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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Smith Smithers" wrote in message
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Harry recommends the Feds take over responsibility for the power
companies and the telephone companies.
That way we will have power and telephone service the day after a
major hurricane barrels over the state of Fl.
Yep. Because all they'd have to do in Harry's model is restore power
to the commune.


It must be wonderful to go through life as simple-minded righties, as
you and toilet-bowl-turd Smithers seem intent upon, eh?

It is not rocket science to have on hand for emergency storage of
consumer food and medications refrigerator trucks with compartments for
individual families, nor is it, though it does involve, having vans
circulating in neighborhods with satlink phones that survivors can use
to call relatives, insurance companies, and whomever. Both of these
kinds of "vehicles" could be owned by the people of the USA and stored
and maintained at military bases for use in case of natural disasters
that knock out power and phones for more than a couple of days.

So which coast would you have stationed the trucks on? The East or West
coast of Florida?

Many of the trucks that were heading here needed to be diverted to the
East coast, and the middle of the state (Clewiston, etc). Of course,
although we were hit harder than the east coast, we prepared better for
it.


On a slightly related basis, I was never in favor of deregulating
public utilities, and I think all large-scale energy providing
companies (big oil and gas, pipelines, et cetera) should also be
regulated for the public good.

I can't say that I disagree with you. When there is a sole supplier of
services (electric, gas pipelines, local phone, cable, etc) in a given
geographical area (and no chance for competition), it ought to be
regulated to the max by the government.






We;re blowing $2 billion a week on Iraq. A brand new reefer truck with a
horse will run about $120,000. If we weren't blowing our wad on Iraq,
we'd have enough money to help almost every area of the nation set up
and maintain proper disaster relief hardware and systems.



We were not in Iraq during the Clinton years. Why didn't he take care of
it then?

Because he was signing a Republican-Congress-enacted balanced budget.