I was not aware that it snuck up on people like that. The news I watched at the time was projecting landfall in the NOLA area 2 to 3 days ahead of time. Of course, it wasn't a 100% positive "it is going to hit New Orleans" type of prediction, but still, if there was even a 10% chance I know I would have beat feet out of town. I am just that way though, especially when it comes to storms. I go to the basement when the wind blows hard.
Thank you for your enlightening post, though. Next time I will do more research before I shoot my mouth off.
Am I the only one who is a little bit sick of hearing about the people in New Orleans that got caught in the hurricane?
I mean, it's not like they didn't know it was coming. The residents of New Orleans should have started getting the heck out of there days before it hit, not sit around and wait for the Government to save them.
I have heard and read many stories of people who said they couldn't get out of N.O. because they didn't have a car. What ever happened to WALKING. I swear, if I knew a hurricane was even a little bit likely to hit my town and I didn't have a car, I would start walking the hell out of there. I would fill the backpack with canned food and some bottled water and hit the damn bricks.
Now, before you start to bash me, I am not talking about people who are disabled or had some other legitimate reason for not being able to leave (such as being hooked to life support, etc.), but there were literally thousands of able-bodied people who just stayed there when they could have walked far enough away in the 2 or 3 days before it hit that they would have been safe.
The U.S. government can't even run an election without problems, what the heck did the residents of New Orleans think would happen when the govt tries to handle a real emergency?
"Don't think I won't go to a provider that has the sense to let me work with things MY way."
Sure, YOU will, but most people won't. The sick fact is that most people just don't give much of a shit about their freedoms anymore let alone what they can or can't do with a cell phone.
I have a bluetooth keyboard working just fine with my XBox 360. Just plugged the bluetooth transceiver into the Xbox and paired it to the keyboard. It just works.
Great thing is, the same keyboard works natively with my PS3, too.
Thank you for your post. My spouse and I have 3 kids which makes a small car out of the question. When we all must travel together, I take my Suburban. I try to use E85 as often as possible for many reasons. However, the car I drive back and forth to work is a 1997 Geo Metro in which I get 44 miles per gallon. I gave $300 for the car and spent another ~$500 getting it road ready. The fuel savings each 2 month period (I have a lengthy commute - don't ask...) exceeds the price I paid for the car and the insurance required by "State Law" (I swear to God).
In short, I am doing my part to decrease the amount of fuel I consume, but each person can only do so much. If a solar/wind/other renewable - and affordable - solution was available to me I would use it.
So then I can only assume that all your monetary gains that you make over and above what you require for survival are given away to meet your moral obligation? If not, then you are a hypocrite and have no ground on which to stand and should, as the saying goes, "put a sock in it."
Nice cop out. The simple fact is that I have no moral obligation to give away the fruits of my labour.
"How would you describe color to a blind man?"
I would make a taste analogy along the lines of:
brightness moving to dark == sour moving to sweet
more colour saturation moving to less colour saturation == less intense flavour moving to more intense flavour (e.g., bland and bitter to hot and umame)
"You want to know why the rest of the world looks down on you? This is why."
If the rest of the world looks down on the U.S. so damn much, then why do so many people from other countries risk everything they have to get here? Seriously, if we're so screwed up why do we have such a high immigration rate? Please explain to me why people flock to this looked-down-upon land of ours.
It's bloody time for you to stop whining and start paying.
Give me ONE good reason why I should have to support anyone other than my immediate family. Don't give me any of the standard "for the betterment of mankind" bullshit, either. If you can give me one REAL reason why I should give the gains of my labor to someone else who does no work, then I will relent on this conversation and never bitch about taxes again.
Pardon me, but do you live in the U.S.? I do and I have friends (all of whom hold decent jobs and are educated at the university level) who are literallytaxed into poverty by:
Federal and State income taxes
property taxes
gasoline taxes
sin taxes (on LEGAL products, mind you)
retail sales taxes
utility taxes (such as telephone, electricity, natural gas/propane, water, sewer, and waste removal)
city wheel taxes (use of auto on city streets)
If you add up all the taxes these folks pay and subtract it from their income, what is left is an amount that is below the stated poverty level in the U.S.
For example, why do you think the Pope is visiting the US right now? That's right, to distract people from the important issues such as being taxed into poverty by our Government. But it's ok. As long as we can fill our fat guts with McPeople Chow and watch Dr. Phil and American Id(i)o(it)l we will happily and obediently march along toward the brave new Republocratic police state.
You know those big red Xs that you sometimes see on trees when you walk through the woods? Those Xs tell the lumberjack that the trees bearing them need to be culled.
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I was not aware that it snuck up on people like that. The news I watched at the time was projecting landfall in the NOLA area 2 to 3 days ahead of time. Of course, it wasn't a 100% positive "it is going to hit New Orleans" type of prediction, but still, if there was even a 10% chance I know I would have beat feet out of town. I am just that way though, especially when it comes to storms. I go to the basement when the wind blows hard.
Thank you for your enlightening post, though. Next time I will do more research before I shoot my mouth off.
Am I the only one who is a little bit sick of hearing about the people in New Orleans that got caught in the hurricane?
I mean, it's not like they didn't know it was coming. The residents of New Orleans should have started getting the heck out of there days before it hit, not sit around and wait for the Government to save them.
I have heard and read many stories of people who said they couldn't get out of N.O. because they didn't have a car. What ever happened to WALKING. I swear, if I knew a hurricane was even a little bit likely to hit my town and I didn't have a car, I would start walking the hell out of there. I would fill the backpack with canned food and some bottled water and hit the damn bricks.
Now, before you start to bash me, I am not talking about people who are disabled or had some other legitimate reason for not being able to leave (such as being hooked to life support, etc.), but there were literally thousands of able-bodied people who just stayed there when they could have walked far enough away in the 2 or 3 days before it hit that they would have been safe.
The U.S. government can't even run an election without problems, what the heck did the residents of New Orleans think would happen when the govt tries to handle a real emergency?
Someone already posted the name for a group of these birds, but your post gives new meaning to a "murder of crows."
"Don't think I won't go to a provider that has the sense to let me work with things MY way."
Sure, YOU will, but most people won't. The sick fact is that most people just don't give much of a shit about their freedoms anymore let alone what they can or can't do with a cell phone.
Am I the only one who thought the parent post was song lyrics?
Wrong. In the context of infinite9's post "selection" absolutely means breeding. Did you read the entire post?
"I think the human race, at least in the developed world, is selecting for intelligence."
You, sir, are outcho goddammed mind.
The intelligent people in developed countries are being outbred by the people of lower intelligence.
I know it is not science, but sheesh, haven't you seen Idiocracy?
I have a bluetooth keyboard working just fine with my XBox 360. Just plugged the bluetooth transceiver into the Xbox and paired it to the keyboard. It just works.
Great thing is, the same keyboard works natively with my PS3, too.
If you MD5 the whole thing and divide by the binary representation of the date they found it, it comes out as:
J O H N T I T O R
What are the 2 sexiest animals on the farm?
Brown-chicken brown-cow
Thank you for your post. My spouse and I have 3 kids which makes a small car out of the question. When we all must travel together, I take my Suburban. I try to use E85 as often as possible for many reasons. However, the car I drive back and forth to work is a 1997 Geo Metro in which I get 44 miles per gallon. I gave $300 for the car and spent another ~$500 getting it road ready. The fuel savings each 2 month period (I have a lengthy commute - don't ask...) exceeds the price I paid for the car and the insurance required by "State Law" (I swear to God).
In short, I am doing my part to decrease the amount of fuel I consume, but each person can only do so much. If a solar/wind/other renewable - and affordable - solution was available to me I would use it.
Your score took up 45K? That must have been one helluva high score!
"I have no sense of smell"
- Dewey Cox, "Walk Hard"
"Enforced altruism?"
Ok, I'm outta here. My "this guy's a nut job" alarm just went off.
"Time Travel: Okay, so the suit can't time travel since it's inorganic, but the pilot can."
So wrap the pilot around the suit a la Wolverine.
So then I can only assume that all your monetary gains that you make over and above what you require for survival are given away to meet your moral obligation? If not, then you are a hypocrite and have no ground on which to stand and should, as the saying goes, "put a sock in it."
"How would you describe color to a blind man?"
I would make a taste analogy along the lines of:
"You want to know why the rest of the world looks down on you? This is why."
If the rest of the world looks down on the U.S. so damn much, then why do so many people from other countries risk everything they have to get here? Seriously, if we're so screwed up why do we have such a high immigration rate? Please explain to me why people flock to this looked-down-upon land of ours.
It's bloody time for you to stop whining and start paying.
Give me ONE good reason why I should have to support anyone other than my immediate family. Don't give me any of the standard "for the betterment of mankind" bullshit, either. If you can give me one REAL reason why I should give the gains of my labor to someone else who does no work, then I will relent on this conversation and never bitch about taxes again.
If you add up all the taxes these folks pay and subtract it from their income, what is left is an amount that is below the stated poverty level in the U.S.
"Bread and Circuses"
For example, why do you think the Pope is visiting the US right now? That's right, to distract people from the important issues such as being taxed into poverty by our Government. But it's ok. As long as we can fill our fat guts with McPeople Chow and watch Dr. Phil and American Id(i)o(it)l we will happily and obediently march along toward the brave new Republocratic police state.
CITIZENS OF THE USA, WAKE UP!!!
My Dad always says, "there are plenty of people in the cemetery who had the right-of-way."
Why, President Clinton, I didn't realize that you swing that way...
inking that given any position, you can solve it in 25 moves or less.
(i can't imagine taking pictures outdoors being made illegal)
It looks like the pendulum is swinging that way...
You know those big red Xs that you sometimes see on trees when you walk through the woods? Those Xs tell the lumberjack that the trees bearing them need to be culled.
The Bluetooth Headset is the human equivalent.