[Rhodes22-list] Re: Replay to Mr. Rummy on Sept. 20, 2005

[Rik Sandberg]

Bill,

DUH ....... So you are one of the gov't dependants too??? You wouldn't have thought
to put aside a few simple provisions if you knew, DAYS IN ADVANCE, that a CAT 3+
hurricane was likely to strike right where you live?? Whether you knew the levee
was going to break or not???

I'm sorry, I understand that most of these folks have lost everything and I'm all
for doing whatever can be done to get them back on their feet again. I don't however
have much compassion for people that make no effort what so ever to see to their
own survival in a situation that had been warned about for days in advance. When
those folks crawled through that hole in their roof they should have brought their
disaster rations with them. Really, what the hell were they planning to eat if they
had to stay on that roof for a week??? Just assuming that somebody will even be 
able to get around to pick you up in a few minutes, in a situation like that, is
just downright stupid. Stupid is supposed to be painful.

Listening to your diatribes on this issue are almost enough to make me stand up 
and shout, "Who is John Galt?"

Ever yours, a compassionate conservative
Rik



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
Sent: Sep 21, 2005 10:47 AM
To: sanderico at earthlink.net, 
	The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: P-Re: [Rhodes22-list] Reply to Mr. Rummy on Sept 20, 2005.

Wow, Rik,

Nobody calls you a compassionate conservative, do they?

Let's see, you've chopped a hole through your roof so you can escape 
from your house after a levee breaks and floods 80% of one of the 
largest cities in the United States.  3 days later somebody shows up in 
a helicopter to rescue you--no, wait, I want to swim downstairs to make 
a few dozen peanut butter sandwiches for my family...just hover there 
for a second...why didn't I think of that earlier?

And what about those people who didn't have the foresight to bring jet 
fuel to the airport?  What's wrong with them?  I always bring jet fuel 
along when I travel...just in case.  You never know.

Everybody knew the levee was going to break some day.  If they didn't 
plan for it in advance, fuck em.

And what about those idiots in Galveston putting a city on a barrier 

island?  If Rita flattens it, let's not even talk about rebuilding--that 
proposition should be off the table.  We'll teach them to become more 
self-sufficient, too.

Bill Effros