This is a link regarding the volunteer physicians who are trying to head to LA, but can't get approval to serve because the federal government isn't properly coordinating this effort. Physicians who go to Baton Rouge seem to have greater success.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
Natter .38 Special
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.
le nubian - Sep 04, 2005 12:50:16 pm PDT #4617 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
aurelia - Sep 04, 2005 12:51:21 pm PDT #4618 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
George Bush, who last week called the devastation of Hurricane Katrina a " temporary disruption".
He's probably thinking about oil. Or his vacation.
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 12:59:51 pm PDT #4619 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"
He's probably thinking about oil. Or his vacation.
Bush is on record as thinking about Iraq. Every! Day!
I've got the unfortunate mantra of "The American people get the government they deserve" running through my mind today. Unfortunately most of the agony that the suburban SUV-driving Capital-C Christian American people who voted for this gov't are experiencing right now is at the gas pump.
(Yeah, yeah, I know, gross overgeneralization of Bush voters, etc.....)
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 1:01:28 pm PDT #4620 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"
Sorry, double-post because of connection difficulties. I will refrain from blaming them on the Bush KleptocracyAdministration....
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 1:50:27 pm PDT #4621 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"
A quote seen in another place, and quite worth repeating here: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2005 2:03:33 pm PDT #4622 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"
Sorry if I'm just in a spammy sort of mood, but I wanted to show how deserving Bush is of a big thunderbolt from God hitting him and leaving a greasy spot in the Oval Office, with this quote:
"Many are angry and desperate for help. The tasks before us are enormous, but so is the heart of America. In America, we do not abandon our fellow citizens in our hour of need. And the federal government will do its part."
dw - Sep 04, 2005 3:10:57 pm PDT #4623 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
I submit Exhibit A in The People v. Michael Brown:
"Saturday and Sunday, we thought it was a typical hurricane situation -- not to say it wasn't going to be bad, but that the water would drain away fairly quickly," Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Brown said today. "Then the levees broke and (we had) this lawlessness. That almost stopped our efforts.... Katrina was much larger than we expected. Am I frustrated? Yeah, I'm frustrated. You have to remember, this is a war zone. I can assure you we're doing everything we can. It is unacceptable to look on TV and see those people stranded. It breaks my heart."
Anyone who read the NWS/NHC discussions and forecasts on FRIDAY would have known there was a chance that this thing was going to be a monster. Anyone watching the Weather Channel on SATURDAY would have know this thing was going to be a monster. Anyone watching ANY news channel on SUNDAY would have known this thing was going to be a monster.
A category 5 at landfall IS NOT TYPICAL. A high category 4 at landfill isn't, either. And a direct or indirect hit on New Orleans by at least a category 3 ran the risk of "filling the bowl," something Brown should have been familiar with if he'd paid attention to the Hurricane Pam tabletop exercise. If he hadn't, he could have READ IT in, oh, EVERY SCIENCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
But, no, this was a typical hurricane situation, and thus he had every reason to ignore this alarmist urging people to get out while the getting was good over the weekend:
"We cannot stress enough the danger this hurricane poses to Gulf Coast communities."
That alarmist? George W. Bush.
Mike. Brown. Must. Go. Now.
tommyrot - Sep 04, 2005 3:34:52 pm PDT #4624 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.
Mike. Brown. Must. Go. Now.
But, you know, he's a GOP activist. And Bush has said what a great job he's doing.
He'll probably get the Medal of Freedom.
billytea - Sep 04, 2005 3:36:16 pm PDT #4625 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
He'll probably get the Medal of Freedom.
I reckon I know how they got that name, I'm beginning to think they have "Get Out of Jail Free" stamped on the back.
tommyrot - Sep 04, 2005 3:42:25 pm PDT #4626 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.
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