On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:33:16 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

"Hospitals are trying to evacuate," said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Cheri
Ben-Iesan, spokesman at the city emergency operations center. "At every one
of them, there are reports that as the helicopters come in people are
shooting at them. There are people just taking potshots at police and at
helicopters, telling them, `You better come get my family.'"

What a way to persuade someone to rescue you!

My instinct tells me that this sort of rumor races around every
chaotic situation, and that very few if any holes will actually be
found in the helicopter fleet.

Still, I am a bit embarrassed by the reaction of American victims as
compared to the Thais, Indonesians, etc. at their recent catastrophe.
Perhaps it's only because the TV coverage is more intense, and the
language is English? I can't get out of my mind the image of the woman
who glares at the camera and says flatly: "I need my insulin." I might
be wrong, and I'm sorry for anyone who has to put up with diabetes,
but it seems to me that she has spent her life having her needs
delivered to her by government servants at taxpayer expense.



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