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  1. <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Do we have run to the resue of every poor soul. A big
    no. I moved all of life some against my will and some not and this
    place I've been twice not my will but the 3rd was.

    It's called humanity, jackass.

  2. "J G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude of
    the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my G*d,
    it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
    --
    "Ralph"

    Yeah, something should certainly be done about the smell.

    It's a shame that when hundreds of thousands die that the rest should be
    inconvenienced, especially the vacationing tourists. Somebody must be held
    accountable.

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in the
    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of their
    corpses?

  3. Slacker said:

    Sheeesh, I can simulate a 4.4 sitting on the toilet after eating way too
    much Mexican food!

    Have some habanero peppers with it and you can simulate that 4.4 all
    the way across town! It will resemble Mt. St. Helens in other ways,
    as well.... ;-)

    Mark Hickey
    Habanero Cycles
    http://www.habcycles.com
    Home of the $695 ti frame

  4. cc said:

    "J G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude
    of the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my
    G*d, it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
    --
    "Ralph"

    Yeah, something should certainly be done about the smell.

    It's a shame that when hundreds of thousands die that the rest should
    be inconvenienced, especially the vacationing tourists. Somebody must
    be held accountable.

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in the
    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of
    their corpses?

    I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's over there with part of the US
    contribution to the hands-on humanitarian effort, and the stink is just a
    true reality of the whole thing. What have you done to help?

    Penny

  5. "small change" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    cc said:

    "J G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude
    of the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my
    G*d, it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
    --
    "Ralph"

    Yeah, something should certainly be done about the smell.

    It's a shame that when hundreds of thousands die that the rest should
    be inconvenienced, especially the vacationing tourists. Somebody must
    be held accountable.

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in the
    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of
    their corpses?

    I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's over there with part of the US
    contribution to the hands-on humanitarian effort, and the stink is just a
    true reality of the whole thing. What have you done to help?

    Penny,

    I wasn't addressing what he has done, but the callous manner in which he
    described the catastrophe. On the same note, I don't feel the need to defend
    my contributions to the recovery effort.

    cc

  6. "small change" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    bri719 said:
    J G said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude
    of the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my
    G*d, it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(

    Ralph --

    I was awoken by a terrible shaking this morning in my bed at 6:35am
    -- a devastating 4.4 quake centered in Fontana, CA. luckily, I held
    on tight and rode the sucker out, nothing fell on me, and my house is
    still standing. one can only imagine the devistation that has
    ensued. be sure to stay tuned to MSNBC, CNN etc because I'm sure an
    announcement is coming any minute now. everyone at work is scared
    [censored], but now that I'm here safely in my cubicle I feel much
    better. scary times.

    "Bob"

    bri

    4.4? that's a wimpy earthquake.

    It depends. The hardest knock in a quake I ever got was a measly 4.2 in the
    middle of the night in about 1985 in Santa Cruz. It was quick, but the
    ground dropped about a foot, the result being that the entire apartment we
    were sleeping in made a huge BANG! which woke us all up.

    But that's nothing compared to the "San Francisco" quake in 1989 (actually
    centered in Loma Prieta as I recall). THAT was nasty. And "only" a 7.1 - I
    cannot even begin to fathom how a 9.0 would feel.

  7. <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Do we have run to the resue of every poor soul. A big
    no. I moved all of life some against my will and some not and this
    place I've been twice not my will but the 3rd was.

    You are really an [censored], aren't you? Wait a minute - youve' got a WebTV
    account. That explains everything.

  8. bri719 said:
    Quoted message said:

    Do we have run to the resue of every poor soul. A big
    no. I moved all of life some against my will and some not and this
    place I've been twice not my will but the 3rd was.


    that's right on, brother!

    bri

    A little compassion every now and then does wonders... to others and
    your soul.

    I'm a mean selfish son of a [censored] too, but I know when to be humble.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  9. Raptor said:
    cc said:

    "J G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude of
    the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my G*d,
    it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
    --
    "Ralph"

    Yeah, something should certainly be done about the smell.

    It's a shame that when hundreds of thousands die that the rest should
    be inconvenienced, especially the vacationing tourists. Somebody must
    be held accountable.

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in the
    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of
    their corpses?

    I heard on NPR tonight that annually, 150,000 children die in Indonesia
    before the age of five from everyday causes like diarrhea, tetanus,
    malnutrition, etc.

    But not in less than one hour! It doesn't make it any better.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  10. Raptor said:

    I heard on NPR tonight that annually, 150,000 children die in Indonesia
    before the age of five from everyday causes like diarrhea, tetanus,
    malnutrition, etc.

    Oh wait a second... NPR. That says it all.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  11. you said:
    cc said:

    "J G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude
    of the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my
    G*d, it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
    --
    "Ralph"

    Yeah, something should certainly be done about the smell.

    It's a shame that when hundreds of thousands die that the rest should
    be inconvenienced, especially the vacationing tourists. Somebody must
    be held accountable.

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in the
    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of
    their corpses?

    I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's over there with part of the US
    contribution to the hands-on humanitarian effort, and the stink is just a
    true reality of the whole thing. What have you done to help?

    Penny

    Damn sure are some pretensious people in here these days I see.

  12. "cc" wrote

    Quoted message said:

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in


    the

    Quoted message said:

    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of


    their

    Quoted message said:

    corpses?

    No, they too are complaining of the stench and burrying the corpses as
    fast as they can be found. Bodies was ashore on every tide. The
    primary objective should be to treat the survivors and to prevent the
    spread of disease before the death tool increases...... There is a
    time for mourning and a time for basic sanitation.

  13. "cc" wrote

    Quoted message said:

    I wasn't addressing what he has done, but the callous manner in


    which he

    Quoted message said:

    described the catastrophe.

    You learn to develop a "thick skin" when dealing with things like
    this, it is a basic emotional suvrial skill. You cannot be surrounded
    by that much death and destruction without it.... If you don't, you
    are going to become a basket case ( Post Traumaitc Stress Syndrome.)
    That is not to say I don;t hae compassion and sorror for what has
    happened, but there is a job to be done and there are hazzards of the
    job that must be dealt with and overcome.

  14. Ride-A-Lot said:
    Raptor said:

    I heard on NPR tonight that annually, 150,000 children die in
    Indonesia before the age of five from everyday causes like diarrhea,
    tetanus, malnutrition, etc.

    But not in less than one hour! It doesn't make it any better.

    I guess what such factoids should do is provide perspective. Just
    another little bit of reality. Life is hard "over there."

    --
    --
    Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall
    "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to
    a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
    them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
    could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
    instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

  15. Ride-A-Lot said:
    Raptor said:

    I heard on NPR tonight that annually, 150,000 children die in
    Indonesia before the age of five from everyday causes like diarrhea,
    tetanus, malnutrition, etc.

    Oh wait a second... NPR. That says it all.

    Actually it doesn't. What does it say to you? (It was a journalist who
    said it, one who worked that part of the world routinely, being
    interviewed about the disaster.)

    --
    --
    Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall
    "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to
    a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
    them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
    could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
    instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

  16. "J G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    "cc" wrote

    Quoted message said:

    Did you stop to think that those that have loved ones that died in


    the

    Quoted message said:

    tsunami might take offense to you complaining about "the STINK" of


    their

    Quoted message said:

    corpses?

    No, they too are complaining of the stench and burrying the corpses as
    fast as they can be found. Bodies was ashore on every tide. The
    primary objective should be to treat the survivors and to prevent the
    spread of disease before the death tool increases...... There is a
    time for mourning and a time for basic sanitation.

    Again, I understand the reality of the situation. I have been following it
    quite closely. I know that there are not enough people to remove the bodies,
    that it smells, and that there is a serious health hazard. The point of my
    post was not to refute these facts.

  17. "Ride-A-Lot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    J G said:

    What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude of
    the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my G*d,
    it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
    --
    "Ralph"

    I just had some friends come back from their honeymoon in Thailand.
    Yes, they were in one of the flooded hotels. At the time they were in
    their room so they got out without a scratch.

    They are pretty messed up though. It took a while to get out and they
    had to sleep in a school for a night. She's being crying every night
    since the event and cannot get the images of bodies, especially
    children, out of her head. Can you say lots of counsiling? The US
    embassy was very good at rounding up the citizens. That's a nice thing
    to know. I gave them a US Airways round trip coupon I got from giving
    up a seat so they can at least fly somewhere and try and get another
    honeymoon.

    I didn't ask about the smell and they didn't volunteer any info. I can
    only imagine what it must be like. I know what a single dead animal can
    smell like. Think about 80,000 people.

    It's very sad, but I think this is a great opportunity for the USA and
    especially the citizens of this country to show how compasionate we can
    be. Many of the countries that were hit are Muslim countries. A show
    of support from the US will surely go a long way to showing them that we
    are not against them as the terrorists would have them think.

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

    Glad your friends are ok...not to slight the Pac-Rim/Eastern situation in
    any way, but what a terrible wedding memory. I hope she's stopped crying by
    now...Nice of you to offer a partial "re-do."

    As for the world's view on American compassion...unfortunalely, it seems as
    though there is no deed America can do that will enstill a favorable
    viewpoint, in the rest of the world's mind's eye, for any long-term
    scenario. For some reason (probably the general well being of our
    population), many persons around the world view Americans as the "Grand
    Abusers" of everyone else.

    American dollars fly around the world in HUGE proportions all year long,
    every year...whether there's a disaster, or not. So does food, medical
    supplies, medical care, economical support, political support,
    infrastructural support and so on, and so on, and so on...even to hostile
    nations like North Korea (grain). But when America acts to protect its own
    interests........forget it! For some reasons (many, I'm sure), America
    always comes out smelling like a goat to the rest of the world.

    Nonetheless, I recently, and regularly, gave/give blood, and am currently
    researching a worthy organization to donate some additional tsunami dollars
    to (one where the $$ won't be absorbed by the org's payroll).

    Goodoz --- Tax Time's Coming up...Y'all ready???

  18. A small roller came thru Irvine in 02, right before I was relocated. No
    damage in the house (think the epicenter was out by, but north of, Palm
    Springs. But, I felt the "waterbed effect" in my static bed at about
    midnight...

    Goodoz

    "bri719" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Chris Glidden said:

    We felt it in Laguna Beach, it's the "Real OC" ya know. Puke


    LOL ... yeah, I know.

    in all seriousness it's strange all this talk about tsunamis and
    earthquakes (floods, what have you) because I used to feel little quakes
    all the time and that's about the first one I felt in a good two or
    three years.

    bri

    --

    * enjoying the karma *
    remove LKJSDFJSD from address to email

  19. Raptor said:
    Ride-A-Lot said:
    Raptor said:

    I heard on NPR tonight that annually, 150,000 children die in
    Indonesia before the age of five from everyday causes like diarrhea,
    tetanus, malnutrition, etc.

    Oh wait a second... NPR. That says it all.

    Actually it doesn't. What does it say to you? (It was a journalist who
    said it, one who worked that part of the world routinely, being
    interviewed about the disaster.)

    NPR = National Polit(bureau) Radio

    --
    o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
    www.schnauzers.ws

  20. Ride-A-Lot said:
    Raptor said:
    Ride-A-Lot said:

    Raptor wrote:

    > I heard on NPR tonight that annually, 150,000 children die in
    > Indonesia before the age of five from everyday causes like diarrhea,
    > tetanus, malnutrition, etc.
    >

    Oh wait a second... NPR. That says it all.


    Actually it doesn't. What does it say to you? (It was a journalist
    who said it, one who worked that part of the world routinely, being
    interviewed about the disaster.)

    NPR = National Polit(bureau) Radio

    NPR is rad http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4274791

    --
    Slacker

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