More Katrina

I'll never forget my thoughts as I watched Air Force 1, with former
President Clinton aboard, as it "held short" for about five minutes at
Andrews, right after President Bush was sworn in.

I had an intense mental image of two guys in the cockpit trying to plug that
GPSMAP 12 into the cigarette lighter, and jiggling the the eight power cords
velcroed to the panel to see which one wasn't plugged in right.

Les


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Blueskies wrote:
"john smith" wrote in message
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I would be pretty cool to buzz the beach with a 747 (Bush did it today)

back OT

I can't imagine what those folks on the ground thought; look, there goes
AF1, I wonder if he has any fresh water? Is
that thing air-conditioned? Maybe they'll drop some food?

One person I saw interviewed on the news said it was a sign of hope for
them that "they know what's happening here." If the President is flying
over, then surely help can't be too far away.

AF1 is probably one of the most potent icons of the American nation out
there. No matter where you are in the world, when people hear a plane
and look up, and realize that it's AF1, everything stops. She's a
symbol not of her individual passengers with all their well-documented
flaws, but of the Presidency as an institution. How many times has a
blue-and-white bird been the backdrop of an indelible image?

-cwk.

"TL" wrote:


My feelings WRT Mr. Bush, notwithstanding, I find them
offensive, as I'm sure most others do.

How amusing. A cursory check reveals that you not only engage in
political commentary here, but you curse as well ("Bull****" just a
few days ago). Your hypocrisy is showing. In truth, it wasn't the
curse word that offended you, it was the phrase that offended you, and
it offended you because it fit. Let's not pretend otherwise.

I'm pretending nothing. If you had bothered to do more than a cursory
check, you would know that.

As to the language, it's a matter of degree, as are most things.

I am
pleased that I offended the intended audience.

That makes you a troll, doesn't it?

As for any choirboys I
may have also offended, I couldn't care less.

That seems unlikely, given your defensive reaction.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

TL wrote:

Matt Whiting wrote:


Any American who buys in to such bull**** is a ****ing idiot.


And anyone who would write this is likewise.


And another of the flag waving sheep chimes in. My final paragraph
was just as accurate as the preceding three. I'm pleased that it
jerked your chain.

Ha, ha, ha, you wish. I hope you didn't dislocate your shoulder while
patting yourself on the back. :-)

Matt

TL wrote:

Go back to your choir loft, Denny boy. My comments stand correct as
stated, all four paragraphs. Sometimes the truth stings, huh? In
case you haven't noticed, this newsgroup is rife with political
commentary and vulgar language both on and off topic. Such is the
nature of USENET. I'll continue to post what I wish, when I wish, and
where I wish. To that end: Those who buy into the administration's
war in Iraq have their head firmly buried in the sand, and, yes, to me
they are ****ing idiots.

You seem to be an expert in this area of being an idiot.

LWG wrote:
I'll never forget my thoughts as I watched Air Force 1, with former
President Clinton aboard, as it "held short" for about five minutes at
Andrews, right after President Bush was sworn in.

I had an intense mental image of two guys in the cockpit trying to
plug that GPSMAP 12 into the cigarette lighter, and jiggling the the
eight power cords velcroed to the panel to see which one wasn't
plugged in right.

THAT was funny.

"Montblack" wrote in message ...
snip Send First Lady Laura Bush to the Gulf Coast...and Cheney, if anyone knows where he is. He can tour the damaged
oil rigs.

Montblack


Didja hear what Laura said? Something like "Why those kids need to get back in school", to which the reply was "The
schools are gone, maam."

"TL" wrote in message ...
"Denny" wrote:

Well TL, quite a diatribe... I do not disagree with the basic premise
of your argument about some people being blind to reality and basically
stupid... Which is exactly what shows in your twisting about at the end
to make this storm and your diatribe an excuse for a political attack
upon the president, complete with vulgar language...

In other words, "Oh, he said a bad word! Oh, he attacked the
president's policy! I'm shocked! I'm mortified!"

Go back to your choir loft, Denny boy. My comments stand correct as
stated, all four paragraphs. Sometimes the truth stings, huh? In
case you haven't noticed, this newsgroup is rife with political
commentary and vulgar language both on and off topic. Such is the
nature of USENET. I'll continue to post what I wish, when I wish, and
where I wish. To that end: Those who buy into the administration's
war in Iraq have their head firmly buried in the sand, and, yes, to me
they are ****ing idiots. Deal with it.



Mo http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/print.php

"Friday, September 2nd, 2005
Vacation is Over... an open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Dear Mr. Bush:

Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and
need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them?
I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.

Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they
signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?

Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only
a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power.
That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know
you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to
go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her!

I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with
your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck
could you do, put your finger in the dike?

And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers'
budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money
to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more
important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!

On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot
descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you
couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.

There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep
pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in
the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global
warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4
tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland.

No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens
of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to
Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has
nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this!

You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of
New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit.

Yours,

Michael Moore

www.MichaelMoore.com

P.S. That annoying mother, Cindy Sheehan, is no longer at your ranch. She and dozens of other relatives of the Iraqi War
dead are now driving across the country, stopping in many cities along the way. Maybe you can catch up with them before
they get to DC on September 21st."

Blueskies wrote:
Mo http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/print.php

What is to be said?
Let's not overlook the obvious, Michael Moore is an idiot.
Michael Moore is in the entertainment industry.
People who take him seriously are just not living in the real world.
His rants and views are no different than the Daley Show on the Comedy
Channel.

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:26:04 GMT, john smith wrote in
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Blueskies wrote:
Mo http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/print.php

What is to be said?
Let's not overlook the obvious, Michael Moore is an idiot.
Michael Moore is in the entertainment industry.
People who take him seriously are just not living in the real world.
His rants and views are no different than the Daley Show on the Comedy
Channel.

Tell it to the Limbaugh fans.

Larry Dighera wrote:

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:26:04 GMT, john smith wrote in
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Blueskies wrote:

Mo http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/print.php

What is to be said?
Let's not overlook the obvious, Michael Moore is an idiot.
Michael Moore is in the entertainment industry.
People who take him seriously are just not living in the real world.
His rants and views are no different than the Daley Show on the Comedy
Channel.


Tell it to the Limbaugh fans.

I am Limbaugh fan. Moore is a bomb thrower and is quite good at it. I
just ignore him. The Daily Show I try to catch as much as possible,
it's hillarious. And while Jon Stewart is a lefty you get on his show
because you do something stupid, there's plenty of that to go around.
Always will be.