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| 9-14-05
| Pat Buchanan
Posted on 09/14/2005 10:41:28 PM PDT by duckln
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Pat nails it again.
Does he sound like Rush or vice versa.
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posted on
09/14/2005 10:41:28 PM PDT
by
duckln
To: duckln
I agree, Pat got this exactly right. Sounds like the old Pat.
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posted on
09/14/2005 10:45:52 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: duckln
As evidence: Mayor Nagin's claim that evacuation failed b/c he had no bus drivers.
If New Orleans had been FReeper-ville, citizens would have hot-wired all the buses themselves and gotten people out to safety.
Instead, it looks like no one was left in NO with the motivation to use their own initiative [except for that one black kid, bless his soul].
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posted on
09/14/2005 10:48:44 PM PDT
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: duckln
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posted on
09/14/2005 10:53:46 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Givernment: The Democrat spelling for "government.")
To: Fenris6
[except for that one black kid, bless his soul]. Probably were a lot just like him, but the MSM looked for the whiners, and are trying to use it in their anti W campaign.
The biggest whiners were the Democrats and their cheerleaders. They never reported truthfully on the hurricane, their eyes, as Rush says, never left Bush.
IMO their will be a black backlash with more voters crossing over in 08.
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:01:22 PM PDT
by
duckln
To: duckln
Patrick Buchanan is absolutely right.
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:02:38 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: duckln
Damn! Pat is actually lucid for a change. Will miracles never cease?
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:03:32 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: duckln
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:04:09 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: duckln
Stranded for days in a pool of fetid water, almost everyone waited for the government to come save them. They screamed into the cameras for help, and the reporters screamed into the cameras for help, and the "civil rights leaders" screamed into the cameras that Bush was responsible and Bush was a racist. And Mayor Nagin screamed for the feds to "get off their asses", and Governor Blanco needed just 24 more hours to decide what to do.
All the while, the tough Acadiens made do, did what was necessary, and guarded their homes until the water went down. No big deal. All the while the Mississippians and Alabamians who lost everything salvaged what they could, helped one another and started the process of recovery.
I think we should put all the Democrats and whiners and fed-bashers in the Superdome, lock the exits and let them work things out among themselves.
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:08:46 PM PDT
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: duckln
IMO their will be a black backlash with more voters crossing over in 08.Dream on. 85% of black voters are pathologically paranoid of Republicans. The former NO residents will blame white people for their plight.
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:12:41 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: Sender
Alabama and Mississippi should sue Nagin and Blanco for diverting critical resources to NO due to gross negligence.
Blanco cried, People died.
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:14:42 PM PDT
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:15:52 PM PDT
by
Wormwood
(Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
To: duckln
Patrick Buchanan is back. Stay, Pat, stay.
To: Old_Professor
Stranded for days in a pool of fetid water, almost everyone waited for the government to come save them.Unlike Drudge, I think Buchannan know when to use the word. :-)
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:21:16 PM PDT
by
Racehorse
(Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
To: sourcery
Educational link. Thanks.
To: Sender
Mrs. Boudreaux and Mrs. LaPiere sitting on top of their house looking at the flood waters. They see a "gimme cap" float down toward the street. It turns around and floats back toward the house, then turns around and heads for the street.
Mrs LaPiere looks at Mrs Boudreaux and says, "That cap shore is acting odd."
Mrs. Boudreaux says, No it isn't, that's Emile, I told him, he was gonna cut the grass, come Hell or high water."
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:29:35 PM PDT
by
rock58seg
("Guest Workers," W's version of, "Read my lips." Secure our borders!)
To: Actually_in_Tokyo
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:47:24 PM PDT
by
ShuShu
To: duckln
I don't know, Pat. These people got off their duffs well enough to walk all the way to the evacuation points, so laziness doesn't explain everything. I still think we are missing part of the picture of what happened at the Superdome and Convention Center. I saw on Hannity (during the days after the hurricane) that people tried to walk out and were stopped by law enforcement and sent back. There is more to this story, that's all I'm saying, I'm not pointing fingers.
Food and water are a great motivator. Even the laziest welfare bum will get motivated when they are hungry and thirsty. I've been without water for a couple days in the heat; the thirst becomes all consuming. Maybe welfare explains why they don't have a car and credit card to evacuate to Memphis BEFORE the storm. But not why they stayed for 4 days at the dome.
It's understandable the old people in the nursing homes and hospitals drown or succumbed to the elements. They weren't going to be walking out without help. They waited around for nothing I'm afraid.
The other weird thing is why help didn't get to Mississippi for days, either. Something went wrong in the overall plan, we just don't know what it is yet.
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posted on
09/14/2005 11:50:08 PM PDT
by
themank
To: duckln
Reminds me of what German troops said after WW II.
They said they had to wait for orders, and were astonished at how Americans could improvise on a moments notice- especially the lowly Privates and Sargents.
America has lost some of that in the last few decades.
We need to cure this sclerosis. IMO
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posted on
09/15/2005 12:34:59 AM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(Americans need to remember Osama's "strong horse" -"weak horse" analogy. Let's stop acting weak.)
To: rock58seg
Now that is funny! I had no clue where the joke was going until the last line.
Mind if I repeat it?
Mrs. Boudreaux and Mrs. LaPiere sitting on top of their house looking at the flood waters. They see a "gimme cap" float down toward the street. It turns around and floats back toward the house, then turns around and heads for the street. Mrs LaPiere looks at Mrs Boudreaux and says, "That cap shore is acting odd." Mrs. Boudreaux says, No it isn't, that's Emile, I told him, he was gonna cut the grass, come Hell or high water."
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posted on
09/15/2005 6:24:07 AM PDT
by
duckln
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