Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]one of the biggest problems with the current us government is exclusion, as the super power, they should have a dialog with every body but they don't and in these situations it becomes tricky and complicated to plan evacuations of such magnitude. it is very interesting when you compare Clifton and bush, one united almost all and one divided all! the current situation is all but two lines in the history books (based on the long history of the region) but in this day and age it is inexcusable the value put on human life over there. here in us, we spend millions saving one life!! On 7/19/06, e. nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote: > Another thought for the mix - I suspect the administration did not > want any US warships involved in the evacuation - if they were fired > upon it would raise the stakes for an all out conflict. > > ernie > > > At 08:57 AM 7/19/2006, you wrote: > >Bill, Bill, Bill, > > > >How pathetically stupid does an American tourist/college student > >have to be to ignore the U.S. government's posted warning to stay > >out of Lebanon--a warning that has been in effect at least since > >January 2005--and get caught in...oops!...a surprise Middle Eastern > >skirmish.* And then whine that Uncle Nanny isn't dropping EVERYTHING > >and rush to their aid? > > > >Can you say Darwin Award Candidates? > > > >Wait, Bill, I get it! The American tourists in Lebanon are products > >of the NEA's unionized, tenured, feel-good, > >No-Dummy-Left-Ungraduated faux educational system. Which, unless I > >miss my guess, is exactly what your prayed-for new administration > >will continue to support. > > > >-Chris Lawson > > > >*One might say a New Orleans corollary is how unutterably illogical > >is it to live BELOW SEA LEVEL when you are SURROUNDED BY WATER? If > >you have to live at negative elevation, do so in Death Valley, where > >the biggest annoyance (next to dessication) is a bit more dust on your > >sensor. > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >From: Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> > > > Is FEMA in charge of the "evacuation" of our fellow Americans? > > Shades of post > > > Katrina--once again we're the laughing stock of the world. I pray > > for a new > > > administration that doesn't screw up everything they touch. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad