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| jonas |
Think about this:
As I watched the news coverage of the massive flooding in the Midwest with over 100 blocks of the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa under water, levees breaking, and the attention now turned downstream for when this massive amount of water hits the Mississippi, what amazed me is not what we saw, but what we didn't see...
1. We don't see looting.
2. We don't see street violence.
3. We don't see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government to come and save them.
4. We don't see people waiting on the government to do anything.
5. We don't see Hollywood organizing benefits to raise money for people to rebuild.
6. We don't see people blaming President Bush.
7. We don't see people ignoring evacuation orders.
8. We don't see people blaming a government conspiracy to blow up the levees as the reason some have not held.
9. We don't see the US Senators or the Governor of Iowa crying on TV.
10. We don't see the Mayors of any of these cities complaining about the lack of state or federal response.
11. We don't see or hear reports of the police going around confiscating personal firearms so only the criminal will be armed.
12. We don't see gangs of people going around and randomly shooting at the rescue workers.
13. You don't see some leaders in this country blaming the bad behavior of the Iowa flood victims on "society" (of course there is no wide spread reports of lawlessness to require excuses). Re: Iowa vs. Louisiana: Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for
help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal
government hasn't solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and
trailers) are?
Why isn't the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels
in Chicago?
When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees
that failed in Des Moines?
Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen
television sets?
When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a
"vanilla" Iowa, because that's the way God wants it?
Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of
cannibalism?
Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural
people?
How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever
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| Ph03n1x |
Good point.
Like Texas, Iowa knows how to be independent and self-reliant. We do not depend of the Government to take care of us.
We understand that the only one who is responsible, is ourselves.
"George Bush Hates Wet People!"
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| Zild |
| Comparing the two is ridiculous. |
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| Ph03n1x |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Comparing the two is ridiculous. |
Really?
Explain your self. |
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| Dirk W. |
| it's actually a well presented comparison |
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| Zild |
| Katrina was the deadliest hurricane since the 1920s. Also it is the single most costly natural disaster ever in US history. Therefore in my view we are comparing apples to kumquats. I really don't need to say much more as we're on the internet right now and a few searches will straighten you out. Barring that get a degree in mathematics as that seems to straighten most people out. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dirk W.
it's actually a well presented comparison |
How is comparing a small disaster relatively speaking to the most costly disaster in US history 'well presented'. |
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| Ph03n1x |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
How is comparing a small disaster relatively speaking to the most costly disaster in US history 'well presented'. |
Because we are not talking about the disasters. We are talking about the people who were affected by it. We are talking about how the media is responding to it.
BTW, the Iowa floods are a "historic hydrologic event".
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365943,00.html |
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| diggerz |
| yeah, lol phoenix is right. we're talking about the people's reaction to the disaster, not the disaster itself. |
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| Zild |
Things are a bit different when you and all your buddies help sandbag the college then drive up to higher ground in your four wheel drive pickup, as opposed to being stuck in one of the worst places in the US to be alone and unarmed muchless in the middle of the worst disaster to hit US soil.
I'd much rather be a midwestener helping to sandbag the Mississippi than a destitute black New Orleans resident with no means to get out of town praying that Katrina hits a few hundred miles down the coast. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by diggerz
yeah, lol phoenix is right. we're talking about the people's reaction to the disaster, not the disaster itself. |
And my view is that people's reactions are heavily influenced by the gravity of the disaster itself. |
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| Dirk W. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
And my view is that people's reactions are heavily influenced by the gravity of the disaster itself. |
some of your points are definitely valid Jake and I can see your side. what bothers me is the issues of blame. the outrageous and ignorant comments that were made in one event versus another. also, the blame that was given where it was undue. there was no excuse or reason for that |
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