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2005-09-20 Home Front: Economy

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Posted by RWV 2005-09-20 07:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The rations could have been worse. Ham and mothers. 'Nuff said.

Posted by Doc8404 2005-09-20 09:02|| 2005-09-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Fucking bureaucrats.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-20 09:44|| 2005-09-20 09:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Sending food to the US is pretty supid. We have it coming out of our gills. There were hundreds of trucks loaded with food and water waiting to get into the hurricane zone as soon as the roads could be cleared. What were more needed were large water pumps, rubber or stackable aluminum boats with small motors, and road clearing equipment (though it makes no sense to fly bulldozers in from England). It was the New Orleans officials complete incompetence in not stocking the Superdome and the welfare culture that government must satisfy all needs that triggered the savages at the Superdome. Meals flown in from Europe would have had no effect.

Posted by ed 2005-09-20 09:49|| 2005-09-20 09:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Food from Spain and Italy is also being held because it fails to meet US standards and has been judged unfit for human consumption.

Isn't that what they say about British food, too?

/ducks & runs...

Posted by Raj 2005-09-20 10:08|| 2005-09-20 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't that what they say about British food, too?

Why do you think Britian had such a vast empire? They were just looking for some decent take-out.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-09-20 10:37|| 2005-09-20 10:37|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not just English food..... it's English Army Food.

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-20 11:43|| 2005-09-20 11:43|| Front Page Top

#7 That's why I can't give blood anymore

Which is a self-inflicted wound created by the blood donation community. They use sweeping catagorizations which eliminate thousands and thousands of potential donors. They then turn around and continously bug to almost the level of harrassment the smaller list of known donors for even more blood. Its a growning 'crisis' of their own making.

Posted by Hupaimble Elmolurt2226 2005-09-20 13:13|| 2005-09-20 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 It's not just English food..... it's English Army Food.

You might be surprised how good that stuff tastes when you're really, really hungry. :)

Posted by Bulldog 2005-09-20 13:24|| 2005-09-20 13:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Say "Thank You, but we don't need food" very politely, and return it to the various senders.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-20 13:42|| 2005-09-20 13:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Forward the rations to Niger/Somalia/Sudan/this week's hunger posterkiddies...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-20 13:44|| 2005-09-20 13:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Red Aleert: Cat Five Media Bullshit Storm in motion. Take all necessary precautions.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-09-20 14:46|| 2005-09-20 14:46|| Front Page Top

#12 And all this food was sent from nations that have a problem with genetically modified, or so-called "frankenfood".
Oh, and I can't give blood these days because I lived in Europe from 1983-1991, thanks to mad cow. And the funny part was, I couldn't afford to buy beef on the local economy, during all that time!

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