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Doug Kanter September 1st 05 08:35 PM


wrote in message
...
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:30:06 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

No food, no water, and people falling over dead at the Superdome in New
Orleans, and the mighty U.S. military can't figure out a way to get
there with supplies RIGHT NOW?

Is it because our best assets are being wasted in Iraq? Is it because
we're stupid?

It ain't rocket science. It is three days after the hurricane, and
we're not doing any better for those in the most need than the
government of Bangladesh might do?


It took a long time to get to Homestead after Andrew too. (the other
guy was in the White House)
It just takes a long time to get these things going.


Any major grocery manufacturer could handle this in under 72 hours. Example:

Dinty Moore canned beef stew
12 24 oz cans per case.
1400 cases per truck
$32,200.00 per truck plus shipping.

From order to delivery, barring blizzards: 72 hours anywhere in the lower
48. Other groceries are similar, except for some frozen items. If supplies
aren't delivered to HOUSTON that quickly, it's because nobody has tried hard
enough. If this is the case, President Nookular should be stuck in the crowd
with the hungry so he can live with them until the right thing is done: Let
the grocery business handle it, and wire them the funds.



Starbucks September 1st 05 08:36 PM

atl,
I think it is low for Hannity to make those statements. I am glad you agree
that Harry is as low as snake **** to do the same thing.


wrote in message
ups.com...

Starbucks wrote:
I can not believe that Harry would use the plight of New Orleans for
political gain. This is a new low, even for Harry.

All I have to say is F*ck You Harry.


That's odd, Sean Hannity, the darling of the right wing liars, while
whining about NOT making this a political issue, peppered his diatribe
with many, many insults pointed at the left, and many, many remarks
about how if left wingers were in power, how they'd be inept at getting
anything done.




Starbucks September 1st 05 08:47 PM

The current situation would be desperate no matter who is in office. FEMA
is not a political office.


"bb" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:52:05 -0400, "Starbucks"
wrote:

I can not believe that Harry would use the plight of New Orleans for
political gain. This is a new low, even for Harry.


So you're saying pointing out the complete ineptness of our government
to provide basic food, shelter and safety should be ignored because it
makes some politicians look bad? Yeah, screw the needy, let's make
sure the white collar criminals don't look bad.

bb




Stanley Barthfarkle September 1st 05 09:44 PM

Harry's a Union thug, errr, Hack, a Northeastern Liberal, and an armchair
theorist. He's about as much of an academian as I am a rocket scientist.


wrote in message
oups.com...
Harry pontificating from the comfort of a northeastern yacht club
barstool or from the safe ivory towers of academe is like the blowhard
upper crust brits discussing the irish potato famine. Those of us in
the real world know something of real world difficulties, whereas Harry
is merely a theorist, and a poor one at that.




P. Fritz September 1st 05 09:46 PM


wrote in message
...
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:30:06 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

No food, no water, and people falling over dead at the Superdome in New
Orleans, and the mighty U.S. military can't figure out a way to get
there with supplies RIGHT NOW?

Is it because our best assets are being wasted in Iraq? Is it because
we're stupid?

It ain't rocket science. It is three days after the hurricane, and
we're not doing any better for those in the most need than the
government of Bangladesh might do?


It took a long time to get to Homestead after Andrew too. (the other
guy was in the White House)
It just takes a long time to get these things going.


Typical loony thinking......the army is not a humanitarian organization.




PocoLoco September 1st 05 10:42 PM

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:52:05 -0400, "Starbucks"
wrote:

I can not believe that Harry would use the plight of New Orleans for
political gain. This is a new low, even for Harry.

All I have to say is F*ck You Harry.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
No food, no water, and people falling over dead at the Superdome in New
Orleans, and the mighty U.S. military can't figure out a way to get there
with supplies RIGHT NOW?

Is it because our best assets are being wasted in Iraq? Is it because
we're stupid?

It ain't rocket science. It is three days after the hurricane, and we're
not doing any better for those in the most need than the government of
Bangladesh might do?



Look at Fox News. The Superdome may not be a beautiful site, but it *is* under
control!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

PocoLoco September 2nd 05 12:01 AM

On 1 Sep 2005 11:56:18 -0700, wrote:

Harry pontificating from the comfort of a northeastern yacht club
barstool or from the safe ivory towers of academe is like the blowhard
upper crust brits discussing the irish potato famine. Those of us in
the real world know something of real world difficulties, whereas Harry
is merely a theorist, and a poor one at that.


Other than the 'yacht club' comment, I'd have to agree. It's easy to sit back,
watch TV, be oblivious to the real world, and complain about anything that
doesn't appear 'hunky-dory'.

Luckily, he is eminently ignore able.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

PocoLoco September 2nd 05 12:04 AM

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:35:59 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:30:06 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

No food, no water, and people falling over dead at the Superdome in New
Orleans, and the mighty U.S. military can't figure out a way to get
there with supplies RIGHT NOW?

Is it because our best assets are being wasted in Iraq? Is it because
we're stupid?

It ain't rocket science. It is three days after the hurricane, and
we're not doing any better for those in the most need than the
government of Bangladesh might do?


It took a long time to get to Homestead after Andrew too. (the other
guy was in the White House)
It just takes a long time to get these things going.


Any major grocery manufacturer could handle this in under 72 hours. Example:

Dinty Moore canned beef stew
12 24 oz cans per case.
1400 cases per truck
$32,200.00 per truck plus shipping.

From order to delivery, barring blizzards: 72 hours anywhere in the lower
48. Other groceries are similar, except for some frozen items. If supplies
aren't delivered to HOUSTON that quickly, it's because nobody has tried hard
enough. If this is the case, President Nookular should be stuck in the crowd
with the hungry so he can live with them until the right thing is done: Let
the grocery business handle it, and wire them the funds.


Your trucks do well in six feet of water? Houston isn't the problem. Have you
seen what remains of I-10?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Stanley Barthfarkle September 2nd 05 12:55 AM

There are over a dozen (12) police, National Guard, Coast Guard, and Medical
Evac helicopters being used in New Orleans. They briefly stopped evacuating
2 hospitals today when a helicopter came under small arms fire. Don't
believe the media- they will have you believing the worst. It IS bad, and
has been poorly planned and coordinated by the local authorities, but there
are untold thousands of police (the New Orleans police have been pathetic,
but they have NO infrastructure, control, or communication), National Guard,
Coast Guard, and Red Cross and other volunteers (literally hundreds of
private boats were out rescuing people before some were shot at today) who
have converged on over 100 miles of obliterated Gulf coastline to help
rescue people and provide food and shelter to them. Many news organizations
fail to mention that HUNDREDS of smaller US cities were either wiped out or
severely affected by this storm. New Orleans, while it is the largest and
poorest of them, is only the tip of a VERY large iceberg.



"Martin-Paul Broennimann" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm not a US citizen, and I will not criticise your governement on an
inside issue.
But how should we understand that the copters aren't in there, lifting the
people out of central New Orleans?


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architecte et urbaniste SIA/FSU

14, rue du Diorama
CH 1204 Genève Switzerland
0041 78 627 29 67

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parking Hôtel des Finances

visit our website= www.broennimann.com
"Harry Krause" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
bb wrote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:52:05 -0400, "Starbucks"
wrote:

I can not believe that Harry would use the plight of New Orleans for
political gain. This is a new low, even for Harry.

So you're saying pointing out the complete ineptness of our government
to provide basic food, shelter and safety should be ignored because it
makes some politicians look bad? Yeah, screw the needy, let's make
sure the white collar criminals don't look bad.

bb



Smithers is active again, eh? I guess he wore out the sheep.

I just saw a bunch of Bush Administration officials on TV patting
themselves on the back for their great efforts to date, and the Homeland
Security Director saying everything is under control at the SuperDome. I
suppose no one told him about the news reports and videos showing people
dying inside the Dome for lack of food, water, and medical attention.
Most of the emphasis of these Bush officials was on law enforcement, not
relief.

No one told them that disaster victims who are being fed and sheltered
and receiving proper care are less likely to loot?

What a crock this Bush Administration is. They ought to be driven out of
town.






Dan Krueger September 2nd 05 01:18 AM

Go back to Goose Bumps. You're "talents" are better appreciated there.

wrote:
Starbucks wrote:

I can not believe that Harry would use the plight of New Orleans for
political gain. This is a new low, even for Harry.

All I have to say is F*ck You Harry.



That's odd, Sean Hannity, the darling of the right wing liars, while
whining about NOT making this a political issue, peppered his diatribe
with many, many insults pointed at the left, and many, many remarks
about how if left wingers were in power, how they'd be inept at getting
anything done.



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