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Post #222,257 by Nightowl 9/1/05 3:27:00 PM Reply	Re: Are the poor who lack the resources to move [link\|http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/30/email_attributed_to_.html\|http://www.boingboin...tributed_to_.html] The poorest 20% (you can argue with the number -- 10%? 18%? no one knows) of the city was left behind to drown. This was the plan. Forget the sanctimonious bullshit about the bullheaded people who wouldn't leave. The evacuation plan was strictly laissez-faire. It depended on privately owned vehicles, and on having ready cash to fund an evacuation. The planners knew full well that the poor, who in new orleans are overwhelmingly black, wouldn't be able to get out. The resources -- meaning, the political will -- weren't there to get them out. God.... that sounds like what happened on the Titanic... No wonder people are so mad. Brenda "Excel is to math what a Microwave Oven is to cooking!"
Post #223,081 by GBert 9/6/05 9:35:31 AM Reply	On the Titanic it was women and children first On the Titanic, while third class passengers fared worse than first and second class, third class women and children fared better than first class men did (some [link\|http://www.anesi.com/titanic.htm\|Titanic stats]. Giovanni Have whatever values you have. That's what America is for. You don't need George Bush for that.
Post #223,160 by Nightowl 9/6/05 2:55:37 PM Reply	True, and that makes it worse yet The fact that the third class women and children didn't get out of New Orleans and other cities before the first class men makes this disaster actually worse than the Titanic in terms of taking care of the classes. Brenda "Excel is to math what a Microwave Oven is to cooking!"
Post #223,207 by Ashton 9/6/05 5:20:27 PM Reply	Astute observation, O feathered One.
Post #223,512 by GBert 9/7/05 6:06:21 PM Reply	Gives you pause don't it? When it comes to life and death, we seem to value money a lot more (and women a lot less) than we did before WWI... Have whatever values you have. That's what America is for. You don't need George Bush for that.

The worst natural disaster in US history - (Silverlock) - (74) - Aug. 31, 2005, 09:43:31 PM EDT

I agree completely - (Nightowl) - Aug. 31, 2005, 09:47:07 PM EDT

compared to the galveston hurricane or the okeechobee - (boxley) - (30) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:08:41 PM EDT

You probably have something to say I'd be interested in - (Silverlock) - (29) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:13:28 PM EDT

feel free to not read me in my posts :-) -NT - (boxley) - (28) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:31:33 PM EDT

I try - (Silverlock) - (27) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:42:31 PM EDT

Come on man, if he did that . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (26) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:45:09 PM EDT

I agree - (Nightowl) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:51:51 PM EDT

I'd rather have the anchovy. -NT - (Silverlock) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:58:28 PM EDT

So what is the correct term, Ashtonese or Ashlish? - (jb4) - (5) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:14:21 PM EDT

Bafflegarblish -NT - (broomberg) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:15:52 PM EDT

Dupe - ignore. -NT - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:44:20 PM EDT

Ashtonish? - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:35:42 PM EDT

Ashtonese. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 07:19:29 PM EDT

I'd have to agree. - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 07:43:40 PM EDT

If I started writing in plain-vanilla instruction-manual - (Ashton) - (17) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:04:57 PM EDT

Like I said elsewhere - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:15:18 PM EDT

But this one was very clear - (broomberg) - (9) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:21:50 PM EDT

As I've often said... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:28:29 PM EDT

Disagree - (broomberg) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:43:51 PM EDT

I think we just demonstrated the "lossy" part. :-) - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:55:49 PM EDT

Experiences language teachers know it, too. - (static) - Sept. 1, 2005, 11:02:52 PM EDT

Why are we who we are? - (Nightowl) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:31:46 PM EDT

You are way off about Box - (broomberg) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:40:58 PM EDT

As I said - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:42:45 PM EDT

Gosh.. I'll have to revise, then - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 2, 2005, 02:04:29 AM EDT

Thanks -NT - (broomberg) - Sept. 2, 2005, 07:10:21 AM EDT

It depends on what you're trying to achieve. - (pwhysall) - (5) - Sept. 2, 2005, 01:45:08 AM EDT

I Am Not a Number - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 06:06:03 AM EDT

Ashton's a playwright. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 2, 2005, 09:28:00 AM EDT

And sometimes he's like this . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Sept. 2, 2005, 12:07:59 PM EDT

Exactly right, Andrew - (jb4) - Sept. 2, 2005, 01:06:39 PM EDT

Damn, Scott -- - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 07:12:35 PM EDT

I still think this is over-reacting. - (folkert) - (41) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:34:01 AM EDT

oil and petrochemical is the main deal, has been for a while - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:43:46 AM EDT

Yep - one wonders if this will be the spark - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:04:50 AM EDT

Read this. - (inthane-chan) - (18) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:56:25 AM EDT

thin blue line erased in New Orleans, lord of the flies time -NT - (boxley) - (17) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:04:05 PM EDT

All the smart people... - (ChrisR) - (16) - Sept. 1, 2005, 02:04:50 PM EDT

.. are destitute or invalids or hospitalized or ... :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - (7) - Sept. 1, 2005, 02:27:57 PM EDT

Desperate times... - (ChrisR) - (6) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:15:29 PM EDT

I'm wondering if this event might not set off some - (jake123) - (5) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:22:26 PM EDT

Not a chance - (hnick) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:30:28 PM EDT

Didn't in Los Angeles -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:39:18 PM EDT

Third world country - (ChrisR) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:39:31 PM EDT

Naaah - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:24 AM EDT

Whatever else this massive boondoggle is explained-away with - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 06:49:22 AM EDT

Are the poor who lack the resources to move - (tuberculosis) - (7) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:05:57 AM EDT

no resources or will to evacuate and the last time people - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:05:28 PM EDT

Yep - another article - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:03 AM EDT

Re: Are the poor who lack the resources to move - (Nightowl) - (4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:27:00 PM EDT

On the Titanic it was women and children first - (GBert) - (3) - Sept. 6, 2005, 09:35:31 AM EDT

True, and that makes it worse yet - (Nightowl) - (2) - Sept. 6, 2005, 02:55:37 PM EDT

Astute observation, O feathered One. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 6, 2005, 05:20:27 PM EDT

Gives you pause don't it? - (GBert) - Sept. 7, 2005, 06:06:21 PM EDT

Hey there, driver man... - (danreck) - (19) - Sept. 1, 2005, 04:13:34 PM EDT

Believe me, you have my compassion - (Nightowl) - (18) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:30:34 PM EDT

What I can't understand... - (danreck) - (17) - Sept. 1, 2005, 04:18:20 PM EDT

It's only the poor. - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 1, 2005, 04:23:52 PM EDT

The National Guard is committed to helping - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:06:34 AM EDT

Re: The National Guard is committed to helping - (altmann) - (4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:02:46 PM EDT

21k NG troops allocated now by the feds (they pay em) - (boxley) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:04:21 PM EDT

Wow, really? - (drewk) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:17:29 PM EDT

The bigger problem might be the equipment anyways - (altmann) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:57:51 PM EDT

Heard in passing on NPR - yep. - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 1, 2005, 07:20:48 PM EDT

My opinion - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 04:31:53 PM EDT

That requires planning and forethought - (jake123) - (8) - Sept. 1, 2005, 04:44:52 PM EDT

I think this is a good time - (danreck) - (7) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:30:59 PM EDT

I'll tell my cousin-in-law that - (Nightowl) - (5) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:35:46 PM EDT

Re: I'll tell my cousin-in-law that - (danreck) - (4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:44:26 PM EDT

I hope you get to help - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:46:05 PM EDT

Supplies and volunteers - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:33:27 PM EDT

Why don't you an mmoffit fly over and drop water bottles? -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:07:46 AM EDT

I've got oil pressure problems at the moment. :0( -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 6, 2005, 04:37:23 PM EDT

I'm not talking about the fact that the levees failed - (jake123) - Sept. 1, 2005, 07:27:09 PM EDT

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