Making Baby Jesus Cry - Page 283

Secret_Agent_Man · 09-08-2005, 03:22 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Is that a reference to mcbvr6?

Maybe. That name tickles the back of my memory -- who/what is it?

S_A_M

Penske_Account · 09-08-2005, 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Maybe. That name tickles the back of my memory -- who/what is it?

S_A_M

My kryptonite.

Sexual Harassment Panda · 09-08-2005, 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Aren't you the one too old to enlist?

Ah, but he was so much older then - he's younger than that now.

Secret_Agent_Man · 09-08-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The biggest shame in all of this is that Katrina didn't hit DC.

You say a lot of stupid shit, largely on purpose, but please don't wish a Category 4 hurricane with a 24 foot storm surge on my wife and children.

S_A_M

Hank Chinaski · 09-08-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Well, to start with, FEMA is the government, and this is a private forum. Also, FEMA is preventing anyone from getting the news at all, since (e.g.) the photos won't exist. I was forcing people to click on an extra link to see the photos, which is just not that much of a burden, even for someone as lazy as Shapey. Those seem like crucial distinctions to me.

But somewhere in your heart you sympathize with those who would censor? I mean, you do understand the urge?

Replaced_Texan · 09-08-2005, 03:36 PM

I don't know or care whose fault it is, but this should never happen again.

Hank Chinaski · 09-08-2005, 03:39 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I don't know or care whose fault it is, but this should never happen again.

1 why didn't they leave? - not blaming, but shit.
2 shouldn't paramedics help out?

Secret_Agent_Man · 09-08-2005, 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I agree that forcing people to leave is a good idea. I was just asking why it's OK. What gives the government the authority to evict people from unsafe buildings? (Not a rhetorical question -- I'm asking.)

With a State of Emergency declared by the proper officials, the government can do almost anything it wants in that area.

S_A_M

Replaced_Texan · 09-08-2005, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
1 why didn't they leave? - not blaming, but shit.
2 shouldn't paramedics help out?

1.) I got the impression that they rather desperately wanted to leave and tried to do so many, many times and were prevented over and over again by law enforcement, whoever comandeered their busses and other assorted idiots.

2.) Where does it say they weren't helping out?

And Grenta officials, if this account even close to true, deserve the deepest circle of hell.

Secret_Agent_Man · 09-08-2005, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by sgtclub
What's the difference between this and you prohibiting Penske from posting 9/11 and Iraq photos.

The First Amendment?

S_A_M

Penske_Account · 09-08-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
Ah, but he was so much older then - he's younger than that now.

I'm insincere, Balt said so, remember?

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 09-08-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
Considering how New York gets shafted on federal taxes paid compared to federal investment, I'd be down with secession. Hell, we're already called The Empire State.

Will the rest of the state get to secede from TCOTU on the same basis?

Penske_Account · 09-08-2005, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
But somewhere in your heart you sympathize with those who would censor? I mean, you do understand the urge?

2.

Hank Chinaski · 09-08-2005, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
1.) I got the impression that they rather desperately wanted to leave and tried to do so many, many times and were prevented over and over again by law enforcement, whoever comandeered their busses and other assorted idiots.

2.) Where does it say they weren't helping out?

And Grenta officials, if this account even close to true, deserve the deepest circle of hell.

I meant leave before the hurricane. I understand the poor people staying in their homes, even the rich people staying in their homes, but I don't get staying at a hotel when everyone was being told to evacuate.

Penske_Account · 09-08-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I don't know or care whose fault it is, but this should never happen again.

If only Nagin had employed the buses and not let them drown people like this would never have been in the situation they were in.

As for the Grenta law enforcement, what do you expect? All of the locals there are as corrupt as hell and its accepted. If the tables were turned the NO police would have probably robbed the people to fund their next Vegas gambit. That's not to defend it, but if you want to clean up facism and racism in law enforcement you don't need to go to Grenta, its all around us-I'm looking out of my window now and see a couple of Seattle Police officers, classic examples of racist government officials who do nothing but abuse the power given them, the types of government officials who stand by and watch as mobs beat and kill innocent pedestrians, because they are scared but they are not too scared to pull over the random single black male and spread eagle him in the middle of the road on a daily basis for the crime of going 2 miles over the speed limit.

The second amendment is our only hope.