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radical noodle

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87. Oh, I wasn't making excuses for him!
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 04:41 PM
Jun 2025

I was replying to the idea that "everyone" knows there's a hurricane season. Anyone who runs FEMA should be well aware of the hurricane season. Sorry I wasn't clear about that. I seriously doubt it was a joke. Those people are too cruel to know how to "joke."

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FEMA staff left baffled [View all] senseandsensibility Jun 2025 OP
What 😨 ???? OMG has he been living under a rock TommieMommy Jun 2025 #1
It's mind boggling senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #3
Remember GW Bush's FEMA Director? Sessuch Jun 2025 #32
yes. barbtries Jun 2025 #34
You mean heck of a Rebl2 Jun 2025 #68
Heckuva job Brownie Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2025 #69
Under mom's living room wolfie001 Jun 2025 #14
Only watched MTV as a kid and reality tv or church tv as an adult? LiberalArkie Jun 2025 #45
Jeez! Loyalty over competence every effing time! surfered Jun 2025 #2
This guy. Took over the day after the last head was fired for saying FEMA shouldn't be eliminated underpants Jun 2025 #4
Thanks for the call out senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #5
Maga D.E.I. DEMONstrably incompetent. nt List left Jun 2025 #30
Like patel, manson eyes SheltieLover Jun 2025 #16
Sufficiently unsufficiently qualified. dgauss Jun 2025 #53
Get a clip-on tie Seinan Sensei Jun 2025 #70
I was more concerned with the flames of hell coming out of his pocket. txwhitedove Jun 2025 #72
Ye gods, the "I'm totally clueless" look personified! 🙀😲🙄 mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #73
He appears properly vapid. enigmania Jun 2025 #83
You'd have to be a complete idiot not to know that the us had a hurricane season. Biophilic Jun 2025 #6
That's not the way I read it exactly. TnDem Jun 2025 #7
I didn't see any sign that it was a joke senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #19
OK, what did you see and where? TnDem Jun 2025 #20
The administration is trying to pass it off as a joke then senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #22
They all say a lot of nonsense TnDem Jun 2025 #27
Not necessarily. jeffreyi Jun 2025 #31
A lot of people outside the hurricane zone radical noodle Jun 2025 #75
This guy was HIRED and will collect $$$ to "lead" in FEMA Dock_Yard Jun 2025 #86
Oh, I wasn't making excuses for him! radical noodle Jun 2025 #87
Silly shit? Even his staff isn't clear whether it's a joke or not. paleotn Jun 2025 #23
Possibly in poor taste, but still a joke TnDem Jun 2025 #28
So being an ass is better than being a stupid ass? OK. paleotn Jun 2025 #36
I would say so TnDem Jun 2025 #47
Um, most 2-year olds probably know the meaning of the word grocery, but Donald Trump clearly did not until last year. Wiz Imp Jun 2025 #63
Conservatives have always been dumb a posts North Coast Lawyer Jun 2025 #33
Dumbs as rocks... TnDem Jun 2025 #41
One wonders why you are working so hard to defend this person. niyad Jun 2025 #43
Never heard of the guy TnDem Jun 2025 #44
Once again, WHY are you SO determined to view that bs as a joke? niyad Jun 2025 #64
I error on the side of MAGA pols being very ignorant, they get no BoD uponit7771 Jun 2025 #29
Never underestimate the Dr. T Jun 2025 #37
OH, JEEZ! ShazzieB Jun 2025 #57
Like Joni's "Well, we're all gonna die" joke? 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #55
Exactly TnDem Jun 2025 #56
And always glad for the opportunity to converse with a fellow TN Dem! 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #58
Me as well.... TnDem Jun 2025 #60
Southwest of clarksville, East of Dover. 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #61
You must have a BIG farm! 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #62
Duh... TnDem Jun 2025 #84
I thought of that joke.... 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #89
willful ignorance? or just being stupid because the MAGA folks like that. Srkdqltr Jun 2025 #8
G.O.P.ers are arrogant and incompetent BoRaGard Jun 2025 #9
They want chaos and disasters... Hornedfrog2000 Jun 2025 #10
This!!! calimary Jun 2025 #85
One who is unable to prioritize. taxi Jun 2025 #11
Or even acknowledge the problem senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #12
Kraznov is getting excellent performance reviews from his superior Martin Eden Jun 2025 #13
Goodness; I thought this was a satirical musing... EarthFirst Jun 2025 #15
Thanks for the link senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #18
Are they stupid? Why would they be baffled by the malicious incompetence of a Trump appointee? RockRaven Jun 2025 #17
By far the most incompetent Cabinet EVER! Picked by the most incompetent President EVER! nt Jit423 Jun 2025 #21
Q: How cooked are we? A: Very 0rganism Jun 2025 #24
That's a real sense of entitlement Figarosmom Jun 2025 #25
Don't know but he is the "upgrade" senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #26
Yeah i know Figarosmom Jun 2025 #59
Hey Jake Tapper, here's a book idea nt SouthBayDem Jun 2025 #35
Let me guess. The Biden administration senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #39
Good thing Sean Duffy is a transportation expert. Huh? czarjak Jun 2025 #38
"Don't Get In My Way... I Will Run Right Over You" David Richard??? ultralite001 Jun 2025 #40
Hell. I'm dumber for reading this mercuryblues Jun 2025 #42
Link to article? h2ebits Jun 2025 #46
Here is Reuters article: wishstar Jun 2025 #48
Thanks a bunch! h2ebits Jun 2025 #51
David Richardson needs to be forced to experience a land falling hurricane first hand, up close and personal. patphil Jun 2025 #49
Exclusive-FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say LiberalArkie Jun 2025 #50
Idiocracy is a documentary n/t aggiesal Jun 2025 #52
It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and frankly horrifying. Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #54
Top men! k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #65
Just wait til he finds THIS out: DFW Jun 2025 #66
How old Rebl2 Jun 2025 #67
My earliest recollections, when I was five years old was hurricane Hazel in 1954 Walleye Jun 2025 #76
It's nothing Danascot Jun 2025 #71
That gets mentioned on the local weather here in NYC IbogaProject Jun 2025 #74
I remember when I was living in NYC, the whole city shut down on Friday afternoon because of a coming hurricane. Gloria? Walleye Jun 2025 #77
Maddow Blog-As hurricane season begins, Trump's FEMA chief once again fails to inspire confidence LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #78
Just use last year's plan? senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #79
Remember Bounty, the Quicker Picker Upper Smackdown2019 Jun 2025 #80
Leadership stupitity 101 LogDog75 Jun 2025 #81
BINGO!! 100 percent!! Dock_Yard Jun 2025 #88
RICHARDSON is the joke. n/t Totally Tunsie Jun 2025 #82
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