Sunday, October 22, 2017

A Tale of Mental Illness: IQ45's Puerto Rico Response

Hurricanes hit Puerto Rico, Irma on September 6th, and Maria on September 20th. The destruction was not just a disaster, it was catastrophic, and most of the electric infrastructure was destroyed. One month later, Puerto Rico has 300 outside workers supplementing their 900 local workers trying to restore electricity. Compare that to Texas which had 5,300 outside workers who restored electricity within two weeks of the state being hit by a hurricane. Florida had 18,00 outside workers to restore electricity. And both of those states had much of the nearby infrastructure still standing.

We have IQ45 telling Puerto Rico survivors to "Have a good time," and throwing paper towels at them for the cameras. Instead of talking about how he will help victims of hurricanes Irma and Maria, he complained about Puerto Rico's infrastructure and debt and lamented the cost of rebuilding. At one point Turnip tweeted, "Big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding!" Our president insulted the mayor of the capital city of San Juan because she pleaded for help and he perceived it as a personal attack on himself. On a low initial body count, he said, "It's incredible, the results that we've had with respect to loss of life. People can't believe how successful that has been, relatively speaking." IQ45 thinks he is doing a wonderful job in the aftermath of Puerto Rico's hurricanes, a disaster response that will be studied for years and will be used as a model for how to handle disasters. He gives his response a 10 out of 10 rating, ignoring that 80% of the island is still without power, and some residents are drinking water from contaminated Superfund sites.

IQ45 is a legend in his own mind. In reality, he is a self-centered, irresponsible, heartless, ignorant, and delusional bastard, blaming and denigrating others while soliciting praise for himself.

New York Times article, Puerto Ricans Ask: When Will the Lights Come Back On?
The Atlantic article, What's Happening With the Relief Effort in Puerto Rico?

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