I love point 4, can I call that the 'stick your fingers in your ears and go "lah lah lah" at the top of your voice' clause?
On 9/5/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And to take a more rational view, here's Ben Stein > (http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8693) > > A few truths, for those who have ears and eyes and care to know the truth: > > 1.) The hurricane that hit New Orleans and Mississippi and Alabama was an > astonishing tragedy. The suffering and loss of life and peace of mind of the > residents of those areas is acutely horrifying. > > 2.) George Bush did not cause the hurricane. Hurricanes have been happening > for eons. George Bush did not create them or unleash this one. > > 3.) George Bush did not make this one worse than others. There have been far > worse hurricanes than this before George Bush was born. > > 4.) There is no overwhelming evidence that global warming exists as a > man-made phenomenon. There is no clear-cut evidence that global warming even > exists. There is no clear evidence that if it does exist it makes hurricanes > more powerful or makes them aim at cities with large numbers of poor people. > If global warming is a real phenomenon, which it may well be, it started long > before George Bush was inaugurated, and would not have been affected at all > by the Kyoto treaty, considering that Kyoto does not cover the world's worst > polluters -- China, India, and Brazil. In a word, George Bush had zero to do > with causing this hurricane. To speculate otherwise is belief in sorcery. > > 5.) George Bush had nothing to do with the hurricane contingency plans for > New Orleans. Those are drawn up by New Orleans and Louisiana. In any event, > the plans were perfectly good: mandatory evacuation. It is in no way at all > George Bush's fault that about 20 percent of New Orleans neglected to follow > the plan. It is not his fault that many persons in New Orleans were too > confused to realize how dangerous the hurricane would be. They were certainly > warned. It's not George Bush's fault that there were sick people and old > people and people without cars in New Orleans. His job description does not > include making sure every adult in America has a car, is in good health, has > good sense, and is mobile. > > 6.) George Bush did not cause gangsters to shoot at rescue helicopters taking > people from rooftops, did not make gang bangers rape young girls in the > Superdome, did not make looters steal hundreds of weapons, in short make New > Orleans into a living hell. > > 7.) George Bush is the least racist President in mind and soul there has ever > been and this is shown in his appointments over and over. To say otherwise is > scandalously untrue. > > 8.) George Bush is rushing every bit of help he can to New Orleans and > Mississippi and Alabama as soon as he can. He is not a magician. It takes > time to organize huge convoys of food and now they are starting to arrive. > That they get in at all considering the lawlessness of the city is a miracle > of bravery and organization. > > 9.) There is not the slightest evidence at all that the war in Iraq has > diminished the response of the government to the emergency. To say otherwise > is pure slander. > > 10.) If the energy the news media puts into blaming Bush for an Act of God > worsened by stupendous incompetence by the New Orleans city authorities and > the malevolence of the criminals of the city were directed to helping the > morale of the nation, we would all be a lot better off. > > 11.) New Orleans is a great city with many great people. It will recover and > be greater than ever. Sticking pins into an effigy of George Bush that does > not resemble him in the slightest will not speed the process by one day. > > 12.) The entire episode is a dramatic lesson in the breathtaking callousness > of government officials at the ground level. Imagine if Hillary Clinton had > gotten her way and they were in charge of your health care. > > God bless all of those dear people who are suffering so much, and God bless > those helping them, starting with George Bush. > > **** > UPDATE: Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, 2:13 p.m.: > > More Mysteries of Katrina: > > Why is it that the snipers who shot at emergency rescuers trying to save > people in hospitals and shelters are never mentioned except in passing, and > Mr. Bush, who is turning over heaven and earth to rescue the victims of the > storm, is endlessly vilified? > > What church does Rev. Al Sharpton belong to that believes in passing blame > and singling out people by race for opprobrium and hate? > > What special abilities does the media have for deciding how much blame goes > to the federal government as opposed to the city government of New Orleans > for the aftereffects of Katrina? > > If able-bodied people refuse to obey a mandatory evacuation order for a city, > have they not assumed the risk that ill effects will happen to them? > > When the city government simply ignores its own sick and hospitalized and > elderly people in its evacuation order, is Mr. Bush to blame for that? > > Is there any problem in the world that is not Mr. Bush's fault, or have we > reverted to a belief in a sort of witchcraft where we credit a mortal man > with the ability to create terrifying storms and every other kind of ill wind? > > Where did the idea come from that salvation comes from hatred and criticism > and mockery instead of love and co-operation? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172602 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
