Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 04:08:14 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape K wrote in news:Xns96C3E88818FFDnotmenotherecom@216.196.97.142: > 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. > > Would you take the word of somebody who has seen the poverty of New > Orleans up close? It is one of my favorite towns, and I am still > awaiting word of the fate of friend who lives (or lived) on the south > shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The poverty rate of the city is close to > 30%, IIRC. These are people who, if they have a car,don't have the > $40 needed to fill up the tank to get stranded on the I-10. They have > so little, they are willing to risk there lives to protect it,because > they have no way of replacing it. You see thats the attitude I don't understand. Me, I like being alive much more than I do a book or a computer. Stuff is just that, stuff, whether you have a lot or a little, it's not worth sticking around risking your life for. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .