The Liberty Podcast : October 4 2024

The Liberty Podcast

Nearly one week after a powerful weather system associated with Hurricane Helene swept across western North Carolina's mountain country, the Biden regime finally realized the magnitude of the devastation and loss of life. NC Governor Roy Cooper was "authorized" at last to deploy 1,000 rescue personnel based at Fort Bragg in east central NC to supplement the National Guard and tepid activities coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

If not for the generosity and courage of private citizens from within the state and elsewhere, thousands of mountain citizens still would be without emergency supplies or would have not been evacuated. Even amid their heroism, more than 200 fatalities have been confirmed across the southeastern U.S. (the storms also damaged communities in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee) and upward of 1,000 people are missing in North Carolina alone.

Two remarkable individuals with helicopters and licenses to fly them have worked persistently to save victims -- former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a retired military officer. Mills said he haas delivered 18,000 pounds of supplies with his team.

Meanwhile, Vice President Harris made a brief appearance in Augusta, Georgia, where she matter-of-factly announced that FEMA is providing relief checks in the amount of $750 without describing how the funds would be delivered and where the recipients would be able to find businesses in which to spend the money on food and clothing. (The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates as of March 2024 that family of four on a bare bones budget would have to spend more than $1,000 per month on food basics to survive under non-emergency conditions).

Are you worried about the federal debt bomb. Economist E.J. Antoni sure is. On the first day of a new fiscal year (October 1), the debt exploded, he reports, by $204 billion to raise the federal debt to $35.66 TRILLION (and counting).

Continue to pray for storm victims in the southeast. If you want to help, it's not complicated. Purchase non-perishable food, baby care items, toiletries, water and electrolyte beverages. Drive to Moore County Regional Airport. There, volunteers will collect your donations and load them onto waiting aircraft flown by volunteer pilots. This effort is ongoing as the emergency is far from over.