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mopinko

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93. simple minded.

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 02:08 PM

Sep 2019

that's my beef w bernie. always the irresistible, simple answer to a complex problem.
those "solutions" are always, always wrong.

this is thoughtless and just cruel.
he isnt wrong on the substance. it needs to change. but people's homes are just not something that you take a bulldozer to.

nuance, bernie. try to find some nuance.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Huh? Iliyah Sep 2019 #1

He could have said that he would help them rebuild in safer areas, or rebuild storm resistant houses Blue_true Sep 2019 #72

Yeah -- everyone will have to relocate and build a new life. BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #2

WHAT!?!? sheshe2 Sep 2019 #3

Mediaite article with some of the Twitter responses: highplainsdem Sep 2019 #4

ultimately climate change dictates this approach. unblock Sep 2019 #5

Bernie's just being Bernie -- honest to a fault as usual (the fault being how some perceive KPN Sep 2019 #8

We have rebuilt True Blue American Sep 2019 #34

FEMA has had a buy out program for a KPN Sep 2019 #46

So he tells a state of 21 million people that their homes are doomed if he becomes President. Blue_true Sep 2019 #74

The carrot has existed for quite some tome. KPN Sep 2019 #86

+1 ReformedGOPer Sep 2019 #17

He wouldn't have rebuilt New Orleans? mcar Sep 2019 #6

The levees failed in New Orleans TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #10

Huge government handouts? mcar Sep 2019 #24

National Flood Insurance Program TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #58

I'm aware of it mcar Sep 2019 #61

Luxury beach homes jberryhill Sep 2019 #76

We could get into one (not luxury) for anywhere woodsprite Sep 2019 #83

It's not just NOLA. progressoid Sep 2019 #43

Christ this guy is an embarrassment. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2019 #7

He is partially correct here dsc Sep 2019 #9

Not a Bernie fan True Blue American Sep 2019 #36

we finally found something qazplm135 Sep 2019 #11

Ba da bing... comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #35

LOLOLOL! Baclava Sep 2019 #56

Homes along the shores of Lake Champlain get flooded every spring. George II Sep 2019 #62

It makes sense. We should not have to pay to rebuild homes and businesses over and over in Autumn Sep 2019 #12

Relocate NOLA to Vermont. crazytown Sep 2019 #14

No maybe we should rebuild the levees that failed better and not Autumn Sep 2019 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author crazytown Sep 2019 #21

That will happen to some extent. progressoid Sep 2019 #40

Miami... Manhatttan... Boston...New Orleans... dawg day Sep 2019 #84

That won't help: George II Sep 2019 #54

With climate change getting worse. Blue_true Sep 2019 #75

There goes South Carolina crazytown Sep 2019 #13

bwahahahahaha!!!! George II Sep 2019 #20

I think you meant make them move to Iowa crazytown Sep 2019 #22

Yes, but either/or - there's a whole (white) strip of states down the middle of the country. George II Sep 2019 #25

Got it. crazytown Sep 2019 #27

That also happened after Katrina. progressoid Sep 2019 #41

How do you rebuild a structure to SCVDem Sep 2019 #15

Well obviously there must be some strategic decisions made here crazytown Sep 2019 #16

Don't allow building in areas that get 20 ft seas. Autumn Sep 2019 #19

Like Charleston. crazytown Sep 2019 #23

Yes. Towns may have to be relocated or barriers built. These storms are only going to Autumn Sep 2019 #29

Gone With a Whim crazytown Sep 2019 #30

No, they will be gone with climate change. Get used to it, it's here and we can't stop it. Autumn Sep 2019 #31

What's better crazytown Sep 2019 #32

No one is advising ignoring climate change. Blue_true Sep 2019 #77

Yup. He is too honest. roody Sep 2019 #28

Honest isn't the word I would use. nt comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #37

Same here. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #78

Do we need to abandon Texas and Florida? Gothmog Sep 2019 #26

Or Puerto Rico and the USVI. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2019 #38

The houses I read True Blue American Sep 2019 #39

What about tornado alley. There are a lot of states affected by this. In fact there is no state still_one Sep 2019 #52

California mcar Sep 2019 #64

I know, that is where I live, and I take this personally. Thanks still_one Sep 2019 #65

I live 30 miles east of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida mcar Sep 2019 #66

Absolutely mcar. I guess we need to close down New Orleans while we are at it still_one Sep 2019 #67

And Miami, Houston, Charleston, Norfolk, VA mcar Sep 2019 #68

++++++ still_one Sep 2019 #69

Or the shores and islands of Lake Champlain? George II Sep 2019 #53

And all the big cities in California, and Seattle, Boston, NYC, DC, host of others. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #79

So victims of unmitigated climate change Zambero Sep 2019 #33

Yep. progressoid Sep 2019 #42

This is a good sound bite, but it's not that simple a solution... brooklynite Sep 2019 #44

Which is pretty much what Sanders said. KPN Sep 2019 #47

Stop it!!! Blue_true Sep 2019 #80

Well, this is certainly an inartful statement peggysue2 Sep 2019 #45

Bernie bashing time! Yahoo! Pile on everyone ... KPN Sep 2019 #48

That's from CNN, not Yahoo. George II Sep 2019 #49

My hometown on the Ohio True Blue American Sep 2019 #50

I live in a town on the Connecticut River. Every spring large sections of the river bank... George II Sep 2019 #55

... lunamagica Sep 2019 #51

Why raise the minimum wage? Just tell people to move somewere cheaper to live LongtimeAZDem Sep 2019 #57

Somebody better tell Puerto Rico about this.. Cha Sep 2019 #59

Sanders under fire.. Cha Sep 2019 #60

Virtually every portion of the highly populous 2,000 mile stretch of coastline from Massachusetts to Cha Sep 2019 #63

Hooray! He's lost everyone who's paying attention who lives along the Eastern and Gulf coasts. NurseJackie Sep 2019 #70

Virtually every portion of the highly populous 2,000 mile stretch of coastline from Massachusetts to Cha Sep 2019 #71

There's a flood watch at this very moment from around Boston through Nova Scotia. George II Sep 2019 #85

Oh wow.. Best of Luck! Cha Sep 2019 #94

We're about 30 miles upriver from LI Sound, but my friends in Maine are near the coast. George II Sep 2019 #95

Thanks.. Exactly.. Best of Luck to anyone Cha Sep 2019 #96

Most of California and Seattle also. Blue_true Sep 2019 #81

So much for our shipbuilding and seafood industries. nolabear Sep 2019 #73

Wow! I didn't even consider that. That really IS a foolhardy and short-sighted plan. NurseJackie Sep 2019 #87

Many countries don't allow developments right on the beach LakeArenal Sep 2019 #82

That is actually a very brilliant policy. Joe941 Sep 2019 #88

No it isn't. He's indirectly advocating for millions of Americans to migrate inland... George II Sep 2019 #89

He said the government wont subsidize living in those places... Joe941 Sep 2019 #90

He never spoke about subsidizing living in those places. George II Sep 2019 #91

That's what it is if G bails out people for living in disaster prone places. Joe941 Sep 2019 #92

simple minded. mopinko Sep 2019 #93

Terrible. SaschaHM Sep 2019 #97

We're inland but some houses in our town are flooded every couple of years.... George II Sep 2019 #98