From: "Mark" 

Well, "24" is getting positively "shark jumpishly" but
I'll see it through to the end of the season <"Heroes" on the
occasions that I've seen it was good, but for some reason didn't catch my
fancy to be a regular viewer>

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> We'll disagree on TV also as I'm watching Heroes on NBC 
>
> - save the cheerleader save the world -
>
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> "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. > the 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=
1003581816
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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