Text 12050, 65 rader
Skriven 2007-02-11 17:51:15 av Carl (15491.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Cath0licism and Creati=nism
=======================================

"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:nk6vs21cs7u3rrv99vm7277qe1ho95pf3u@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:35:47 -0600, "Carl" <cengman7@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:64vss2dogg8tcde7v6qn2283jo6e1um5br@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:56:22 -0600, "Carl" <cengman7@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Dennis (Icarus)" <ala_dir_diver@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:62404$45cd2129$1860878d$22779@KNOLOGY.NET...
>>>>
>>>>>> Don't remember exactly what happened with the drivers, or the train.
>>>>>> Either way, neither Nagin's incompetence nor that of the Governor
>>>>>> interest me; I don't vote for them, they aren't running the country,
>>>>>> and I don't expect local officials to have the expertise or
>>>>>> wherewithal to handle a disaster of that magnitude.
>>>>>
>>>>> But they do run New Orleans and Lousiana, and are responsible for
>>>>> implementing the evacuation plan for New Orleans, and requesting
>>>>> assistance
>>>>> from the feds.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Don' bother.  Josh will just take another opportunity to take a shot.
>>>
>>> Seems like you're the one taking shots, Carl.
>>
>>Almost every posting you've made lately includes some shot.
>>Granted, I was tired and not feeling well, but they do get
>>rather tiresome.
>
> Afraid I don't know what you mean. I don't attack individuals here,
> and I state my opinion on matters of public interest as fairly and
> politely as I can.
>
> Are you asking me to discuss something like Katrina in a non-critical
> light? Because it seems to me that to do so would be patently
> ridiculous, the equivalent of painting a happy face on a funeral
> shroud.
>
> Katrina was grotesque, the most spectacular demonstration of
> incompetence I've ever seen from the Federal Government.
>
> The failed attempt of some spinmeisters to deflect attention from the
> Administration's failure by pointing to the failures, real or
> imagined, of state and local official is grotesque, a sad indication
> of the depths to which our public discourse has descended.
>
> The entire situation in Washington is grotesque. And everyone -- the
> the 34,000 civilians who died last year in Iraq, the 40,000 uninsured
> who died last year in the United States, the country, the planet -- is
> paying the price.
>
> I just don't see how I can put a smiling face on that.

Josh, I've never suggested that you put a smiling face on anythiing.
It's just that almost every posting you make ...
Never mind.  No point.
--- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32
 * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:14/400)