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Location: East Texas | As always, the media will bring up the stupidest things like "Trump Brings Business Approach, Not Hugs to Texas". WHAT???!!! My daughter posted this on FB this morning and I could not agree with her more:
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I have been glued to news since Harvey hit. My Dad is Corpus Christi and was right in Harvey's path. I have family in Houston now that have lost everything. I have friends outside of Houston that have been affected by the flooding. I have also watched as people put their own lives at risk to make rescue after rescue since DAY 1 to save people and animals. People from ALL over the US have come together.....donating money, collecting items to donate and volunteering their time, their boats, their lives.....to help in any way they can. I have also listened daily to this FEMA guy, Long talking logistics. I would hate to have his job but someone like him has to do it. There are so many people behind the scenes that are coordinating so many things.....food, shelter, housing, staffing, finding volunteers.....etc. These IMPORTANT people are not the ones you see on TV. What you see on TV are the people making the high water rescues, saving people from nursing homes and assisted livings, saving horses, cows, cats and dogs, carrying babies and people in high waters. My point is.....people from everywhere....from every walk of live are coming together to help in every way they can and know how to do. They are people from all walks of life. They are white collar people, blue collar people, white people, black people, short people, tall people, highly intelligent people and those without a High School diploma. Each one coming to help in the best way they know how to do. Isn't this how it should be?
I say all of this because I AM SO SICK hearing about politics in the middle of a freaking disaster. The President of the US came to Corpus and didn't hug anyone! A HUG? Really???? I am making this point only because I am a HUGGER. That is who I am. I will fight to save you and then will hug you after I do. But, there also others of us who show up in a disaster and a hug is the last thing you are gonna get from them. Those people are wired different....have all sorts of things running through their minds on how they are gonna fix the situation. And that is Ok! Because it takes all kinds of people in a crisis. So don't judge someone just because they showed up and didn't give a hug. I know this first hand! My FB friends, who know my husband and have worked with him in any major situation know he will not be the one to show up and give you HUG. In fact, that would be the last thing he would do. His mind is turning, he is barking orders and already has a plan, a back-up plan and a back-up back-up plan. That doesn't mean he doesn't care. That is who he is, what he is good at and what he does best. And this is how many other people are too......including Trump. "Fixers" and "Huggers".....both doing what they do best in a crisis. And that is OK.
SO PLEASE PEOPLE......for once let the freaking politics go! Let the man do what he does.....his JOB. Focus on what YOU can do....in a positive way. Now is the time for us all to come together instead of wasting your time criticizing someone for how you think they should do something!
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Who has the time for Hugs right now, after all the hard work is over from saving lives, bringing in food and supplys, shelter's when this is all done months down the road then the hugging's can start but right now lives are on the line theres work to be done to make sure life will be OK once more..
Good for your daughter horsesinharleton 
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Location: MO | Whaty a great response!! Very well said! I don't care who you voted for and who is in office at the monment if they are trying to HELP the situation.
I have to add...The backlash over his wife's outfits is just as terrible. THAT IS what everyone is focused on? REALLY?!?!!? So she wore Stillettos. What if she changes them to rain boots, and work clothes and digs in to help. Would they praise her then? Probably not.
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | Call me crazy, but I have a ton of respect for the man even showing up. How many disasters did Obama MISS because he was on vacation?! I'm a hugger, but in this situation it takes more than hugs to fix anything. Let the man do his job because I dang sure don't want it. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | There is a war going on in this country and it is the Media against our President and our Conservative way of life. We must not let them win.
God Bless everyone that is affected by this disaster and may the Good Lord wrap his arms around victims and volunteers. 
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | horsesinharleton - 2017-08-31 8:39 AM
As always, the media will bring up the stupidest things like "Trump Brings Business Approach, Not Hugs to Texas". WHAT???!!! My daughter posted this on FB this morning and I could not agree with her more:
People:
I have been glued to news since Harvey hit. My Dad is Corpus Christi and was right in Harvey's path. I have family in Houston now that have lost everything. I have friends outside of Houston that have been affected by the flooding. I have also watched as people put their own lives at risk to make rescue after rescue since DAY 1 to save people and animals. People from ALL over the US have come together.....donating money, collecting items to donate and volunteering their time, their boats, their lives.....to help in any way they can. I have also listened daily to this FEMA guy, Long talking logistics. I would hate to have his job but someone like him has to do it. There are so many people behind the scenes that are coordinating so many things.....food, shelter, housing, staffing, finding volunteers.....etc. These IMPORTANT people are not the ones you see on TV. What you see on TV are the people making the high water rescues, saving people from nursing homes and assisted livings, saving horses, cows, cats and dogs, carrying babies and people in high waters. My point is.....people from everywhere....from every walk of live are coming together to help in every way they can and know how to do. They are people from all walks of life. They are white collar people, blue collar people, white people, black people, short people, tall people, highly intelligent people and those without a High School diploma. Each one coming to help in the best way they know how to do. Isn't this how it should be?
I say all of this because I AM SO SICK hearing about politics in the middle of a freaking disaster. The President of the US came to Corpus and didn't hug anyone! A HUG? Really???? I am making this point only because I am a HUGGER. That is who I am. I will fight to save you and then will hug you after I do. But, there also others of us who show up in a disaster and a hug is the last thing you are gonna get from them. Those people are wired different....have all sorts of things running through their minds on how they are gonna fix the situation. And that is Ok! Because it takes all kinds of people in a crisis. So don't judge someone just because they showed up and didn't give a hug. I know this first hand! My FB friends, who know my husband and have worked with him in any major situation know he will not be the one to show up and give you HUG. In fact, that would be the last thing he would do. His mind is turning, he is barking orders and already has a plan, a back-up plan and a back-up back-up plan. That doesn't mean he doesn't care. That is who he is, what he is good at and what he does best. And this is how many other people are too......including Trump. "Fixers" and "Huggers".....both doing what they do best in a crisis. And that is OK.
SO PLEASE PEOPLE......for once let the freaking politics go! Let the man do what he does.....his JOB. Focus on what YOU can do....in a positive way. Now is the time for us all to come together instead of wasting your time criticizing someone for how you think they should do something!
RANT OVER!
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Location: Kansas | Ashley Lynn - 2017-08-31 12:25 PM Call me crazy, but I have a ton of respect for the man even showing up. How many disasters did Obama MISS because he was on vacation?! I'm a hugger, but in this situation it takes more than hugs to fix anything. Let the man do his job because I dang sure don't want it.
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Location: East Texas | OregonBR - 2017-08-31 1:08 PM
horsesinharleton - 2017-08-31 8:39 AM
As always, the media will bring up the stupidest things like "Trump Brings Business Approach, Not Hugs to Texas". WHAT???!!! My daughter posted this on FB this morning and I could not agree with her more:
People:
I have been glued to news since Harvey hit. My Dad is Corpus Christi and was right in Harvey's path. I have family in Houston now that have lost everything. I have friends outside of Houston that have been affected by the flooding. I have also watched as people put their own lives at risk to make rescue after rescue since DAY 1 to save people and animals. People from ALL over the US have come together.....donating money, collecting items to donate and volunteering their time, their boats, their lives.....to help in any way they can. I have also listened daily to this FEMA guy, Long talking logistics. I would hate to have his job but someone like him has to do it. There are so many people behind the scenes that are coordinating so many things.....food, shelter, housing, staffing, finding volunteers.....etc. These IMPORTANT people are not the ones you see on TV. What you see on TV are the people making the high water rescues, saving people from nursing homes and assisted livings, saving horses, cows, cats and dogs, carrying babies and people in high waters. My point is.....people from everywhere....from every walk of live are coming together to help in every way they can and know how to do. They are people from all walks of life. They are white collar people, blue collar people, white people, black people, short people, tall people, highly intelligent people and those without a High School diploma. Each one coming to help in the best way they know how to do. Isn't this how it should be?
I say all of this because I AM SO SICK hearing about politics in the middle of a freaking disaster. The President of the US came to Corpus and didn't hug anyone! A HUG? Really???? I am making this point only because I am a HUGGER. That is who I am. I will fight to save you and then will hug you after I do. But, there also others of us who show up in a disaster and a hug is the last thing you are gonna get from them. Those people are wired different....have all sorts of things running through their minds on how they are gonna fix the situation. And that is Ok! Because it takes all kinds of people in a crisis. So don't judge someone just because they showed up and didn't give a hug. I know this first hand! My FB friends, who know my husband and have worked with him in any major situation know he will not be the one to show up and give you HUG. In fact, that would be the last thing he would do. His mind is turning, he is barking orders and already has a plan, a back-up plan and a back-up back-up plan. That doesn't mean he doesn't care. That is who he is, what he is good at and what he does best. And this is how many other people are too......including Trump. "Fixers" and "Huggers".....both doing what they do best in a crisis. And that is OK.
SO PLEASE PEOPLE......for once let the freaking politics go! Let the man do what he does.....his JOB. Focus on what YOU can do....in a positive way. Now is the time for us all to come together instead of wasting your time criticizing someone for how you think they should do something!
RANT OVER!
May I share this? I think it really expresses what I and a lot of others think and feel. Thank you for saying it.
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | Frodo - 2017-08-31 1:19 PM
Ashley Lynn - 2017-08-31 12:25 PM Call me crazy, but I have a ton of respect for the man even showing up. How many disasters did Obama MISS because he was on vacation?! I'm a hugger, but in this situation it takes more than hugs to fix anything. Let the man do his job because I dang sure don't want it.
Wasn't easy to get Barry off the golf course was it?
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Location: southeast Texas | She should have wore steletto rubber boots ;) I'm glad he came down to Texas and let us know he has our back. He has done some crass things in his life but right now he is a class act. right now people have been in flood waters, it's really humid out and a lot of them don't smell the best. I don't want to hug people because of the way I smell. Spot baths are just not cutting it.
if I see one of those reporters, I am becoming a hugging person, long long hug ;)
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That being said, I think the Governor, Mayors and city management are doing a great job. I would not wish this on anyone but they are handling this like champs. I do not live in Texas anymore but I am so proud of how they are dealing with this. Go Texas!
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Location: Kansas | Trump donated $1,000,000 (personal money) to the relief fund. Now the left is giving him a hard time for not giving more but so far I haven't heard that Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton have matched that....... I'm waiting. Come on guys, cough it up.
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Location: Arkansas | roxieannie - 2017-09-01 11:02 AM
She should have wore steletto rubber boots ;) I'm glad he came down to Texas and let us know he has our back. He has done some crass things in his life but right now he is a class act. right now people have been in flood waters, it's really humid out and a lot of them don't smell the best. I don't want to hug people because of the way I smell. Spot baths are just not cutting it.
if I see one of those reporters, I am becoming a hugging person, long long hug ;)
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