People are strange (continued)
Some people are worried that I was too harsh on my previous post. Perhaps I was - but then again, I saw this video today (thanks Josue') of police, in uniform, looting a store. No, it wasn't taken in Iraq, or Kazakhstan, or some dirt-poor third world country. The finest in blue uniforms were "serving and protecting" as they looted a Wal-Mart in New Orleans. Now I wonder if they'll even get a slap on the wrist when the situation gets back to normal.
But the good news is that, finally, 4 (four) days after Katrina, the National Guard was able to make it to the remote, unreachable, small village of New Orleans. I wonder how many hours it would take them to be deployed to Iraq... .
"If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack" asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican. Well, if Mr. Gingrich doesn't know - how safe am I supposed to feel?
And this one is mind-numbing, too: ""Where it's not working right, we're going to make it right," the president said after walking through a devastated neighborhood of Mobile, Ala. "Where it is working right, we're going to duplicate it elsewhere." And while he was asked about the National Guard troops: "They need to stabilize that situation," the president said. "They need to make sure that the food and medicine that is in place is given to the people that need the food and medicine." OK... even an immigrant like me could formulate a better sentence - couldn't I?
Let's just hope for the best... .
But the good news is that, finally, 4 (four) days after Katrina, the National Guard was able to make it to the remote, unreachable, small village of New Orleans. I wonder how many hours it would take them to be deployed to Iraq... .
"If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack" asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican. Well, if Mr. Gingrich doesn't know - how safe am I supposed to feel?
And this one is mind-numbing, too: ""Where it's not working right, we're going to make it right," the president said after walking through a devastated neighborhood of Mobile, Ala. "Where it is working right, we're going to duplicate it elsewhere." And while he was asked about the National Guard troops: "They need to stabilize that situation," the president said. "They need to make sure that the food and medicine that is in place is given to the people that need the food and medicine." OK... even an immigrant like me could formulate a better sentence - couldn't I?
Let's just hope for the best... .
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