Ben Stein rebuttal to Michael Moore's letter to Bush[views:3507][posts:56]____________________________________ [Sep 7,2005 7:26pm - RustedAngel ""] hoser said: If a snowstorm hit New England that crippled it in it's entirety, they'd bitch about how that was his fault too. . if the goverment/bush reacted slow for a relief effort, yes we'd fucking complain, but there hasn't been a snow storm that crippled New England in it's entirety EVER. We have snow storms and noreasters all the time and the only thing that happens is you lose power for a few hours if that. Oh, and you can't really drive anywhere unless you're really crazy. An entire city that is pretty well known is underwater as well as many towns. Bush is from Texas and all the people are going there, obviously he's not going to sit back and let the 'state' handle everything. We're talking about hillbilly states that voted him into office and he still slacked off with his people getting shit going down there. |
| ______________________________ [Sep 7,2005 7:42pm - hoser ""] I was simply making a point, dude. I didn'y actually mean that I thought that a storm of that magnitude would ever hit here. My point is that even if it did, I wouldn't be looking for any hand-outs, I wouldn't be expecting help. Hell, I wouldn't wait for help. And upon not receiving any help, the VERY LAST thing that I would ever do is bitch about my Commander in Chief. You don't realize that if the country was taken over by militants or a foreign army of any sort.....your hated Commander in Chief may be your only saving grace. I would dig my ass outta that hole...swallow my pride and continue to look to save those that would whine about their elected Commander in Chief. Injured, half-dead....doesn't matter....I would still look to help others instead of bitching about the help. Tom, I'd even venture to save your ass. THAT is the difference between someone who takes action, and someone who spends more time running their jib. So with that being said....you all can keep up your whiny philosophy and let the real men get the task done. BTW....my dick is bigger than yours. I just can't argue anymore.....Hoser out. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 7,2005 7:56pm - nate nli ""] Last winter I was stuck in my house, after a blizzard. For a day and a half I could not get out of my house because of all the snow. Power was out for more than a couple hours, in some towns on Cape it was a day or two. Some elderly people died from the cold. The roads, major and minor, took days to clear. While this in no way compares to NOLA it was the states problem to get power restored and plow the roads. And they took responsibility and got the job done. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 7,2005 8:02pm - RustedAngel ""] nate nli said:Last winter I was stuck in my house, after a blizzard. For a day and a half I could not get out of my house because of all the snow. Power was out for more than a couple hours, in some towns on Cape it was a day or two. Some elderly people died from the cold. The roads, major and minor, took days to clear. While this in no way compares to NOLA it was the states problem to get power restored and plow the roads. And they took responsibility and got the job done. you didn't die, it took only a day to get out, you didn't go a week without food and water. no state is prepared enough for a city to be destroyed by any disaster of t his magnitude, I'm sure NY would be prepared for the entire city to be wiped out............uhh no. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 7,2005 8:04pm - nate nli ""] The state had a plan if something like that happened. Obviously the plan that Louisiana had wasn't prepared for a disaster like Katrina. Yet they should have seeing as they knew they were below sea level and that the things couldn't hold back impending disaster. Whoever the blame is to be placed upon the point is, we know now that no matter what plan you've got Mother Nature is stronger and more powerful than any liberal or conservative. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 7,2005 8:15pm - DomesticTerror ""] I like the anti ACLU t-shirt add. That chick has some bigguns. |
| _________________________________________ [Sep 7,2005 8:17pm - BestialOnslaught ""] So lemme get this straight hoser... We're supposed to rely on our "Commander In Chief" in the extremely unlikely event that a foreign army or a rebellion threatened the country, but not in the fairly realistic event that a major metropolis is demolished by a natural disaster? Basically the president only needs to be on the job when it's a military affair? Commander In Chief is but one of many hats the president wears, and he really isn't every person's Commander In Chief, that's just his military rank. Civilians are not expected to line up and salute him because the kind of duty you suggest we all have to him is one that is NOT required of the people, but only of the military. This is still sort of a democracy after all... The job comes with many other hats, and the Executive Branch IS responsible for crises of all varieties, not just those where a brown person blows some white people up. Anyway, if for some lunatic reason, the country was invaded or something, I don't see how some overprivileged incomptent moron shuttled away to some undisclosed location is going to be ANYONE's saving grace. That goes for almost any president, but in this case, looking at how the New Orleans situation was handled, I'd say if we faced a military threat right now, Washington is in no shape to handle it at all. |