Thanks, guys.
I'm at work for a while longer, but I've bookmarked your posts, and I'll email you when I get home.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Sep 02, 2005 12:30:40 pm PDT #4245 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Theodosia - Sep 02, 2005 12:34:45 pm PDT #4246 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I don't understand why a boat flotilla wasn't already organized to take people out/off of the flooded houses?
During 9/11 in NYC, NJ private boat owners ferried thousands of people off of Manhattan. Granted, this was only across a river, whereas getting into NO is a quite a bit more complicated. But there are Zodiacs that can be brought in, inflated, and put to use very quickly.
Tom Scola - Sep 02, 2005 12:35:35 pm PDT #4247 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Most of the boats in the NOLA vicinity would have been destroyed, along with the docks.
Calli - Sep 02, 2005 12:35:54 pm PDT #4248 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm so tired of being ashamed of our president. It's not just that he can't or won't solve important problems, it's that he doesn't even see that the problems exist.
ChiKat - Sep 02, 2005 12:39:27 pm PDT #4249 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
When Andrew struck we had truck loads of water in beer bottles being delivered by Miller Beer. They shut down their beer production and filled bottles with water.
A-B did this a couple days ago. They sent down close to 900,000 cans of water.
Sean K - Sep 02, 2005 12:44:22 pm PDT #4250 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Bush's new nickname after this needs to be Emperor Nero.
Words fail me when trying to describe how appalled and disgusted I am with the utter cluster-fuck this has all been.
tommyrot - Sep 02, 2005 12:44:51 pm PDT #4251 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm so tired of being ashamed of our president. It's not just that he can't or won't solve important problems, it's that he doesn't even see that the problems exist.
There was someone in his administration (I forget who) - he said that every administration has a political team, in addition to a policy team and other stuff, but he was amazed that the Bush administration only had the political team, a political POV. (I'm totally explaining this poorly.) He called the Bush adminstration the "Mayberry Machiavellians."
Obviously, he was punnished for this.
Sean K - Sep 02, 2005 12:45:34 pm PDT #4252 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, Tom, please email me your phone number at my profile addy. I'd be happy to call and chat at you for a bit as well.
Laura - Sep 02, 2005 12:52:33 pm PDT #4253 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
A-B did this a couple days ago. They sent down close to 900,000 cans of water.
Ah, that's good to hear. No doubt there are a lot of private individuals and businesses doing a lot of good. It is just the people at the top who have spent untold dollars studying what to do in a disaster that are failing us.
Trudy Booth - Sep 02, 2005 1:03:04 pm PDT #4254 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Bush is speaking. Wonder if he'll mention Lott's beach house?