Re: Bush is either a liar, or an idiot, or both.

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 19:56:39 -0400, keith <krw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:34:21 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:32:47 -0500, John Fields
>> <jfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:47:26 +0100, Dirk Bruere at Neopax
>>><dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>In Britain we have an airmobile brigade that can be deployed anywhere in the
>>>>world in 24hrs.
>>>>The US military not up to that?
>>>
>>>---
>>>LOL, if push came to shove we'd be there waiting for you with the
>>>runways cleared, the hostiles "pacified" and, no doubt, some nice
>>>cold beers to refresh you after your arduous flight.
>>>
>>>BTW, we've (Austin, Republic of Texas) taken in about 5000 of the
>>>NOLA refugees and are setting them up in apartments which FEMA will
>>>subsidize 50%. The apartment complex owners have agreed to
>>>"forgive" the other 50%, and the city's in the process of getting
>>>jobs lined up for them.
>> ^^^^^
>> BAD word for liberal nutcases.
>>
>>>
>>>In the meantime, food, clothing, housewares, furniture, and
>>>everything they need to start new lives is being donated by those of
>>>here, who can.
>>>
>>>For some, Katrina may have been the best thing that ever happened to
>>>them. At the very least, it got them to Texas.
>>
>> But leftist weenies don't understand WORKING for a living. It
>> prevents buying their vote with welfare.
>>
>> BTW, the first batch of refugees to reach Phoenix came in last night.
>> How about that, 1522 miles via I10!
>
>Come on Jim! The Euro-losers will never understand 1522 miles. Their
>world isn't that big! You really gotta break that down some. Sheesh,
>it's only a couple of states over, after all.

Just driving across Texas can make you think you've reached the end of
the world. It's 748 miles just from El Paso to Houston :-( Driven
many times when visiting the in-laws.

>
>I understand restaurants are offering chefs and waitstaffs work up north.
>Maybe there won't be a reason to rebuild. ;-)

Were any of the "bottom" dwellers employed by the restaurant business
in N'Orleans? Maybe they could do like Mings in Palo Alto, bus
workers in from Chinatown daily on a bus.

...Jim Thompson
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