sukihaywood
Joined: October 29, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 01:32 PM UTC
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This is gonna be really interesting - nationally and globally. So far, some 36-hours later, no one has delivered emergency supplies to New Orleans…no water, food, emergency shelters…no Naval ships have been deployed, no emergency Hospital Ships; no National Guard (guess where they are). No helicopters dropping water and first air supplies, etc, as you saw immediately after the Tsunami.
This is very clearly the end of the "Bush" dynasty if something doesn't happen fast. He cut his vacation short and came back to DC for meetings…WTF. There really is NO time for meetings, plans, etc. This is a natural disaster - but where are all the mobilization plans supposedly devised (at HUGE expense) for major terrorist attacks?
So far, it's been the Red Cross, private enterprises/churches or local municipal search and rescue teams… It might be a small blessing that those awaiting help don't have tv's or radios to see how little is happening. ..not to mention that NO OTHER COUNTRIES WILL GIVE A SHIT except to have their embassies send a condolence book…big lessons here on the back of the devastated and dead.
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 01:35 PM UTC
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Originally posted by O'Mankie:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
so you're complaining about something that a reporter said on irish tv?
Yes, that's all I was doing.
sounds like irish tv is at fault then, i've heard the quote a bunch of times on doodlevision, and its always been exactly as ggw described
Guiny
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 03:53 PM UTC
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I'm not a big fan of Mankie's "doodle bashing" but the first thing I thought when I read that quote in the paper was that the mayor of Biloxi is an idiot. You can't compare the two. So that I agree with him on.
Secondly, I'm suprised Al Queda or however you spell them, hasn't claimed responsibility for the hurricane attack as a sign from God for killing their people…..LOL
lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4792
Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 03:55 PM UTC
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by O'Mankie:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
so you're complaining about something that a reporter said on irish tv?
Yes, that's all I was doing.
sounds like irish tv is at fault then, i've heard the quote a bunch of times on doodlevision, and its always been exactly as ggw described
It was actually on the radio and I heard the quote from the correspondent myself….he was on again this morning but I still failed to get his name. I'll try to get it tomorrow as I'm sure there'll be another update from him.
As for Chaz and GGW…this hurricane/tsunami just proves that thanks to hee haw and his band of right wing chicken hawks, even God hates doodles now!!! (Note to self, return my doodle passport asap)
elj
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 04:14 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Secondly, I'm suprised Al Queda or however you spell them, hasn't claimed responsibility for the hurricane attack as a sign from God for killing their people…..LOL
Yes, because Al Queda has a long history of taking repsonsibility for things they didn't personally do. This is in stark contrast to President Bush who oversaw the US experiencing it's worst terrorist attack ever, the economy getting run into the ground, international relations being at an all-time low, and gas flying to $3/gallon, yet takes culpability for none of it. Who does he blame? Oh, yeah, Al Queda. Funny how that works.
Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 04:55 PM UTC
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There are plans afoot for a large tax-cut as a way to deal with the crisis.
Venerable Bede
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 3863
Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 05:47 PM UTC
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Originally posted by O'Mankie:
Originally posted by vansmack:
Sure looks like a Tsunami to me….
<img src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp8-30-05hh.jpg" alt=" - " />
Not to me…the houses are still standing!
obviously a house completely covered by water is so much better. i mean, just wait for the water to drop and voila!, house is all better. not to mention nice and clean.
btw, badsushi. . bush dynasty? someone has never heard of the 22nd amendment. tsk tsk tsk and btw, several naval ships have been deployed (usns comfort from baltimore, uss bataan from texas, for example). and maybe the reason nothing has gotten to new orleans is because new orleans is being evacuated and abandoned.
bags
Joined: October 30, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 05:49 PM UTC
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Over 30 photos – wow.
Link
Liberte
Joined: September 24, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 05:51 PM UTC
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Originally posted by O'Mankie:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by O'Mankie:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
so you're complaining about something that a reporter said on irish tv?
Yes, that's all I was doing.
sounds like irish tv is at fault then, i've heard the quote a bunch of times on doodlevision, and its always been exactly as ggw described
It was actually on the radio and I heard the quote from the correspondent myself….he was on again this morning but I still failed to get his name. I'll try to get it tomorrow as I'm sure there'll be another update from him.
As for Chaz and GGW…this hurricane/tsunami just proves that thanks to hee haw and his band of right wing chicken hawks, even God hates doodles now!!! (Note to self, return my doodle passport asap)
Unfortunately, Mankie, you're wrong on the facts surrounding the quote that set you off. The comparison, and the widely repeated quote, originated in the office of the
mayor of Biloxi, MS. Biloxi took a 30-foot storm surge that destroyed 90% of the city's structures–not so very different from a 50 foot wave taking out 95% of the structures in the coastal settlements of Southeast Asia. The comparison is pretty apt, from the point of view of the Mayor of Biloxi. As to its subsequent re-use by journalists, among them the one you keep mis-attributing with originating it, an argument with their sense of perspective might legitimately be advanced. But extending that to a blanket indictment of all doodles all the time regarding everything rather richly deserves the abuse you've drawn. I would argue that blindly interpreting all observations according to your preconceived notions about Americans is as grotesque a distortion of clear and humane thinking as any of the thoughtcrimes you have tried to hang on "doodles" as a whole.
brennser
Joined: October 21, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
August 31, 2005 at 06:30 PM UTC
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lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
September 01, 2005 at 10:11 PM UTC
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My apologies,
To anyone who found my comments offensive. I was just completely taken aback by the comments "this is Americas tsunami" made by the American correspondent John Farrell on RTE2 radio, and so reacted accordingly, if maybe innapropiately for some of you. I just thought comparing hurricane Katrina to the tsunami of Dec 26th was just bizzare.
As usual, certain members of this board attacked me for my comments, and I responded with venom as is my nature…which I make no apologies for by the way, that's just me being me.
And for the record, I do not hate Americans, I have very dear friends who are Americans, and I actually hold a US passport which means I chose to be an American, unlike you natural born doodles….and on the subject of the word "doodle", it is used as a harmless nickname, just as "brit" is used for the British, and "canuck" for Canadians (still trying to figure out the canuck thing though…something to do with a canoe I've heard). It's not a put down or insult, merely a term of endearment and I use it because the standard "yank" would be offensive to Americans from the confederate states.
Anyway, this thread and the direction it took has bugged me for the last couple of days so I just wanted to get that off my chest.
I am a prick I know, but not an American hating prick. Sure some things about you lot in general bug me, and make me shake my head ruefully at you all, but even though I'm not religous I went to the local church and lit a candle for the vitims of Katrina today.
BTW….I'm not a potato eating twat, well I am, but I'm an English potato eating twat living in Ireland, which, as a side note I've bought potatoes the last couple of weeks in the local supermarket, the first lot were a product of Isreal and the second a product of Great Britain, a little ironic…….no?
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Katrina.
September 01, 2005 at 10:19 PM UTC
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Have you been drinking again?
What have I told you about drinking and posting…
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5111
Re: Katrina.
September 01, 2005 at 10:33 PM UTC
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Originally posted by O'Mankie:
BTW….I'm not a potato eating twat
OK well I take that part back!
Love all over ya, mate.
sukihaywood
Joined: October 29, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 712
Re: Katrina.
September 02, 2005 at 12:23 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
btw, badsushi. . bush dynasty? someone has never heard of the 22nd amendment. tsk tsk tsk and btw, several naval ships have been deployed (usns comfort from baltimore, uss bataan from texas, for example). and maybe the reason nothing has gotten to new orleans is because new orleans is being evacuated and abandoned.
Yeah, the 22nd amendment forbids the election of the encumbent President's relatives, right? So Jeb can't run as the next family member? hahahah
BTW: Those people who "evacuated" New Orleans…were mostly tourists in rental cars - leaving the poor - who coincidentally were predominantly black.
Now we have a race war underway too. Great management techniques here - lots of self-congratulatory film bites from the Administration and homeland security crowd for their prompt response to this disaster - nice suits, dudes.
We're sitting pretty in our clean homes, with food, water and air conditioning, pissing about gas and concert ticket prices, but our government has failed those poor souls. The freekin' emperor has no clothes on…
What a horrible situation. When I see the photos from the football "dome" which have now shown the same scenario day after day, I am ashamed to be an American. O'Mankie: You have a right to slam us…over this.
Guiny
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Re: Katrina.
September 02, 2005 at 12:32 PM UTC
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It's sad, but maybe next time they will listen to the evacuation warnings.
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4826
Re: Katrina.
September 02, 2005 at 01:08 PM UTC
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NOTHING is more important than concert ticket prices. nothing.
