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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:33 AM Original message |
THIS is how you handle a National Emergency that kills your citizens |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have been watching the rescue and they are doing a better job |
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squawk7700 (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. 3 days of mourning. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. * also went to McCain's birthday party and a fundraiser in So California |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Let's hope so. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I listened to BBC World Report last night... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Funny thing abt our government and Myanmar |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Not that planes wouldn't have helped, but we wouldn't really have needed them |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. And, the people responsible for the unsound buildings will be "dealt-with" |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. And they will although |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. If such had happened here, in CA, |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. They sent 100,000 troops. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. If anyone tried |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. How utterly ridiculous. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. who exactly would sue? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Of course he or she doesn't - Bigots only create strawmen |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Strawman, much? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Strawman indeed n/t |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Have you ever seen anything like that happen? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. He's a Bigot - he wouldn't understand your logic |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. That does sound like something a |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. It's pretty easy, actually |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Mourning does not equal prayer.. our leaders always color them as "national days of prayer" |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. No, your fundie friends would sue to force the mourning to be a |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. WTF are you talking about???? |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. are you Glenn Beck? |
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MirrorAshes (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. also as an athiest, you're nuts |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Oh bullshit. eom |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. That's right. Atheists don't mourn the dead, we strip them of valuables and boil them for soup. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Well, SOME atheists do... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Feel better? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. ahh, eat a bowl of dicks |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Your right, that's exactly how it would go down. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. thanks! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I'm all about the funny.... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. "mourning" doesn't imply "religion" |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry to be a wet blanket on this bonfire of righteousness |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well true that, but keep in mind a lot of these buildings were build during the Cult. Revolution |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Our old buildings aren't real safe either, without significant retrofits. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Note I said "unchecked" Communism |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. however, many buildings have been retrofitted |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. All types of structures sustained damage during the Kobe earthquake |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. that's a valid point |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. The main point of the OP related to our current administration's handling of catastrophes |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Sorry to be the wet blanket on your wet blanket. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. No, rebar is part of every building code I ever heard of |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. "he plays the guitar." |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Dats when McLolo Hugged the Chimp who saluted Nazi style |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. McSOS = Same Old Shiza |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. LOL...McSoS ......Same Old Shit diff asshole....still stinks....Could be a Bumper stickkker |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Never noticed that chord |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. If only the earthquake had hit where the falun gong |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. While the response is to absolutely commended... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. I've been following the earthquake rescue effort on |
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