September 02, 2005
Planned Parenthood to the Rescue!
New Orleans, LA (LifeNews.com) -- Victims of Hurricane Katrina are battling rising waters, destroyed homes and are seeking basic necessities like food, water and shelter. On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood sent an announcement to its members that the nation's largest abortion business is available to help -- with free morning after pills and birth control. Planned Parenthood Federation of America interim president Karen Pearl lauded her group's efforts in a recent email to its supporters. "As Hurricane Katrina ripped through the southeastern United States, Planned Parenthood [is] there to offer one free month of birth control or one free emergency contraception kit to women from Louisiana and Mississippi,"
Yeah, because we all know that THAT'S what's on everyone's mind down there. I guess I should be happy that they aren't offering free abortions to all the women.
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With the shocking and unexpected violence we're hearing about, there is also some rapin along with the killin and lootin. If i were a rape victim, I would want some of dem pills.
Otherwise you are right on
Also, DemCentral ABC did a special report on NewOrleans last night. They pulled out all the stops and used the disaster to screem their "talking points" in our faces, and to blame Bush and the Reps for everything. They played the race card so heavily and so blatantly, my stomach was turning within a minute, beyond which I could no longer watch.
It was a truly sickening display of how the parasitic Dems use misfortune to rape, uh, I mean reap political hay. The only time they care is when your hurting. And, in exchange for your vote, they'll pretend they feel your pain, too (when they're campaigning).
Powerline has comments on the Leftists attempts to cash in on Katrina:
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011540.php
Come to think of it, maybe planned parenthood can supply some of their pills to the viewers victimized by that media assault? After all, we wouldn't want to take any chances!
Posted by: InTheirDefence_sortof at September 02, 2005 09:58 AM (sESVc)
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Up to their waist in sewage, short of food and water, no showers, weather in the 90’s with high humidity...are these folks really.. ‘gettin busy’ down there?
Great to know we can always count on Planned Parenthood to be there with the OLE Hoover vacuum when a disaster strikes
Posted by: Brad at September 02, 2005 10:23 AM (6mUkl)
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Planned Parenthood should be happy. THe national guard is about to perform late late late late term abortions on Looters.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 02, 2005 10:55 AM (5ceWd)
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Yeah, what "InTheirDefence_sortof" said. But on a more sarcastic note:
I know that when things get really bad my first inclination would be to be worried about getting my "freak on".
Posted by: Oyster at September 02, 2005 10:55 AM (fl6E1)
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Even in the midst of a natural disaster these radical feminists can't stop thinking about their vaginas. To them everything boils down to that hole between their legs.
Posted by: Carlos at September 02, 2005 11:14 AM (8e/V4)
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What is the need for birth control at a time like this? In the face of disaster. It isn't like people aren't going to spend their time having sex left and right!
Posted by: Sheila at September 02, 2005 11:37 AM (P9mdt)
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Well, civilized people don't think about sex during a disaster, but we're talking about blacks here, so I say give 'em all the morning after pills that can be found, because we don't need any more of them if this is how they're going to behave. Call me racist, you know I'm right, their actions bear out the truth of my words. And remember, I'm the one who plans on voting for Condi even if I have to write her in.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 02, 2005 11:58 AM (0yYS2)
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They don't call it "Blue" Bayou for nothin!
...as this post [FROM:
http://www.patrickruffini.com/archives/2005/09/hurricane_of_ha.php] shows:
"September 1, 2005 11:52 PM#4: rosignol writes:
My original reaction to the Katrina catastrophe was going to be: "NOT ONE DIME."
For an hour or so, I contemplated the idea of turning it into a crusade: No-one in the blue states (where the money is) should give one dime of aid to the victims of this hurricane, which devastated Bush-friendly regions.
http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/datagraph.php?fips=22&year=2004&f=1
Orleans Parish, 2004
Kerry 77.4% 152,610
Bush 21.7% 42,847
Other 0.8% 1,646
Orleans Parish, 2000
Gore 75.9% 137,630
Bush 21.7% 39,404
Nader 1.7% 3,025
Other 0.6% 1,162
Orleans Parish, 1996
Clinton 76.2% 144,720
Dole 20.8% 39,576
Perot 2.0% 3,805
Other 1.0% 1,810"
mystery solved! Now we know why it's such a violent place.
It's nothing to do with Black vs White, as the leftists want you to believe, but about anarchist lefitst DNC brown-shirts** vs civilization.
**(actually "blue-shirts" might be a more appropriate term, but either way they're still full of B.S.)
Remember what I allas says, "You can't eat a refrigerator," only the contents! Taking the food you need to survive is NOT looting, as the White House announcement made clear, (but the DNC is conveniently not mentioning to better play da race caaad.)
But if you be taken anythin else, an I hopes they shutes u @$$, especially if you be shootin at the rescue choppers, rescue personnel and other victims.
The racist bating of posters like the "imp...," above are only trying to give the false impression that conservative sites are racist.
But I know him from previous posts to be nothing more than a rabid leftist.
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PutneySwope,(who the hell is this moron?), said:
"The racist bating of posters like the "imp...," above are only trying to give the false impression that conservative sites are racist."
Racist baiting, eh? Sooooo, dumbass, what part of my statement can you refute? Do you mean to say that you think blacks are as civilized as whites? Do you walk through black neighborhoods at night, or do you live in a black neighborhood? Would you drop off your mother or daughter in a black neighborhood? Do white people go on a rampage of raping and looting when the lights go out?
"But I know him from previous posts to be nothing more than a rabid leftist."
Oh this is funny. Please, cite some posts, by date and topic, that show me to be a rabid leftist. I'm the one who's always saying that liberals should all be shot, and muslims are backwards savages who should be exterminated. Does that sound like a good dhimmicrat to you? You are so damned stupid I can't see how you don't die from it.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 02, 2005 02:55 PM (0yYS2)
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Is nothing sacred to PLANNED PARENTHOOD i mean if their not scuttling down to NEW ORLEANS they are printing their own christmas cards reading CHOICE ON EARTH what a load of bull kaka
Posted by: sandpiper at September 02, 2005 10:19 PM (QtdTZ)
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are those people totally out of their minds???...or am i somehow been transported to a parallel earth???....birth contol pills...oh boy what a lot of help to STARVING and DEHYDRATED people those will be....its the end of the world as we know it...REM
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Hmmm, wonder what this button does....
"hate hate hate, kill kill killl...."" *Racist Maximus*
Ooops, heh heh heh...
No, Imp, it isn't ALL the poor blacks who are the rioters, as the leftists (and you) want us to believe. They are the victims of the blue-city democratz who leave their citizens to the mercy of thugs and hoodlums, and then have the nerve to blame the federal govt..
(1) http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_09_01_05ng.html
(2) http://tiadaily.com/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1026
(3) http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/05.09.01.Illgotten-X.gif
(4) http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/OPINION/509030414/1002
Racism in today's america is a nearly wholly owned DNC subsidiary.
I admit, I may have carelessly confused you with someone else. But, you know, based on your flaming irrationality and bias, I think I may have accidentally hit on something.
I would like to appologize for what I got wrong, but your response gives me reason to pause.
Are you sure you aren't a closet leftist? Because you sure act like one!
The pretend-compassionate left creates a welfare class so it can exploit them to retain power. But they have no compassion, only contempt, as do you.
Either you are one of them, or you are falling into one of their traps. You see, every time you alienate someone they exploit, you help them perpetuate the victimization. (Your lack of compassion leads me to attempt to reach you by appealing to your self-interest.)
Because your racism helps keep the left in power, it's only natural that you can be identified as one of them.
To sum up, if you aren't one, and don't want to be mistaken for one, don't act like one.
Posted by: Doctor Phil at September 04, 2005 02:00 AM (MpD8m)
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Dr. Phil: Get your own name. Signing off as Dr. Phil did not lend credence to your rationalization.
Posted by: Oyster at September 05, 2005 05:49 PM (YudAC)
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Pesky real job
Darn I've got some catching up to do here. So I'll be pretty busy and with Rusty out guest bloggers are welcome.
See bush saves Police officers. Not Bush, a bush.
Also this morning I was listening to an interview of an evacuee from Katrina. She was a nurse at a veterans hospital/retirement home and had accompanied vets to a DC area evacuation site. Paraphrased quote
I've lost my job, my house, my car, everything I'm now free to fish
Now that's the spirit.
Updated: Also our last festival of Fatwas has moved pretty far down. Link this post and send a trackback if you would like a Friday Fatwa.
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APSA Blogging, Day 3: Hangovers
Hung out with some fellow anonymous political scientist bloggers last night. We met up with the not-so-anonymous
Daniel Drezner. He's good people.
Next door, Cornell West was at a party. Wait, that guy is a political scientist. I thought he was a hip-hop artist or something?
Two worlds colliding. You know about the worlds. A non-blogging, not-in-the-know about "Rusty Shackleford", friend from grad school was hanging out at the party with us. Turns out, he and Steve the Llamabutcher know each other. Small world. Awkward, since none of could talk about blogging around him. Best to keep academic world and blog worlds apart.
If you have to make a choice between going to a party hosted by libertarians or conservatives, go to the libertarian party. Just trust me on this one.
Best. Advice. Ever: Never challenge Steve the Llama Butcher or Professor Chaos to a drinking game.
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As gay as a french horn. I bet Chaos was making out with Cornell West... you know, he digs the teeth.
Posted by: Wine-aholic at September 02, 2005 09:39 AM (Wsn+K)
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Aha! My suspicions are confirmed by those closest to him!
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10 bucks i waived in front of that guy's face!
definitely gay.
that, and he had his tongue in rusty's ear....
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September 01, 2005
Irony
I've been away from my guest-blogging duties here for a while. While New Orleans was going under, this was the view that night from where I was staying:
A little rain might have been nice.
--See Dubya
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I can't really see the image. Is that fire?
Posted by: Professor Chaos at September 02, 2005 12:51 AM (Ura90)
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Fire, yes, and lots of it. It's a crappy photo but I think it gets the point across.
Posted by: See-Dubya at September 02, 2005 01:16 AM (Egj23)
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Dammit Dubya...when are you gonna learn that playing with lighter fluid isn't safe? Just kiddin. This past winter there was a fire near my girlfriend's parent's house in the Sierra Nevada mountains and I think about 17,000 acres burned. We were miles away but it was snowing ashes.
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HAIL HAIL FIRE AND SNOW CALL THE ANGEL WE WILL GO FAR AWAY FAR TO SEE FREINDLY ANGEL COME TO ME MY GOD THE SKIES ON FIRE ooooohhh it looks scary
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I did not know that
Your local CITGO gas station is
owned by Hugo Chavez.
Originally, CITGO started out as Cities Service Corporation in Indian Territory--the eastern half of what is now Oklahoma, before 1907. It's based in Houston, but owned by Caracas.
There are some things of ours I don't think our adversaries should be able to buy. I'm glad China was stopped from buying UNOCAL. So where was Clinton on the CITGO sale in the 1990's? Can we regain control of the rest of our energy supply?
--See Dubya
EDIT: Oops. Looks like that was Bush #1. That was well before Chavez came to power in 1998; he just got control of one of America's biggest oil companies in the process.
UPDATE: Hyscience says let's boycott Citgo. Seems pretty reasonable to me, although it may hurt a lot of businessmen in the process. Still, a widespread boycott could bring the share price down low enough that an American interest can buy it back.
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Whoa looks like the FBI should lok into this or maybe the State Dept should it sound serious that americans could be construbting to a potential enemy and screw jimmy carter
Posted by: sandpiper at September 01, 2005 08:40 PM (MNa1O)
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trackback isn't working
Posted by: Richard at September 01, 2005 09:40 PM (xFeJi)
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Richard--
I'm just the night manager. I can't get into the vault.
Posted by: See-Dubya at September 01, 2005 10:47 PM (Egj23)
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No problem, I'm a fellow JR poster but don't have a key either.
Posted by: Richard at September 01, 2005 11:07 PM (xFeJi)
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Hugo Chavez....another castro in the making...mini-me you can say....Fidel must be so proud of his creation....why does it seem so many South American and Central American countries have such a huge problem with ruling themselves peacefully???...always has to be so many overthrows and dictators and , well, such a freakin mess...i guess they just like it that way...and than they bring their problems here...time to mine the border
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Gosh, I never thought of just mining the border. Now that's a great idea. I suggest bouncing bettys and trip-set cluster bombs. For large groups, perhaps an occasional MOAB would serve to discourage crossing into our country.
Posted by: Richard at September 01, 2005 11:47 PM (xFeJi)
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well its either mines or a piranah filled moat Rich...which would you prefer to keep out illegals who might and do bring in diseases and the terrorists with bombs???...i kind of like the moat...self feeding
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 02, 2005 12:16 AM (hcN1S)
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You can't boycott Citgo. Half of the fuel in Lake Charles LA is refined at the Citgo refinery. Do you know where the fuel you bought at the Texaco station this morning was bought? No you don't. In New Orleans only the Mobil and Murphy gas refineries are shut down. Motiva is awaiting power and personel to get back on line but in the mean time there is no fuel for any stations that normally get their loads from this area. Refineries and loading racks sell fuel that gets additives blended as it loads to make it that branded fuel you put in your tank.
Posted by: Bullshark at September 02, 2005 03:38 AM (x5a99)
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" Still, a widespread boycott could bring the share price down low enough that an American interest can buy it back."
Is it even publicly traded?
Posted by: actus at September 02, 2005 06:45 AM (Z3mEP)
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See-Dubya; Either you did your homework or you're revealing your age with the knowledge about Citgo once being Cities Service. I'll point out my age and tell you that the Mobil gas stations where I lived all used to be Sinclair (the dinosaur logo) and gas, when I was 10 years old, was $.22 a gallon. Cigarettes were $.28 and a loaf of bread was about a quarter. My dad used to send me to the corner store to buy his Pall Malls for him when I was in 6th grade.
Posted by: Oyster at September 02, 2005 08:31 AM (fl6E1)
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Of the top oil producing countries in the world, only one is a democracy with a president who was elected on a platform of using his nation's oil revenue to benefit the poor. The country is Venezuela. The President is Hugo Chavez. Call him "the Anti-Bush."
Citgo is a U.S. refining and marketing firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company. Money you pay to Citgo goes primarily to Venezuela -- not Saudi Arabia or the Middle East (if you buy from texaco or other american owned oil company). There are 14,000 Citgo gas stations in the US. By buying your gasoline at Citgo, you are contributing to the billions of dollars that Venezuela's democratic government is using to provide health care, literacy and education, and subsidized food for the majority of Venezuelans.
Instead of using government to help the rich and the corporate, as Bush does, Chavez is using the resources and oil revenue of his government to help the poor in Venezuela. A country with so much oil wealth shouldn't have 60 percent of its people living in poverty, earning less than $2 per day. With a mass movement behind him, Chavez is confronting poverty in Venezuela. That's why large majorities have consistently backed him in democratic elections. And why the Bush administration supported an attempted military coup in 2002 that sought to overthrow Chavez.
So this is the opposite of a boycott. Call it a BUYcott. Spread the word.
Of course, if you can take mass transit or bike or walk to your job, you should do so. And we should all work for political changes that move our country toward a cleaner environment based on renewable energy. The BUYcott is for those of us who don't have a practical alternative to filling up our cars.
So get your gas at Citgo. And help fuel a democratic revolution in Venezuela.
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Note to friends: E-mail
I'm at a conference in Washington, D.C. Sorry if I can't respond to all comments or e-mails right now because of limited access. I do have internet access, but
Professor Chaos's pad is so dungeon-like as to make any one want to spend as little time as possible in it. This apartment goes a long way in explainsg Chaos's long track record of striking out with his dates.
Thanks for your patience.
UPDATE: Chaos assures me that there are many more deep seeded pathologies that explain his relationship problems.
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Nice to hear you are in the area ... the average IQ, or atleast web capabilities, of DC just went up a few points!
/TJ
Posted by: TJ at September 01, 2005 08:35 PM (PL7dL)
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My bet is it has to do with his obsesion with the Taco Truck and Five Guys.
Posted by: Wittysexkitten at September 02, 2005 12:29 AM (5//sc)
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Five Guys is a worthy obsession, should you be in the market for one.
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Pajamas Media and Me
Check out the Pajamas Media portal. My bio is now up. Ever want to know what I look like? My photo is up, too. Man, am I good looking or what?
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Rusty,
It looks like someone beat the crap out of you with wet noodles! Who was it: students, school administrators or Kossacks?
Posted by: Don Miguel at September 01, 2005 11:08 PM (UAn5X)
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cool to know at least a little about the guy who runs the site...i dont blame ya for being carefull, after all, youre job could be at risk and most of all, you have a family to take care of...i think its funny that youre wife has no idea...if i did this stuff my wife would laugh her ass off at me since im such a goof...sigh...oh well....nice to meet you{kind of} Rusty....keep up the good work
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 01, 2005 11:38 PM (hcN1S)
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You're a much bigger man that I suspected. I had you envisioned at pygmy size. Very small hands and feet. Unless you just blurred over a pic of Jesse Ventura. I was expecting "South Park" Rusty so this is a step up.
Posted by: Wittysexkitten at September 02, 2005 12:33 AM (5//sc)
Posted by: Rusty at September 02, 2005 12:53 AM (Ura90)
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It's a shame to have to work in an environment so hostile you have to remain anonymous. Where I work the worst case scenario is that I have to use monosyllabic words and speak very slowly - and even then I have to repeat myself two or three times.
And you ARE a handsome devil. ;-)
Posted by: Oyster at September 02, 2005 06:53 AM (YudAC)
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What, no mention of the Koran flushing, the ongoing Crips vs. Bloods fued, or the hot lesbo action? Disappointment.
P.S. Get rid of those sideburns.
Posted by: Venom at September 02, 2005 09:20 AM (dbxVM)
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APSA Blogging, Day 2: Claremont Institute Panel on A Neocon Conspiracy
Above (click for bigger pic): The guy in front of me falls asleep during Michael Ledeen's talk.
Panel 3, Sponsored by the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
A Neo-Conservative Conspiracy? Principles and objectives of Bush's Foreign Policy: A Roundtable
Excellent roundtable. Most of these academic panels put me to sleep. Not this one. Unfortunately, the guy sitting in front of me wasn't as into the talks as me. I couldn't resist snapping a picture of him with my cell phone. That's Michael Ladeen, author of War Against the Terror Master, in the background talking.
Speaker 1: Adam Wolfson, former editor of Public Interest
Wolfson began by talking about how Bush outrages both Realists and Idealists. Later, Wolfson would claim that Bush is a Hamiltonian Realist. Hamiltonian Realists believe that the character of opposing regimes is somehow connected to our national security.
Bush is also not a Wilsonian Idealist, as some on the Right like to accuse him --think Pat Buchanan. This is evidenced by Bush's willingness to selectively apply his idealism. Think Cuba. After the Cold War, Cuba ceased to be threat. Bush's unwillingness to invade Cuba does not reveal a hypocrisy, as many on the Left like to accuse, rather it is consistent with a Realist foreign policy. No threat, no need for regime change. Iraq, on the other hand, was a threat and therefore only by regime change could we ensure the long-term national interests of the country.
Wolfson reminded us, though, that the cause-effect relationship between democracy, peace, and our national interest is a theory we are trying to test. It could very well be that the theory is wrong. Bringing democracy to the Middle East may not, in fact, bring peace and serve our interests in the long run. Let's hope the theory is right.
Random thought : This guy should definitely blog.
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Posted by: Professor Chaos at September 01, 2005 07:29 PM (UBwvx)
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Wish I could have been there. (Although my husband has never been able to understand my interest in politics.)
I think the left has gone so far left that they're having a hard time defining themselves without alluding to the fact (or even admitting to themselves) that the most extreme of the left is coming full circle and emerging on the extreme right end of the spectrum.
There are those who will deny it, but even the bulk of the right, over decades, has shifted toward center. And the bulk of the left, just to maintain a respectable distance, has shifted even farther left.
If the trend continues, we "will" end up in a fascist/communist state.
Posted by: Oyster at September 02, 2005 07:18 AM (YudAC)
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Dear Professor Chaos,From where I stand-Canada with it's mild centrist or liberal tradition and polity- why all the fuss and furor over the enemies on the left when really there is no Left in the United States, pace a few aging professors in the humanities?For real left activity, you have to see what is happening in the rest of the world;not the United States.In the U.S.,there is no left unless you want to be real silly and count people like Ted Kennedy,Hilary Clinton and journalist from the New York Times.Even the labour movement, which is small compared to other industrial countries, is centrist(liberal), generally impotent- hardly leftist.Another reminder: when talking about regime change and making analogies & comparisons with World War 2, we need to know for both good and bad that it was the Soviet Union that defeated Nazi Germany not the United States.Compared to the contributions and sacrifices of the Soviet Union ,the U.S.was a secondary player .They fought and won their war aginst Japan in the Pacific.Lastly,what justification do you have in saying that 70% of the Iranian people want to get rid of the Mullahs?Unless I am mistaken, this comment is just wind. Political arguments have to be achieved and won by & with a general respect for the truth not ideological bluster,whether left or right. Rick
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APSA Blogging, Day 2: Random Thoughts III
Some kind of Llama related panel.
Yips. Orgle.
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APSA Blogging, Day 2: Random Thoughts II
10:15 a.m. Panel 7.1
That '70s Decade and the Politics of Paradigm Change.
My hand is, like, so big. Where are the Cheetos?
UPDATE: That paradign shift so harshed my mellow.
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APSA blogging, Day 2: Random Thoughts I
8:00 a.m. Panel 3.1
(EN)Gendering Democrcy in Comparative Contexts.
Hey, they're all chicks. Score.
UPDATE: Razors. Ever heard of them? Ewwww....
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Al-Qaeda Claims London bombings.
Al Jazeera has a new tape of Ayman al-Zawahiri and Mohammed Siddiq Khan claiming the July 7th London bombings.
On the video, Mohammed Siddiq Khan, one the men responsible for the bombings, gives his testimony and explains the reasons behind his action and blames Western citizens and holds them responsible for the bombings in London, Madrid and 9/11, because they elect governments that commit crimes against humanity."
See here
and here.
As if there was ever any doubt.
Updated: BBC has the one of the Videos here.
Here is what one Muslim had to say about it.
I just want to go on national television myself and expose their lies.
"It's all brainwashing by some wacko scholar who believes his own version of the Koran and has made it his own battle. There is no holy war.
"They have so much coverage it's damaging, yet the voices of the innocent victims are not being heard." Speaking at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Newport, Mr Straw told reporters there was "no excuse, no justification for terrorism of any kind". He added: "And it happens those who entirely wrongly claim to speak in the name of Islam are mainly killing their fellow Muslims."
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islamic terrorists are so intelligent firstly he;s murdered inocent people aand justifies it by saing everyone is a soldier but that he;s going to murder pople because the west has killed innocents in iraq afghanistan... but he's jyst said there are no innocents what logicc oh and the guy was pakistani and he;s wearingarab headress so i didnt even undestand his own culture and must likely i now more about islam than is peace of scum ever did
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Graeme, Okay - slow down - fingers on home row and type slowly and more deliberately ;-)
Posted by: Oyster at September 02, 2005 07:21 AM (YudAC)
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sorry must a bit mad at the moment
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Imbedded blogger
See this entry from
deansworld about
Michael Yons blog. Mike is in iraq and
blogging strait from Mosul. He has pics and first hand accounts events there.
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Michael Yon's blog is first rate.
Pictures and dispatches from actual fights.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at September 01, 2005 01:49 PM (Od0x1)
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Much of the censorship is self-imposed because I will not write anything that jeopardizes US, Iraqi or Coalition forces or civilians.
A true Patriot
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Beslan Massacre one year later
While we are all wrapped up in our own problems right now letÂ’s also take a few minutes to remember the children of Beslan.
Gateway pundit has a post reminding us all of how much the terrorists love kids.Watching the young girls being brought into another room. Forced to clean up the blood off the floors. Drinking urine to stay alive. Dragging your younger brother through the halls. Pulling his limp body through a broken window.
Freedom Fighters Right? More like war criminals.
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I read how Basayev is blaming Putin for the whole thing. God almighty, I hate muslim scum. I wish Putin would just evac all the Russians from Chechnya and carpet-bomb the place.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 01, 2005 11:05 AM (0yYS2)
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murderers...child killers....cowards....thats what they are...ALL of them...the ones who do it and crow about how "brave" they are, the ones who sit on their thumbs and say and do nothing to stop it from happening again, and the ones who sit back from getting their hands dirty but give moral support to the ones who commit the "brave" act of killing little children...adults take thier chances and know the risks and can protect themselves most of the time, but children???....how brave are you if killing children with a machine gun and home made bombs is what you do???...dont kill these people i say...send em here, to a US prison, where they take "good care" of child killers, if you get my drift....i have NO mercy for those who prey on children, NONE and i dont think any god or God would curse me for that
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 01, 2005 11:55 PM (hcN1S)
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President Putin will be visiting the White House on September 16. Wouldn't it be nice for some Americans to show up and demonstrate? To show our support for democracy, our sympathy for the victims of Beslan and our disgust at the handling of Chechnya? Somehow I think the 30 who protested Putin's visit in Germany is better than we can do here.
Posted by: Jonathan at September 04, 2005 02:59 PM (Z2hkw)
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we love terrorists. you are our idols we look up to you and hope to be like you one day. love alfalfa. xoxo
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Dumb Quote of the Day
"Income inequality is an economic and social ill..."
Anonymous author in the New York Times
Spoken like a true communist.
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Can't we just burn the place down with all the commie scum inside, and shoot them as they run out? That would be great fun. Damn, I'm a ruthless bastard sometimes. Well, all the time. But think that's a bit harsh?
Well, the NYT wails endlessly about Guantanamo, but says nothing about Castro's real nightmares just across the fences, where people are starving by order of El Barbudo, and are summarily executed when caught trying to leave. In fact, just the opposite is true, and they still propagandize for him, just like they've been doing for almost half a century.
Liberals are scum and should all be shot or hanged. Yes, I'm a right bastard, but I'm a bastard on the side of liberty.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 01, 2005 08:11 AM (0yYS2)
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Wheres us a good wrecking ball lets give a few swings with it and crash smash down come the TIMES big hog house
Posted by: sandpiper at September 01, 2005 09:04 AM (uPdgJ)
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You mean the building that the Times got the government to steal for them? I am not advocating violence against them, but if it did happen, it couldn't happen to a more deserving group.
Posted by: Defense Guy at September 01, 2005 09:43 AM (jPCiN)
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If I wrote that article, I wouldn't sign it either. How shortsighted and ill thought out can an idea be? That was a prime example.
Posted by: Oyster at September 01, 2005 10:38 AM (fl6E1)
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You know that the economy is doing well when the ol' "income inequity" meme starts echoing in the vaunted halls of the NYT!
Posted by: The Fastest Squirrel at September 01, 2005 11:30 AM (hEHKi)
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They need to change their masthead to something more like:
'Sure we know it's a lie, but from our point of view it's a
helpful lie.'
Posted by: Defense Guy at September 01, 2005 11:45 AM (jPCiN)
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All the Print that Fits is News
Posted by: Brian B at September 01, 2005 12:44 PM (CouWh)
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NYT was a Bolshevik rag 88 years ago. At least they are consistent in their propaganda.
Posted by: Rod Stanton at September 01, 2005 01:04 PM (03F0I)
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I think the fact that I don't have a 30-foot sailboat to be a social ill and a war crime.
Posted by: Carlos at September 01, 2005 02:10 PM (8e/V4)
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Carlos,
I think you should camp outside Dick Cheney's house until he buys you a sailboat. and a pony.
Posted by: Brian B at September 01, 2005 02:33 PM (CouWh)
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Well Carlos, when the revolution comes you can just appropriate one of Komrade Kerry's sailboats. I think I'd like to appropriate his Harley, (for the people, of course).
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 01, 2005 03:28 PM (0yYS2)
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ive noticed lots of tv commercials for the NYT, trying to get people to suscribe...wonder if they are having some problems...anyone have any info on that???
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 01, 2005 11:57 PM (hcN1S)
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Yean Thanos, they're sucking the hind tit and they know it. But not just them, all print media is in trouble right now. I was watching CSPAN the other night and they had some editor from TIME or some such crap on, and he was just gushing about how wonderful newspapers are and how he loves to go buy newspapers in different cities, etcetera ad nauseum. Well, Thomas Jefferson said that if a man reads nothing but newspapers, he's better off reading nothing at all. Truer words were never spoken.
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And one of the dumbist line ever spoken was from eco-doom sayer paul ehrlich said GIVING THE WORLD CHEAP ABUNDANT ENERGY IS LIKE GIVING A IDIOT CHILD A MACHINE GUN well they did give that idiot child a degree and the ability to write all this malarkey about over population and such
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APSA, Day 1: Random observations
In the time it took to write this post four political scientists, sitting at different panels at the conference, used the words
hypocrisy and
Bush in the same sentence. 16 others chuckled knowingly, while at least one audience member was busy checking out the rack on that discussant.
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Posted by: Bill Dautrieve at September 01, 2005 07:42 AM (lVXwb)
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Look at the funbags on that hosehound!
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SOOPER SEKRET MESSAGE TO RUSTY - If you run into my blog partner, ask him for me why he's blowing me off.
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Leave it to Robbo to be the only one of us not to immediately respond to the Rack comment.
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Okay .... here
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Rusty:
Glad to see you made it after all. I'm hung up teaching a class so won't make it until at least tomorrow. When I get there though, I'm going to want to get drunk and ogle. (Did I say that out loud?)
Posted by: Demosophist at September 01, 2005 12:20 PM (R8Hlz)
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Best be careful: President Bush said there would be ZERO TOLERANCE for hooters.
Posted by: James Joyner at September 01, 2005 03:09 PM (UjbiU)
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Robbo, Steve blew me off today too. But we're all going to the IHS reception tonight, You and Demosophist should show up.
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InPhincible!
I could tell from his winning Blog Sabbath Caption Contest entry that Phin is tha shizznit.
Head on over to his Blog Design Auction to help victims of Hurricane Kuntrina, and you too can have a kickass blog design like The Jawa Report. Assuming you get the winning bid, of course.
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Missing persons Forum
WTVW has posted a link to a
missing persons site started by a
New Orleans paper. The site is so that people searching for loved ones can possibly link up. This sort of stuff seemed to work in London a while back. I may be the last to know. If you know of other sites post em in the comments and we'll move em up.
Updated : hat tip Jawa readers.
http://www.gulfcoastnews.com is establishing a list and is looking for online persons to volunteer at shelters taking names and listing them for the many people without power, computers or Internet. They are also in need of server power as their resources are greatly limited right now as well.
B4B posted this site: http://www.katrinafinder.us/ along with this info, "Dan Ford from Electric Desert has devised a database for those hoping to locate a loved one in the Katrina disaster zone, and can also be used by those living in the Katrina zone to inform their loved ones they are OK."
KatrinaHelp.info is shaping up to be a good resource, too
CNN has started a page of links as well.
Link to FOXNEWS Katrina help page.
Erin reports that Fats Domino is missing in New Orleans.
Updated: Fats has been located and is safe.
The big man in the office upstairs sends this link.
Craiglist New Orleans.
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Yeah, I heard about that. Good tool for everyone to use.
Are you up at all hours of the day Rusty? I see a post every hour :p
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When they had one of those missing persons sites in Sweden after the new years catastrophe in the Indian Ocean, the missing peoples houses got burglarised, but I don't think you'll have that problem here...
The Hurricane did more damage than I expected. Would you be insulted by the lack of trust in your countrys ability to handle it's own crisises if foreign governments offered assistance in fixing the area effected?
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B4B posted this site: http://www.katrinafinder.us/ along with this info, "Dan Ford from Electric Desert has devised a database for those hoping to locate a loved one in the Katrina disaster zone, and can also be used by those living in the Katrina zone to inform their loved ones they are OK."
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http://www.gulfcoastnews.com is establishing a list and is looking for online persons to volunteer at shelters taking names and listing them for the many people without power, computers or Internet. They are also in need of server power as their resources are greatly limited right now as well.
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Martial Law Declared in New Orleans
WWLTV.com:
Disgusted and furious with the lawlessness of looters who have put fear into citizens, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared Martial Law in the city and directed the city's 1,500 person police force to do "whatever it takes" to regain control of the city.
Nagin said that Martial Law means that officers don't have to worry about civil rights and Miranda rights in stopping the looters.
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Officials tried to balance security needs with saving lives.
"We're multitasking right now," said New Orleans Police Capt. Marlon Defillo. "Rescue, recovery, stabilization of looting, we're trying to feed the hungry." New Orleans' homeland security chief, Terry Ebbert, said looters were breaking into stores all over town and stealing guns. He said there are gangs of armed men moving around the city. At one point, officers stranded on the roof of a hotel were fired at by criminals on the street.
The Times-Picayune newspaper reported that the gun section at a new Wal-Mart had been cleaned out by looters.
Authorities said an officer was shot in the head and a looter was wounded in a shootout.
Opportunistic thugs are obviously taking advantage of the lack of police protection. As I recall, the situation in Somalia back in the early 1990s was similar. In that case, efforts to provide relief were negated by gangs of armed thugs directed by warlords. All that appears to be missing in New Orleans are the warlords.
Companion at Interested-Participant.
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How long before the commies down at the ACLU gets wind of martial law in N.O. and they come down there and start up a stink to protect the "rights" of all those looters and totally ignore what is going on there
Posted by: THANOS35 at August 31, 2005 09:37 PM (hcN1S)
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and im sure if there are gangs in NO there are gang leaders...same as a warlord for this situation...i hope the police come down on them like a sledgehammer and put a quick stop to these gangs
Posted by: THANOS35 at August 31, 2005 09:43 PM (hcN1S)
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If the authorities had taken drastic action in the beginning, and I mean shooting looters who were stealing things other than bare necessities, this would never had happened.
The PC crowd has struck again. When will they ever learn?
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If civil order isn't re-established, with or without martial law, then _surviving_ gang leaders will be evolving into warlords shortly.
Keep an eye on the one who declares Sharia law.
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Cool...
Looting footage available for overseas distribution or kept secret so Al-Jazzeera doesn't get proof to gloat about the wrath of Allah striking infidels into chaos?
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 04:29 AM (cWMi4)
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Just based on cursory evidence, the American media is focusing on the human tragedy, the suffering, and the desire of other Americans to help. The coverage from BBC seemed to spend more time on the powerlessness of the American government to do anything. Almost of if they were enjoying the disaster in America.
Posted by: Bill Dautrieve at September 01, 2005 07:46 AM (lVXwb)
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I just heard that the evacuation has been suspended because someone is shooting at the helicopters. There is a lot I want to say about this, but I know I would get shouted at by the PC -cowed masses who don't want to admit what they know; that the people who are doing to are from certain groups who shall remain unnamed by me, but we all know who is doing this.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 01, 2005 08:00 AM (0yYS2)
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too bad martial law doesn't exist.
Posted by: actus at September 01, 2005 08:57 AM (Z3mEP)
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Just imagine all the yelling by the liberals that they are declairing marshial law and will be out arresting looters too bad but maybe the poor homelsess looetrs will find a new home the pokey
Posted by: sandpiper at September 01, 2005 09:07 AM (uPdgJ)
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What a great opportunity! Under martial law, the cops can do anything they need to do to restore order. Back talk! Blam! The ACLU can stuff it. Under martial law, the ACLU meddlers---oops! "observers" could themselves be shot for interfering with police. Maybe we should do this during political conventions.
Posted by: Scott in CA at September 01, 2005 09:45 AM (karFx)
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Shut the fuck up Scott, you goddamn snivelling liberal leftard communist scum. I hope that in the next riot in Kalifornistan you get assraped by a gang of blacks. Yes, the cops need to shoot first and ask questions later when civil order has broken down completely. Anyone who isn't doing what they're told by civil authorities in such an event is an idiot and needs shot. Goddamn liberals all need killed.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 01, 2005 11:08 AM (0yYS2)
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Greyrooster is down there somewhere on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
IÂ’ll bet he has something for any looters who come around his place.
Any one hear from him?
Posted by: Brad at September 01, 2005 11:37 AM (3OPZt)
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I wouldn't worry too much about Rooster, his only concern is probably that they won't stand still long enough for a good headshot.
Speaking of which, I took the CETME out to the range last night, and at 50 yards from standing and kneeling, I found I can still make a fair number of headshots (75%) in rapid fire mode of 1 round per second, and most center mass shots were killers. Not bad, considering that I'm using 7.62 NATO in a heavy rifle, and haven't done a lot of combat shooting in a while. I only wish I was on a rooftop in New Orleans with it right now, I'd teach the bastards to act like human beings.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 01, 2005 03:35 PM (0yYS2)
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It should be a good story when he gets back on line.
I'll bet the boat is history.
Posted by: Brad at September 01, 2005 05:58 PM (3OPZt)
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Damn im so sick and tired of the leftards at the ACLU filing their stupid lawsuits against christain symbolsm they must have their building lined with the old hammer and scycle symbol
Posted by: sandpiper at September 01, 2005 08:44 PM (MNa1O)
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Anyone see the running news ticker on FOX News about a Muslim extremist group that praised the hurricane's destruction, and are thrilled the price of fuel will skyrocket...pun intended.
How much is gas in everyone's neck of the woods? 3.39 here but I heard some areas are charging 6 bucks! Can't Bush freeze the prices? All he's done is tell everyone if you don't need it, dont get gas!!!!
Posted by: Laura at September 01, 2005 08:49 PM (L3PPO)
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I guess itÂ’s sort of like a holiday for Islam. The 1 year anniversary of the Beslan massacre, (300 plus dead), A hurricane destroys a US city. The British traitor who helped kill 60 or so of his fellow citizens comes out to take credit for the mass murders.
About the 1st and 3rd items above:
The condemnation from the Muslim community is ........Deafening.
Laura, gas is relatively cheep here in Seattle, about $3.20/gal..but who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Posted by: Brad at September 01, 2005 11:04 PM (6mUkl)
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$3.11, give or take about 5 cents here in NJ in the Northeast and NorthWest areas...it goes up much more and im looking for a closer job...cant afford $120 a week of gas...got a mortgage and bills to pay...more important than driving all that distance just to see a big hunk of my weekly paycheck go to the gas companys
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 02, 2005 12:07 AM (hcN1S)
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O'Reilly made a good point...can't they take a 20% cut all around for a while? The gas stations and everyone that sells gas, fuel oil, etc. I mean, they can still make their profit, but not as much.
This is ludicrous!! Bush is telling everyone if you don't need to buy gas, curtail it. WTF? With the last big holiday weekend of the summer, is he for real??
Posted by: Laura at September 02, 2005 02:59 AM (L3PPO)
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Hehe... $3.00 is still half of what it has always cost here. $5-$6 for gallon for 95octane, diesel oil around $4/gal. 80% taxes those prices, gov. wants to make money from buying foreign fuel... If you fill some forms at KELA to prove you absolutely must have the car for work, fuel becomes technically free (omakustannehinta: $0.50/gal) no matter how much you drive.
Posted by: A Finn at September 02, 2005 04:42 AM (cWMi4)
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One word: Biodiesel. It's made from vegetable oil and will burn in any diesel engine. With this miracle fuel, we can:
Reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
Boost American agriculture.
Keep billions of dollars at home, which will take money away from terrorists.
Make us more secure.
Reduce emissions, because it burns cleaner than petrodiesel.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 02, 2005 03:08 PM (0yYS2)
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IM: yeah not I can agree with you on that. Several stations here sell only bio-diesel now.
Posted by: Howie at September 02, 2005 03:12 PM (D3+20)
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I'm looking for a diesel Dodge truck at a reasonable price. I'm going to start making my own from restaurant grease. If you buy the methanol and lye in bulk, and get the grease for free, then you can make it for about $.60 a gallon.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 02, 2005 03:16 PM (0yYS2)
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Wow that is cool. 60 cents. wow htat is cool add to that an old diesel escort and you cot lots of mpg too. Crap the useful thingies are covering the comment box agin.
Posted by: Howie at September 02, 2005 03:24 PM (D3+20)
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all i wanna say is god help the people..of new orleans...n i wanns tell all thoes fools who are looting in new orleans..ur GAY!...yall suppose to bring out the best of u beside shooting at cop who r trying to help u loser?..so yea STOP!!
Posted by: nas at September 02, 2005 04:31 PM (hdN1F)
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60% of the New Orleans police department deserted their posts during the greatest
humanitarian effort in the history of the United States of America? 60%?
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Katrina
Out of curiosity, I mooked around to see what global reaction has been to the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Interestingly, the same Germany that produced the noxious commentary of a Minister indicating that the US basically had it coming given our turndown of Kyoto, is also the home of Der Spiegel which had some interesting links. First, was a set of letters to Der Speigel remarking on German commentary about the Hurricane. Similarly, Der Spiegel also ran a bit about the same remarks by the German government official who shot his mouth off - in this article they didn't seem to either condone or condemn the statement, but simply related his defense of his argument.
The other interesting articles are these: Disaster 101: Why Europe Hasn't Jumped to Help Katrina's Victims which has a few interesting bits:
"Yet, in Europe, the Web sites of major aid organizations -- including international branches of the Red Cross in Germany, France, England etc. -- don't even mention its existence. Instead, they continue to highlight such worthy causes as hunger in Niger, ongoing aid for victims of December's South Asian tsunami and, in the French case, an airline crash in Venezuela. But the US Gulf Coast is nowhere to be found. It begs the question: Don't the desperate people of Louisiana and Mississippi need the world's help and attention?"
The article does hem and haw about the question, but the fact that it was raised is interesting in and of itself. But the more warming bit was the article linked at bottom which had links to sites taking donations for Hurricane victims.
At any rate, I got curious and decided to do a quick survey of how folks are mobilizing (if at all) to support Hurricane victims.
more...
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No sorry I don't see the link, won't you see the link between our support and your continued existance. See the link between our soliders dying in WWII and your survival. Yes I saw the evacuation of the strip. Yes it was bad but don't blame America without us you're an historical nation. Peace will come with a little give and take. You may have to give up a few things. The other side may have to stop blowing you up and give up that crazy obliteration doctrine. I know you are both loathe to actually have peace but try anyway. We've invested enough in that money pit time to try for yourselves We'll help both sides what we can but we can't do it without both of you. So either help New Orelans or shut up before I come over there and slap your silly face clean off your head.
http://www.jnewswire.com/library/article.php?articleid=676
Posted by: Howie at August 31, 2005 04:19 PM (D3+20)
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Sorry, Europe, but you get NO Credit. I remember the Tsunami well enough to recall that you told US that private charitable giving didn't count -- the amount of GOVERNMENT aid was what mattered.
That ant the fact that the countries who are doing Jack B. Squat include the loudest critics of US aide during the Tsunamis (Frogistan, Norway), tell me that you expect us to come to your rescue, but don't give a flying f*** about us. Sit and spin, Europe.
Posted by: Brian B at August 31, 2005 04:22 PM (CouWh)
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Screw Europe, we should have let the Nazis have their way with them.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at August 31, 2005 04:39 PM (0yYS2)
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I'm sorry, did that sound bitter?
It did?
Good.
Posted by: Brian B at August 31, 2005 04:54 PM (CouWh)
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IM, I don't think letting the Nazis win WWII would of
been good. Now maybe if we would of sit out on WWI, it might of not been that bad. I wonder if Winston would of
blamed the Jews if England had lost WWI.
Posted by: Butch at August 31, 2005 05:03 PM (Gqhi9)
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It is there on red cross uk, but on the other sites, they ignored it...I am hoping that it is because they didn't get the news yet. If not...
Posted by: Sheila at August 31, 2005 05:52 PM (l72kO)
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Red Cross Finland has a short news item about the disaster but no mention of how to help if you want to...
http://www.redcross.fi/ajankohtaista/notice/?id=1071
This is the same country where when they asked University Students what they thought of Americans and Russians, the Russians fared better:
"Finnish university students have been found to have a lower opinion of US citizens than of Russians.
According to a survey on national perceptions and identity, 20.6% of the Finnish respondents had a positive view of Russians, and 47.7% had a negative view. The survey was part of a joint study by the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and the University of Sofia in Bulgaria.
Americans got a positive rating from 15.3% of the Finns, and a negative rating from 54.7% of respondents."
"Perceived negative traits of Russians included a lack of responsibility and trustworthiness. On the positive side, many of the Finnish respondents saw Russians as friendly, cheerful, and hospitable."
"Americans were seen by many to be self-centred and arrogant. On the positive side, they were also perceived as friendly, socially outgoing, polite, and hard workers."
Posted by: Fred Fry at August 31, 2005 06:16 PM (RPY7Q)
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What about the UN? Have they written us a nice letter yet?
Posted by: Oyster at August 31, 2005 06:22 PM (YudAC)
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Whats with that idiot in germany why is he trying to bale george bush for hurricane katrina? why is he so out of is wheres his brains? has he got a walnut sized brain i mean this guy should check himself in to the loony bin and wear a streight jacket he must be looking for a section 8
Posted by: sandpiper at August 31, 2005 08:41 PM (JyNSh)
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thats from eating way to much saurkraut i bet
Posted by: THANOS35 at August 31, 2005 09:44 PM (hcN1S)
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Uh, Sandpiper? I think the German Cheesed++k got on the bandwagon for browbeating Bush over the hurricane because he was reading way too much KOS and he thought KOS was cool or something. (Maybe he was flirting.) Kos, Americablog, and some other idiot who I can't remember right now seemed to be the first brainfarts on this side of the pond to blame Bush for the storm before the storm even hit.
Posted by: Kermit at August 31, 2005 10:12 PM (DX+fh)
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Fred Fry rulz!!!
Oh yeah, and I think it would upset your government if everyone was rushing to help you as if you had absolutely no possibility to handle the crisis yourself.
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 04:14 AM (cWMi4)
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While I'm glad Fred was able to vindicate Finland, it's just plain silly to suggest our government would be upset if others offer help. When individuals are in dire need from such a crisis, pride takes a backseat.
Posted by: Oyster at September 01, 2005 05:08 AM (YudAC)
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Well, my bride has become a shield against helpers whenever I had something bad yet not utterly decimating happen to me... Just figured your countrys might too, since you portray yourself as a powerful nation.
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 05:26 AM (cWMi4)
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Well anyway, I think you have to ask for help if you want it on a country or major organisation level. The shouldwe/shouldwenot situation is a complex puzzle otherwise.
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 05:30 AM (cWMi4)
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"vindicate"? Somehow I got the idea that it's something slightly positive, in which case I'm surprised that showing that Finns like Russians more than Americans or that Finnish Red Cross is pretty much doing nothing at all is a good thing.
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 05:47 AM (cWMi4)
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Dagnammit! Can't Fred read Finnish? Of course he can't... Oh well, there's a "donate money"-button and a "volunteer to help"-button on the left side of the page, eventhough the article gives the impression that Red Cross has already deployed a full helping operation (53'000 sheltered, 350'000 fed by 'em, also giving out rations in Baton Rouge and Montgomery).
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 06:00 AM (cWMi4)
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hmm... all possible words "bride" => "pride"...
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 06:01 AM (cWMi4)
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Umm... I'm not even making any sense to myself even, proceed with following:
bann: A_Finn
edit: delete_all post "A_Finn, A_fatwad_Finn"
Posted by: A Finn at September 01, 2005 06:05 AM (cWMi4)
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Hmm. I can read Finnish. I lived (and worked) there for three+ years.
Example: olut. Vittu. Olen Amrikkalainen. Haluatko tulla kotini?
Sure, I found the link to give, but every red cross page has that. There is no disaster page for this event.
Don't get me wrong, I am not harping on the Finnish Red Cross. They do good work. It is just that for every tragedy that strikes, they and other aid groups, like UNICEF, hit the streets with their collections cans hassling people for money.
Then there are the odd campaigns. Take the summer condom program (kesakumi) Here is the homepage for that, in Finnish, but on the right, if you click one of the small pictures, you can send a condom web postcard to someone you love.
http://www.redcross.fi/kesakumi/
I find it funny that the Finnish Red Cross is pass out condoms when the UN is crying that there is a shortage of them in Africa. How about them sending some south....
Posted by: Fred Fry at September 01, 2005 11:35 AM (JXdhy)
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Don't expect much from European individuals. When I lived in Switzerland in the 80s, I sent the IRC SF 100 for some disaster (which I can't remember). I actually got a letter of thanks from the IRC president himself! And in the letter, he implied that they didn't get much money from individuals (which I inferred from the fact that he took the time to send me a letter of thanks).
Posted by: Don Miguel at September 01, 2005 01:40 PM (+KixN)
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I don't think Europe excepted this crisis to reach such a magnitude. Hurricanes are one thing but cities under sea level getting flooded? ..Anyway, the least Europe could do is to offer some specialized help and send search teams among other things. The US has been saving Europe's *ss for almost a century, maybe now would be a good time to give something back?
Posted by: Ren at September 01, 2005 02:25 PM (7ZsmI)
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01481437.htm
"The State Department said offers so far had come from Belgium, Canada, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, Britain, China, Australia, Jamaica, Honduras, Greece, Venezuela, the Organization of American States, NATO, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, South Korea, Israel and the United Arab Emirates."
so lets spare the self pitying whining shall we?
" Earlier, President George W. Bush said in a television interview that the United States could take care of itself.
"
Posted by: KB at September 01, 2005 06:49 PM (LyPeV)
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Creepy, your gov. actually did something I suggested and the White House pronounced that all help from abroad is welcome... Right after which all those countries/organisations offered help. And before you got help Bush said: "Usa can take care of itself"... Which means the people want help, but Bush doesn't? So foreign help is against Bush, but not against anyone else. That's an excellent arrangement, even allows Muslim countries to help.
Posted by: A Finn at September 02, 2005 01:43 AM (cWMi4)
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Oh, and apparently some guy from my gov. called your gov. and asked what's needed, so I think you should have some Finns helping out there in a few days, unless your gov. said 'no thanks, we're fine'.
Posted by: A Finn at September 02, 2005 01:47 AM (cWMi4)
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I'm getting tired of all this...after all, the residents were forewarned three days before the hurricane hit! Whoever remained behind is nuts! Why couldn't state officials make an announcement for a mass exodus and have buses ready to bring the people to other safe places? They're doing it now, anyway, why couldn't this be available before?
Stupid is as stupid does. Anyone with half a brain would have scrammed. Staying behind was stupid! There's nothing left the city is virtually inoperable...even if your home came through unscathed, you're still fucked.
Posted by: Laura at September 02, 2005 04:50 PM (L3PPO)
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Please refer to this link as to what Europe is doing in regard of the Katrina Storm.
It saddens me that ignorance and lack of information brings people in here to bash Europe. Even tinny counties like Luxemburg and Portugal are helping. This last one sent 500,000 barrels of oil it took from its reserve ... in the meantime we here in the US take 5 days to debate whether or not to use part of our reserve.
Keep the arrogance and the ingratitude America and one day you WILL be left alone indeed with no one else to blame then yourself. It is Pathetic to see how criticism comes easy when you don't know what you are talking about.
Enjoy the link and do some research.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4216370.stm
Posted by: Chris at September 09, 2005 09:08 AM (GjcAV)
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