The Moral of this whole Hurricane situation, politics aside.

[T Park]

You cannot rely on the government.

If you do, you will be dissapointed.

Its true of ANY government. Govt= problems=time

Obviously im not talking about the elderly, or the sick in hospitals.

Im talking about joe schmo, and anyone that heard the hurricane was coming.


If a cat 5 is coming. GET OUT.

Common sense. Everything depends on you, not the govt. Rely on yourself, not someone else.

[ZStomp]

Ok.

[JoePublic]

Well said from the comfort of your home. :rolleyes

[Guru of Nothing]

I don't know. I'm all for a significant reduction in the role of government, BUT, in the event of a natural disaster, I expect the government to step up and own the situation.

It's certainly a service I'd willingly pay taxes for without any hesitation.

[T Park]

What is well said.

A cat 5 storm is coming my way, get out??

Sorry if thats too plain for you.


lol.. Ok go ahead, put your life in the govt's hands. Be that foolish.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Whoa. Stop Right There.

You're being wayyy too anti-american, and i will PM the mod's to delete this garbage asap.

[T Park]

Ok, Im not saying they SHOULDN'T

Im saying, you shouldn't RELY on it.

Dont EXPECT. Dont just stay in your house and say, well, dem boys up in wershington will take care of me....


Take care of yourself, help yourself.

Im once again not talking about the people cant take care of themselves.

Im talking about alot of the regular people that got stranded...

[T Park]

being wayyy too anti-american


sarcasm noted :wink

No, Im being, IMO a true conservative. Depend on yourself, you can do it, dont depend on the govt to hold your hand.

[atlfan25]

get off your high horse:lmao

[JoePublic]

sarcasm noted :wink

No, Im being, IMO a true conservative. Depend on yourself, you can do it, dont depend on the govt to hold your hand.

So is that why help was so slow to get to the people?
And by the way, do you have a pulse?

[T Park]

the help was slow, because the governor couldnt pull the trigger on getting here.

Once again, Govt is gonna GAURANTEED fuck up. Govt is red tape, beauacracy, and bullshit.


And if you think saying the truth about GOVT in general, state, city, US is being on a high horse??

Whatever.

[JoePublic]

Once again, Govt is gonna GAURANTEED fuck up. Govt is red tape, beauacracy, and bullshit.


And if you think saying the truth about GOVT in general, state, city, US is being on a high horse??

Whatever.

I still have confidence in our Government and I must have misinterpreted your post. I took it to be offensive to the people in need.

I applaud you for speaking out against the Govt.

[T Park]

I took it to be offensive to the people in need

I deeply apologize if you misinterpated(Sp, sorry shoot me) it that way.

Elderly, the sick, the poor.


Those people, are gonna have to depend on local, state, and federal. And also depend on good samaritans.

Thats just facts.

[Clandestino]

bottom line, evacuating 100s of thousands of people takes a looooong fucking time... get the fuck out BEFORE!

i had a friend down there.. her and her bf hitchhiked out of NO several days before the chaos started.

[T Park]

Thats what Im saying.

Do it by any means necessary.

Plane, boat,hitchhike, WALK, jog, BIKE.

ANYTHING.

Dont rely on others to babysit you.

[JoeChalupa]

I can't even imagine.

[ChumpDumper]

Stay at the Hyatt.

[T Park]

exactly.

The mayor will put you to the front of the lineand get you out.

You even get posh fantastic surroundings.

[ChumpDumper]

Still waiting for the link saying the mayor determines where each bus goes.

[T Park]

When you can link live News reports on TV, you let me know.

[JoeChalupa]

I don't believe these people are so much "expecting" the government to help but more like "counted" on the government. If that makes any sense.

[ChumpDumper]

Hey I found links saying the mayor and FEMA are using the Hyatt as a base for their operations.

Whoop de dee.

At least they got some folks out. Now the rest can't even WALK out -- even if they are able.

Tell me who's responsible for that.

[timvp]

So they turned people around who tried to walk out? WTF, do they want them to die or what?

[ChumpDumper]

So they turned people around who tried to walk out? WTF, do they want them to die or what?I have no idea -- Smith said there was a checkpoint at the one way to get out of town and no one was allowed to leave on their own.

[Guru of Nothing]

Back to the original subject, the MORAL of this story is we live in world with leaders who ponder the skin on their ass before making decisions.

[/backs away slowly from the soapbox]

[spurster]

You cannot rely on the government.

If you do, you will be dissapointed.
If you are referring to Iraq, I agree with you. All politics aside, of course.

[Extra Stout]

A conservative believes in limited government, that rather than micromanaging the affairs of the country, it should be left to tackle the truly big things, like, um, gee, I don't know, NATURAL DISASTERS.

If it can't do that, then we might as well be anarchists and have no government above the local level.

[Vashner]

That's why I say get more ammo and supplies... Ya'll think Redneck SHTF kit's are funny? I am serious... (SHIT HIT THE FAN KIT)...

Food, water, and lots of ammo...

Don't forget duct tape! :)

[Uncle_Rico]

i will say this all those unfortunates in la will sure look to the gov for a lot now. u can bet that at least 50% of the people will say they deserve millions of dollars and thats gonna suck because i can see it now everyone trying to file a lawsuit for the gov being unprepared, biased, etc. lawyers comming out from every where.


everyone loses in this the people in coastal towns and all the shit that goes back into the ocean.

at least no is still there, you can see it. how about the other cities that were hit dead on, those are gone, literally gone.

the whole city screwed up from the gov to the people, they had 5 days to get thier shit together and nothing happened. buses should have been ready to go

[Shelly]

oh, you can bet there will be tons of lawsuits. For what, I don't know, but they will happen.

[nickbroken]

Actually I think the real moral of this situation is, we have very little control over anything in this life, that life is short and very precious and it shows the reality of how easily everything we know, our way of life can come crashing down like that, and there is nothing we can do about it.

It shows how we live our lives everyday, taking it for granted not taking the time to realize how blessed we really are.I really pity the people suffering through this, two weeks ago they were living normal lives dealing with the difficulties in their everyday lives as we all do, some taking it for granted or some focusing on things in their lives they didn't have much substance, and then this hits, and their lives are shattered and will never be fully mended again.To suffer through that,watch people die, to watch your loved ones starve and go without water...well that's something that would ruin me for the rest of my life.

I think the real moral of this is, life is short and very precious and tomorrow isn't promised. We should take this time to love everyone we have in our lives now while we can, and we not focus on the negative, blind and cynical things not waste time on petty things, because well who knows one day it could be you going through this, one day it could be us all, and I would hate think I wasted all the precious time till that point on things that well in the end don't have much significance.So till then I'll enjoy my family, my friends, my loved ones, and count myself to be blessed that my life is how it is today, anyways maybe the real moral of the story is I need more sleep and am making no sense so I'm going back to bed,

Be Blessed all of you.

[ChumpDumper]

The moral is to parrot whatever O'Reilly says.

[JoeChalupa]

nickbroken....I concur.

[SpursWoman]

You cannot rely on the government.

If you do, you will be dissapointed.

Its true of ANY government. Govt= problems=time

Obviously im not talking about the elderly, or the sick in hospitals.

Im talking about joe schmo, and anyone that heard the hurricane was coming.


If a cat 5 is coming. GET OUT.

Common sense. Everything depends on you, not the govt. Rely on yourself, not someone else.


So you watched the O'Reilly Factor last night too, huh? :)

[JoeChalupa]

I like the O'Reilly Factor.

[Hook Dem]

Actually I think the real moral of this situation is, we have very little control over anything in this life, that life is short and very precious and it shows the reality of how easily everything we know, our way of life can come crashing down like that, and there is nothing we can do about it.

It shows how we live our lives everyday, taking it for granted not taking the time to realize how blessed we really are.I really pity the people suffering through this, two weeks ago they were living normal lives dealing with the difficulties in their everyday lives as we all do, some taking it for granted or some focusing on things in their lives they didn't have much substance, and then this hits, and their lives are shattered and will never be fully mended again.To suffer through that,watch people die, to watch your loved ones starve and go without water...well that's something that would ruin me for the rest of my life.

I think the real moral of this is, life is short and very precious and tomorrow isn't promised. We should take this time to love everyone we have in our lives now while we can, and we not focus on the negative, blind and cynical things not waste time on petty things, because well who knows one day it could be you going through this, one day it could be us all, and I would hate think I wasted all the precious time till that point on things that well in the end don't have much significance.So till then I'll enjoy my family, my friends, my loved ones, and count myself to be blessed that my life is how it is today, anyways maybe the real moral of the story is I need more sleep and am making no sense so I'm going back to bed,

Be Blessed all of you.
Good post!

[ZStomp]

Actually I think the real moral of this situation is, we have very little control over anything in this life, that life is short and very precious and it shows the reality of how easily everything we know, our way of life can come crashing down like that, and there is nothing we can do about it.

It shows how we live our lives everyday, taking it for granted not taking the time to realize how blessed we really are.I really pity the people suffering through this, two weeks ago they were living normal lives dealing with the difficulties in their everyday lives as we all do, some taking it for granted or some focusing on things in their lives they didn't have much substance, and then this hits, and their lives are shattered and will never be fully mended again.To suffer through that,watch people die, to watch your loved ones starve and go without water...well that's something that would ruin me for the rest of my life.

I think the real moral of this is, life is short and very precious and tomorrow isn't promised. We should take this time to love everyone we have in our lives now while we can, and we not focus on the negative, blind and cynical things not waste time on petty things, because well who knows one day it could be you going through this, one day it could be us all, and I would hate think I wasted all the precious time till that point on things that well in the end don't have much significance.So till then I'll enjoy my family, my friends, my loved ones, and count myself to be blessed that my life is how it is today, anyways maybe the real moral of the story is I need more sleep and am making no sense so I'm going back to bed,

Be Blessed all of you.


Great post.


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Great SIG.

[T Park]

So you watched the O'Reilly Factor last night too, huh

yeah i did.

He was exactly right too.

Alot of people on here dont watch him, and I felt his message needed to be repeated.


I also like how hes gonna track where the money is going in all the donations.

He did for 911 and found out the actors and all them who raised the money, the money wasnt going to the right places and such.

[Jelly]

A conservative believes in limited government, that rather than micromanaging the affairs of the country, it should be left to tackle the truly big things, like, um, gee, I don't know, NATURAL DISASTERS.

If it can't do that, then we might as well be anarchists and have no government above the local level.

If you ask me, this whole debacle is an argument against state's rights. I think we should revoke Louisiana's immediately.

[Clandestino]

the real moral.. DON"T LIVE UNDER SEALEVEL! no one should get any money for any lawsuits!

[IcemanCometh]

Right on Tpark, if anyone flies a plane into your building, don't rely on the government or anyone else. get the fuck out. if you can't take care of yourself its you're own damn fault. if saddam is hiding wmd's don't rely on the govt.

god bless america