Katrina and the Waves
I just had to be the first to use that headline. Anyone remember these guys (whose hit was ironically "Walking on Sunshine)? I sure didn't until it popped into my head last night. Remember, you saw it here first.
**Note: I guess you didn't hear it here first. Within an instant, alert Dopesters had told me that they'd seen it elsewhere. I guess it was inevitable.
And as an aside, it appears that most of the devatation and suffering, at least in the New Orleans area, is concentrated on the poorest, primarily black part of town. Imagine that.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 8/30/2005
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Actually... you weren't the first. My dad (that age) told me 2 days ago that he saw it in a CNN crawl at the bottom of the screen, and wondered how many people got that pun.
Ah ... I figured I was a bit late. Damn. It figures. I think I'll go eat worms.
And I'm not sure what being aware of Katrina and the Waves reveals about my age. They had their hit in the 80s. I guess that means I must be at least in my late 20's or early 30's.
I'll have to try to dig up my birth certificate.
The Dope woke up the day after the hurricane and heard an analyst predict soaring gas prices. Within minutes, all the Dope vehicles were topped off at the "low" price of $2.59. With minimal driving, and catching some tailwinds, hopefully I can avoid paying $3 plus for some time.
Shama, I noticed that yesterday, three days after the hurricane and at least a week after it was forecast to hit, a special military rescue squad was just now starting to pack up to go to the area from California. The commander on camera was boasting of how they're able to respond almost instantly. But this was way late. The day after, after the levees gave way, was the time this help was most needed, and the time when most lives were in danger, particularly the elderly, very young, or those needing medicines or electricity for their existance, such as diabetics, etc.
No reports on how hospitals were dealing with this, or efforts to evacuate nursing homes, jails, or other places where the population would be trapped.
Bush, no doubt pissed about being told he had to cut his 3 month vacation short a few days, rushes back to DC to read stupid platitudes off of 3x7 cards. (Including the absolutely disgraceful attempt to compare the invasion of Iraq to WWII)
I'm sure that first on Bush's priorities is to give millions in aid to all the oil companies which were impacted, despite the fact that even financial analysts describe their recent obscene levels of profits as their having a license to print money.
(Yes folks, oil companies have never made as astronomical profits as they have in the past few years, yet the recent energy bill gave them millions in subsidies.)
Bush can't respond in the manner this disaster demands, as he's squandered both the treasury, and the military and their equipment on his ridiculous efforts in Iraq.
If even a fraction of the billions sqandered in the pursuit of profits and power and to aid Bush politically were devoted to this disaster, untold suffering could be avoided.
And I am absolutely dumbfounded at the immediate reference to religion after this massive disaster.
The governor of Louisiana calls for a day of prayer, because the situation is absolutely out of control and sheer chaos.
People appear on camera in front of the kindling that used to be their home, left with nothing but a tee shirt, shorts, and memories, thanking God for still being alive.
I want to scream "WHY ARE YOU THANKING GOD? IF YOU THINK HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING, THEN HE JUST CAUSED AMAZING SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION AND KILLED UNTOLD NUMBERS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, NOT TO MENTION ANIMALS! HE WIPED YOU OUT!!! DESTROYED EVERYTHING YOU OWN, YOUR TOWN, AND A BIG CHUNK OF 4 STATES. AND NOW YOU'RE THANKING HIM FOR STOPPING SHORT OF KILLING YOU??!!!"
It truly highlights the child-like mind-set that people fall into when faced with unbelievable death and destruction. They simply can not make sense of it, which is understandable, so they ascribe it to some invisible "thing" in the sky. But they only give God credit, never blame.
Now that's faith. It's like a husband that beats up his wife so bad she's a mangled disfigured quadraplegic, and she then sincerely thanks him for leaving her one tooth in her mouth. "I praise my husband for not killing me."
It's insane.
I think you meant "deafening", and yeah, I didn't expect many people to react. As long as it makes them think, it's ok.
People never like to hear that their beliefs amount to fairy tales or have the absurdity of it pointed out.
Faith is fine, even necessary. Religion in itself isn't a bad thing. It's fine for some, and no doubt has contributed to a lot that is good and true in society.
It's just that sometimes it astounds me how people can do mental contortions to maintain their belief that God is helping them.
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