Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 18:17:14

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> John Iwaniszek <not@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:Xns96C2E940491E7joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: 
> 
>> weirdwolf wrote:
>> 
>>> John Iwaniszek <not@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:Xns96C2DACBD390Ejoiwhnanri@ 66.26.32.8:
>>> 
>>>> It's time he was plastinated and put on a shelf.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why?
>>>  I mean give us a clue, I don't even get Brit tv let alone whatever
>>>  passes 
>>> for entertainment over there.
>>>  Ted
>>> 
>> 
>> Have you ever seen the Martin Short parody of a talk-show host?  LK is
>> indistinguishable from the parody.
> 
>  Oh dear, I've not seen the sketch,(never ben to impressed with short,) 
> but I think I can have a guess at the contents.
> 
>>  It would be funny if he wasn't
>> asking shell shocked Katrina survivors what they plan to do with the
>> rest of their lives.  It's only been 1 day.  These people fled with
>> the clothes on their back.  They can barely conprehend how to find
>> their next meal, much less what they are going to do 6 months from
>> now. 
> 
>  I see somebody stated that it was America's tsunami. I know people have 
> been killed and homes lost but blimey over react much? I know hundred odd 
> dead but there was warning and the U.S. has a hell of a lot better 
> response and rebuilding facilities.
>  Ted 
> 
> 
> 

The strongest theme for the failure to evacuate story is simple poverty:

http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/08/index.html#007548

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