blzrul

If stupidity = death then we'd be sending flowers to your funeral. Lighten up. This whole thing was a cluster from Day 1, even before, starting with the incompetents at FEMA right down to the local clods with their blinders on. People who are staying are those who have precious little to lose and clearly have no faith in the government to protect their homes or belongings. I don't agree with it but I certainly understand it. God willing I am never in their shoes.

So a guy has two years on the bench and isn't even confirmed for the Supreme Court yet, but he's qualified to be Chief Justice? I suppose that anyone who questions this will be called a sympathizer of hurricanes...we must all pull together at this time of trial... Give me a fewking break. Oh well, I suppose Roberts is just as qualified as the rest of the inept morons in the current administration. And most importantly, it seems, he has GREAT hair. What a stupid country this is. I would almost believe that Katrina WAS sent by God to smite us, except the people who got smitten are the ones who least deserve it.

It's so easy to be critical of people's misguided attempts to help. How vile but again not surprising.. What is everyone else here doing? I note that the "bleeding heart liberals: have so far posted over 123,000 open beds on Moveon's Hurricane assistance site - people are opening their homes to total strangers with no strings attached. They're offering to pay their airfare, feed, clothe and house them. I personally have no use for celebrities but at least some of them are trying. Which makes them a whole lot better than a lot of people. Here's the link for anyone whose heart is big enough to open their home to a refugee. Hurricane Housing

but it's still a valid point. essentially the city of NO is wiped out. had it been a military attack of course the death toll might be far worse so for that we can be grateful. But the reaction to 9/11 was swift, and THAT came out of the blue...if you believe the government. Katrina's progress had been followed for days and if you believe FEMA the situation had been pre-planned. So why it took 4-5 days for any meaningful help to get there does make one wonder. When the next terror attack comes people must be prepared, if this is any indication, to be on their own for awhile and plan accordingly.

They could do that any time. Our resources are scattered all over and as we've seen it takes time to mobilize. If they're been working on something and it's ready they'll do it. Que sera sera.

They say, don't they, that one measure of man is how he responds to adversity. They don't need to say any more.

I think the port comes in kind of handy, myself...not to mention the historical significance of the city (translate: sentimental value).

Gee Wal-Mart pledged $1m too. Generous from some of the biggest and most prosperous companies in the country. "Pledge" by the way doesn't always materialize, from companies and/or governments. I however gave cash. But it wasn't QUITE so much.

I wouldn't think they'd strike there. By the time 9/11 rolls around if things are still a major mess like now (which I doubt) those people would welcome death. Besides remember what terror's all about - striking at the heart of the average person whilst they're living their daily lives. This is hardly that. This is, or appears to be for the most part, the poorest segment of that area's society, the oldest and sickest, going through horrors I'll pray I never see. Again - we're not used to it. Elsewhere it's not as unusual. It may not be widespread but we should realize that while we're obsessing over how to lose that last five pounds or how to make Listerine better, people are going to bed hungry wondering how they'll feed their family the next day. If the terrorists want to strike while we're weakened, we'll have to suck it up and live through it, just as any other country would. We may have been exempt from major suffering for a long time but that doesn't mean it will always be so. Or even that it should be. We're human like the rest of the world and no better than a lot of them.

Oh chill out. Are you so stupid you don't know the difference by now when I'm serious, or not? Did you ignore the previous statements? Did you not notice that it was SOMEONE ELSE not me who started all this about "Bush bad". Talk about blinded by hatred. You'll die young if you don't learn to deal with it. Bush is a loser but what's going on in N.O. isn't his fault. His reaction is nothing more than expected. Read whatever you want into that statement. I guess if you think he's doing a great job, then you should be happy. If not, I really don't give a rat's ass.

Probably but it had nothing to do with him. The bridge is fixed and now we have the Indians suing for something else.

Poor Shrub! Come ON, he was on VACATION! Stupid natural disaster, interrupting his VACATION! Some nerve. Why should he have considered that a category 5 hurricane might to bad things to his beloved Southland? Any more than he should have considered reading a memo about planes flying into the WTC. Ahh but tomorrow he's gonna grab his bullhorn and go to the devasted area and rally those poor folks, facing months of homelessness, bankruptcy, cholera...oh yeah. And they're gonna feel good. To be honest this disaster is OBVIOUSLY something we were totally unprepared for and I am depressed at our inability to react quicker. I cannot imagine the horror those people are facing. My friends have family missing and it's heartbreaking. Bush is ineffective, clueless and a dweeb but he is still a human being and I'm sure he's probably frustrated too. He's just not one of us, never was and never will be. He and his compatriots have no notion of the fact that many people toil their whole lives and are only a breath away from disaster. And he never will understand it unless his trust funds are looted by some of his robber baron cronies. But much as I would love to, I can't find anything to blame on him in this one. Not yet anyway.

You didn't have to go that far to see it. Look at the "official" thread on the Wall. There are quite a few a-holes blaming the folks who couldn't leave for their troubles, calling them idiots, morons and jerk who deserve their fate.

You're not holding your breath for an answer I hope. Because if the Islamic world were to prostrate itself at our feet that wouldn't be good enough for some people. They'd just take the opportunity to kick it in the teeth. This discussion has gotten as bad as the one on the TBD board where morons are blaming the people who stayed behind for their own plight. If you look at most of them you'd realize they couldn't exactly jump in their late-model vehicles and motor on up North for an extended stay at the Ritz-Carlton. Most stayed because they had no choice.... Some people are just mean, negative and downright evil. Muslim AND Christian, both.

We are the richest country on the face of the earth. Ever. We don't need money from anyone. How much have all of YOU donated to the Red Cross, etc. to help your countrymen and women? Why would you expect others to bear our burden when we can well bear it alone? I realize that the cost we'll pay is probably enough to finance another invasion of a sovereign nation, but we'll just have to postpone that, eh? Condolences have been given and are gratefully accepted from around the world. But ask yourselves how many times YOU have read in the newspapers, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, where hundreds or thousands people are killed in monsoons and the like ... and what did you think? "Oh those third-world countries, sad, what's for lunch...?". It happens to US and the world is supposed to stop dead in its tracks and freak out? Grow up. Even discussing what's "owed" to America during this time of crisis for the South is mean-spirited, divisive and just plain petty. Keeping score is for sports, not life. Get one.

I ride in a Van Pool with 4-5 other people to work (and my employer pays for it). I don't make unnecessary trips anywhere. I plan my trips in a circuitous route. My daughter takes the bus to work - it takes her longer to get there but it's better than my driver her. And she walks the 1+ mile to school. It's the only exercise a lot of kids get these days. I have a 1998 vehicle with less than 50,000 miles on it, and that includes the 2200+ miles incurred in driving from TX to WA. It's not that hard if you put your mind to it.

So let's think about that: Timothy McVeigh, terrorist: Blonde, fair skinned, non-Muslim. Ted Kascynzki (spelling? ugh): White, dark curly hair, non-Muslim. Richard Ried: British, who knows about the rest. and the list goes on. Pretty soon everyone WILL be profiled so we'd be right where we are now - not knowing!

which happens all the time around here.

George Allen versus John Warner. Why? They've got hair.

story And they PROMISE to to good. Were they innocent? Torturing innocent people, shame on us. Where they guilty? Then why let them go. I wonder how many of them have already joined the insurgency. They're surely leaving with no love for their captors / occupiers. Ah well. Bring it on.

How very interesting. But not surprising. Now - I think that insofar as these protests may be hurtful to the soldiers inside, they are wrong. Those people have given enough and don't need to suffer any more. In addition to survivor's guilt has to be the need to cling to the thought that it was worth it...some have paid a heavy price. I don't think that it's the goal of these protesters to HURT the soldiers. They are outraged at the war, the injuries, suffering and pain and it probably seems to them like nothing underscores it better than to have the world's eyes on Walter Reed where these poor damaged people are trying to rebuild their lives. They may have the right message, but their delivery is causing pain they can't intend. Face it BOTH sides are using these people. The warmongers have taken their arms, legs, and lives. And the peaceniks IN THIS CASE are taking their peace. Two wrongs don't make a right but if the chickenhawks can't be blamed for 4,000+ severe casualties then the peaceniks' irritation of, by this article's count, 2-3 people, is certainly nothing to get upset over. Unless you have a guilty conscience I suppose.

You mean they vote their pocketbooks, or more accurately on WIFM (what's in it for ME)?! No WAY. That would NEVER happen in America.

Well you know when your head spends so much time stuck up your butt, it tends to give you tunnel vision. And when I say "you", Chicot, I'm not referring to you personally, just the general "you" as in anyone who's narrow minded and bigoted enough to never read beyond the label...and make sweeping judgements based thereupon.

agreed - remember in America, women were "Americans" but had few rights. I do not believe the constitution specifically said "women are chattels and have no rights" but it was understood at the time that only men (white ones) were being addressed by the document. I actually heard someone say over the weekend that, hey! even if Iraqi women are only given the rights that American women had prior to 1920,that would be ok. Lower the bar....

When you can point out to me 1) that Howard Dean or Michael Moore called for the assassination of an elected head of state AND 2) that I agreed with or defended either one of them for doing something so stupid THEN your argument may hold water. Otherwise it's just your usual personal attacks, which I'm used to because that's what you do when you can't logically defend the indefensible.