Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : richardw
From : Finnigann
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 20:56:00

-=> richardw wrote to Daemon <=-

 ri>   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 ri>   By: Daemon to Frank Reid on Tue Sep 06 2005 07:34 am

 >  > So, let me make this analogy, and then I'm going to shut up about it.  Sa
 >  > you're my 19 year-old son and come to me with, "Dad, I need $500 to buy f
 >  > for my new apartment to last the month."  I say, "Sorry, I only have $250
 >  > spare... Try to stretch it out."  Does it matter why I can't give you the
 >  > $500 you requested?  Probably, but it's a) my decision to prioritize my m
 >  > as I see fit, and b) none of your business, really.
 >  >
 >  > So, you take your $250 and head to the store.  On the way, you drop $20 f
 >  > movie and some popcorn, and you then drop $100 on a pair of tennis shoes.
 >  > get to the supermarket with your remaining $130 and start to shop.  You g
 >  > few essential staples -- bread, cereal and such -- but you also load up o
 >  > candy, soda and assorted junk food.
 >
 >   I have another analogy.
 >
 >   Let's say you have a city that's below sea level, and every expert on the
 > planet qualified to make the assessment of it's viability says, "Hey...  We'
 > learned some new stuff about storm patterns and hurricanes and things, and
 > these here levees and pumps are not only in disrepair, but they're not ACTUA
 > rated for what we originally rated them for.  It'll take $500,000,000 to eff
 > corrections to the system."
 >
 >   Then, the president, Super-Genius that he is, says, "PORK!" and only write
 > check for $166,000,000, and Congress only ups that to $250,000,000.

 ri> Why is it the country's responsibility to bail out New Orleans faulty
 ri> construction?  New Orleans KNEW about this problem for decades.  It
 ri> should have been New Orleans' NUMBER ONE priority.  It wasn't.

When Chrysler got bailed out, it was because so many peoples livelyhoods
depended on it.
When the S&L's were bailed out, it was because so many peoples livelyhoods
depended on it.
When New York was bailed out, it was because so many peoples livelyhoods
depended on it.
When the world trade centers were destroyed, we had to rescue New York, it was
because so many peoples livelyhoods depended on it.

It's what we do when people need more than they can do for themselves.

 ri> Why should I have to pay taxes to prevent fools living below sea level
 ri> from being flooded?

I dunno, maybe Because Texas' quote of fools was full?

And you can't tell me that after pumping Haliburtan so full of money that you
give a rats-patoot about hwere the money is going...

 ri> IMO, it was never the federal government's responsibility to shore up
 ri> New Orleans.  That would be like me paying taxes to give everyone in
 ri> Kansas tornado shelters.  If you don't like the threat of tornados,
 ri> don't live in Kansas.

A single city, I think so. But _the_ major southern port, absolutly!

Tornado shelters, maybe. Good idea! See you got the spirit after all.

Just keep telling yourself It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It
ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all
about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me,
It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't
all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all about me, It ain't all about
me.

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