The GOP is back

[RgrF]

Incompetence pisses you off but joking about it is just playtime?

[Mac1337]

Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=NeverMind]
what are you trying to say Dakota?

I think Dakota was trying to say that black people all know how to steal cars, therefore they should have stolen the school buses and left town.
Wouldn't have been a bad idea. I doubt they would have been pulled over. Heck, I would commandeer a school bus and load my neighbors up too.

[Doc]

swampy wrote:
The tragedy of Katrina is that more could have been done and wasn't. You had a mayor of a city 13 feet below sea level, on the edge of huge lake with ancient levies, facing a category 5 hurricane, with 4 days notice. You had a state with a flawed Emergency Plan and a governor who refused to call up the national guard to help evacuate people. You didn't expect a lot of people to die?

'Funny how you left out the federal government's recklessness in that summary.

In fact, the governor both called upon the National Guard and requested $9 million in federal assistance for shelters and rescue operations 2 days before Katrina reached NO. She was assured that she'd get both and that FEMA would be ready to deploy before the hurricane hit.

She was a fool to rely upon FEMA. She also misused the National Guard by sending about half of them after looters instead of focusing on emergency relief.

But a hell of a lot of blame lies with FEMA and the slow response by other federal agencies. Just to add insult to injury came an onslaught of verbal diarrhea by Bush and his first lady.

This was every bit as much Bush's blunder as governor Blanco's.

[swampy]

RgrF wrote:
Incompetence pisses you off but joking about it is just playtime?

H. G. Wells once said, “The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.” Generally it takes time for people to see any humor derived from pain or discomfort. Some people never will.

Here's an excellent article that perhaps explains where I'm coming from.

http://www.karynbuxman.com/2008/09/01/mi...y-strikes/

[kanesa]

"How can 2,000,000 BLACKS get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice?"

This is a racist joke.

I am appalled that anyone would defend it.

[swampy]

Okay,

2,000,000 WHITES get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice.

This is a racist joke.

I'm appalled that anyone would defend it.

[Greg]

kanesa wrote:
"How can 2,000,000 BLACKS get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice?"

This is a racist joke.

I am appalled that anyone would defend it.

Bingo. At least, that was my reaction. You know, black people over here, black people over here...black people is black people. Black people could get to Washington, D.C., black people couldn't get out of New Orleans...gosh, isn't that funny?

No.

[kanesa]

swampy wrote:
Okay,

2,000,000 WHITES get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice.

This is a racist joke.

I'm appalled that anyone would defend it.

That is not a racist joke and you know it, swampy. Stop acting unintelligent.

[swampy]

How bout...

2,000,000 REDNECKS get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice.

This is a racist joke.

I'm appalled that anyone would defend it.

[kanesa]

swampy wrote:
How bout...

2,000,000 REDNECKS get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice.

This is a racist joke.

I'm appalled that anyone would defend it.

Now swampy is going to end this one with a reference that liberals just don't have a sense of humor or appreciate sarcasm.