way the off topic and old Re: My thoughts

[The Gammons]

Please delete this if you don't want to hear my stuff, it is a rant.
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I was reflecting on all this, and came across Bill's early email.

I think the really important things we have learned are:

1. The press reports stuff without confirming the facts.
2. Our federal government is reactive, and will never be ready for something
unpresadented.
3. Lousiana has a really screwed up government.
4. The people down there really were not as bad as we were led to believe.

I don't know if you all noticed, but the press quietly corrected themselves.
There were NO murders in the superdome or conference center. In fact a total
of just 10 people dies combined in both. And the number of murders for the
week were the same as "normal", 4.

But the way the media blamed everything on the president, when thet had few
facts, shows the pathetic way the press's honesty really is lost.

Not only that, but their sense of responsibility to the citizens. Their BS
was so bad it hurt the entire country.

JimG






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William McEver" <mcever@comcast.net>
To: <migcruisers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:03 AM
Subject: My thoughts


> Well I've been glued to the tv for 4 days now, and I really feel depressed
> about the Gulf Coast. God help the people, and the relief workers. I sent
a
> contribution, and might send more. Wish I could help out physically.
>
> I think CR lives in the ravaged area, but can't remember his real name to
find
> him in the info section. I think his first name is Steve.
>
> Haven't heard from my brother in Texas yet, he has 2 sons that live in New
> Orleans, one is a musician, and the other is a deep water diver on the oil
> drilling rigs. He will have a lot of work. He works 21 days, then has 21
days
> off. $1000 a day but is it enough for what he does?
>
> Pres. released crude from or national reserves, but the major problem is,
> there are not enough refineries to process the crude. This disaster will
hit
> all of our pocketbooks heavy, and the big oil is gonna make as much as
they
> can to sustain their losses. Everything is going to rise in price, .... we
all
> lose in this one. If gas hits the $4.00 mark, It will cost me $200 just to
> drive to Daytona in October.
>
> I can't comprehend what would happen if another hurricane hits this region
> again? And why anybody would build a major metropolitan in a ditch.
Holland
> has developed restraints to the ocean, but occasionally they get breached
> also.
>
>
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