From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V10 #186 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Saturday, September 17 2005 Volume 10 : Number 186 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: sorry i cound not resist ["Leslie O." ] Re: sorry i cound not resist [J3SITE@aol.com] RE: sorry i cound not resist [Bill Roberts ] RE: sorry i cound not resist ["Paxety Pages" ] RE: sorry i cound not resist [Max Wellhouse ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:02:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Leslie O." Subject: Re: sorry i cound not resist > Life is suffering, and you have to have a laugh once > in a while. Even if inappropriate, which I still > think > your comment was, with respect. Just want to clarify: in no way shape or form do I make light of the tragedy itself. AT ALL. It is horrendous, it is horrific, it NEVER should have happened the way it did. Period. Like many other people not able to make a true difference apart from donation, I've done a fair amount of being glued to the news, hand-wringing, rethinking a lot of things. A hell of a lot of praying. I take it dead seriously. The politicians, however, are the biggest joke in history. That's where I got the humor in Tom's quip. Wake me when we talk about music again. - -- Leslie O. "Out of the box is where I live." - -- Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Battlestar Galactica Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:42:52 EDT From: J3SITE@aol.com Subject: Re: sorry i cound not resist We all need to laugh now and then. The joke was funny and it doesn't for one second lessen my compassion for anyone affected by that terrible Katrina. Many of the people suffering as a result of Katrina have still showed a sense of humor. Let it go. ~Joe~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:49:47 -0500 From: Bill Roberts Subject: RE: sorry i cound not resist What is the President supposed to do? Wet his pants? If you want to read something intelligent about the Katrina tragedy read these items: http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050906-122931-2126r.htm and: NEW ORLEANS FLASHBACK: OFFICALS WARNED RESIDENTS 'YOU'LL BE ON YOUR OWN' Mon Sep 05 2005 18:57:15 ET Before residents had ever heard the words "Hurricane Katrina," the New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE ran a story warning residents: If you stay behind during a big storm, you'll be on your own! Editors at TIMES-PICAYUNE on Monday called for every official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be fired. In an open letter to President Bush, the paper said: "Our people deserved rescuing. Many who could have been were not. That's to the government's shame." But the TIMES-PICAYUNE published a story on July 24, 2005 stating: City, state and federal emergency officials are preparing to give a historically blunt message: "In the event of a major hurricane, you're on your own." and: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/9/4/151327.shtml and: Gov. Kathleen Blanco's Bureaucrats Blocked Food and Water The Red Cross was reportedly ready to deliver food, water and other supplies to flood-ravaged refugees who were sweltering inside New Orleans' Superdome last week - but the relief was blocked by bureaucrats who worked for Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Fox News Channel's Major Garrett reported Wednesday that the Red Cross had "trucks with water, food, hygiene equipment, all sorts of things ready to go ... to the Superdome and Convention Center." But the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security, Garrett said, "told them they could not go." "The Red Cross tells me that Louisiana's Department of Homeland Security said, 'Look, we do not want to create a magnet for more people to come to the Superdome or Convention Center, we want to get them out,'" he explained. and: Louisiana Officials in Flood-Money Scam Nine months before the Hurricane Katrina disaster, three Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness officials were indicted for obstructing an audit into flood prevention expenditures. In a November 2004 press release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana announced: "A federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments charging three members of the State Military Department with offenses related to the obstruction of an audit of the use of federal funds for flood mitigation activities throughout Louisiana. "The two emergency management officials were senior employees of the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Both were charged with conspiracy to obstruct a federal audit." Gov. Kathleen Blanco told Louisiana's News-Star at the time that she was disturbed by the indictments. She said the National Guard is cooperating with the investigation "as I expect them to do." Reports of rampant corruption among Louisiana's state and local agencies have been cited in recent days to explain why officials were so ill-prepared to deal with the Katrina disaster. and finally, best of all: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05254/568876.stm Quoting Gary Wingert : > > > It wasn't funny, and it was totally out of bounds regarding this list. > > Any humor you saw in it will not help anyone on the Gulf Coast. > > Tell us a joke that WILL help someone on the Gulf Coast. > It was funny, btw. And probably true, come to think of it. > Like this: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/14/18157/2068 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:12:30 -0400 From: "Paxety Pages" Subject: RE: sorry i cound not resist I'll just follow up with this - as a resident of Florida who went through four hurricanes and a tropical storm within 6-weeks last year, I learned that you cannot depend on government to save you or your family. You need to know what kind of disaster is likely to happen in your area and be ready to take care of yourself for a few days. Government can and will help, but for the first few days, you're on your own. Also, I see all these people having trouble finding family members. Here's the way to handle that. Designate a friend or relative who lives in another geographic location from you. If there's a disaster and your family is separated, everyone should know to call that one designated person. That way you can stay in at least minimal touch. un abrazo, juan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:31:04 -0500 From: Max Wellhouse Subject: RE: sorry i cound not resist FWIW, I laughed at the joke. Everyone I've tod it to laughed and hard. The joke is poking at Bush, not the victims. And for you Clinton haters Here's one to balance everything out. What does Bill say to Hillary after sex? Answer: "I'll be home in 20 minutes dear" DM&FS At 09:12 AM 9/16/2005, Paxety Pages wrote: >I'll just follow up with this - as a resident of Florida who went >through four hurricanes and a tropical storm within 6-weeks last >year, I learned that you cannot depend on government to save you or >your family. You need to know what kind of disaster is likely to >happen in your area and be ready to take care of yourself for a few >days. Government can and will help, but for the first few days, >you're on your own. > >Also, I see all these people having trouble finding family members. >Here's the way to handle that. Designate a friend or relative who >lives in another geographic location from you. If there's a disaster >and your family is separated, everyone should know to call that one >designated person. That way you can stay in at least minimal touch. >un abrazo, >juan ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V10 #186 ****************************