McCain Seemingly Backtracks on No New Taxes

[ajmccarrell]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The situation in Minnesota was not nearly as dramatic as the tens of thousands of, to use your words, "human debris" left in NOLA after Katrina due to the Feds takijng too long to send in the needed help to get them out. That is why NOLA got so much television coverage as oppsed to Minnesota, which though perhaps in a larger area geographically, was a comparatively far less severe disaster. I may be mistaken, but I do not think tens of thousands had to be evacuated from Minnesota. The horrible events were not really comparable in severity or cost (monetary and human lives and suffering) .

Minnesota too, but i was just now referring to the Midwest floods up and down the Mississippi. The fact that I said Midwest and you didn't immediately know what I meant is a pretty good indicator that I'm right. I just heard a report on the radio that the US is asking the UN to intervene and send food to those along the Mississippi. It must be bad, but we're not hearing about it daily, weekly. Maybe monthly at this point.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by ajmccarrell

Minnesota too, but i was just now referring to the Midwest floods up and down the Mississippi. The fact that I said Midwest and you didn't immediately know what I meant is a pretty good indicator that I'm right. I just heard a report on the radio that the US is asking the UN to intervene and send food to those along the Mississippi. It must be bad, but we're not hearing about it daily, weekly. Maybe monthly at this point.

You specifically mentioned Minnesota earlier -- I was commenting on that

I agree the situation is bad all along the Mississippi River. However, the exigency of removing like 50,000 staving people is not there and W is not saying the heck of a job Brownie comment. I suggest that is why the media is not covering it. Interestingly, a month or so after Katrina, the media front pages died down considerably. It was the investigations and Brown's insanly irresponsible conduct that put it back on the front page for awhile - though there were other stories as well like the corruption of the NOPD for starters. To be fair, several exposes came out later, but I am talking about the front page stuff.

In the end, there is just no front page sensational story there like there was in NOLA for the few weeks after the storm.

On edit - this is just my opinion