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Originally Posted by WEG Cory

Problem is, no one wants to admit it.

It is easier (culturally) to measure disaster in terms of loss of life (and attached / perceived value of those lives); However, the truth can often times be found below our culturally accepted beliefs.

Sadly, think you may be right there. This also seems to vary considerably between cultures.

The sanitised version is almost like a sense of disowning, tho talking the talk about how terrible it is blah, but my ass is OK. Hard to say, but maybe if the same folks were in a disaster area where lives were lost or at risk - they may have a rapid change of priorities.

Dunno... kinda smell that people who are used to problems of death, disaster, wars are more "real" - and practical. It's not even necessarily down to a cultural level - but more individual. Can think of a couple of people who lead fairly dangerous lives and are used to seeing death and pulling cadavers out of the sea blah. They have a *very* solid belief in what has "value" - it never did include a set of rims on a car :)

Even though he's an idiot, he has a point... Fucking media just likes to stir shit up (both sites) for their own ratings.. Idiots..

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Umm ya she got a pass on that lol. She wasnt bashing all of them, it was a small handfull that were getting paid by the extreme left to go out and rip on the administration.

You live in a world ... that doesn't exist.

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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

I am still amazed at the fact that they re-elected Nagin.

Why ????

After Bush re-election, why would you be AMAZED ?????

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Originally Posted by AlienQ

The government does not give two fucks about any of us.

Fact's are on the wall guys.

1: World Trade Center downed by two planes in the most populace city of our nation. They could have been stopped easily. I know you know it, everyone knows it.

2: New Orleans, Katrina Disaster, still sit's in complete rubble like it did the day Katrina hit.

Rest assured as fuck all that Uncle Sam is there to collect taxes taking nearly half your income on a yearly basis on time to the minute, while collecting exhorbant sum's on inheritance tax's daily by the thousands.
Death and taxes kid's.

If you are American and think our government really has it's best interest's on us as a people you are gravely mistaken.

.. money is going for Iraq ....

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

You live in a world ... that doesn't exist.

I wish you would move to that world then. One that doesnt exist.

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Originally Posted by WEG Cory

Or do you think Katrina is not comparable to 9-11?

During the CBS "60 minutes" interview, a correspondent pointed out flood-damaged cars still on the streets of New Orleans' devastated Ninth Ward. Nagin replied, "You guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later. So let's be fair," according to CBS.

i thought it was funny and a fair analogy. an entire city and surrounding area was destroyed.

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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

i thought it was funny and a fair analogy. an entire city and surrounding area was destroyed.

I agree.

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Originally Posted by WEG Cory

Do you think Ray Nagin has a point? But articulated it poorly?

Without politicizing it, to answer your question in a word, yes.

I think he articulates nearly everything poorly, but I do think he has a very valid point.