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Stork
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I weep for our country.

Posted: 10/04/2024 at 05:17 PM ET
(In response to this post by AirborneHokie96)

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I cannot believe that we have a segment of our population that believes....
AirborneHokie96 • 10/04/24 05:07 PM ET
You must have missed Katrina
Happy Dog • 10/05/24 07:19 AM ET
That was horrible as well **
AirborneHokie96 • 10/05/24 12:16 PM ET
We're unfortunately at the beginning of Idiocracy right about now.**
GobblerCE • 10/04/24 11:09 PM ET
Especially when the Asheville area got wiped off the map, and they are blue
NokieHokie • 10/04/24 09:39 PM ET
did they really get wiped off the map
Vippie1 • 10/05/24 09:50 AM ET
You mean the weather.......
2hhoop3 • 10/04/24 09:14 PM ET
hmmmmmmm... soooooo, yer sayn' thars a, chance?
bourbonstreet • 10/04/24 09:02 PM ET
Which segment is that? I don't think anyone on here said that. Maybe
jdkhokie • 10/04/24 08:52 PM ET
This segment **
AirborneHokie96 • 10/05/24 12:18 PM ET
I think to some it is actually more comforting to think all the misery in
Tafkam Hokie • 10/04/24 08:35 PM ET
Bingo **
AirborneHokie96 • 10/05/24 12:18 PM ET
Thanks for your service!**
TomTurkey • 10/04/24 07:02 PM ET
Even WWE'S Kane is fed up with the junk
hoosnowahokie • 10/04/24 06:50 PM ET
Well at least one congressional district in the country
Vippie1 • 10/04/24 06:43 PM ET
And the incredible number of Americans that are so easily deluded**
UTPr0sim • 10/04/24 06:30 PM ET
Yep. Like laptops being Russian plants. **
RoswellGAHokie • 10/04/24 07:08 PM ET
That’s why I said left and right
AirborneHokie96 • 10/05/24 12:20 PM ET
That wasn’t directed at you, but the ones who pretend the misinformation
RoswellGAHokie • 10/05/24 12:22 PM ET
The people who bought 500 rolls of toilet paper yesterday may be worse**
Apex-Hokie • 10/04/24 06:16 PM ET
They are generally the same people**
hoosnowahokie • 10/04/24 06:48 PM ET
Theory - no matter the STEM advances in a society, 30% will remain stoopid
HWA • 10/04/24 06:15 PM ET
We are still the same creatures as we were 100,000 years ago
Beerman • 10/04/24 06:22 PM ET
I'm a "there are not truths, only stories" kinda person.**
`lag • 10/05/24 08:35 AM ET
I blame the X-Files...**
Major Kong • 10/04/24 06:04 PM ET
It’s a game both sides play. Find a whacko on the other side to justify
RoswellGAHokie • 10/04/24 05:52 PM ET
Every side's got em. Like being concerned an island would tip over
HokieGator • 10/04/24 06:37 PM ET
Wait you mean an island won’t tip over?! What about continents?!?**
Brewing_Hokie • 10/04/24 09:47 PM ET
Yeap, I remember people blaming Katrina on Bush...
chemhokie • 10/04/24 06:07 PM ET
Like the people who say a hurricane is god punishing people lol.**
NokieHokie • 10/04/24 09:48 PM ET
Idiots. I'm the only one that controls the weather. It's determined by
HokieGator • 10/04/24 05:30 PM ET
Then would you PLEASE give us a break in Richmond VA. We had ONE day->
HOKIERIT • 10/04/24 07:12 PM ET
Thank heaven only @Chris Coleman HAS to eat a cheeseburger **
TomTurkey • 10/04/24 06:21 PM ET
I can't believe people think "climate change" causes strong hurricanes.**
EDGEMAN • 10/04/24 05:21 PM ET
No, but warmer waters do and
tylerhokie • 10/04/24 07:50 PM ET
I weep for our country. ** ◄
Stork • 10/04/24 05:17 PM ET
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups
Zanderhokie • 10/04/24 05:11 PM ET
It's the connectivity now. People with wild conspiracy theories have always
AbsolutVT03 • 10/04/24 06:18 PM ET
Absolutely
Beerman • 10/04/24 07:26 PM ET
And brainwashing **
Stork • 10/04/24 05:17 PM ET
Literally, I have former military friends saying that FEMA is broke
AirborneHokie96 • 10/04/24 05:12 PM ET
Has anyone........
2hhoop3 • 10/04/24 09:19 PM ET
Given our trillion dollar deficit, this country is broke & broken but it
Hoakie82 • 10/04/24 05:59 PM ET
Guess we should continue to send billions to Ukraine, even though it's...
EDGEMAN • 10/04/24 07:30 PM ET
First, thank you for your service. Second, FEMA may not be broke but
Tombo • 10/04/24 05:31 PM ET
I have a friend in Asheville and she saw FEMA there prior to the storm.**
AirborneHokie96 • 10/05/24 12:51 PM ET
I guess they're referring to this?**
MP4VT2004 • 10/04/24 05:29 PM ET
Wow, and that was just two days into this fiscal year.**
EDGEMAN • 10/04/24 05:42 PM ET
Just Jonesing for more money! Every government agency is just a big money
DonHo-kieHi • 10/04/24 08:03 PM ET
Like us, it's what's in the account even if we still have checks.
TomTurkey • 10/04/24 06:24 PM ET
The thing about emergency funding bills...
Beerman • 10/04/24 05:50 PM ET
Don't think the US Government has had an actual budget in two decades...
EDGEMAN • 10/04/24 05:52 PM ET
That's what I just said :)**
Beerman • 10/04/24 05:55 PM ET
So is FEMA "broke" or not?**
MP4VT2004 • 10/04/24 05:57 PM ET
FEMA has ...
Beerman • 10/04/24 06:02 PM ET
No argument, but I guess I would refute Airborne's post based on...
MP4VT2004 • 10/04/24 06:33 PM ET
Those are indeed his words
Beerman • 10/04/24 06:41 PM ET
That is a condition.......
2hhoop3 • 10/04/24 09:30 PM ET
The world is a scary place
Beerman • 10/04/24 05:20 PM ET