Rachel Maddow - Death toll rises as water drains from Houston

[Galraedia]

[Submariner]

1. I wish Obama did not offer Texas emergency funding

I wanted to see the fights between the teabagger congress critters trying to deny aid like they did for Sandy Hook. I believe Texans like the Cuban-Canadian immigrant Ted Cruz were part of the anti-aid cabal.

[awoke_in_2003]

3. Do you know...

that the people of Houston elected an openly gay woman to be mayor? We are slowly going purple.

[GGJohn]

4. So you want to punish the citizens of TX for the sins of their reps?

Isn't that what the Repubs do?
And you got Sandy Hook wrong, that was the massacre of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the aid denied was for SuperStorm Sandy.

[Submariner]

5. Don't be silly

Not looking to punish Texans.

Just looking forward to the hypocrites who denied Sandy victims of aid looking like fools arguing for aid for themselves after denying it for others.

[GGJohn]

6. Your own words.

I wish Obama did not offer Texas emergency funding

So what are to deduce from those words?

[Submariner]

8. What is to be deduced from that is, instead of taking offered aid

I want to see the hypocritical teabaggers who voted against Sandy aid GROVEL for aid and have to fight non-
teabagger repugs to justify their help me but screw everyone else attitude.

I want to see them destroy each other with their hypocrisy.

[GGJohn]

9. Grovel for aid?

You realize how petty that sounds in the midst of a disaster with lives lost, hundreds of homes destroyed, citizens who have lost EVERYTHING?
You really want to be that mean spirited just because the Repubs are? You want to mimic them?

[Submariner]

11. Lighten up Francis

Mimic them. Of course not. Everyone knows the aid will come. I'm referring to the politics of teabagger infighting, which I happen to enjoy watching as they shred each other.

[GGJohn]

12. I enjoy watching them fight with each other also,

but you said in an earlier post that you wished Pres. Obama hadn't offered TX the emergency aid, that, IMHO, seems petty and mean spirited.
But, whatever, have a great evening.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

2. As always, Rachel did a thorough job.

It was interesting to see our city from a national/New York view point. The bayous save us from normal flooding, but the Memorial Day storm was not like any I've seen in my 35 years of Gulf Coast deluges here. I've never heard continuous thunder like that. During Allison in 2001 it rained an inch an hour for 36 hours. This time, the storm was shorter, but it rained 4 inches an hour. Nothing can handle that amount of water without problems. We have a great mayor. I'm going to miss her.

[freshwest]

7. I really enjoyed seeing it too. Old swamp thing here. n/t

[Heather MC]

10. Nothing to see here, Climate change is not real.

I hate that tag but I know if I don't use it someone will take me seriouly. Ugh a piece of my soul just died <-----Not Sarcasm LOL