[Rhodes22-list] katrina anniversary (political) reply to y2k

[john Belanger]

brad
  i've heard they are spending 12 billion a month in i/a so i just figured if that money were spent here instead .......you know the line. the problem is as you stated it...... if it was only a natural disaster then pull up your bootstraps and get on with it..... but because the levees failed the government is liable, and they have to make things right. its not just georges problem, its the fact that, finally, the skimmed off money that the system routinely loses to corruption, and waste, has had the disastrous results that almost never occur. every once in a while that happens. but the dishonesty continues. we impeached a president for lying. now it sems to be done all the time. i'm ready for a move to higher moral ground!! 

Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
  John,

Iraq and Afghanistan have absolutely nothing to do with Katrina. NOTHING!
Here is another little secret, Bush 43 had nothing to do with Katrina.
Absolutely nothing. I'll be just as happy as anyone when his term is gone
so folks like you will have to find something else as an excuse for
everything.

The liberal media can't help themselves from somehow blaming bad weather on
the government and suggesting that if only we spent a gazillion dollars of
taxpayer money, all would be well again. How about we think outside the
box? Here is a suggestion, BUILD YOUR FRIGGIN HOUSE ON HIGH GROUND!" I've
asked plenty of people on the coast how they rebuilt after Camille and they
said, "we just did it". One of the reasons the recovery from Katrina is so
slow is that everyone is waiting around to see where the next government tit
is going to land and how big it will be.

If someone has a better idea of how to handle Katrina, I'm all ears. If you
just want to bash Bush, pick another subject with me. There are plenty to
choose from.

Brad



On 8/27/07, john Belanger wrote:
>
> brad
> how many houses does that buy in iraq or afghanistan or "_____________"?
> and the home and car price can only be 2.5% of the cost of replacing the
> infrastructure necessary to support a habitable community. i'd be willing to
> bet that after you put in new roads, gas and electricity, water, sewage,
> traffic lights, (did i forget anything??), you have nothing left for a house
> or car. i also note you said allocated, not spent. there are plenty of
> people who have or want a house on the water. lakes, rivers, bay, or ocean,
> (boat owners come to mind). those who do own property at sea level, know the
> risks, so did the residents of nola. but the levees failed, and the
> government is liable for damages incurred regardless of whether you are
> talking about state, or federal jurisdiction. one more thing, if you don't
> treat all people with respect, even if its hard, and you sometimes do it
> knowingly tongue in cheek, it will come back to you in spades. ask yourself
> this one question: when
> a child gets caught in a lie, what is the real reason that it cries? john
> b
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> The airwaves and the press are starting to get busy with the second
> anniversary of Katrina. In case you missed it, Katrina hit the Mississippi
> Gulf Coast. New Orleans got hit by the remnants, at about a CAT 1level.
> The levee system that we all paid for was supposed to be good to CAT 3.
> Funny how after a hundred years of corruption by the locals the money
> didn't
> get spent where it was supposed to have been spent. I'm not heartless
> folks, I'm a realist. Here's your clue; this is a big country, live above
> sea level. The Sun Herald (sunherald.com) ran an article today stating
> that
> the $23 Billion (Big B) that has been allocated to the MS coast would buy
> two, as in TWO, $166,000 houses for everyone who lost their home in
> Mississippi. If that isn't enough, there is enough money left over two buy
> the same folks a fully loaded Honda Accord V-6 each, to commute between
> their two $166K houses. Spin this in to "it's all 43's fault" if you must.
> If I have to listen to one more "I feel your pain" or its equivalent from
> a
> politician, I'll puke. I'm not sure whether our little company is part of
> the solution or part of the problem, but we sure have had a good time and
> enjoyed the fight so far. Be sceptical about every thing you read and see
> on TV for the next few days concerning Katrina. They have soap to sell,
> and
> two weeks from now, Katrina won't sell soap or shinola.
>
> Brad
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