From: "Rich Gauszka" 

We'll disagree on TV also as I'm watching Heroes on NBC 

- save the cheerleader save the world -


"Mark"  wrote in message
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> Eh, I conveyed my point of view Bob (and Rich), I didn't expect you to
> agree with it.  blanks of my argument when he arrives >
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:463fcb2a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> No Mark the Bottom line is the equipment is not there. It has not been
>> replaced and there don't seem to be any plans to do so. It's affecting
>> every state.  Stating the equipment isn't there and where it is, is
>> simply stating a fact.  Not replacing equipment has been known for
>> several years. Its a problem that will have to be addressed.
>>
>> You are the one interpreting this as an attack on Bush. I didn't read the
>> story that way
>>
>> So far the only person I've seen use this to for a cheap political shot
>> is you. I don't see any cheap shots in the stories posted.  But you
>> certainly seem to have been very willing to use the death and destruction
>> for a cheap shot.
>>
>> her comments ( those I have seen) don't even come close to your ridicule
>> for being crass and uncaring.
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:463fc627$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Why is the Governor of Kansas dissing Bush in the face of a terrible
>>> disaster? The National Guard is there, FEMA is there, the Red Cross is
>>> there, the neighboring towns EMS are there, the police are there...
>>>
>>> The entire town has been wiped out -- *all* of it -- it's going to be
>>> years before it's made right again, regardless of how many National
>>> Guard bulldozers are there tomorrow, the next day, or the next week.
>>>
>>> In fact they were interviewing a John Deere dealer owner, he's going to
>>> keep all 35 employees on the payroll (via his insurance it sounds like)
>>> and I'd bet my bottom dollar that John Deere will be donating equipment
>>> for use in the clean up -- what the fuck ever happened to taking care of
>>> yourselves vs. the whine fest?
>>>
>>> Why doesn't the governor leave her lame politics out of it? Why,
>>> suddenly does every politician in the country suddenly seem to stand
>>> frozen in the headlights like a soon to be dead deer, demanding that the
>>> Feds drop everything and save them? The people there, the real
>>> sufferers, were not whining, they were planning on how to overcome and
>>> rebuild before the winds died down.
>>>
>>> The valid point is this Bob: because the Iraq war is currently unpopular
>>> in national polls, the governor chooses a disaster for her citizens to
>>> get a cheap shot in at their expense -- a really dumb cheap shot,
>>> because odds are most of those Kansans in that wiped out town support
>>> our troops and their National Guard members over there.
>>>
>>> That said if the Iraq war was popular in the national polls she'd never
>>> have made such a dumb statement -- though it's still crass regardless.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:463fbf21{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> And a Republican once again makes fun of death and
destruction instead
>>>> of raising ANY valid points.
>>>>
>>>> Why are the National Guard and Reserve units short on
equipment ? Why
>>>> have the Republicans failed to replaced damaged and
destroyed equipment
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>>>> news:463fbb1a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Meanwhile that Chimp Bush is attending a white tie dinner with a
>>>>> ceremonial head of state -- why doesn't he cancel that
dinner and fly
>>>>> on out to Kansas immediately? These f'ing neocons
don't care about Joe
>>>>> and Jane Citizen, let them eat wood chips >>>> immediately in Iraq and bring that equipment home
tomorrow -- call up
>>>>> the C130s right now!!!>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:463faaeb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Can't help victims if yiur equipment is in Iraq
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1
003581816
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday evening
that the state's
>>>>>> response will likely be hampered because much of
the equipment
>>>>>> usually positioned around the state to respond to
emergencies -
>>>>>> including tents, trucks and semitrailers - is now in Iraq.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Not having the National Guard equipment,
which used to be positioned
>>>>>> in various parts of the state, to bring in
immediately is really
>>>>>> going to handicap this effort to rebuild,"
said Sebelius.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6481093&nav=menu188_2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem exists nationwide, according to a Government
>>>>>> Accountability Report from January.  It said the
"National Guard may
>>>>>> not be prepared to respond to domestic events, particularly
>>>>>> large-scale, multi-state events...as efficiently
and effectively as
>>>>>> possible."
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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