yeah, mother nature can get real bloody spiteful

I like the picture!

side note today 1000 dead and 300+ wounded in Iraq yet it only gets 5 seconds on the news why cause life only counts if its Americans

no its not off topic we are talking about death and destruction....yet you prove my point its dosent matter...its not americans so why care

There's a difference between death & destruction due to natural disaster & death & desruction due to war.
I'm not saying that the people of Iraq & what they're going through doesn't matter. What I'm saying is, these people in New Orleans are going through something equally as serious & deserve the spotlight right now.
Bringing up the war was, as I said, off topic.
More over, people are naturally more concerned with the welfare of the citizens of their own country. It's human nature to look out for our own. Do you honestly think anybody in Iraq has ever worried about us ... EVER ?

Well it seems obvious that you have never left this country, or would realize that human suffering is universal. well dont leave the U.S.,and get hurt, we dont want other "kinds of humans" helping you...not like you deserve the spotlight

Oh, I've been out of this country several times ! And, so has everyone else in my family. When we go on vacation, we vacation abroad.
I do realize that there are other people in this world that matter, besides Americans. I've never thought otherwise.
I think that ALL people deserve to live happily & peacefully, no matter where they're from.

Don't assume. When you ASSume, you make an ASS out of yourself.

I don't have to leave this country to get hurt. I live in NYC. I was here for 9/11. Just being from NYC (regardless of 9/11) can get you hurt. It takes a tough s.o.b to survive here. And, it's always been that way.
More over, I've NEVER said that the people of Iraq don't matter. They matter just as much as anyone else. What I said was, the people in New Orleans deserve our attention RIGHT NOW. And they do. Period.
BTW, I've said that already. Why don't you start paying attention. I don't like having to repeat myself.
You seem to think that the only people that deserve sympathy are people from other countries. Why is that ? People everywhere can have bad times. Just because America is powerful & rich doesn't mean that everybody from America is powerful & rich. Those people down in New Orleans have NOTHING right now. They didn't have much before the hurricaine. They need help.
You complain about the attention that's being given to the hurricaine victims, but what do you think would happen to you if you went down there & started whining about the war in Iraq being more important than them. You'd get the shit beat out of you. They'd eat you for lunch (and they're hungry).
Put yourself in their shoes. What if a natural disaster took everything from you. Your parents, your chldren, your home. Every comfort you've ever known was gone, just like that. And, you have no way of getting it back. Possibly, the rest of your life is to be spent trying to find a sense of normalcy. What's more, there's no one to blame it on. Now, imagine that some fool comes waltzing in moaning, "But, what about the people in Iraq ?". You'd have a fit.

Who said that I deserve the spotlight ? I've never said that, either.
Stop putting words in my mouth. It's obnoxious !





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nobody asked you to reply to my comment and it say it was off topic. your reply to my comment is off topic.

That's all you got ??

thats funny right thur

You are really lucky then!!!

Thats what i don't understand, they knew it was coming and were told to leave. But now all this time and money is being spent rescuing the ones that didn't.

many ppl who stayed didnt have the money or resources to leave, or the believed that they were diehard new orleanians and stayed 4 the storm like always which was pretty stupid this time

I heard on the news that most of the people that didn't evacuate didn't have anywhere else to go.
If that happened here, I'd be screwed too. The nearest family I have is 500 miles away.

I agree with that, the poverty level in that city is alot. I think too that they were depending on the levy system to hold up. If it had it would not be near as bad as what it is now.

Yeah. It's such a tragedy.
And, some people are making matters worse by looting & shooting at people (even rescue teams) for no apparant reason.
I feel so bad for those people. I don't know what I'd do in that situation.



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The old saying goes, "the real person inside you comes out when times are rough and that they say is who you really are" I do not agree with that 100% but when we go out on deployments that are a long amount of time, people change and tend to show alot more anger and hatred towards others because they think that they are alone in the situation. It is a very sad thing.

yeah and these are teh people you are so worried about they deserve to die....shooting at rescue helos. They are just black trash

WOW ! You're quite the wordsmith, aren't you ?!

You're a useless bigot !!
You make me sick. You're the real trash. You just don't realize it. Which makes you even more ridiculous & pathetic than I thought you were.

excuse me I don't think those comments are very nice!! hey if you want to save them, then go ahead and open up your home to them!! Yeah invite some people who shoot at helos and steal tvs,"yeah what would I do if I where in that situation?"....hmmmmm..."I think ill steal tvs to help me survive and shoot a people trying to save me....like I said BLACK TRASH!!!

How about you just shut the fuck up !!
I'm tired of dealing with you.
This conversation is over with. Period.

yeah just what i supected you wouldnt let them in your house. yep. So you agree with me they are dangerous. PERIOD. gosh I am glad I could get you so mad...lol

Stop putting words in my mouth & stop assuming how I feel & think.
I've never said any of that.


You're a clown ...

...I do, you would pull out your credit cards and go off on a jaunt so you wouldn't have to deal with the situation...then you would come back whan it was all cleaned up...and later tell people about all the suffering you went through.....

Yes, that's EXACTLY what I said.

Homes, lives, jobs ... all gone. It's so sad.
And, a lot of those people are living on the street with no food or water for the time being.
My heart goes out to everyone down there (even though that doesn't help much).



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