Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Saving the lives of Puerto Ricans is the direct responsiblity of the Executive Branch of the USA. GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!

Why isn't the Dominican Republic involved with Puerto Rico?

Haiti can't do much. Guantanamo is right there. If there were no detainees there, the military could fill Gitmo with people in need of help.

Why hasn't anyone asked Cuba to help if it can? This is life and death. Four days is a very long time to wait for a hospital ship.

Get people to Jamaica. Supply MONEY to the islands that are still functional and can actually provide a vital life line to Puerto Rico.

Florida has it's own problems.

Guyana is newly selling rice to Cuba. As Cuba to allow those sales to come to Puerto Rico. Where is Nikki Haley in all this? She can't work with countries near the USA border to move help to Puerto Rico? Money moves far faster than ships.

The United States and Suriname enjoy a constructive partnership. The two countries work together to enhance the security and prosperity of the region through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), prevent communicable diseases, promote healthy lifestyles through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), strengthen military-to-military cooperation, and promote a more environmentally sustainable Suriname through cultural and educational programs and exchanges.

Ambassador Haley needs to get moving on this. She needs to knock down barriers to allow help to arrive in Puerto Rico.

Everyone of these countries understand the region. They are not interested in an assault or war. They have to be trusted to provide help to Puerto Rico. It is absolutely necessary to save lives.

The Puerto Rican debt just was forgiven and has become a problem to the USA Congress. This is a human rights violation and people should be held responsible for the dire circumstances in Puerto Rico. This is an outrage!!!!!!!!

The Army Corp MUST provide a jet runway, NOW! They will have to be sure there is a functioning port!

I think Americans have been heard.

September 26, 2017
By Thomas Kaplan

Washington - Sen. Mitch McConnell (click here) on Tuesday officially pulled the plug on the latest plan to repeal the health care law, telling senators they will not vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in the last-gasp drive to fulfill a core promise of President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers.
McConnell’s announcement came less than 24 hours after a pivotal Republican senator, Susan Collins of Maine, declared firm opposition to the repeal proposal, all but ensuring that Republican leaders would be short of the votes they needed.
Senate Republicans already tried once this year to approve repeal legislation, an exercise that ended in defeat when Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gave a thumbs-down in July to kill that repeal proposal.
This time, McConnell, R-Ky., the majority leader, and his fellow Republicans were trying to make one more attempt at passing a bill, and a deadline was fast approaching: They have only until the end of this week to pass a repeal bill using special budget rules that shield it from a Democratic filibuster.... September 26, 2017By Jeff Eisenband Even as a broadcaster (click here)whose career has included some of the greatest games and the most powerful moments, Bob Costas says the protesting of NFL players and personnel this past Sunday was unique."A handful of people became hundreds of people," Costas says. "What centered around one issue, a valid issue -- calling attention to inequities in the justice system or law enforcement -- became about something bigger. It became about the whole tone and the culture wars in this country and the political divisiveness in this country, and I hope it's not confined to just one day and not confined to gestures, but leads to productive conversations."
Costas, who was born in 1952, can draw some similarities between the activists of his youth and the current voices of progress, but he notes that today's athletes are taking that to a new level....
..."When I was growing up, a lot of athletes -- Curt Flood, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King -- a very long list of athletes were outspoken and we may be entering an era, sparked by a confluence of events in which athletes find that voice again. People like LeBron James are finding increasingly sophisticated voices. It's one thing to be concerned about an issue. It's another thing to grasp that issue in a nuanced way and be able to carry it forward beyond gestures. I think we're seeing a number of people that are willing and able to do that."...

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article175466446.html#storylink=cpy

Senator John McCain's duty continues.

For some time I had wanted to post a request of Senator McCain and the USA military.

I am quite confident there are records of the torture Senator McCain sustained while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He needs to bring to life in a video his experience in defending his country, his capture and imprisonment in North Vietnam.

While that information is most likely not classified so many years later, such a video should be a requirement to all soldiers and officers in the USA military. Senator McCain should provide a current statement before the viewing of such a video.

I believe American soldiers need to understand what they face when in battle. Senator McCain's service extends into a prisoner of war camp whereby he sustained torture and a sense of responsibility for other American soldiers imprisoned with him. His particular insight when realizing he has served his country all his life and into a seat of power in the legislature is unique.

American soldiers should know the enemy and that enemy's capacity to reach into the minds of captured soldiers to extract information. Senator John McCain never violated the trust the American people placed in him in his service to the country. He never gave in to the demands for more and damaging information regarding the US military while fighting a war in South Vietnam.

Senator McCain not only had loyalty to other captured soldiers, he provided an uncommon reality to his captors. Senator McCain protected the USA military still at war and he protected the country he believed vulnerable to the enemy. His service defended the country while a prisoner of war.

The USA military is no place for people unwilling or unable to face the reality of being a prisoner of war. I think Senator McCain, an American hero, should address the military today and in the future. The extent the USA has tried to resolve all those missing in action from Vietnam proves the dedication of the country to it's soldiers as well.

It does not matter how a person may view the Vietnam War, his reality is a fact. The military should not forget.