Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00255)

Theosophists: (hopefully, politically neutral, both nationally and globally.)

Now look at what the Bush Administration has done to our world
reputation. What they started with their arrogance by going to war in
Iraq, these bumbling fools have now followed up with an act of sheer
incompetence.

After all the controversial and opinionated left-right political, and who's 
to blame talk in this forum with respect to our recent hurricane disasters,it 
might be helpful -- in getting a balanced picture of the situation -- to read 
the below and make your own judgments.

Lenny

"How Could This Be Happening in the United States?"

By Kevin Sullivan

LONDON, Sept. 3 -- People around the world cannot believe what they're 
seeing...

To view the entire article, go to http://www
.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301433.html?referrer=emailarticle

In a message dated 9/4/05 9:06:49 PM, silva_cass@yahoo.com writes:

> Totally agree Daniel.  A few truths have to be faced if they are going to 
> learn from this mistake.  I can't help thinking of the Titanic and hoping that 
> another iceberg is not on the way.
> Cass
> 
> "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com> wrote:
> David,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> "It is indeed possible to be seriously dehydrated in 3 to 5 days,
> but that is not what I or the list member wrote. This called the a
> straw man argument. And your insinuations misrepresent me. A
> libertarian conservative shares many of the social positions of the
> left, but does not support the welfare state."
> 
> and
> 
> Bart,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> "And here is a more balanced version, from a REAL newspaper (with
> editors and fact checking and non-anonymous authors and all that
> other stuff which the left hates so much): "
> 
> David and Bart,
> 
> I'm not exactly sure why both of you are bringing up "the left".
> 
> My concern and I believe probably the concern of alot of people
> (whether on the left, right, the middle or whereever) was
> for the victims of the flood (especially babies, children, the
> elderly and the sick) going 3 to 5 days WITHOUT WATER in the humid
> heat of New Orleans. I won't even mention the food issue....
> 
> 3 to 5 days WITHOUT WATER in the humid heat obviously
> leads to a great deal of suffering, dehydration, heat exhaustion,
> heat strokes and even death.
> 
> AT THE VERY MINIMUM authorities should have known that there were
> concentrations of thousands of people in THREE specific locations:
> 
> 1. the Superdome
> 2. the Convention Center
> 3. on the freeway (as reported by Fox News)
> 
> and that those 3 groups desparately needed at least water if not
> food and medical attention.
> 
> The horrible situation for these groups even lead two reporters on
> Fox News being visibly shaken and upset with the terrible plight of
> these people.
> 
> THE QUESTION people across America are asking and expecting answers
> to is why couldn't either state and local officials, the National
> Guard, FEMA, the Red Cross or _____________ (fill in the blank)
> provide at least water if not some food to these three known groups
> of flood victims without waiting 3 to 5 days to do so??????
> 
> I don't see this as an issue only for "the left" but for all caring,
> decent human beings.
> 
> Daniel
> 



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