Posted on 09/03/2005 10:16:01 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Preach it brother, preach it. Tell it like it is!
very nice article by Ben Stein
Wish #11 could be shouted from rooftops all over and everywhere!
"I want to get comments on this quote before I reveal it's source."
I keep coming back to FR to see who on earth is responsible for this garbage....Please out with it so I can get some work done! My husband is unhappy that I didn't go to the gun range with him as I hadn't had a chance to check in here and didn't want to leave until I get the name of this slug! P L E A S E!
I'll be happy to post something for you.Give me as much information as you can.If you know the website or some source I can track,that would be helpful.
Fregards...:)
Another clear, compassionate message from Ben. Thanks, FMC, for the ping. You remembered I'm a Ben Stein admirer...
That idiot mayor is a he not a she. Which channel are you watching?
Well. You must be a pretty fast walker. If you live in a wheelchair and have no car this is tough to do. If you have no car and cannot walk damn fast it is hard to out walk a hurricane moving at 13 miles and hour. The problem was the folks who could not evacuate themselves were indeed part of the NO evacuation plan. They were supposed to be bussed out. The incompetent mayor (Nagin)ignored the plan. The poor always will suffer disproportionately in these situations and the Liberal Wingnuts that insist on welfare programs that train people to exist in squaller and at the lowest level of society because they can do so with little or no effort are largely responsible for setting the stage for something like this to happen. BUT. That is a known element of the equation. Has been since FDR. Nothing new here. It's a problem that cannot be fixed once you see the hurricane cross the horizon. The likely result is predetermined .... unless someone understands and acts forcefully and quickly with precision. It is not a humane or rational reaction to say, well it's their own fault..After all it really isn't...It's is our collective fault for allowing this system to grow and enslave more and more. The walk out of New York on 9/11 was a damn sight shorter walk to safety than walking away from a 250 mile wide hurricane wind of 100 miles and hour. To suggest that was an alternative for anyone is preposterous. The situations are not comparable in any way. In this situation rant at the idiot mayor not the folks in trouble.
Correct. The people in NO had advance warning of two days. Believe me, I'm not letting the Mayor or Governor off the hook but you have to admit the attitudes of some of the NO residents that "The Government will save me" did them no good at the last minute.
Heirs question levee board's efforts
By Amanda Furness
May 21, 2001
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:cuvo6ETx5KQJ:www.louisianaweekly.com/cgi-bin/weekly/news/articlegate.pl%3F20010521f+levee+board+casino&hl=en
If there were a plan to bus people out, where were they to be bussed to and for what sort of emergency were the plans concocted? To plan an evecuation, there ought be a destination for the evecuees and the plan ought be flexible regarding where to based on what kind of emergency. The incompetence of Democrap rule in LA was once again proven yet the people will continue to vote the incompetent into office so long as the dole continues, even if sporadic.
True but you can't blame them for the attitude. The collective "We" has supported that view for the last 45 years. Maybe now we have crystal clear evidence why that fails and we can (should) insist on changes to eliminate the welfare trap. Still the fact is two days warning is not sufficient to allow people of ANY means to evacuate if they have no car and cannot find adequate transportation. If for example NYC had had two days warning of a nuclear attack after all major arteries had been sealed and major modes of mass transit made unavailable, you would find thousands of people stranded in the Big Apple and it would not have been their fault.
Great post! Ben Stein is right and I particularly like #13. :)
Bump!
And another monday evening bump for a must read!
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