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Melamine in domestic milk powder in China - although it still doesn't quite excuse the U.S. import authorities for what happened to the pet food, at least I think I can dismiss some of the paranoia. It really was just greed and incompetence.
I was reading one of the articles about Ike's aftermath and some things confuse me. Only a few filling stations running on generators? Florida already discussed this, after Katrina/Wilma. Cemeteries popping caskets? Well, maybe it's normally that much drier there, but New Orleans built that way for a reason that's still valid. There were a couple other things, like the GOLFERS in Tennessee who were apparently so desperate for a tee time they decided a tropical storm was acceptable weather. What?
Why aren't people applying solutions that somebody else already paid the price to work out? Despite all that, you have to applaud the Galvestonians and the S&R teams for not only their hardiness but their meticulous post-storm work. The death toll is commendably low, especially considering the property damage.
Meanwhile, for Tori:
I was reading one of the articles about Ike's aftermath and some things confuse me. Only a few filling stations running on generators? Florida already discussed this, after Katrina/Wilma. Cemeteries popping caskets? Well, maybe it's normally that much drier there, but New Orleans built that way for a reason that's still valid. There were a couple other things, like the GOLFERS in Tennessee who were apparently so desperate for a tee time they decided a tropical storm was acceptable weather. What?
Why aren't people applying solutions that somebody else already paid the price to work out? Despite all that, you have to applaud the Galvestonians and the S&R teams for not only their hardiness but their meticulous post-storm work. The death toll is commendably low, especially considering the property damage.
Meanwhile, for Tori:
- Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes
- Wasilla rape victims billed when Palin was the mayor
- Bill Maher quipped, "I hate to give money to a politician, I don't often do it, but after her [acceptance] speech I wrote out a cheque to Obama pretty quickly." (Bill's Libertarian!)
- Palin's Project List Totals $453 Million
- Taxpayers for Common Sense: Earmarks
- Monegan said he knew nothing about Wooten until he was summoned to the governor's office in January 2007, after only a month on the job, for a face-to-face meeting with Palin's husband. (my emphasis)
- Op-Ed Columnist: Making America Stupid
- SNL skit: 'Palin' and 'Rodham-Clinton' address sexism
