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Bob Campbell wrote:The real question is if this had happened in Charleston or Raleigh, would you and Lester be looting with machetes or rifles? And would you share your recipes for human flesh?
I know I have a tendency to get quite upset when people display such an obivous disregard for anything but their own immediate self interest. It calms me down a lot to know you are a tiny minority as I watch the world come together to aid disaster victims and the heroic efforts of the majority of Haitians to aid in their own rescue and recovery. Sometimes we all probably confuse this board with the real world, which it most certainly is not.
Namaste.
What in the HELL does that have to do with my question? If there's one thing I've learned in my lifetime on earth, it's that liberals will avoid answering questions at all cost and then spout some Marxist doctrine in the hopes of diverting the entire topic.
"I know I've got a lot against me: I'm White, I'm Protestant, I'm hard working. Don't you have an Amendment to protect me"? Archie Bunker
They say that there are about 50,000 Americans in Haiti. We sent some of the best search & rescue teams in the world to Haiti to locate people trapped in the rubble.
Should they attempt to save Americans first, (assuming they know exactly where they are) or .... first come first served?
That doesn't matter anymore.... The dead, whether they be Americans, Haitians, or the resident of some other country, are being buried in mass graves with no identification... They are simply disappearing... And many who are dying don't have to die..
Time to stop passing the buck here..This is beyond the scope of the Rightwing talking points being spouted about by uneducated idiots like Limbaugh, or liberal wack jobs like Danny Glover..
Bob Campbell wrote:The real question is if this had happened in Charleston or Raleigh, would you and Lester be looting with machetes or rifles? And would you share your recipes for human flesh?
If that happened in Raleigh, I'd make sure my family was taken care of, then I'd start helping my neighbors. I wouldn't put on my best clothes and stand in the street waiting for the TV cameras. I guess maybe as a morning show host you and I would have different priorities though.
Bob Campbell wrote:I know I have a tendency to get quite upset when people display such an obivous disregard for anything but their own immediate self interest. It calms me down a lot to know you are a tiny minority as I watch the world come together to aid disaster victims and the heroic efforts of the majority of Haitians to aid in their own rescue and recovery. Sometimes we all probably confuse this board with the real world, which it most certainly is not.
Namaste.
I'm curious how I've shown disregard for "anything but [my] own self interest". You're right... the board isn't the real world. Your displays of intelligence here proves you wouldn't make it in the real world.
And how are you posting from Haiti, Bob? Internet still working down there?
Oh yea? I'll bet if your family was trapped, it would matter to you. Or would you say... "oh don't worry about my family, go ahead and help others first"... all the while Haitians armed with only cameras would video what you said for their next documentary.
"I know I've got a lot against me: I'm White, I'm Protestant, I'm hard working. Don't you have an Amendment to protect me"? Archie Bunker
They say that there are about 50,000 Americans in Haiti. We sent some of the best search & rescue teams in the world to Haiti to locate people trapped in the rubble.
Should they attempt to save Americans first, (assuming they know exactly where they are) or .... first come first served?
Assuming they know exactly where they are, it's a no brainer. Americans first, always.
If that happened in Raleigh, I'd make sure my family was taken care of, then I'd start helping my neighbors. I wouldn't put on my best clothes and stand in the street waiting for the TV cameras. I guess maybe as a morning show host you and I would have different priorities though.
So you're saying you'd do exactly what the vast majority of Haitians are doing. Good for you. You're as good as they are. No better, no worse.
Does anyone get the irony of anybody from WV complaining about Haiti?
I was lucky. While there wasn't any internet from the Murrah building, cell phones were fine until the lines overloaded. Then we had to go with Marti units.
Bob Campbell wrote:So you're saying you'd do exactly what the vast majority of Haitians are doing. Good for you. You're as good as they are. No better, no worse.
Apparently not. Even New York, during the last black-out, didn't resort to armed gangs feeding on the moment. As a matter of fact, NYPD saw a DECREASE in crime that night.
Haiti, on the other hand, appears to be devolving back to protozoa, if even half of the news accounts are true. And most are still standing around waiting for someone to help them. This should be the exception, not the rule...
Regardless, they're getting help. That's big. How fast it could get there, if the locals were doing the right thing, is a subject we can debate (subjectively) forever.
It's going to be interesting to see them round up the 4000 prisoners that escaped. Murderers and those militants who tried to overthrow the government in the past are re grouping. This pretty much has been the case in Haiti for 100 years. I think it's going to get worse instead of better, unless we're given permission to shoot, of course.
"I know I've got a lot against me: I'm White, I'm Protestant, I'm hard working. Don't you have an Amendment to protect me"? Archie Bunker
They say that there are about 50,000 Americans in Haiti. We sent some of the best search & rescue teams in the world to Haiti to locate people trapped in the rubble.
Should they attempt to save Americans first, (assuming they know exactly where they are) or .... first come first served?
If this was Americans caught in a civil war or something, get them and only them, and get the hell out.
But, considering this was an act of tectonic plates, it has to be first come, first serve. There is no way to distinguish Americans from everyone else anyway when we're talking about recovering tens of thousands of crushed and mangled bodies. There has to be very few survivors at this point.
It appears that our military is primarily responsible for keeping law and order there. How hard would it be to make them a U.S. territory?
By the way, there's was some semi famous Haitian (lives in NY) on the news today saying that the entire Haitian population should be removed from the island and scattered to the four corners of the world. He said that all the different nations should make that happen immediately.
"I know I've got a lot against me: I'm White, I'm Protestant, I'm hard working. Don't you have an Amendment to protect me"? Archie Bunker
thats where we can put all the ones that the government is now trying to import..... I totally forgot we have an empty city in this country.... and from that day detroit shall be known as..... New Haiti.....
Doesn't MSNBC stand for the Media that Spins the News for Barrack's Cabinet?
Political Correctness is always having to say you're sorry. - Me
CoolBreeze wrote:By the way, there's was some semi famous Haitian (lives in NY) on the news today saying that the entire Haitian population should be removed from the island and scattered to the four corners of the world. He said that all the different nations should make that happen immediately.
CoolBreeze wrote:Why not? We made Detroit a US Territory right?
Kind of ironic being posted from WV. Hell, we made WV its own state after VA disowned it.
damn, i'd almost say great comeback..... if that were but its far from...... just stop trying to be witty and go back to calling everyone racists......
Doesn't MSNBC stand for the Media that Spins the News for Barrack's Cabinet?
Political Correctness is always having to say you're sorry. - Me
CoolBreeze wrote:Why not? We made Detroit a US Territory right?
Kind of ironic being posted from WV. Hell, we made WV its own state after VA disowned it.
damn, i'd almost say great comeback..... if that were but its far from...... just stop trying to be witty and go back to calling everyone racists......
Remember, if you don't agree with The One, then you are a racist. Oh and Bob, get a job you bum!
