[scifinoir2] The entire community is now a toxic waste dump

2005-09-11 Thread Xavier Moon
This article is chilling: The rich will not suffer from any of this. Only the poor. It is a taste of things to come. Really makes a person want to slap a few rich people. Fitness first, ecosystem after, if at all. How could it be otherwise? Indeed. XM What concerns me is not the way things

[scifinoir2] The End of American Exceptionalism

2005-09-11 Thread Xavier Moon
But this is America. In sorrow, in rage, but mainly in incredulity, as the images of the suffering in New Orleans and its region began to rip at the eyes and the minds of the entire country, Americans were heard to say, in one way or another: But this is America. The mass pain that was inflicted

[scifinoir2] Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans

2005-09-11 Thread Xavier Moon
New Orleans - Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. Some of the mercenaries say they have been deputized by the Louisiana governor; indeed some are wearing gold Louisiana

[scifinoir2] New Orleans becomes a war zone - A dress rehearsal for martial law?

2005-09-11 Thread Xavier Moon
The disaster that struck New Orleans and the southern Gulf Coast has given rise to the largest military mobilization in modern history on US soil. Nearly 65,000 US military personnel are now deployed in the disaster area, transforming the devastated port city into a war zone. Squads of

[scifinoir2] Weather as a Force Multiplier - Owning the Weather in 2025

2005-09-11 Thread Xavier Moon
Very obviously less relevant to Katrina than Global Warming, https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay1996/spacecast/vol3ch15.pdf Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Life without art music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good!

RE: [scifinoir2] [OT] 25 Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina

2005-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, wow, wow! You know, a friend of mine called me last week extremely upset that Dick Cheney hadn't (at that time) visited the hurricane ravaged area. She kept saying Why don't the Republicans get up in arms about this? How can the VP NOT show up immediately? I think she wondered why I--known as

RE: [scifinoir2] The entire community is now a toxic waste dump

2005-09-11 Thread Keith Johnson
The truth of this is that we're seeing problems in New Orleans, sure, but they're not unique.. Many--most of these problems--aren't unique to this city, or only a result of the hurricance. When you start talking about poverty, intentional (or casually ignorant) racism, politcal ineffectiveness,

RE: [scifinoir2] The entire community is now a toxic waste dump

2005-09-11 Thread Astromancer
Dude, I hope all is well with you and your family... Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:The truth of this is that we're seeing problems in New Orleans, sure, but they're not unique.. Many--most of these problems--aren't unique to this city, or only a result of the hurricance. When you start