Posted on 08/27/2011 5:27:46 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
OMG it’s gonna rain in NYC!
Good luck to you. I was in J-ville for Bertha, Fran, and Bonnie. We had a hurricane party under our carport for each, although with Fran we should’a taken our dumb selves inside. I passed out at 1am and when I woke there was a six foot diameter tree lying across the back yard. Yikes!!!
The real untold story here is that the reason why Wal-Mart and other big box stores are so good at getting supplies where they are needed in emergencies is because of the profit motive. FEMA doesn’t exist to make a profit — it exists to employ government workers. Wal-Mart, on the other hand, exists to make money for its shareholders. If Wal-Mart thinks they can make money at something, they will do it. If that means sending hundreds of trucks to every area of the country affected by a hurricane, they will do it, and make a pretty penny at it as well. This is why the free market always handles disasters better than any FEMA-like agency could. Their logistical capabilities are easily 10 times better.
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At least this preplanning and hysterical hoopla over a tropical storm will do something for somebody’s economy....we all will just have to pay for it ..... at least the few of us that actually pay income taxes any more.
I work retail. You are not far from the truth with customers complaining that we only had one variety/size of bottled water, etc.
Re: earth killing, right wing , carbon emitting ,sexist ,counter revolutionary ,hate monger . I truly love being the bed rock of western civilization don’t you. 8*}
> I truly love being the bed rock of western civilization
> don’t you.
Absolutely! Whenever I see a leftist cringe, wring his hands, or get all wee-weed up over one or more aspects of my philosophy or lifestyle, it makes the sun shine a little brighter for me.
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