Making Baby Jesus Cry

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I have been involved in community service in each of the communities I have lived in for 25 years. I don't need you to validate me. Whatever great knowledge you think you have gleaned from my posts here is meaningless in the real world.

Awfully bold assumption in that last sentence.

S_A_M

[Penske_Account]

From the ultra conservative BBC:

There are questions for the mayor, dubbed heroic by some, to answer.

The evacuation

It was announced at a news conference by the Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday 28 August, less than 24 hours before the hurricane struck early the next morning.

The question has to be asked: Why was it not ordered earlier?

The Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said at the same news conference that President Bush had called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation.

The night before, National Hurricane Director Max Mayfield had called Mayor Nagin to tell him that an evacuation was needed. Why were these calls necessary?


School buses still lined up after the hurricane




Again, as with Fema, the New Orleans mayor would or should have known that on the Saturday, Katrina was strengthening.

It was already clear on the Sunday that the evacuation would not cover many of the poor, the sick and those who did not pay heed.

The mayor said people going to the Superdome, a sports venue named as an alternative destination for those unable to leave, should bring supplies for several days. He also said police could commandeer any vehicle for the evacuation.

But how much support was there at the Superdome? And how much city transport was actually used? There is a photo showing city school buses still lined up, in waterlogged parking lots, after the hurricane.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Ty@50
turns out she loses her seat, then she gains a lot more seat IYKWIM.

ID. Superchunky.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Awfully bold assumption in that last sentence.

S_A_M

Is that a reference to mcbvr6?

[Penske_Account]

From OpinionJournal Best of the Web:

Notable and Quotable

"What the American people have seen is this incredible disparity in which those people who had cars and money got out and those people who were impoverished died."--Fat Teddy K on Hurricane Katrina

" "--Mary Jo Kopechne on Hurricane Katrina

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I thought the hurricane took care of any need for Nagin's resignation. If a city has no residents does it require a Mayor?

The biggest shame in all of this is that Katrina didn't hit DC.

[Nut Case, Sensitive]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The biggest shame in all of this is that Katrina didn't hit DC.

Or Seattle.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

FWIW, inspired by Weed, I've volunteered to sponsor the site for one month if Katrina donations hit $2,500 and another month if they hit the $3,000 mark.

So keep it coming and try to turn me into a DebtSlave again.

BR(er, no pressure, anyone)C

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Nut Case, Sensitive
Or Seattle.

this makes no sense. This is the land of your comrades. I am the token Patriot. Plus I am well armed and a very good swimmer, relatively.

eta: ntm, without microsoft tech support and starbucks, y'all'd be in a world of hurt

[Penske_Account]

the shrilly shreiking harpy Cindy Sheehan?

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
eta: ntm, without microsoft tech support and starbucks, y'all'd be in a world of hurt

I believe ncs said Seattle, not Bangalore.

And for the other, we have Peet's.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
I believe ncs said Seattle, not Bangalore.

And for the other, we have Peet's.

I am not generally case sensitive, however in light of the similarity of monikers, perhaps you should put NCS when talking about the squirrel and ncs for me. I was confused as to what I purportedly said there for a moment. That is all. Carry on.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I am not generally case sensitive, however in light of the similarity of monikers, perhaps you should put NCS when talking about the squirrel and ncs for me. I was confused as to what I purportedly said there for a moment. That is all. Carry on.

Can you please provide a scenario under which the average poster would have some reason to refer to NutCS?

[Nut Case, Sensitive]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I am not generally case sensitive, however in light of the similarity of monikers, perhaps you should put NCS when talking about the squirrel and ncs for me. I was confused as to what I purportedly said there for a moment. That is all. Carry on.

Please, just call me NUTS! Or, wait, did Penske invent that?

And acorns to you, ncs.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Nut Case, Sensitive
Please, just call me NUTS! Or, wait, did Penske invent that?

And acorns to you, ncs.

Are cute little squirrels running around ever infected with rabies, or did I make that up?