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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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I heard him, too. The man sounds like a first class whiner. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| Real leaders always contrast with bureaucrats like that...but I'll agree that this mayor has some populist tendencies. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| Real leaders always contrast with bureaucrats like that...but I'll agree that this mayor has some populist tendencies. |
Well, that's Louisiana for you. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| Real leaders always contrast with bureaucrats like that...but I'll agree that this mayor has some populist tendencies. |
i don't know man. i'm usually a pretty cynical person when it comes to politicians, but that didn't sound like something that was read off of a teleprompter. that guy was sincerely pissed off, and my heart was warmed when i heard him speak. i think the man rocks. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| endofthewor1d wrote: |
| Gopher wrote: |
| Real leaders always contrast with bureaucrats like that...but I'll agree that this mayor has some populist tendencies. |
i don't know man. i'm usually a pretty cynical person when it comes to politicians, but that didn't sound like something that was read off of a teleprompter. that guy was sincerely pissed off, and my heart was warmed when i heard him speak. i think the man rocks. |
Oh, yeah, I liked him too. I think he makes people like the U.S. Senator who I saw earlier on CNN look entirely out-of-touch with reality.
Populist politicians get people saying things like "I think the man rocks," though, that's their talent. Just be careful how far you follow guys like that, that's all. They tend to get the herd running towards the cliffs, and by the time anyone says, "wait a minute, where are we going?" they have usually been led way past the edge of the cliff... |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| Leslie Cheswyck wrote: |
I heard him, too. The man sounds like a first class whiner. |
Give me a break. The guy was pissed off, and rightly so. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Do you think the relief effort would've been quicker if the disaster had occured in a major city, New York -than New Orleans?
The mayor also notes an interesting point: much of the violence is being committed by drug addicts going through sudden withdrawal. |
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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Leslie Cheswyck wrote: |
I heard him, too. The man sounds like a first class whiner. |
Give me a break. The guy was pissed off, and rightly so. |
No, he is definitely a first class whiner. Actually it sounded to me like he was going through a withdrawal of his own. |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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You know what? This mess is really NO's fault. I can't imagine a dumber idea than building a city behind an giant wall that keeps out a massive amount of water. That wall created an environmental condition where the amount of water gets larger.
The evacuation warning came well over a 100 years ago. I'm tired of being stuck to some report by a consulting firm that wants a contract to make a bunch of money to improve the wall. Other cities are in the hurricaine belt but NO is different in that has a disaster ready to 24/7/365. |
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FlagWaver
Joined: 12 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Where's WHITEY?? |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| wannago wrote: |
| indytrucks wrote: |
| Leslie Cheswyck wrote: |
I heard him, too. The man sounds like a first class whiner. |
Give me a break. The guy was pissed off, and rightly so. |
No, he is definitely a first class whiner. Actually it sounded to me like he was going through a withdrawal of his own. |
Do me a favour. Don't attempt to politicize what happened. It only cheapens the plight of the dead and dying. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Do me a favour. Don't attempt to politicize what happened. It only cheapens the plight of the dead and dying. |
Hizzoner went on about Iraq. Yup, no politizing there. Nosiree. |
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jinglejangle
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Location: Far far far away.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
Do you think the relief effort would've been quicker if the disaster had occured in a major city, New York -than New Orleans?
The mayor also notes an interesting point: much of the violence is being committed by drug addicts going through sudden withdrawal. |
I've always thought that NO was a major city.
Interesting take on the looting.
Wanna grab some guns and a truck and go shopping down there? |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| jinglejangle wrote: |
| rapier wrote: |
Do you think the relief effort would've been quicker if the disaster had occured in a major city, New York -than New Orleans?
The mayor also notes an interesting point: much of the violence is being committed by drug addicts going through sudden withdrawal. |
I've always thought that NO was a major city.
Interesting take on the looting.
Wanna grab some guns and a truck and go shopping down there? |
Huh? Did rapier write something about looting? I don't see it there in the quote. |
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RachaelRoo
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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I was just watching CNN....they knew that this would happen one day. Apparently, it was well know that a category 3+ hurricane would break the levys. Didn't they have some kind of plan? Did nobody in government realize that some people might not be able to afford to leave the city? No busses, no evacutation assistance, just an order to leave. They didn't have some kind of emergency plan concernng where these refugees could go and how thye would be fed? WTF!?
Anyone know more details? |
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