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The U.S. has been split 50-50 politically for
years now. It won't be split 50-50 during the next
election. Americans don't like being made fools of
by their leaders. Big changes are coming.


- Ed Kyle


Oh the democrats will be in power again bigtime.

Bush blew it.

He is crashing and burning his party. which is sad

Everyone knew the levies werent designed to withstand a catergory 5
hurricane. Tops a 3... Very poor planning.

The feds had hurricane PAM a fictious hurricane hitting the area a year
ago, for training purposes. FEMA knew what to expect, and had never
bothered planning evacuation of the poor. they just didnt care.

The bigger issue is that homeland security is a incompetent joke.

When a terrorism attack occurs we will see a repeat of Katrina, with
incompetence, poor response and lack of planning and support.

Why can we air drop food to iraq, and lack this capability here?

One final issue? Should New Orleans be rebuilt at it current location?

It might be better to demolish and grind the debris, fill in the
bathtub with fill from other areas, and raise the area we above sea
level before rebuilding.

that way it cant flood again.

Bob Haller wrote:

The U.S. has been split 50-50 politically for
years now. It won't be split 50-50 during the next
election. Americans don't like being made fools of
by their leaders. Big changes are coming.

Don't count on it.

Americans re-elected a war criminal with full knowledge that he had lied
about Iraq, needlessly killed iraqis and americans military men/women,
ruined the government's budget, record deficits etc. Why ? Because he
succesfully diverted attention to other issues such as abortion, gay
marriage and religion.

Within 3 weeks, the media will have forgotten about New Orleans, within
2 years, americans will have forgotten about his initial mishandling of
the job.


On the other hand, if the media regain their ability to investigate and
be critical of the government, there may be hope in the USA. If they
return to their easy job of simply regurgitating white house press
releases, the white house will continue to be succesful in the
brainwashing of americans.

Bob Haller wrote:
It might be better to demolish and grind the debris, fill in the
bathtub with fill from other areas, and raise the area we above sea
level before rebuilding.

that way it cant flood again.


You're forgetting that the melting ice on top of Greenland will raise
planetary ocean levels by 6m. It isn't just New Orleans that needs to be raised.

On 2 Sep 2005 18:27:49 -0700, "ed kyle" wrote:

I think that the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
will be a watershed event in U.S. politics.

I doubt it. Seriously doubt it. If this were the summer of 2004, I'd
say that the Katrina fiasco and the rising fuel prices would have
great impact on the election. But this is 2005. The next President
won't be elected for three more years and the current guy isn't
eligible anyway. Will the White House change hands? Maybe, but that's
frequently the case after two-termers anyway. And in a peculiar way,
Katrina might actually help the Republicans in 2008. How many times in
the last few days have you heard someone say "Ray Nagin sure isn't any
Rudy Giuliani" or "where's Rudy Giuliani when we need him?" And guess
who's probably going to be running for President in 2008? Bingo...
Rudy.

Further, the four Florida hurricanes last year also wrought havoc, but
Florida seemed enormously more prepared for them than Louisiana and
Mississippi were, and Jeb in particular won praise from Republicans
and Democrats alike for his handling of those crises. So Jeb's
prospects might be on the rise.

Various politicians in Texas are likely to be rising stars after this,
too. Atlanta and Memphis, for example, seem to have barely lifted a
finger to lend a hand, but Houston, Dallas and San Antonio have come
riding to New Orleans' rescue. That will be remembered. Governor
Perry's prospects might therefore also be on the rise.

The politicians who are really going to be hurt by the Katrina fiasco
seem to be largely local to their area (why didn't the state of
Louisiana organize pre-storm evacuations better, for example? Don't
tell me they didn't know there were so many poor people in New
Orleans...) and maybe the Bush Administration (only Rice seems to be
aiming for higher office at the moment, and I think she's a long-shot
for President behind McCain and Giuliani anyway.) Will the Senate or
House change hands next year because of Katrina? I can't see any
reason why it should. What does Katrina have to do with choosing the
next Senator for New York? Yes, the incumbents are going to be
assailed for the federal government's handling of Katrina, but in the
end "all politics is local." Local issues will win the day. They
always do.


Brian

The election and blood bath on republicans will be based largely on the
failed IRAQ war.

The gross failure of homeland security, and other possible Bush fiascos
will be merely iciong on the cake.

John Doe wrote:

Bob Haller wrote:

The U.S. has been split 50-50 politically for
years now. It won't be split 50-50 during the next
election. Americans don't like being made fools of
by their leaders. Big changes are coming.

Don't count on it.

Americans re-elected a war criminal with full knowledge that he had lied
about Iraq, needlessly killed iraqis and americans military men/women,
ruined the government's budget, record deficits etc. Why ? Because he
succesfully diverted attention to other issues such as abortion, gay
marriage and religion.

Don't forget, Nixon got re-elected by a landslide right in
the middle of the unfolding of Watergate. Coincidentally,
Nixon was also a Republican, maybe there's a trend to vote
criminal?

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John Doe wrote:

Bob Haller wrote:
It might be better to demolish and grind the debris, fill in the
bathtub with fill from other areas, and raise the area we above sea
level before rebuilding.

that way it cant flood again.

You're forgetting that the melting ice on top of Greenland will raise
planetary ocean levels by 6m. It isn't just New Orleans that needs to be raised.


Maybe the proper word would be raized instead of raised?

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JazzMan wrote:

John Doe wrote:

Bob Haller wrote:
It might be better to demolish and grind the debris, fill in the
bathtub with fill from other areas, and raise the area we above sea
level before rebuilding.

that way it cant flood again.

You're forgetting that the melting ice on top of Greenland will raise
planetary ocean levels by 6m. It isn't just New Orleans that needs to be raised.

Maybe the proper word would be raized instead of raised?


Of course, I know the proper spelling would be razed, hehehe...

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In article . com,
Bob Haller wrote:
What do all of you think of Bush? With Iraq, gas prices, storm response
and everything else....

How do you rate his job performance?

Well, whoever is with him, to make sure the press don't get really
embarrassing photographs should be fired for incompetence!

Check out this photograph:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...apm10208301856

Nick

In message , JazzMan
writes
JazzMan wrote:

John Doe wrote:

Bob Haller wrote:
It might be better to demolish and grind the debris, fill in the
bathtub with fill from other areas, and raise the area we above sea
level before rebuilding.

that way it cant flood again.

You're forgetting that the melting ice on top of Greenland will raise
planetary ocean levels by 6m. It isn't just New Orleans that needs
to be raised.

Maybe the proper word would be raized instead of raised?


Of course, I know the proper spelling would be razed, hehehe...

It must be your Scottish blood :-) (raized is a Scots variant of raised)
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