Let's have... an AMERICATHON!!!
Posted on 05/19/2008 7:18:29 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Missouri's two U.S. senators toured tornado-damaged areas of Newton County on Friday. A reporter asked about the possibility of federal aid to help people install tornado shelters or buy weather alert radios for their homes.
"At some point, you've got to take some responsibility. The federal federal government, unless you're in need, is not going to buy your lunch for you; it's not going to buy your TV set, and a weather radio is probably something a provident, responsible family should do," said Sen. Kit Bond.
"The important thing is to make sure they have the accurate information on there. We do fund the National Weather Service, make sure they have the experts, the satellite photographs," said Sen. Claire McCaskill.
"We're not going to go out and buy everybody a radio -- come on," said Bond.
I have a weather radio and it's worth every dime! (30 bucks at evil Walmart.)Although it still scares the crap out of me when it goes off at 2 a.m.-and it's been doing that a lot lately! And I bought it with my own money! Gosh, what a concept!
Snort.
Kit Bond and all of his “individual responsibility” buddies will be taken care of for good, once Obama is elected Chancellor.... I mean President.
Thank goodness someone out there still has some sense.
A Ministry of the Nanny State should be formed and funded with however much money it takes to help these poor weather-radio-deprived people.
Maybe we can even have a telethon on PBS.
*snort!*
“Do it for the chilllllllll-wren!”
Many people wouldn’t use them or turn them on. They would not buy batteries for the damned things.
Then the government, in its infinite wisdom would decree that the radios turn on automatically when the government presses a button, and would issue vouchers for batteries for families earning under a certain amount.
LOL
Here in Houston, we USED to hear the air raid sirens once a month (testing). They were also to be used to warning of impending tornados/hurricanes. They were silenced in the 1990s.
There are other solutions besides handing out something to every voter.
And then there will be the total idiots who lose, destroy or can’t operate the radios - so the Gov’t will have to provide someone to operate the radios for them.
Well, that WOULD make it easier for Big Brother to get ahold of us when he needs us.
And the government-issued radios could have convenient GPS tarcking systems in them, as well as transmitters (which, of course, NEVER turn off).
Let's have... an AMERICATHON!!!
Yeah, I really want to head down the road of government mandated radios for receiving their approved channels (”citizens, the Ministry of Love has an important message...”). Not long after, it will be “hey, since we have these radios in every home, why don’t we add functionality for...” No thanks. Least of all on taxpayer dime.
Too much government butt-wiping already. This isn’t elementary school art class, there are no A’s for effort or good intentions. All fecal sculptures receive an F, regardless of size, quality, or accompanying 1500 word essay.
For what good that would do if you already have lost power and most of us have some type of powered phone at home.
Most people already carry a similar device: a cell phone which tracks their every movement, and they pay for it voluntarily and carry them always without complaint.
There is now a push for reverse-911 systems where instead of you calling the authorities they robo-call you to play a recording of something. I'm sure every child custody dispute will result in an Amber alert phone call to everyone in town soon.
Why bother with these stupid half steps? Just speed up the pace of fixing the climate change and end tornadoes and hurricanes forever.
This is possible by inducing cloud formation in the right places at the right times to manage energy entering or leaving a weather system. Since clouds are light and heat reflective they are powerful tools for active weather management. It won't be the UN that develops this technology though, it will be the US military, and it will be used first for tornado creation to cleanse a battlefield before attack then to drop a fog down for cover.
Weather radios are nice if you can receive the broadcast. In most parts of the county where I live weather radio doesn’t work for the simple reason there’s no local weather transmitter. I wouldn’t mind the government coughing up the $25,000 that one costs.
The kicker is that cable TV in the rural areas isn’t real reliable either. So much for the weather channel.
I watched the Weather Channel during Hurricane Allison. The information was at least 4 hours out of date. It proved unreliable as well.
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