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MetaTrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 05:41 PM
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What lesson do you suppose terrorists will take from the Katrina aftermath
Are they going to see how pathetically ineffectual our "Homeland Security" apparat is, while our military is waging a losing occupation on the other side of the planet?
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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 05:44 PM
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1. I've been wondering the same thing
It'll be interesting to see how the pundits and hacks play this out. A little flooding here. A little bombing there. In blue states, of course, since it's obvious this government doesn't give a good goddamn about anyone but republicans, ideally rich white ones.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 05:56 PM
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2. I hope they decide it's not worth it to attack us-considering
a natural disaster can do it bigger and better than the terrorists ever could.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 05:57 PM
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3. look for natural vulnerabilities to exploit
don't expect to get stopped or caught
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 05:58 PM
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4. Republicans talk the talk but can't walk the walk.
Senator Kerry had expeirence to handle this. Hell even John Mccain. But who did the people pick?
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:37 PM
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26. The people picked Gore & Kerry
The Supremes & Diebold picked *.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 05:59 PM
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5. Probably that they don't have to kill us after all. Our government
will do it for them.
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Tyranny_R_US Donating Member (988 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:00 PM
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6. Don't attack black areas because they don't give a shit?
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:23 PM
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20. Right on. n/t
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:37 PM
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25. You got that right...brown people too...but otherwise what they learned
Edited on Fri Sep-02-05 06:37 PM by mtnester
was ...

PICK A TARGET...ANY TARGET
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:00 PM
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7. I was thinking that myself....
we sure look like a bunch of sitting ducks and that the gov't really doesn't give a shit about the poor folk.....don't know if that cpuld make less affluent areas safer and the affluent more at risk.

Sure likes like a class war could happen REAL easy...who needs terrorists anyway? *'s doing a good job screwing things up without them....
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WLKjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:01 PM
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8. I can tell you what I think
This has shown them that we may be mighty over seas but when it comes to C.Y.OOUROWN.A.'s, we are pathetically weak becauase of the dipshit that runs the country.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:01 PM
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9. More importantly, what are we learning?
We've spent $300BB fighting shadowy boogeymen in the ME. Tell me if we had invested $300BB in our own national security (which btw, ripples through our economy) that would focus on natural disasters...we wouldn't be better off.

Homeland Security is a joke....it got exposed this week. Better levies would have saved $100 BILLION DOLLARS.....just how could a terrorist event come close to this?

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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:01 PM
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10. I'm trying not to think of that.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:01 PM
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11. I just hope our governors learned something from all this
Edited on Fri Sep-02-05 06:02 PM by htuttle
Such as: Don't expect the Bush administration to be any help whatsoever for at least 5 days.


on edit: messed up subject line
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:02 PM
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12. Shake their heads in disgust, then plan a major attack
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:03 PM
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13. That we're sitting ducks
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peppin Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:05 PM
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15. Lesson #1
The U.S. has a fucktard for a president.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:04 PM
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14. hopefully that our gov. treats us shitty
Edited on Fri Sep-02-05 06:05 PM by proud patriot
so the terrorists won't feel the need to blow us up
all they have to do is wait for our own damn government
to let us starve and dehydrate.

I doubt that is the lesson the terrorists are getting
but I hope it is . :shrug:
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:05 PM
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16. What are you talkin' about? Homland Dept does just what it's supposed to.
Spy on American citizens.
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Wizard777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:06 PM
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17. It's time for them to give up. They can't out catastrophy Bush.
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:08 PM
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18. My thoughts too. If I wanted to destroy the US, I would put these
clowns in office.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:22 PM
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19. Agreed. Why should OBL break a sweat over this? He's played
Bush for a candy-ass patsy.

:evilfrown:
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:30 PM
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21. The terrorists don't have to do anything
just set back and let Mother Nature have at it and then our own govenment will just let us all die. Makes it real easy for the terrorists we just emplode on our own with no effort on their part.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:35 PM
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22. Two VERY BIG things:
1) We're completely unprepared to deal with this scale of destruction.

2) They don't have to worry about the rest of the planet because the U.S. is in this alone. Hell, we won't even accept some help from our allies after a huge natural disaster.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:36 PM
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23. You mean the ones in the WH? Mission Accomplished. nt
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 06:36 PM
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24. That we have the right man in office for the job
... of destroying America without any exterior involvement needed.
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