I have a NeoCon friend who is totally happy with the response

Bullwinkle925

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:21 AM
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I have a NeoCon friend who is totally happy with the response

of the Federal Government to this disaster. She also says that the failure to protect New Orleans Levees was in 1992 under the Clinton Administration.

WTF?

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skypilot

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:22 AM
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1. Typical.

Just typical.

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alittlelark

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:22 AM
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2. Why is she still a friend?

Honestly, I cannot deal with those types of fools.

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Ripley

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:23 AM
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7. lol

No shit.

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SunDrop23

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:51 AM
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19. Tell your friend to go Cheney herself then find a new friend.

Dare your friend to go without water for three days and see what she says.

Fuck these high and mighty jagoffs. Fuck each and every one of them.

If the fucking Chinese took over this country tomorrow the Bush crowd would say "this is a good thing, we'll get cheaper Chinese food."

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aden_nak

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:23 AM
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3. Clearly, Hurricane Katrina was caused by Bill Clinton's penis.

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RobertSeattle

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:23 AM
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4. Clinton wasn't President in 1992...

..Or I just don't get the joke.

(Clinton and his almighty Clenis was inaugurated in Jan 1993)

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Bullwinkle925

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:32 AM
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12. I've sent her an e-mail stating that.

It probably is the propaganda being spread by the Limbaugh crowd - who else would be that stupid?
This person (my friend) is a professional - a pathologist.
Unfortunately, the only thing important, I think, is the issue of TAXES!!

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JHB

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:43 AM
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17. Good catch

Can't let 'em get away with anything!

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Nikki Stone 1

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:23 AM
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5. Sounds like somone is spreading lies

It was the Bush administration who cut the funds for NO (Army Corps of Engineers) by 44% (See Molly Ivins)

PRograms were developed under the Clinton administration to PROTECT NO from something like this.

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BillZBubb

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:23 AM
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6. You have a boob like that for a friend?

Have you taken a serious look at your relationships?

Such a callous, ignorant person is not friendship material. You can do better.

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info being

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:24 AM
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8. I hope you punched her

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:24 AM
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9. I guess she has no friends or family down there

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Blue_Roses

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:24 AM
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10. Clinton would have already had the NG

guard in there 'cause they wouldn't be in Iraq. Face it--our NG is stretched thin because of the stupid fake war, but this administration won't admit. Clinton would be doing much, MUCH more at this point. Your friend doesn't know what the fuck they are talking about.

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ComerPerro

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:24 AM
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11. amazing, isn't it?

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Fatima

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:33 AM
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13. You oughta kick your neo-con friend to the curb!

Neocons should be SHUNNED the way the Amish and other religious groups do to the nogoodniks in their bunch. Turn your backs on 'em, ALL of 'em, because if they haven't seen the light by now, there is NO HOPE for them!!!

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JHB

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:38 AM
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14. Your neoCon friend doesn't know the facts

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 11:41 AM by JHB

In 1995 (y'know, under the Clinton Administration), the SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA URBAN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT was started to restore protective wetlands and rebuild and raise the levees. Funding for that project has been cut severly under Bush:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20050606/ai_n14657367
Landrieu said the Bush administration is not making Corps of Engineers funding a priority.

I think it's extremely shortsighted, Landrieu said. When the Corps of Engineers' budget is cut, Louisiana bleeds. These projects are literally life-and-death projects to the people of south Louisiana and they are (of) vital economic interest to the entire nation.

The Corps' budget could still be beefed up, as it is every year, through congressional additions. Last year, Congress added $20 million to the overall budget of the New Orleans district but a similar increase this year would still leave a $50 million shortfall.

One of the hardest-hit areas of the New Orleans district's budget is the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, which was created after the May 1995 flood to improve drainage in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes. SELA's budget is being drained from $36.5 million awarded in 2005 to $10.4 million suggested for 2006 by the House of Representatives and the president.

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Nikki Stone 1

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:40 AM
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15. The mods should put this quote on a sticky so we can all refer to it

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Supersedeas

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:55 AM
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20. True...maybe mods should make this link a STICKY

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paula777

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:42 AM
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16. She wouldn't be happy with it if SHE was there - that's all you need to

say to her

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Lars39

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:47 AM
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18. Some info to hit her over the head with:

What Do You Expect the President to Do?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4517394

rethug defunding of disaster planning & emerg. mgmt. aggravated Katrina
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4493298

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