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A Failure of Leadership - Eric - 9/5/2005 11:10:09 PM
- re: A Failure of Leadership- at the local level! - REB - 9/6/2005 1:13:11 PM
- A National Guardsman comments - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 11:14:56 PM
  - The New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial staff comments... - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 3:35:34 AM
    - Howzabout we privatize FEMA ? - Publius - 9/6/2005 10:07:28 PM
      - You'd be surprised. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 10:32:30 PM
    - re: The New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial staff comments... - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 4:03:46 AM
      - Thanks, Tom. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 4:18:49 AM
        
        "The primary message is that each person is primarily responsible for themselves, for their own family and friends," Truehill said." - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2005 4:44:26 AM
        
        The convention center is IN THE CITY. - Mary Anne - 9/7/2005 5:14:50 AM
        
        Evacuation is to someplace safe. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2005 6:39:27 AM
        
        Don't you get dizzy, spinning like that? - Mary Anne - 9/7/2005 12:20:25 PM
        
        Context - Robert - 9/6/2005 4:43:28 PM
        
        CAT-1 - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 6:07:08 PM
        
        re: CAT-1 - Robert - 9/7/2005 12:22:45 AM
        
        Not me. I don't get paid for this. - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2005 3:11:14 AM
        
        This article illustrates what I mean... - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2005 3:22:19 AM
        
        I think it's about page 338 of the document you linked. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 6:07:44 PM
        
        Sometimes it's the little things that bite your butt so hard - Robert - 9/7/2005 12:16:08 AM
        
        re: Context - REB - 9/6/2005 5:43:47 PM
        
        re: Context - Robert - 9/6/2005 5:50:46 PM
        
        C'mon, Robert, you're smarter than that. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 6:05:50 PM
        
        Hey, at least Bush wasn't the chimp in my metaphor! - Robert - 9/7/2005 12:10:46 AM
        
        Or was it a Simian simile? (n/t) - R.L. - 9/8/2005 5:05:24 AM
        
        I always get those mixed up - Robert - 9/8/2005 3:46:05 PM
        
        I thought pun threads made you go bananas? (n/t) - Sam F. - 9/8/2005 12:46:18 PM
    - re: The New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial staff comments... - Lindy - 9/6/2005 3:40:45 AM

Definitive answer about Fed preparedness at highest level. - Bowser - 9/8/2005 1:01:48 PM

City Lights - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2005 12:59:14 AM

Tribes - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2005 11:13:31 PM
- "It had been a tribe of 13, but a member died Wednesday of a drug overdose." - Lee - 9/5/2005 2:42:11 AM
  - But 12 didn't - Robert - 9/5/2005 2:51:03 AM
    - Unless he/she overdosed on the remaining drugs. - Lee - 9/5/2005 3:10:55 AM
- Not at all creepy - Robert - 9/5/2005 1:49:06 AM
  - Well there was this part: - alcaray - 9/6/2005 9:00:24 PM
    - Ewwwwwwwwwwww! (n/t) - Robert - 9/7/2005 12:05:10 AM
  - You might be right. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 2:19:54 AM
    - "Lord of the Flies" - Robert - 9/5/2005 2:39:20 AM
      - "And hey, Tom, we're a tribe here too" - RobVG - 9/5/2005 5:10:30 AM
        
        More like "Herder of Cats" (n/t) - Robert - 9/5/2005 7:17:12 PM
        
        wasn't it 'scorpions'? (n/t) - Daniel - 9/6/2005 11:54:39 AM
        
        Ever been seriously bitten by a cat? - Robert - 9/6/2005 3:20:25 PM
        
        re: Ever been seriously bitten by a cat? - Lindy - 9/6/2005 10:47:37 PM
        
        Don't get me started on cats - Robert - 9/7/2005 12:03:22 AM
        
        "Jules outlasted four girlfriends and a marriage"........ - Lindy - 9/7/2005 4:49:04 AM
        
        re: "Jules outlasted four girlfriends and a marriage"........ - Robert - 9/7/2005 5:07:41 AM
        
        Cats have distinctive personalities - Lindy - 9/7/2005 10:44:33 PM
        
        Me neither - Fox - 9/7/2005 3:28:40 AM
        
        Ah, kittens - Robert - 9/7/2005 4:21:01 AM
    - re: You might be right. - R.L. - 9/5/2005 2:25:55 AM

Fair and Balanced Reporting? - Eric - 9/7/2005 12:00:26 AM
- I'm glad you asked - Sam F. - 9/7/2005 5:57:57 AM
  - Asking for AID - carl - 9/7/2005 2:46:03 PM
- Sorry... - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2005 2:51:14 AM

Tribes - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 9:52:08 PM
- He lost me at pink. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 3:47:28 AM
  - Here's a fun idea... - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 6:09:26 PM
    - Some off-the-cuff labels (not an exhaustive list) - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 8:49:13 PM
      - Taken within context... - Fox - 9/7/2005 3:19:03 AM
        
        re: Taken within context... - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2005 3:33:07 AM
  - You "left" a little bit out - Sam F. - 9/6/2005 4:46:30 AM
    - I am aware of what I "left" out. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 5:08:54 AM
      - That's "excepted", not "accepted". - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 11:46:25 AM
        
        LOL - Sam F. - 9/6/2005 4:08:14 PM
      - Tom...did you remember to feed Mary Anne? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2005 7:30:50 AM
        
        And there's that other little game: - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 11:49:25 AM
  - He's dead right, Mary Anne, whatever "color" you want to make it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 4:35:42 AM
    - He starts out all right, but then... - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 5:04:17 AM

Detailed update on levees and pumping - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2005 3:27:48 AM

Good News From Afghanistan, Part 16 - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 8:24:50 PM

World Pledges Aid to Suffering United States - Eric - 9/4/2005 7:25:09 PM
- Actually Canada is sending four navy ships with medical supplies, work crews, etc. - SDF - 9/5/2005 5:12:07 AM
  - A Canadian reported they sent us their own emergency supplies. (n/t) - Eri - 9/6/2005 4:06:14 PM
  - Are we running a contest? - Eri - 9/5/2005 10:31:09 PM
    - Good post. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 2:10:36 AM
- Japan's sending $300 K.......wow I'm so impressed. - Lee - 9/4/2005 9:32:56 PM
  - I feel kinda wierd about the whole thing - alcaray - 9/6/2005 8:02:29 PM
  - Donations - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 5:01:02 AM
  - Seeing the glass half-empty everywhere tonight? - Robert - 9/5/2005 3:04:49 AM
    - BTW, I'll believe the $100 million from Qatar when the check is cashed. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 5:02:24 AM
      - re: BTW, I'll believe the $100 million from Qatar when the check is cashed. - Robert - 9/5/2005 7:16:33 PM
        
        Wow. Speaking of acknowledging a debt... - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 7:23:04 PM
        
        Excellent - Robert - 9/5/2005 7:28:51 PM
    - The offers from the small countries was the one redeeming part of the story. - Lee - 9/5/2005 3:13:49 AM
      - The only people that will hurt will be the victims of the earthquake. (n/t) - Eri - 9/5/2005 10:16:57 PM
      - 300,000¥, sounds about right (n/t) - Robert - 9/5/2005 4:04:15 AM
  - Don't bite the outstretched hand - Eri - 9/5/2005 2:44:34 AM

Non-military relief update - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 7:03:46 PM
- Astrodome people being moved to cruise ships - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 7:37:03 PM

Oh, yeah. Almost forgot. Unemployment rate down to 4.9 percent. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2005 8:11:00 PM
- Lame - Eri - 9/5/2005 2:47:36 AM
  - Exactly - Robert - 9/5/2005 7:20:36 PM
    - Interesting. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 8:00:49 PM
      - Fun with data - Robert - 9/5/2005 9:11:26 PM
        
        re: Fun with data - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 5:07:47 AM
        
        More fun with data - Robert - 9/6/2005 3:51:00 PM
        
        Bush doesn't run the company I work for. - Lee - 9/6/2005 12:52:04 AM
        
        No, he runs the Federal government... - Robert - 9/6/2005 4:13:28 PM
        
        Speaking of which. - Lee - 9/6/2005 12:56:28 AM
- re: Oh, yeah. totally forgot. Numbers on poverty level set new record. or is this not to be mentioned? (n/t) - Publius - 9/3/2005 5:49:52 PM
  - Except that the increase in poverty is mainly due to illegal aliens. - David F Mayer - 9/4/2005 12:49:47 PM
    - Got any hard numbers on that? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2005 8:51:42 PM
  - re: Numbers on poverty level - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 6:22:13 PM
    - It is monumentally irritating when you insist on excusing Bush failure by changing the subject.... - Publius - 9/3/2005 10:27:02 PM
      - Didn't even click the link, did you? - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2005 3:37:31 AM
        
        Hey, when you can't pass or run..........punt (n/t) - Publius - 9/4/2005 12:45:04 PM
      - Trickle Down Economics At Work - Mark Eby - 9/4/2005 12:09:58 AM
        
        Drat - Mark Eby - 9/4/2005 12:14:54 AM
        
        No, no - Robert - 9/5/2005 7:24:26 PM
        
        I don't think we have to avoid ALL other current subjects. - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2005 3:38:49 AM
        
        Life goes on. - Lee - 9/4/2005 7:49:09 AM

Chernobyl update - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 12:01:53 AM
- 15 miles...... - Publius - 9/6/2005 1:46:25 PM

Latest Gasoline Saving Invention -- Car Shoes - David F Mayer - 9/2/2005 2:54:42 PM
- re: Latest Gasoline Saving Invention -- Car Shoes - Charmaine Mae Mabansag - 9/6/2005 7:40:43 AM

Extremely powerful Typhoon No. 14 moves closer to Kyushu - Johannes - 9/6/2005 3:48:01 AM

Huge amount of vehicle traffic on NO webcam - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 12:07:56 AM

Oil production updates - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 8:30:57 PM
- More refinery updates - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 11:52:49 PM

Good News From the Southeast, Parts 1 through 6 - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 12:35:13 AM
- "Rescue Ronald" - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 10:30:11 PM
- re: Good News From the Southeast, Parts 1 through 6 - Robert - 9/5/2005 2:49:35 AM

COE update on levees and pumps - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 9:24:37 PM

Navy Relief Update - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 1:40:16 AM
- "Harry S. Truman" is on station off Biloxi. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2005 9:21:05 PM

Houston, we got a PROBLEM!!!!!!! - CARL - 9/1/2005 2:01:02 PM
- re: Houston, we got a PROBLEM!!!!!!! - Moe - 9/5/2005 8:40:38 PM
- I think that is why they arn't letting anyone except those from the Superdome into the Astrodome. - Scott Evil - 9/1/2005 2:09:18 PM
  - Rouge busses showing up - carl - 9/1/2005 2:16:51 PM
    - re: Rouge busses showing up - Scott Evil - 9/1/2005 2:47:20 PM

Live Cam Feed from New Orleans - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 9:37:01 PM
- Finally saw something OTHER than the guy at his computer - Daniel - 9/4/2005 4:38:40 PM
  - the entire city was NOT flooded - FrankC - 9/4/2005 5:11:25 PM
    - that's what I thought - Daniel - 9/4/2005 5:20:10 PM
- Live Police Radio Feed From New Orleans - Eric - 9/4/2005 3:39:36 PM

Chief Justice William Rehnquist has died - Robert - 9/4/2005 3:12:03 AM
- Just in time for the Sunday roundup... - et - 9/4/2005 4:45:51 PM
  - "Meet the Press" - Robert - 9/4/2005 5:02:53 PM
- He was a tough old bird. - Lee - 9/4/2005 3:53:19 AM

FEMA charters three cruise ships to house refugees - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 9:54:25 PM
- FEMA couldn't rescue a housecat from a tree. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/4/2005 12:45:23 PM

U.S. Hurricane Most Expensive Natural Disaster Ever - SDF - 9/1/2005 7:27:32 AM
- "United Nations is ready to assist in U.S. recovery efforts" - David F Mayer - 9/4/2005 1:20:53 AM

The FEMA Disaster - Eric - 9/3/2005 12:48:02 PM
- FEMA is worthless and should be abolished. - David F Mayer - 9/4/2005 1:17:52 AM

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