bush_cheney2004 Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) This would get your mind off of "global warming" in a hurry. The science is settled: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010tfan/#summary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwEg5Pa3z74&feature=youtube_gdata Edited February 27, 2010 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Oleg Bach Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 GLOBAL warming is a human problem caused by to much messy activity...earth quakes is an earth problem. It appears that mother earth if you mess up her pretty dress will smack you up side the head and hard...the planet is a living thing..probably much like the universe and has a consciousness..being decended from a bit of shamanistic stock...I get along well with mother nature--others are nasty bastards who insult her.. Quote
M.Dancer Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 I blame the British Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
Oleg Bach Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 I blame the British How about those sneaky French who abandoned Haiti? Quote
Alta4ever Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 I blame the British I blame Al Gore Quote "What about the legitimacy of the democratic process, yeah, what about it?" Jack Layton and his coup against the people of Canada “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” President Ronald Reagan
Oleg Bach Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 I blame Al Gore How about blaming Clinton and Bush who like to collect money to help poor people in trouble--money that never seems to arrive at the designated location. Quote
Oleg Bach Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 It might be Dick Cheney- I heard that his pace maker was tapped into a power supply in Chile..maybe there was a power surge and a short out within the bowels of hell...Dick is applying for the position of Satan..there is a dental plane and a car involved-- and you don't need a heart. Quote
Smallc Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 Canada is standing by and ready to provide "any necessary assistance" to Chile after the country was rocked by a powerful earthquake Saturday morning.Prime Minister Stephen Harper released a statement to the media offering support and sympathies to the people of Chile. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Chile as they respond to this emerging natural disaster," he said. Canada offers assistance to Chile following earthquake Quote
Oleg Bach Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 They will be fine- poverty is not the offical institution as it is in HAITI....it did not take to long to forget about them...and Chile will soon be old news-- It's real corny when our Prime Minister uses the stock line-- our thoughts and prayers are with you....real lazy- leave it up to God to fix mans woes. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Posted February 27, 2010 GLOBAL warming is a human problem caused by to much messy activity...earth quakes is an earth problem. Earthquakes are not a problem...they are natural events that deserve our protection! Save the Earthquakes! Free Tillicum! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
eyeball Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 This is at least the 3rd tsunami warning I've lived through now. The 1st one, I was driving home from the other side of the Island and came across a bunch of local Jehovah's Witness's parked up at the "Pass". I stopped to find out what was up...the surf apparently and they weren't taking any chances that the end was coming too. I grabbed a pamphlet and carried on home. The 2nd one prompted a buddy of mine and I to go jig up a few ling-cod while waiting for the wave. We could see people parked up on top of a nearby mountain. I figured they'd seen Deep Impact one too many times. We caught a few fish but no wave so we went home. This time...stay-tuned I guess. The wave is supposed to hit us a little after 3:00 PT and the mouth of our harbor is aimed at the direction it's coming from. I guess I'll be standing by to either leave the dock and head for deeper water or at least cast off from the dock. We're not expecting a rolling breaking wave but can expect to see a half meter or so change in the predicted tide which is supposed to about 1.6 meters and ebbing at 3:00. These things have certainly been known to get high enough to lift docks up above the height of their pilings which would definitely make a mess. The tops of the pilings around here are about 4 to 5 meters above chart datum or 0 meters. It's just a good thing its not hitting at high tide during a big storm surge. As it is there's certainly enough local buzz around the waterfront to make the day an interesting one. Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
Oleg Bach Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 Earthquakes are not a problem...they are natural events that deserve our protection! Save the Earthquakes! Free Tillicum! THAT'S like saying natural law or God for that matter deserves our protection and assistance..are you turning Muslim on me? Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Posted February 27, 2010 THAT'S like saying natural law or God for that matter deserves our protection and assistance..are you turning Muslim on me? No....I am a pagan...respect my natural gods or DIE! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
jbg Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 The real question is whether Chile will seek or need the degree of international succor that Haiti did? Will well-intentioned rescuers of children be arrested? Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Guest TrueMetis Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) The real question is whether Chile will seek or need the degree of international succor that Haiti did? Will well-intentioned rescuers of children be arrested? What well-intentioned rescuers are those? The ones that knew what they were doing is illegal? Edited February 28, 2010 by TrueMetis Quote
Sir Bandelot Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 So far it doesn't look like Chile will need any American-style "charity" as the Haitians did. Perhaps they've learned a lesson from that debacle. The Chilean government declared a state of catastrophe following the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake, which sent tsunami warnings from coastal areas of British Columbia to countries in the Asian-Pacific region. But some officials have said the country will not see a repeat of the dire aftermath that Haiti experienced last month after its earthquake. "We're certainly not facing the same kind of magnitude of disaster as we were in Haiti," said Jean-Pierre Taschereau, Senior Manager, Emergency Response, International Operations, with the Canadian Red Cross. Taschereau said as far as he knows, the (Chilean) government has not requested international assistance yet. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100227/national/chile_earthquake_cda Sorry, no rock and roll party for Uncle Same here. Guess it's just not a useful spot for another military outpost. Quote
Smallc Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 Because American help has been so detrimental in Haiti. Quote
Sir Bandelot Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) Because American help has been so detrimental in Haiti. Yeah I guess you don't get to read much news out there in Winterpeg. In case you didn't know, they jammed the airports so full of military planes, they couldn't land the planes that carried food and medicine. Oh well Heck it's all good baby Edited February 28, 2010 by Sir Bandelot Quote
Smallc Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 they couldn't land the planes that carried food and medicine. That's a bunch of bull. Where I live, the news isn't written by people wearing by tinfoil hats. Quote
Sir Bandelot Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) That's a bunch of bull. Where I live, the news isn't written by people wearing by tinfoil hats. This news was posted on sources like AP, Yahoo, CNN. I wrote a threadshowing the evidence on this and you know it, you participated in it. It's intellectually dishonest of you to deny it. By NICOLE WINFIELD and RAF CASERT Associated Press Writer January 18, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press (AP) The U.N. food agency reached an agreement Monday with the U.S.-run airport in the Haitian capital to give aid flights priority in landing — a deal that came after the U.S. military was criticized for giving top billing to military and rescue aircraft. The United States has taken over the Port-au-Prince airspace and incoming flights have to register with the Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. Over the weekend, the aid group Doctors Without Borders complained of skewed priorities and a supply bottleneck at the airport amid reports that U.S. military flights were getting priority. French, Brazilian and other officials complained about the airport's refusal to let their aid planes land, forcing many flights to end up in the neighboring Dominican Republic, a day's drive away. On Monday, French Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet urged the United Nations to investigate the dominant U.S. role in the relief operation, claiming that international aid efforts were supposed to be about helping Haiti, not "occupying" it. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9593476 And this week we have the latest bad news from Haiti: Published: February 25, 2010 More than six weeks after the quake hit, the mission is still largely in an emergency response mode. The U.N.'s World Food Program is limiting its food rations to 55-pound (25 kg) bags of rice and the Haitian government estimates that a million quake survivors are still living in the streets in makeshift encampments with no running water or toilets. "This is really a disaster of Biblical proportions," said Lewis Lucke, who was the USAID director in Iraq before coming to Haiti as U.S. ambassador. Haiti Aid Effort Marred By Slow U.N. Response Edited February 28, 2010 by Sir Bandelot Quote
Smallc Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 That leaves out that fact that it was because of the US that aid was even getting in, and it also leaves out the fact that the US was prioritizing flights to bring in the most important thing first....and they were also bringing in aid themselves. Rescue and medicine was most important. Quote
Sir Bandelot Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 That leaves out that fact that it was because of the US that aid was even getting in, and it also leaves out the fact that the US was prioritizing flights to bring in the most important thing first....and they were also bringing in aid themselves. Rescue and medicine was most important. Are you serious? Are your reading comprehension skills that bad? The link I just provided was from YESTERDAY. It says that aid has yet to reach 1 million people. It's one thing to let the aid planes land, then leave the aid in the hangar to rot while 1 million people continue starving. Why don't you go and actually read the news man, never mind telling me about tinfoil hats. Quote
Smallc Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 Why are you blaming it all on the US military? Without the US military, things would have been significantly worse in Haiti. It's easy for you to sit in an ivory tower to criticize, but I doubt you could do any better...or even close to as well. Quote
Sir Bandelot Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 Why are you blaming it all on the US military? Without the US military, things would have been significantly worse in Haiti. It's easy for you to sit in an ivory tower to criticize, but I doubt you could do any better...or even close to as well. Wrong. It's easier for you to sit in a cold basement and say it's all good and well, we've done a fine job. You can do that by ignoring reality. As you know in my thread I did point out, they took a lot of money given by honest people with good intentions, who wanted to really help Haiti, and wasted it. If thats good enough to make you happy, please send 50 dollars to my PO box... Quote
Smallc Posted February 28, 2010 Report Posted February 28, 2010 I don't have a basement, and I gave significantly more than $50. I think that you have lost touch with reality. Looking at the pictures of the capital of Haiti, it's not hard to see why aid distribution has been so difficult. Researching the state of Haiti (though it was improving) before the earthquake makes it easy to understand why things have went as they did. A country with only 2 fire departments...with no military...and with an almost non existent police force...a country with almost no medical infrastructure.....and you'e surprised that things still aren't going smoothly? Give your head a shake. That country is and was a mess, and without the huge number of troops from the US, things would be significantly worse right now. Quote
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