Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 23:53:33 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote in news:Xns96C3D5E9893Cr73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: > John I wrote in > news:Xns96C3872A955FBoiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >> >>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>> news:Xns96C2E940491E7joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>> >>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>> >>>>> John Iwaniszek 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 > > Hmm well I'ld need better proof than somebodies blog. I don't know how > you lot do it over there but here when we need to evacuate a large > area the police,fire brigade and when required army go house to house > knocking on doors and helping people to safe areas which are local > buildings deemed safe and converted for emergency use. Usually with > sleeping arrangements, food etc provided. Pretty standard stuff and I > should imagine much less of a well oiled machine than one that is > required each year. > Ted > American Prospect is a news/opinion magazine and its weblog entry had links to newspaper stories on the issue. The New Orleans effort was crap, true, but it wasn't the poor people's fault. .