Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!

[Kirkland Laing]

"We believe that extending the waiver is unnecessary to support the humanitarian relief efforts on the island," Homeland Security Press Secretary David Lapan wrote. "There is an ample supply of Jones Act-qualified vessels to ensure that cargo is able to reach Puerto Rico."

That said, DHS said it will review requests for individual ships on a case-by-case basis and will "respond quickly if a non-Jones Act qualified vessel is needed for a 'national defense'-related need."


......



CBS News' Major Garrett pointed out that the problem may not have been supply -- given that thousands of shipping containers filled with medicine, food and construction equipment sat at the ports for days because there were no trucks or truck drivers or open roads to distribute the supplies after the hurricane.








Soooooo the problem is

There's no reason for it in the first place. WW1 ended some time ago. It's been a hundred year excuse to fleece Puerto Rico and put billions in the pockets of the shipping/transportation industries. If it hadn't existed PR would have zero public debt. At long last it should be scrapped.

[walrus]

"We believe that extending the waiver is unnecessary to support the humanitarian relief efforts on the island," Homeland Security Press Secretary David Lapan wrote. "There is an ample supply of Jones Act-qualified vessels to ensure that cargo is able to reach Puerto Rico."

That said, DHS said it will review requests for individual ships on a case-by-case basis and will "respond quickly if a non-Jones Act qualified vessel is needed for a 'national defense'-related need."


......



CBS News' Major Garrett pointed out that the problem may not have been supply -- given that thousands of shipping containers filled with medicine, food and construction equipment sat at the ports for days because there were no trucks or truck drivers or open roads to distribute the supplies after the hurricane.








Soooooo the problem is

There's no reason for it in the first place. WW1 ended some time ago. It's been a hundred year excuse to fleece Puerto Rico and put billions in the pockets of the shipping/transportation industries. If it hadn't existed PR would have zero public debt. At long last it should be scrapped.

Ha ha yeah no debt ha ha omg u are an idiot

[El Kabong]

"We believe that extending the waiver is unnecessary to support the humanitarian relief efforts on the island," Homeland Security Press Secretary David Lapan wrote. "There is an ample supply of Jones Act-qualified vessels to ensure that cargo is able to reach Puerto Rico."

That said, DHS said it will review requests for individual ships on a case-by-case basis and will "respond quickly if a non-Jones Act qualified vessel is needed for a 'national defense'-related need."


......



CBS News' Major Garrett pointed out that the problem may not have been supply -- given that thousands of shipping containers filled with medicine, food and construction equipment sat at the ports for days because there were no trucks or truck drivers or open roads to distribute the supplies after the hurricane.








Soooooo the problem is

There's no reason for it in the first place. WW1 ended some time ago. It's been a hundred year excuse to fleece Puerto Rico and put billions in the pockets of the shipping/transportation industries. If it hadn't existed PR would have zero public debt. At long last it should be scrapped.

Ha ha yeah no debt ha ha omg u are an idiot

[Spicoli]

Still waiting on word I take it

[walrus]

Still waiting on word I take it

YA nothing yet

[Dark Lord Al]

It is a bit worrying we haven't heard from Rey , I'm hoping its just because of electrical loss rather than anything to serious.
Hope you are ok buddy.

[El Kabong]

It is a bit worrying we haven't heard from Rey , I'm hoping its just because of electrical loss rather than anything to serious.
Hope you are ok buddy.

I too hope it's nothing serious. Even if power was back there's no telling about internet access or if he's got a computer or phone that survived the storm and even then where do we rank on his priorities right now? I'm certain clean drinking water, shelter, food, helping his relatives and neighbors etc are all well ahead of us in line.


I believe Puerto Rico has everything it needs, it's just a matter of getting the good where they need to go and with bad infrastructure and communications then that job is very difficult.

[Kirkland Laing]

"We believe that extending the waiver is unnecessary to support the humanitarian relief efforts on the island," Homeland Security Press Secretary David Lapan wrote. "There is an ample supply of Jones Act-qualified vessels to ensure that cargo is able to reach Puerto Rico."

That said, DHS said it will review requests for individual ships on a case-by-case basis and will "respond quickly if a non-Jones Act qualified vessel is needed for a 'national defense'-related need."


......



CBS News' Major Garrett pointed out that the problem may not have been supply -- given that thousands of shipping containers filled with medicine, food and construction equipment sat at the ports for days because there were no trucks or truck drivers or open roads to distribute the supplies after the hurricane.








Soooooo the problem is

There's no reason for it in the first place. WW1 ended some time ago. It's been a hundred year excuse to fleece Puerto Rico and put billions in the pockets of the shipping/transportation industries. If it hadn't existed PR would have zero public debt. At long last it should be scrapped.

Ha ha yeah no debt ha ha omg u are an idiot

Thanks to the law, the price of goods from the United States mainland is at least double that in neighboring islands, including the United States Virgin Islands, which are not covered by the Jones Act. Moreover, the cost of living in Puerto Rico is 13 percent higher than in 325 urban areas elsewhere in the United States, even though per capita income in Puerto Rico is about $18,000, close to half that of Mississippi, the poorest of all 50 states.
This is a shakedown, a mob protection racket, with Puerto Rico a captive market. The island is the fifth-largest market in the world for American products, and there are more Walmarts and Walgreens per square mile in Puerto Rico than anywhere else on the planet.


A 2012 report by two University of Puerto Rico economists found that the Jones Act caused a $17 billion loss to the island’s economy from 1990 through 2010. Other studies have estimated the Jones Act’s damage to Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska to be $2.8 billion to $9.8 billion per year. According to all these reports, if the Jones Act did not exist, then neither would the public debt of Puerto Rico.
Three American territories are exempt from the Jones Act, including the United States Virgin Islands. Outright repeal of the law has already been backed by the Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Manhattan Institute and several major publications. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that the Jones Act hurts the Puerto Rican economy, and two Republicans, Senator John McCain of Arizona and Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama, have submitted bills to repeal or suspend the law. (The shipbuilding industry supports the law.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/o...t.html?mcubz=0

[El Kabong]

"We believe that extending the waiver is unnecessary to support the humanitarian relief efforts on the island," Homeland Security Press Secretary David Lapan wrote. "There is an ample supply of Jones Act-qualified vessels to ensure that cargo is able to reach Puerto Rico."

That said, DHS said it will review requests for individual ships on a case-by-case basis and will "respond quickly if a non-Jones Act qualified vessel is needed for a 'national defense'-related need."


......



CBS News' Major Garrett pointed out that the problem may not have been supply -- given that thousands of shipping containers filled with medicine, food and construction equipment sat at the ports for days because there were no trucks or truck drivers or open roads to distribute the supplies after the hurricane.








Soooooo the problem is

There's no reason for it in the first place. WW1 ended some time ago. It's been a hundred year excuse to fleece Puerto Rico and put billions in the pockets of the shipping/transportation industries. If it hadn't existed PR would have zero public debt. At long last it should be scrapped.

Ha ha yeah no debt ha ha omg u are an idiot

Thanks to the law, the price of goods from the United States mainland is at least double that in neighboring islands, including the United States Virgin Islands, which are not covered by the Jones Act. Moreover, the cost of living in Puerto Rico is 13 percent higher than in 325 urban areas elsewhere in the United States, even though per capita income in Puerto Rico is about $18,000, close to half that of Mississippi, the poorest of all 50 states.
This is a shakedown, a mob protection racket, with Puerto Rico a captive market. The island is the fifth-largest market in the world for American products, and there are more Walmarts and Walgreens per square mile in Puerto Rico than anywhere else on the planet.


A 2012 report by two University of Puerto Rico economists found that the Jones Act caused a $17 billion loss to the island’s economy from 1990 through 2010. Other studies have estimated the Jones Act’s damage to Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska to be $2.8 billion to $9.8 billion per year. According to all these reports, if the Jones Act did not exist, then neither would the public debt of Puerto Rico.
Three American territories are exempt from the Jones Act, including the United States Virgin Islands. Outright repeal of the law has already been backed by the Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Manhattan Institute and several major publications. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that the Jones Act hurts the Puerto Rican economy, and two Republicans, Senator John McCain of Arizona and Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama, have submitted bills to repeal or suspend the law. (The shipbuilding industry supports the law.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/o...t.html?mcubz=0

.....maybe it's more expensive because they're on an island with not many natural resources surrounded by water and with very shitty infrastructure and a corrupt government?


But naaaaaah it's totally Trump

[El Kabong]

FBI Reviews Allegations Of Puerto Rican Officials Withholding Hurricane Relief
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/12/fb...rce=site-share

The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Puerto Rico received multiple allegations from residents across the island who say local officials in the territory have withheld needed FEMA supplies.

“People call us and tell us some misappropriation of some goods and supplies by supposedly politicians, not necessarily mayors, but people that work for the mayors in certain towns,” FBI Special Agent Carlos Osorio told The Daily Caller Wednesday.

Osorio explained, “They’re supposedly withholding these goods and these supplies and instead of handing them out to people who really need them, [there are claims] that [local officials] are assigning them to their buddies first–people that have voted for them or people that contributed to their campaigns or what not.”

He added, “So what we’re doing is looking into these allegations. That I can tell you is happening. Again, I cannot say that we have any ongoing investigation. We’re just corroborating these allegations.”



but yyyyyyyeah somebody got a t-shirt made with some snarky comment about Trump so I am guessing this is all his fault and not the corrupt politicians of Puerto Rico

[Beanz]

So now you are blaming TitoFan and his fellow countrymen? What a cunt you are Lyle.

[Spicoli]

Suspected misappropriation, derelict distribution and lack of cohesive logistics in a devastated disaster zone by local and Federal authorities. Shocked I tell ya! Oh and truck drivers and a President who even today treats it like a third world country because he got offended. Arrive at the game late and want to leave early, ahhh leadership .

[El Kabong]

There's no reason for it in the first place. WW1 ended some time ago. It's been a hundred year excuse to fleece Puerto Rico and put billions in the pockets of the shipping/transportation industries. If it hadn't existed PR would have zero public debt. At long last it should be scrapped.

OK, if you say so

[walrus]

Most of my Puerto Rican coworkers have made contact with family and friends by now via satellite phones hopefully Tito is alright as well