Quote (TiStuff @ 18 Jul 2021 23:02)
Didnt Texas actually freeze last winter?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisisQuote
More than 4.5 million homes and businesses were left without power,[9][10][11][12] some for several days. At least 210 people were killed directly or indirectly,[3] with some estimates as high as702 killed as a result of the crisis.[4]
And they needed to buy a bunch of energy and get communist social financial help from Neighbouring socialist communist states?Quote
On February 14, President Biden declared that an emergency exists in the State of Texas, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide emergency assistance throughout Texas.[88] FEMA has sent 60 generators as well as water and blankets to the state.[100]
Community response
Local churches, community centers and other locations opened warming stations for affected individuals as well as asked for physical and monetary donations to help those affected.[101] Several local mutual aide groups responded with supply delivery and distribution, particularly in the hard-hit Houston and Austin areas.[102][103][104][105] Celebrities such as Beyoncé and Reese Witherspoon, teamed up with companies to provide monetary relief, donated personally, and supplied donation links to their social media followers to raise relief and awareness.[106] Through his "We're Texas" virtual benefit concert, Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves McConaughey raised over $7.7 million to continue support for those affected by the storm.[107]
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez organized a fundraiser to provide food, water, and shelter to affected Texans, raising $2 million in its first day.[108] She followed up with a trip to Houston to help alongside volunteers with recovery.[109] She along with other Democrats toured the damage left behind by the storm as well as distribution centers and delivery sites.In the end, she raised $4.7 million.[110]
Didn't George bush era literally modernize and push the term terrorist/terrorism as a political strategy?https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/inevitably-the-politics-of-terror-fear-has-become-part-of-washingtons-power-struggle/Quote
The new Politics of Terrorism have immensely strengthened the political standing of George W. Bush. The basic facts are well known. Immediately before 9/11, Bush’s approval ratings were falling. In his memoir, “The Right Man,” former Bush speechwriter David Frum admitted that he was planning to leave the White House before 9/11 because he did not want to watch as the Bush presidency “unraveled.” After 9/11, Bush’s approval soared.
which one of us is crazy here
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