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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:16 AM Original message |
So a U.S. military helicopter was dispatched to rescue... |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Democracy Now - last Thrursday film of rotting body on ground for two weeks. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Small-scale rescue, very doable. Still, can't help but get the |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. The difference between the tourists and the nola victims is clear. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm assuming the tourists weren't poor black people. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. From the film clips I saw, not a brown face among them |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Rational? |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Then they could have saved 20 at a time |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Well I think people were |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I agree with you that it was the scale of the disaster that makes the difference here, but |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Of course it's better to save small groups |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. That is just a poor excuse. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. utter incompetence is a poor excuse? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No, that the scale of the disaster was unmanageable |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. And they re-elected that incompetent Bushbot |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Where's the link - I think we have to know who authorized it and paid for it - |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. This was a report and film on The Today Show this morning |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Thanks for reporting to us and for the lead. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Here's a link/article for you |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Only seven dives in and worrying that their could have been more. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Interesting... |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. OK |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. This will give you a clue on who gets the Chinook |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is disgusting... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. Did these people not watch the forecasts? Why go there during hurricane season |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. Didn't some Coast Guard officers get in trouble for sending choppers up in NOLA |
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