Katrina

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Wow! That was really uncalled for.

Come on people - why are you getting bent for stupid things like this? People are DYING!

People are homeless....

Lets use energy to focus on things other than who's complaining about what/capitalizing what geez.


Okay - anyway---

I'm finding this discussion fascinating -I've been thinking about the racial thing too - it's interesting to see the different way it's being articulated by various sources...

Wonderful...a calm voice!

[amber]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Wow! That was really uncalled for.

Come on people - why are you getting bent for stupid things like this? People are DYING!

People are homeless....

Lets use energy to focus on things other than who's complaining about what/capitalizing what geez.


Okay - anyway---

I'm finding this discussion fascinating -I've been thinking about the racial thing too - it's interesting to see the different way it's being articulated by various sources...

no - her "issues" about capitilization were pointless. I mean, PLEASE! People are discussing real things, and she pops in with "why did you use capital letters, wah, wah! ". Sorry, but - lame. Conciliation and peacemaking is not always the best route.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by Moony

if you're gonna complain about something as trivial as capitilization, you might as well leave.

oh get off of it...I'm just saying we could all stand to be a little considerate of each other..esp during a time like this...so with that in mind *LOL* ..I take back my "get off of it" line and go with the...



I'm sure it won't matter tho-I'm already the evil bitch that must die a slow painful ledgie newbie death....what is the weapon of choice these days??

(btw..tone: funny-not sarcastic)

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by Lux

It is absolutely enraging, the worst possible way for people to find out the truth. As I said elsewhere and I realise this isn't the issue immediately at hand but once you see how little he cares for his own people you'd have to be stupid to believe the lies about his compassion for the Iraqi people being the driving force behind that particular disaster. Leaders who sit back and let their people die. It's getting harder and harder to see the difference between Bush and those he criticises/invades. I never could but even more so now, I cannot begin to comprehend how people can watch and still support him.

i agree w/ you & i have NEVER supported him~ he is being dispicable about all of this & hiding behind rose colored glasses, "don't wory people we will rebuild", yes this is a concern but in the future right now he need to get his arse in gear & feed these people, get them out, quit giving interviews of him hugging people in the streets, damn it roll up your armani sleeves & do something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~

[Johnny Stew]

Former Clinton Advisor: "No One Can Say They Didn't See It Coming"

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

oh get off of it...I'm just saying we could all stand to be a little considerate of each other..esp during a time like this...so with that in mind *LOL* ..I take back my "get off of it" line and go with the...



I'm sure it won't matter tho-I'm already the evil bitch that must die a slow painful ledgie newbie death....what is the weapon of choice these days??

(btw..tone: funny-not sarcastic)

You can join me in the prison...a lot of them already would like to see me hang!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

i agree w/ you & i have NEVER supported him~ he is being dispicable about all of this & hiding behind rose colored glasses, "don't wory people we will rebuild", yes this is a concern but in the future right now he need to get his arse in gear & feed these people, get them out, quit giving interviews of him hugging people in the streets, damn it roll up your armani sleeves & do something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~

Did you catch how he was talking about rebuilding Trent Lott's house and how he couldn't wait to sit on his porch once it's rebuilt?

[amber]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

What is up with you...How can you know anything about my mind or what it was made up too? Jesus Christ...

You ask some questions...and you get this crap!

I'm sorry, but trying to make me out to be the bad guy will not change the fact that you argued that race was not a factor, and it will not make your point more logical, and it will not make you seem less uninformed. I don't know your mind, I was only responding to what you expressed here, in this thread. ie, "I don't think race is a factor".
You can say I'm being "mean" all you want. It's the last refuge of someone with no logical point.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by dissention

Did you catch how he was talking about rebuilding Trent Lott's house and how he couldn't wait to sit on his porch once it's rebuilt?

oh yes, how enlighten he made me feel secure too ~

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by amber

. Conciliation and peacemaking is not always the best route.

wow...that is absolutely disheartening...

[dissention]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
Daley 'shocked' at federal snub of offers to help
Tribune staff reports
Published September 2, 2005, 2:44 PM CDT

Frustration about the federal response to Hurricane Katrina has reached Chicago City Hall, as Mayor Richard Daley today noted a tepid response by federal officials to the city's offers of disaster aid.

The city is willing to send hundreds of personnel, including firefighters and police, and dozens of vehicles to assist on the storm-battered Gulf Coast, but so far the Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested only a single tank truck, Daley said.

"I was shocked," he said.

"We are ready to provide considerably more help than they have requested," the mayor said, barely able to contain his anger during a City Hall news conference. "We are just waiting for the call."

The mayor's remarks came at the announcement of a city-sponsored "Chicago Helps Fund," which will accept donations from citizens for the hurricane relief effort.

"The people we see suffering on television are our brothers and sisters," Daley said. "It's incumbent on all of us, as American citizens and fellow human beings, to do our part to help them through this terrible tragedy."

Donations to the Chicago Helps Fund can be made by cash or check at any J.P. Morgan Bank One branch or by sending a check to Chicago Helps, 38891 Eagle Way, Chicago IL 60678-1338. A toll-free telephone number will be announced later for those wishing to donate by credit card.

Additionally, this weekend, Chicago firefighters will "pass the boot" at major intersections, and donations will be requested during the Chicago Jazz Festival in Grant Park, Daley said.

Also, the Chicago Football Classic on Saturday will donate a portion of its proceeds to the relief effort. And the Department on Aging is sending a "Meals on Wheels" truck to the Gulf Coast region with food, blankets and other necessities for seniors.

But the city is prepared to do far more, Daley said.

Even before the storm hit the Gulf Coast on Monday, he said, the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications had contacted emergency response agencies in Illinois and Washington.

In the event of a disaster, the city offered to send 44 Chicago Fire Department rescue and medical personnel and their gear, more than 100 Chicago police officers, 140 Streets and Sanitation, 146 Public Health and 8 Human Services workers, and a fleet of vehicles including 29 trucks, two boats and a mobile clinic.

"So far FEMA has requested only one piece of equipment {ndash} a tank truck to support the Illinois Emergency Response Team, which is already down there," Daley said. "The tank truck is on its way. We are awaiting further instructions from FEMA."

Tribune staff reporter Gary Washburn contributed to this story.

[GODDESS6]

i am surprised bush didn't start his speech off w/ "we are gonna get this evildoer" ~

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by amber

I'm sorry, but trying to make me out to be the bad guy will not change the fact that you argued that race was not a factor, and it will not make your point more logical, and it will not make you seem less uninformed. I don't know your mind, I was only responding to what you expressed here, in this thread. ie, "I don't think race is a factor".
You can say I'm being "mean" all you want. It's the last refuge of someone with no logical point.

OKay...I think I've just decided you enjoy being a difficult little girl!

But, that said...Thank you so much for your clarity and I really do understand where you are coming from now...(sarcastic tone!)

Last time I try to have a discussion with you on this topic.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by amber

Conciliation and peacemaking is not always the best route.

That's sad. I would hope that at a time like this when there is real suffering going on out there, people would be receptive to "peacemaking."

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by Moony

I personally have nothing against newbies or you, I just thought your complaint was irrelevant, but I apologize for snapping.

and I'm sorry that you thought my point was irrelevent, and now looking back I know I could have said something different and handled it differently. But it was not only about the capital letters. Hell, I could care less about them...I just find it disturbing when someone is trying to ask questions for people to jump them for it.