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Sep 5, 2005 12:50 am

hmmm is this the let them eat cake thing?

Sep 5, 2005 12:59 am

[quote=BabyFat]

hmmm is this the let them eat cake thing?

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Certainly not!  I, for one, feel that more could have been done sooner to ameliorate the magnitude of the suffering, and alleviate it in the wake of the disaster.  Just one example, why wasn't the Louisiana State militia mobilized before the storm hit to evacuate those who couldn't get out on their own, and ditto for the relief efforts afterward?

What I object to the efforts by some, here and elsewhere, to crown the inevitable scum that appear in the wake of a disaster with some kind of nobility.  These 'people' (and I use the term loosely) were scum before, during and after the storm. 

Sep 5, 2005 1:42 am

Hey pal you have the wrong upper middle class white man here. I served my country for 11 of my 28 years at the federal and community levels. My income is far from what I would consider a wealthy white man.

I also have a super diverse base of friends from professional dominican athletes, black associates, southers bells to hispanic and mexican employees. To say that I am iggnorant of immigration or minority issues is pathetic. On top of my diverse experience with people from all over the world I have worked side by side with illegal immigrants and numerous members of my family are first generation Americans.

So my point is I am integrity driven and focused on the truth, not the bs that we hear from our liberal media. It amazes me how 50% of America thinks of the media as the the bottom line truth. It is complete BS. They focus on the worse of America. If someone dies in an accident or a fire its the main story. If a troop dies in Iraq they never show a story that he was a hero or about the 3400 new schools in IRAQ.

Talking about issues on these threads really makes me research and stay on top of there issues. So thank you, but realize most of what I say is based on my eperiences.

Sep 5, 2005 1:54 am

I had one question for my friends at work...

If you were poor, pisted off, hungry, thirsty and in New Orleans what would you rob first?

Answer: Packie. Get a ton of alcohol.

Now when people get drunk or coming off of drugs they are problems. Yesterday our troops and the police killed 8 of the animals. I hope they get some rape kits for these women the punish these animals to the full extent of the law.

This was not a race issue until the black leaders started talking about it. General Horne said it best. No one knew what would happen on Tuesday and it takes time for troops to get to the area. Also the mayor did a great job, but after being up for 60 hours he was stressed out, so he vented!

Sep 5, 2005 4:44 am

Stanka, Stanka, Stanka, oh clueless one.  I hate to break it to you but there is murder, rape, and theft in every major city in America, New Orleans is no exception.  That's why there are court systems and hopefully justice will be served.  It seems you take the crime there personally, for whatever reason.  As for why I voted for Kerry.....if you can find a Republican candidate who is pro choice, pro stemcell research, pro peace, pro environment, not an imbecile, and not named Bush that person will gladly have my vote. 

Sep 5, 2005 1:01 pm

if you can find a Republican candidate who is pro choice, pro stemcell research, pro peace, pro environment, not an imbecile, and not named Bush that person will gladly have my vote.

Well then, I guess I have your vote!! Maybe I should run for President.

Talk about imbeciles. This is just the same happy horses**t that you "Kerry voters" seem to be good at.  Stereotyping people and trying to pigeon hole everything. Are you so narrow minded that you can't conceive that "gasp" Republicans are not all clones that fit your little world view? You forgot to throw in something derogatory about religion and bible thumping born again yada yada yada.  Talk about predjudice!  I am beginning to believe that the so called liberal party is the party of intolerance and repression. Why don't you get a mind of your own instead of parroting the "Party Line".

You aren't worth the pixels that I am putting on this screen.

Sep 5, 2005 2:20 pm

who is pro choice, pro stemcell research, pro peace, pro environment, not an imbecile, and not named Bush that person will gladly have my vote. 

Hey Kerry.. The crazy thing is I am totally open to pro stemcell, pro peace, pro environment and pro choice. On top of that I am open to gay rights.

As for the pro choice what has changed? You cant kill a last term embrio or what ever you want to call it.

Enviorment: The largest environmental bill in the last 20 years was passed early this year. On top of that car mileage is giong from 20 to 26 by 2010. Clintons promise in 1992 was an increase and at the end of his term it decreased. God bless slick willie!!

PRO PEACE. The military is about 4-1 for the war against terrorism, but there is no population in our country that is more pro peace. No one wants war, but some times 1944 and 2003 you have to do what you have to do.

Stem cell: Its a political wildcard. Who says you can not do this research overseas? Also there is new studies that say the skin cells do the same as stem cell. On top of that there is no one scratch of evidence that 100 trillion dollars and all the embrio cells in the world could make an instant difference.

Kerry did you vote for GORE? I ask because when Bush won the lines were drawn. This population did not even give this president a chance. They loved Michael Moore (anti american), Sheehan, Kennedy and Pelousi's. These people never ever have an idea of how to get from here to there. They are obstructors who produce nothing but insults.

Sep 5, 2005 2:45 pm

[quote=VotedforKerry]

Stanka, Stanka, Stanka, oh clueless one.  I hate to break it to you but there is murder, rape, and theft in every major city in America, New Orleans is no exception.  That's why there are court systems and hopefully justice will be served.  It seems you take the crime there personally, for whatever reason.  As for why I voted for Kerry.....if you can find a Republican candidate who is pro choice, pro stemcell research, pro peace, pro environment, not an imbecile, and not named Bush that person will gladly have my vote. 

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Tell me about the widespread looting that happened in the wake of 9/11.  Tell about victims shooting at rescuers after the hurricane hit Charleston, SC.  Tell me about the rapes that happened after Andrew hit Homestead, Fl.

Further, you seem to be suggesting that these nefarious crimes would have happened in New Orleans even if the storm didn't hit.  "I hate to break it to you but there is murder, rape, and theft in every major city in America, New Orleans is no exception."  Your statement, idiotic and misguided as it is.  And yes, you bet I take it personally when innocents are harmed by violent crime.

VFK, if your reasoning and powers of logic are no better than this, you should get out of the discussion now.  (You shouldn't vote either, but that's another topic.)

Sep 5, 2005 2:59 pm

Oh my Stanka, so much anger in the morning.  Does someone need a hug?  As for Charleston and Homestead, hmmmmm…comparing those two cities to a major metropolitan city such as New Orleans…let me think about that one.  Charleston, a sleepy little Southern town and Homestead, a little pit stop on the way to the Keys, yes you are right Stanka, there is absolutely no excuse for what THOSE people in New Orleans.  Logic has it that those three cities are comparable in every way and that there should have only be 3.4 murders, 2.4 rapes, and 6.2 acts of theft.  Yes, you are absolutely right, New Orleans is way above their quota.  Happy now. I was wrong you were right. Peace my brother.

Sep 5, 2005 3:04 pm

Anger?  Because of you?  Hardly.

Clearly, you've never been to Charleston, nor have you ever looked at a map of southern Florida.  For some reason you believe that Andrew hit Homestead and miraculously missed Miami.  (Oddly, you didn't even mention New York.)

I've gotta hand it to ya, VFK.  You're an idiot, but you go down swinging!

Sep 5, 2005 3:54 pm

Now you've done it I had to go look up the word idiot in the dictionary, since I've never been referred to as such. 

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: id-i-ot  Pronunciation 'i-dE-it Function: Noun Etymology Middle English, from Anglo French Starke Latin Starkiota ignorant person, from Greek Starkites one in a private station, layman, ignorant person

1 usually offensive: a person affected with idiocy  2 a foolish or stupid person

Now I am offended, to think, I thought we could be friends.  Calling me a Starka.  You have deeply hurt me. 

Sep 5, 2005 5:29 pm

Try to imagine how much that hurt coming from you.

Sep 6, 2005 1:52 am

Santeeclaus

please stop posting.  You take up way to much space and say nothing useful!

Sep 6, 2005 2:08 am

Yikes, Santa please don’t stop by this Christmas. 

Sep 6, 2005 2:24 am

VFK, this is probably the only thing you and I will ever agree on.

Sep 6, 2005 2:24 am

DIVIDED! IDIOT

do you not realize that blacks have a right to vote!  man your an idiot!

Sep 6, 2005 3:13 am

No more politics for me. In all reality we all have the opportunity to vote, but for the most part the government operates without our input.

So if anyone sees me write a political posting tell me to be quite!

Cheers to our success and screw the politics!

Sep 6, 2005 12:48 pm

[quote=menotellname]

No.  I am not insane.  I am a genius.  I think on a much higher level than you or inquisitive could ever possibly comprehend.  Please read this book and educate yourself:  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684818868/qid =1125806987/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0899413-5203957?v=glance &s=books&n=507846[/quote]

Hardly. If you're reading and recommending this kind of paranoid conspiracy book you're no genius.

Sep 6, 2005 12:51 pm

[quote=Starka]

[quote=VotedforKerry]This board is hilarious.  You have Stanka going blah, blah, blah, then here comes inqueeritive going blah, blah, blah, and then to top it off Executivejockstrap going blah, blah, blah.  Three middle-aged angry white men going off.  We are all in the financial services industry making alot more than your average blue collar worker.  But nooooo, thats not good enough.  You have to pick on an ENTIRE race who has been oppressed in this country for hundreds of years.  The people black or white in LA don't need your criticism.  Thats why I bought life insurance, disability insurance, medical insurance, because we are all one lawsuit, one car accident, one illness, or one job loss away from being one of those people.  Life is good so count your f*cking blessings and shut up.[/quote]

So what are you saying?  That the animals that are looting, raping, killing, etc. should be commended and rewarded for their actions because they didn't leave when told to do so, and got flooded out????

No wonder you voted for Kerry. 

[/quote]

Animals?  Why "yes" all human beings are animals.  Commended and rewarded?  No.  Unfortunately you fail to understand the entire situation.  That is the problem with "white" America.

You know..."some people are born on third base and spend the rest of their lives thinking they hit a triple".

You lack perspective. 

Sep 6, 2005 12:53 pm

[quote=]menotellname

You lack perspective. 

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This from the guy that tried to make the argument that the snipers in N.O. were simply trying to "signal" relief workers.