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What I hear thousands of times over these years is 'I'd rather die trying. So as much as we try to produce this message, we know that people are going to continue to cross, and what I hope from this community and from these instances is that we continue to put resources into saving those who come to our shores, saving those who cross into our desert, i worked in many emergency rooms where they train combat doctors, but I was completely ill-prepared to see what happened here in the desert, and the desolation, the moment where you find someone, and you know that they're unstable, and you need to get help immediately. – Juanita Molina	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's a real conundrum, the administration has proven itself to be ill-equipped and ill-prepared to manage the department of House Homeland Security and this particular situation is due to its own ineptitude. – Yvette Clarke	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Police were slower to respond in other countries and were more likely to be ill-prepared when they did respond. – Adam Lankford	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He is shallow, he is ill-prepared to be commander-in-chief, he doesn't know what he is talking about in terms of how our laws work, he says the worst things possible about immigrants and women, and he's a complete idiot when it comes to Mideast policy, so I think over time, common sense will prevail. – South Carolina Graham	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump continues to show hourly that he is ill-prepared to be commander in chief. – Lindsey Graham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Instead of holding Shell accountable and moving the country towards a sustainable future, our federal regulators are catering to an ill-prepared company in a region that does not tolerate cutting corners. – Tim Donaghy	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan. – Barbara Ehrenreich	added by anonymous 10 years ago

What I hear thousands of times over these years is 'I'd rather die trying. So as much as we try to produce this message, we know that people are going to continue to cross, and what I hope from this community and from these instances is that we continue to put resources into saving those who come to our shores, saving those who cross into our desert, i worked in many emergency rooms where they train combat doctors, but I was completely ill-prepared to see what happened here in the desert, and the desolation, the moment where you find someone, and you know that they're unstable, and you need to get help immediately.

– Juanita Molina

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's a real conundrum, the administration has proven itself to be ill-equipped and ill-prepared to manage the department of House Homeland Security and this particular situation is due to its own ineptitude.

– Yvette Clarke

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Police were slower to respond in other countries and were more likely to be ill-prepared when they did respond.

– Adam Lankford

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He is shallow, he is ill-prepared to be commander-in-chief, he doesn't know what he is talking about in terms of how our laws work, he says the worst things possible about immigrants and women, and he's a complete idiot when it comes to Mideast policy, so I think over time, common sense will prevail.

– South Carolina Graham

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Donald Trump continues to show hourly that he is ill-prepared to be commander in chief.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Instead of holding Shell accountable and moving the country towards a sustainable future, our federal regulators are catering to an ill-prepared company in a region that does not tolerate cutting corners.

– Tim Donaghy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan.

– Barbara Ehrenreich

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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