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09-07-2005, 07:36 PM
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#4156
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Can you please provide a scenario under which the average poster would have some reason to refer to NutCS?
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Ah, the self referential post! You Nut, you! |
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09-07-2005, 07:38 PM
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#4157
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Treed
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are cute little squirrels running around ever infected with rabies, or did I make that up?
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Everyone's talking about me!
More a raccoon problem than a squirrel problem. But STDs can be real problems for squirrels. |
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09-07-2005, 07:40 PM
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#4158
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corner Office
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Quote:
Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are cute little squirrels running around ever infected with rabies, or did I make that up?
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Are there squirrels where you live now? Were there where you used to live? Do armadillos eat squirrels? Have you ever eaten armadillo and/or squirrel?
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I will not suffer a fool- but I do seem to read a lot of their posts
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09-07-2005, 07:41 PM
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#4159
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Don't touch there
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Master-Planned Reality-Based Community
Posts: 1,220
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Can you please provide a scenario under which the average poster would have some reason to refer to NutCS?
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I just did. Carry on. |
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09-07-2005, 07:43 PM
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#4160
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,050
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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Chertoff is awful. I know he was brought in to cover for Brown, who is clearly incompetent, but his answers at the initial press conference that he held were embarrassing. I find the whole "two catastrophes" line of reasoning that he trotted out to be flawed and I'm saddened that he even tried to pass it off. And telling the reporter who asked why the failure of the levees was not a foreseeable effect of the hurricane that he was being argumentative was idiocy. It was in their fucking plan a year ago.
I really haven't heard much out of the governor. I wouldn't assume that a state such as Louisiana would have a lot in the way of resources to tap into to help matters now, but maybe I'm wrong. I mean, California had to max out FEMA help after the Northridge earthquake and Louisiana is no California in terms of resources.
The mayor's actions before the hurricane hit were clearly lacking, but I'm not sure what he could be doing post-disaster to make things better. I think begging for state and federal aid is about all he has in his bag of tricks at this point. Maybe also begging police to return to duty.
ETF bag of tricks, not book of tricks.
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I did not see the news conference, but I have always thought well of Chertoff, who seems to be at least as competent as most Latham & Watkins partners, a fairly competent bunch. But if the head of FEMA is an unqualified dope, and the #2 and #3 guys there are unqualified dopes, then there's not much Chertoff can do.
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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09-07-2005, 07:44 PM
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#4161
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World Ruler
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Are there squirrels where you live now? Were there where you used to live? Do armadillos eat squirrels? Have you ever eaten armadillo and/or squirrel?
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spanky?
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"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way."
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09-07-2005, 07:51 PM
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#4162
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WacKtose Intolerant
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: PenskeWorld
Posts: 11,627
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Quote:
Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are cute little squirrels running around ever infected with rabies, or did I make that up?
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this is more appropriate for a PM. Try to stay on topic.
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Since I'm a righteous man, I don't eat ham;
I wish more people was alive like me
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09-07-2005, 08:00 PM
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#4163
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
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Originally posted by Nut Case, Sensitive
Everyone's talking about me!
More a raccoon problem than a squirrel problem. But STDs can be real problems for squirrels.
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Short-term disabilities?
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I'm using lipstick again.
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09-07-2005, 08:01 PM
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#4164
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
Posts: 19,042
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Are there squirrels where you live now? Were there where you used to live? Do armadillos eat squirrels? Have you ever eaten armadillo and/or squirrel?
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I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, and not to my knowledge.
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I'm using lipstick again.
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09-07-2005, 09:52 PM
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WacKtose Intolerant
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: PenskeWorld
Posts: 11,627
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The Root of Nagin's Failure
NO is a cesspool of government sponsored crime and corruption. The legacy of Clinton lives on in Nagin and the NOPD.
Let's take a break from the joy of Bush bashing to reveal the dirty little secret of New Orleans: Its local government deserves an F for its planning and response to Katrina. And one other thing: The New Orleans police force would be a joke if it weren't a disgrace.
It is a perennial contender for Murder Capital.......if New York had New Orleans' murder rate, we would have more than 4,200 murders a year.
That the New Orleans police are hardly the Finest was proven by a shocking report yesterday: Nearly a third of New Orleans cops - some 500 of the 1,600 - are now unaccounted for. The department says some quit, but it doesn't know where most of them are.
The top cop, Eddie Compass, has responded by offering all officers paid vacations to Las Vegas and Atlanta. Yes, that's right - he is pulling all cops off the street, even while bodies lie in the open. Never in New York.
Then there's Mayor Ray Nagin, a Democrat, who has blamed everybody but himself. Maybe he has forgotten his plans for dealing with Katrina........ "Mayor Ray Nagin, local Red Cross Executive Director Kay Wilkins and City Council President Oliver Thomas drive home the word that the city does not have the resources to move out of harm's way an estimated 134,000 people without transportation."
By all means, let's investigate what went wrong in New Orleans. Let's start in City Hall.
Why wasn't Nagin planning on using the municipal and school district buses pursuant to the 2000 evacuation plan and Orleans Parish School Board meeting of June 2005????
Maybe he was too busy cavorting with Blanco:
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I wish more people was alive like me
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09-07-2005, 11:05 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pop goes the chupacabra
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
, but I have always thought well of Chertoff,
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His decision to leave a lifetime judicial appointment for heading DHS suggests his judgment is perhaps not what it might previousl appeared to be. |
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09-08-2005, 12:23 AM
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#4167
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,050
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WTF?
Now FEMA is trying to prevent journalists from covering the hurricane aftermath. Is this America?
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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09-08-2005, 12:29 AM
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#4168
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Consigliere
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pelosi Land!
Posts: 9,477
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WTF?
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Tyrone Slothrop
Now FEMA is trying to prevent journalists from covering the hurricane aftermath. Is this America?
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Cite please?
The only thing I've read is that they are trying to prevent the press ghouls from publishing macabre photos of the dead. |
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09-08-2005, 12:31 AM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,050
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
His decision to leave a lifetime judicial appointment for heading DHS suggests his judgment is perhaps not what it might previousl appeared to be.
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I can respect that, too. Maybe he thought he'd get bored doing the same job for the rest of his life.
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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09-08-2005, 12:33 AM
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#4170
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Consigliere
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pelosi Land!
Posts: 9,477
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Now for something completely different
I just finished a phenomenal book I don't think has been mentioned here before:
"Island at the Center of the World" by Russell Shorto
It details the long-lost history of the Dutch colony of New Netherland - before the English (twice) took it over and relegated the early history of NYC to the dustbin.
Even the back story on this book - and the ancient documents on which it was based - is absolutely fascinating.
Highest recommendation for anyone interested in American history, New York, or American politics.
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