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

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:30:06 -0400, Harry Krause
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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?

Have you seen what happens when the looters, armed with AK-47's, surround
one of the rescue vehicles ?

What kind of friggin' animal shoots at relief helicopters, national
guardsmen, and police officers?