on time…and the Obama phone works….
Oblivion is why they are in the shape they are in.
I haven’t met one Teanut yet who knows anything other than what they were told by the Fake News Network, Rush Limbaugh, or Glenn Beck. The tin foil hats filter out the rest. Faux told them to wear those whenever possible,.
Most Obama supporters are not unaware of the “simple resume stuff”; they just don’t attach the importance to it that you ladies do. Your selective amnesia re Republican presidents (Tricky Dicky and Watergate, Saint Ronnie and the Contras, Bush and Sept 19 2008) is the only way you can justify your disproportionate criticism and disdain toward First African-American President Barack Hussein Obama.
Haha! Fuck you and that bitch!
I think you and Christy got Effed in that end…hahahaha…
Can’t you find a really distinctive avatar so I can easily see to skip your stupidity?
LMAO!! Wouldn’t except Federal funds to expand Medicare but want Federal funds for her gubermint friends.
Maybe the unemployed can help clean up the debris and the federal money can do both.
Bratzmom
Many unemployed wants a real job not a six weeks job. Amazon can hired you from September _- new years. Then decided to terminate you for crossing the line…no unemployment. Go to a county were there is no job like Orangeburg. ..Calhoun…Bamberg county. Nikki Haley has to go no matter how you may see it. Yes pay the unemployed to clean it up but not for $7.25 an hour.
She deserves it and we deserve it for putting grandstanding scum like her and her mentor Sanford in office.
And half billion dollars is a bullshit estimate. When you grow trees, in winter, expect some ice. If said, totally natural, totally predictable ice occurs, dont ask for my money to cover your totally foreseeable losses.
Pay back is a bitch isn’t it Queen Haley, sending all our tax dollars to other states rejecting the health care money….
Back last summer, our local electric cooperative sprayed the trees, etc. under the power lines in our area. It killed everything. It doesn’t look the best, however, during the ice storm, we never lost power and there were no downed power lines around us. Thank you to Lynches River Electric Cooperative for being proactive!!!
Republican’s voted for Haley, not their purses. Sooner or later the taxpayers are going to have to pay for the medically indigent. Let’s go ahead and blame Haley now and later.
Federal dollars go to the Muslim Brotherhood, why can’t they go to South Carolina?