Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 01:19:26 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote: > 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. > (It's always the poor people's fault. Get with the program, commie.) -- Jim .