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So will the world respond?

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BPSCG said:
How about Ich bin ein New Orleanser?
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If you care for statements of pathos, why not?

You are right of course. Considering the effort the US went to support (west) Germany to prosper after the war and especially to keep West-Berlin free, the remarks and the lack of offered help are even more obnoxious.

Zee
 
Dude. Stop beating yourself up. Of course Germany offered to help. It's all good.

But that won't stop us from having fun with JFK's old linquistic gaffe. :) In keeping with Kennedy's pastry theme, the correct translation would be "I am a Beignet."
 
Oh, and the Chancellor offered sympathy, too.

It probably wouldn't kill the cause of international understanding if the MSM would actually report on some of this stuff, but on the other hand I understand that "Offers of Help Pour into World's Richest Nation" isn't exactly front-page material. But at least you now know that your government did exactly the right thing.
 
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ZeeGerman said:
True enough.
Nevertheless, I - personally - would have preferred to read something like
"German chancellor offers to help and to provide whatever the US might need." in the headlines.

Instead this idiot Trittin has nothing better to do than to slap the American people right in the face with his silly allegations.

I feel really ashamed, guys, I really do. I voted for those pricks two years ago.

Luckily, they'll be gone in 18 days.

Sorry again you all and I'm sure you manage perfectly well without us.

Zee
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This is why I like you Zee. You have class.
Reciprocation not necessary.

-z
 
Ladies and Gentlemen. Our course is clear. We must study not just what happened prior to Katrina, but prior to Andrew, and Camille, and all the other major hurricanes.

Just what is it we were doing back in the '30's and '50's that was pissing off God?

What environmental bastardization rapes were we comitting back then?

This double whammy of death brought on us by both God and the environment due to our foolish actions must be analyzed and corrected!

We must begin burning offerings immediately. But that will piss off the environment god! But not burning them pisses off the real God. What to do? Oh my god, what to do?
 
manny said:
Actually, it turns out that the hurricane-related *sshole of the year award goes to...

Bobby Kennedy Jr! He came out of his woo-induced plan to mass-murder poor children by denying them immunizations long enough to blame the last-minute zig eastward of the hurricane on Mississippi governor Haley Barbour. Well, on God, with an assist to Gov. Barbour. (cite)

Man, when the New York Times editorial page of all places is correcting your science, you know you're in the woo zone.
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Here's the original blog.
“For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind”
Also amusing are the posted comments about the article.

I just couldn't resist this cheap shot...
"They that drink the wine rape the waitress":
Michelle and Patrick drank wine and talked in the living room. According to Green, at one point Ted Kennedy walked into the room "without his trousers" and sporting only a long-tailed shirt, something that made Michelle Cassone feel extremely uncomfortable. She was quoted in the article saying that they went to sit outside on the sea wall, where the three talked about the ocean and "the importance of the family."
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http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/william_kennedy/
 
All joking aside, my heart goes out to the New Orleans people. I saw the pictures on the newspaper this morning, and it looked pretty awful.

Now, to be fair, it didn't look "Tsunami awful", nor did it look like Hiroshima (politicians, eh?!). But it did remind me of Bangladesh after severe flooding, and that's pretty damn bad.

Some people were talking about thousands of victims. Is this true?
There was ample warning time. Why so many dead?
 
Orwell said:
There was ample warning time. Why so many dead?
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Because people are stupid. As of this a.m., 3000 people had been rescued from their rooftops because a hurricane that had been brewing for two weeks, and of which they had been hearing nonstop warnings for the previous four days...CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE!!!
 
BPSCG said:
Because people are stupid. As of this a.m., 3000 people had been rescued from their rooftops because a hurricane that had been brewing for two weeks, and of which they had been hearing nonstop warnings for the previous four days...CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE!!!
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Couldn't it also have to do with some of those people being too poor to own a car and having no other choice than to try to weather the storm out ?

Because you could escape early enough doesn't mean others are necessarily stupid. Many people all around the World have no real choice about where they have to live, have been misinformed about the risks, etc. (and yes, even in rich countries - even in wealthy Geneva, house owners nearly drowned last year due to the fact they hadn't been warned of the risk of flooding when they bought heir houses).
 
Flo said:
Couldn't it also have to do with some of those people being too poor to own a car and having no other choice than to try to weather the storm out ?
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The above quote says a lot. It says

1. The USA has many people who are too poor to own a car.
2. People who do own a car will not help others who do not own car.
3. No public transport away from the city.
4. No one to organise such public transport

Is this the world's richest country? Not in some ways.
 
rjh01 said:
The above quote says a lot. It says

1. The USA has many people who are too poor to own a car.
2. People who do own a car will not help others who do not own car.
3. No public transport away from the city.
4. No one to organise such public transport

Is this the world's richest country? Not in some ways.
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This judgement is too harsh on the USA. I'm sure you'll find other wealthy countries with exactly the same problems, e.g. not caring too much ahead for what's going to happen to the poorest segments of society, or whether they are correctly informed, with deficient public transport, and where the better-off will not share with others, etc.
 
Flo said:
This judgement is too harsh on the USA. I'm sure you'll find other wealthy countries with exactly the same problems, e.g. not caring too much ahead for what's going to happen to the poorest segments of society, or whether they are correctly informed, with deficient public transport, and where the better-off will not share with others, etc.
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Other people's behaviour is no excuse for your own. Remember the USA is the leader of the industrialised world, so shuoud be an example to the rest of the world.

It only gets worse. When did you see this in another disaster? Sniper fire halts hospital evacuation
The evacuation of patients from Charity Hospital was halted Thursday after the facility came under sniper fire twice.
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rjh01 said:
Other people's behaviour is no excuse for your own. Remember the USA is the leader of the industrialised world, so shuoud be an example to the rest of the world.
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Just a note: I'm French, not American. Before blaming the US, I tend to remember that my country is and has been guilty of exactly the same things as the US (including pretending to be an example to the rest of the World). See my sig ...


It only gets worse. When did you see this in another disaster? Sniper fire halts hospital evacuation
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It could unfortunately happen anywhere, anytime, in this kind of circonstances. As I read somewhere (Terry Pratchett, I thing), the collapse of civilized behaviour is only two hot meals away ...
 
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