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pnwmom

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10. Hyperbole. How many people died in Katrina?
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 10:04 AM
Dec 2012

This event covered a much larger area and if Bush had handled it the way he handled Katrina, the disaster would have been much, much worse than it was.

Sacrifice Zones.... Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #1
I misinterpreted "GW" at first... Bibliovore Dec 2012 #7
Du rec. Nt xchrom Dec 2012 #2
It should also reveal.. butterfly77 Dec 2012 #3
it heaven05 Dec 2012 #11
Is there anyway we (the 98%) can revolt against the media and drown out their propaganda for the RW? kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #16
The only thing I can think of is too.. butterfly77 Dec 2012 #20
We do have "Democracy Now." dotymed Dec 2012 #23
Good read except that Sandy was hardly minimal stress n/t malaise Dec 2012 #4
I read it as "it would have crumbled under minimal stress, Sandy came and worse is to come." n/t Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #5
I read it the way you did. Sandy, by the record 940 barometric pressure alone, was a Cat 3 storm... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #8
Stunned. lapislzi Dec 2012 #18
The Weather Channel had a lot of it. starroute Dec 2012 #24
We don't need no stinking infrastructure, we've got billionaires! Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #6
When a country's priority is feeding the war machine real people will suffer. think Dec 2012 #9
Hyperbole. How many people died in Katrina? pnwmom Dec 2012 #10
Hyperbole? Could you please point out where Hedges is exaggerating truth2power Dec 2012 #21
He exaggerated the impact by comparing it to Katrina. Very few lives were lost pnwmom Dec 2012 #25
The impact of this storm wasn't even close to the impact of Katrina George II Dec 2012 #12
I don't think that's his point...... marmar Dec 2012 #13
As we keep chasing growth with Drill Baby Drill, Nature keeps erasing our "gains"... Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #15
Then he should make his point better ShadesOfBlue Dec 2012 #19
No, it's not Katrina -- but it's a lot more than"lingering problems" starroute Dec 2012 #27
Bingo! We are all on our own now. Unless you're a 1%er, you are coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #29
When was it ever not the case? dkf Dec 2012 #30
They need to protect us from phantoms in the ME! Hush up! grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #14
No. It wasn't Katrina again. It was Sandy...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #17
Another excellent piece by Hedges. blackspade Dec 2012 #22
It always amazes me how people have the unrealistic expectation that Skidmore Dec 2012 #26
It's about the indifference starroute Dec 2012 #28
And add this complaint about Bloomberg actively blocking aid starroute Dec 2012 #34
What is an example of a better response to a disaster like that? dkf Dec 2012 #31
Emphatic K&R! Full article is well worth the read, imho - n/t coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #32
Hedges, All Over Again allrevvedup Dec 2012 #33
Please also read this, about where the *real* battle is being waged starroute Dec 2012 #35
"Many of the 305,000 houses in New York destroyed by Sandy will never be rebuilt." dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #36
They opened some parts of the closed Fort Monmouth to house displaced families -- only 50 takers. FarCenter Dec 2012 #37
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