tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post112556004995373084..comments2023-10-26T02:13:30.025-07:00Comments on A View to the South: The Hurricane Bluesleftsidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125773088376389222005-09-03T11:44:00.000-07:002005-09-03T11:44:00.000-07:00You're right. This country is terrible! Quick, g...You're right. This country is terrible! Quick, get out before Bush takes us under! Run! Maybe you can borrow a a makeshift vessel from a group of your Cuban friends risking their lives to come here. Just hitch a ride with the Coast Guard - they're picking up these ''happy Cubans'' quite frequently and I don't think they'd mind you taking their boat!!<BR/><BR/>Haha. All complaints, no results.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125769620985323222005-09-03T10:47:00.000-07:002005-09-03T10:47:00.000-07:00Sorry, but Iraq and the War on Terror do play a pa...Sorry, but Iraq and the War on Terror do play a part in all of this. After 9/11 Bush decided to put FEMA inside of Homeland Security, stripping it of its cabinet-level access. Then it was completely retooled to focus on terror and had its funding cut... because of the war. Look it is a fact (that you won't hear on FOX), that the Bush Adminstration completely defunded the Gulf Coast resoration projects Clinton started. A more natural watershed would have prevented the worst kind of flooding we saw. And Bush also defunded the NO levee projects that Congress approved. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE WAR Mark, and the rich tax cut. There is simply not enough money and Bush saw fit to cut these programs that look ridiculous now. And the fact that there simply are not enough National Guard in the region to protect the area is directly due to the war. They had to fly in Guard from California, who just arrived yesterday...<BR/><BR/>And for the record, I work for a government entity. I have never worked in the private sector and hope to never have to. My girlfriend is supported by taxpayer funds too. But you are right, I will shut up about the reasons this country is turning into crap because that reason makes me a hypocrite. That argument is a nice way to silence or dismiss serious criticisms of the logic of capitalism, which says<BR/><BR/>Do n ot interfere in the private market, even in times of national emergencies. The market is sacred. Therefore we can not order planes and busses to haul peoples ass out of there. Plane companies even left thousands of tourists stranded because they could not make any money flying into NO in the day 1/2 prior to the storm.<BR/><BR/>The Mayor of NO is the only elected official I have seen express the deep anger that everyone is feeling here. He did not commandeer public transportation in NO because it is illegal under our laws. Only the Federal government can authorize that. Instead Bush asks the school districts in the area if they could come. Some did on the 5th day. But why not ORDER ALL buses on Day 1 - Greyhounds, etc?? Because it is not the capitalistic way of doing things. The Mayor said as much yesterday...leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125751636931955552005-09-03T05:47:00.000-07:002005-09-03T05:47:00.000-07:00The free market is evil. Haha. Any yet you conti...The free market is evil. Haha. Any yet you continue ... yes, CONTINUE to make your living off it. Youre a hypocrite when all you do is denounce the system by which you make a living. I doubt youll be proving any points to anyone as long as youre only complaining about the system that provides you and your family all its wealth.<BR/><BR/>Yes, this is the why dont you move argument youve heard time and again - becase its a very relavent argument. People who hate Cuba do all they can to leave the totalitarian police state - there are people who truly believe in something because they are willing to do something abot it. You however, dear cousin, are nothing but a complainer with no true action.<BR/><BR/>But Ill continue to fight for your right to be just that. THAT, is the kind of action I am willing to take for my beliefs.<BR/><BR/>I hear they have great scuba diving in Cuba ... just a thought!! Hahahaha.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125751318644124122005-09-03T05:41:00.000-07:002005-09-03T05:41:00.000-07:00p.s. Its quite sad how you managed to somehow ins...p.s. Its quite sad how you managed to somehow insert the Iraq war into your response. <... because they are in Iraq.> Wow. You sound more and more like your father every day. A Democrat mayor did nothing to provide mass transit for his poorer citizens. Thats the issue - not us over here fighting. You should call up Major Hill USMC, who has lost everything in this hurricane among the countless others. His unit was in the south - I work with him over here and trust me, he would love to hear your point of view.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125750762481739172005-09-03T05:32:00.000-07:002005-09-03T05:32:00.000-07:00You're right. Not enough was done to get the poor...You're right. Not enough was done to get the poor out of the city. I agree. Join me in being enraged that the New Orleans mayor (a democrat) didn't do this.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125593450357701682005-09-01T09:50:00.000-07:002005-09-01T09:50:00.000-07:00"Many people didn't have the financial means to ge..."Many people didn't have the financial means to get out," said Alan LeBreton, 41, an apartment superintendent who lived on Biloxi, Mississippi's seaside road, now in ruins. "That's a crime and people are angry about it."<BR/><BR/>The Biloxi Sun Herald newspaper said in an editorial emergency supplies "simply are not getting here fast enough" and asked "why hasn't every able-bodied member of the armed forces in South Mississippi been pressed into service?"<BR/><BR/>... because they are in Iraq. <BR/><BR/>Gimmie a break Mark. Did you hear anyone talking about how the NYC firefighters who looted jeans from the WTC before it fell were "evil" and "thugs" who should be "shot on sight"... or the "justifiably angry" Iraqis? But no government official will admit that the poor people of the Delta also are justifiable angry. In fact there are over 35,000 blog postings right now advocating shooting the looters on sight. Bet 100% of them are conservatives. Do you agree?<BR/><BR/>The fact is Cuba has a plan to evacuate its people from harms way. Here we have NOTHING for the sick, the disabled, the vulnerable. Here motels, gas stations and convenience stores double their prices. They are charging 6 bucks a gallon in Georgia. These business owners are not evil, they are being good capitalists. But the reign of the free market is evil because it's every man for themself and has no place for humanitarianism. And we wonder why poor people think its ok to take for themselves also. <BR/><BR/>Of course there is no justification for shooting cops or at rescue helicopters, but the constant broadcast of it fulfills the political purpose you obviously picked up on. And we don't know what actually happened... looters are being shot at as well. People need help and are getting desperate. Far more rescue work is needed.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125590666150754562005-09-01T09:04:00.000-07:002005-09-01T09:04:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125590617310430912005-09-01T09:03:00.000-07:002005-09-01T09:03:00.000-07:00p.s. Did you hear about that cop who was in the p...p.s. Did you hear about that cop who was in the process of saving some of the hurricane victims and was shot in the head by a looter? Maybe our terrible country should have reported on the looter's socio-economic status instead of the violent act that took the innocent life of someone sworn to protect us.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-1125585559035782682005-09-01T07:39:00.000-07:002005-09-01T07:39:00.000-07:00Matthew you have once again hit the nail on its he...Matthew you have once again hit the nail on its head. America is terrible. We're a racist country that doesn't care that ''dark people'' are suffering. Fox News - the top rated news channel on cable - is disgustingly biased and poisoning normal citizens. Our country only cares about the rich and actually wants to get rid of the poor. Fidel is the light and Cuba is the answer. Hurry ... move while there's still time!!<BR/><BR/>=)<BR/><BR/>- Your politically playful cousin.Mark D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18017263355183972387noreply@blogger.com