shoot to kill
i'm sorry i'm not blogging much this week. i think everything i would write about can be read on the news anyways, as there are so many things about the hurricane devestation in the South that is upsetting.
to be honest, it disturbs me almost equally - though for very different reasons - than september 11th. and so i'll spare you all my thoughts on why i find it hard to focus on anything at work other than reading the news...
but, i will copy a few tidbits from the news that i read today which i found interesting. or baffling. or humorous. or all of the above. i'll leave the truly heart-wrenching and disturbing stuff out - you get that enough on any of the big news sites.
1. do you really need that armani suit to survive?
from msn, in a city without rules, is looting ok? - this is by far one of the more intriguing articles i've read yet - finally a reporter is actually thinking & analyzing, not just spewing forth the same details, quotes, and pictures as everyone else. they ask, "When, if ever, is looting OK? When is it acceptable to break the law — and what happens when law itself breaks down?" and i have to agree that in certain situations, it's okay. loot away. just don't touch the luxury items. those fancy clothes won't sell if they're waterlogged anyways...
2. did they skip that problem on their engineering take-home test?
from a nytimes article, "disaster experts and frustrated officials said a crucial shortcoming may have been the failure to predict that the levees keeping Lake Pontchartrain out of the city would be breached, not just overflow.". um, were these magic levees or something!? what made them forget about the fact that they could break?
3. don't TOUCH the south's football!
from the nytimes, "Now, mindful of the dispersal of New Orleans residents who evacuated, Fox will add the Texas markets of Houston, San Antonio and Beaumont, and parts of Missouri for the Saints' opener on Sept. 11 against Carolina." well, they may not have food or water, but at least they'll get their football.
4. and we thought two-fitty was high.
just some interesting thoughts on the cost of gas out here in cali, from sfgate - "Although California uses little if any crude oil from the gulf, the cost of oil everywhere has risen after the hurricane, with prices set by the global market." or, are they pulling a fast one on us? people question. i don't know. i don't drive anyways. but it makes you think a little about how this whole 'global economy' thing works.
5. shoot to kill
um, thank you uncle sam, for sending combat trained military to save the day. from msn, "They have M-16s and they’re locked and loaded. ... These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so".
that's exactly what the residents of new orleans need. not food. not water. not homes. guns!
and i quote from the article:
"Hell no, ... I ain’t glad to see ’em, I’ll be glad when 100 buses show up.”
(my thoughts exactly)
okay, maybe i'm being a peacenik naive here - i know they do need law and order. horrible things are going on. but it's like we're trying to overcompensate for our inability to bring relief and aid to the sick and homeless people by sending in guns. is that all we have on reserve for emergency relief efforts? weapons?
at least mormons are on the right track by setting up grain silos to feed their congregation during the apocolypse. or just for general welfare. hmm. i wonder if grain silos are hurricane safe. maybe they wouldn't do so well, either.
yay guns!
6. fats, you out there?
so apparently fats domino was missing after the flooding started. and apparently he's okay, according to sfgate: "The mystery was solved when Domino's daughter saw a New Orleans Times- Picayune photograph of her father being taken from a boat by rescuers Monday night. She said that she did not know her father's current whereabouts." but, i gotta wonder... if she just saw a picture, and no one has actually heard from him, and they don't know where he is, don't you think it's presumptuous to report that he's safe?
to be honest, it disturbs me almost equally - though for very different reasons - than september 11th. and so i'll spare you all my thoughts on why i find it hard to focus on anything at work other than reading the news...
but, i will copy a few tidbits from the news that i read today which i found interesting. or baffling. or humorous. or all of the above. i'll leave the truly heart-wrenching and disturbing stuff out - you get that enough on any of the big news sites.
1. do you really need that armani suit to survive?
from msn, in a city without rules, is looting ok? - this is by far one of the more intriguing articles i've read yet - finally a reporter is actually thinking & analyzing, not just spewing forth the same details, quotes, and pictures as everyone else. they ask, "When, if ever, is looting OK? When is it acceptable to break the law — and what happens when law itself breaks down?" and i have to agree that in certain situations, it's okay. loot away. just don't touch the luxury items. those fancy clothes won't sell if they're waterlogged anyways...
2. did they skip that problem on their engineering take-home test?
from a nytimes article, "disaster experts and frustrated officials said a crucial shortcoming may have been the failure to predict that the levees keeping Lake Pontchartrain out of the city would be breached, not just overflow.". um, were these magic levees or something!? what made them forget about the fact that they could break?
3. don't TOUCH the south's football!
from the nytimes, "Now, mindful of the dispersal of New Orleans residents who evacuated, Fox will add the Texas markets of Houston, San Antonio and Beaumont, and parts of Missouri for the Saints' opener on Sept. 11 against Carolina." well, they may not have food or water, but at least they'll get their football.
4. and we thought two-fitty was high.
just some interesting thoughts on the cost of gas out here in cali, from sfgate - "Although California uses little if any crude oil from the gulf, the cost of oil everywhere has risen after the hurricane, with prices set by the global market." or, are they pulling a fast one on us? people question. i don't know. i don't drive anyways. but it makes you think a little about how this whole 'global economy' thing works.5. shoot to kill
um, thank you uncle sam, for sending combat trained military to save the day. from msn, "They have M-16s and they’re locked and loaded. ... These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so".
that's exactly what the residents of new orleans need. not food. not water. not homes. guns!
and i quote from the article:
"Hell no, ... I ain’t glad to see ’em, I’ll be glad when 100 buses show up.”
(my thoughts exactly)
okay, maybe i'm being a peacenik naive here - i know they do need law and order. horrible things are going on. but it's like we're trying to overcompensate for our inability to bring relief and aid to the sick and homeless people by sending in guns. is that all we have on reserve for emergency relief efforts? weapons?
at least mormons are on the right track by setting up grain silos to feed their congregation during the apocolypse. or just for general welfare. hmm. i wonder if grain silos are hurricane safe. maybe they wouldn't do so well, either.
yay guns!
6. fats, you out there?
so apparently fats domino was missing after the flooding started. and apparently he's okay, according to sfgate: "The mystery was solved when Domino's daughter saw a New Orleans Times- Picayune photograph of her father being taken from a boat by rescuers Monday night. She said that she did not know her father's current whereabouts." but, i gotta wonder... if she just saw a picture, and no one has actually heard from him, and they don't know where he is, don't you think it's presumptuous to report that he's safe?
posted by megan at
10:16:00 AM
2 Comments:
crazy mormons!
just for the record, you said it, not me! ;)
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