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| -Finally: Helicopter drops |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 02:08 PM |
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Finally, CNN gets around to showing helicopter drops... |
SidDithers |
Jan-16-10 02:16 PM |
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My exact thought. |
Richardo |
Jan-16-10 02:17 PM |
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This post made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the humor amidst all this chaos. |
Parker CA |
Jan-16-10 02:24 PM |
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And ignored what MSNBC showed |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 02:31 PM |
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... |
blondeatlast |
Jan-16-10 05:43 PM |
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Where are the people telling me yesterday that they would be a disaster? |
Vincardog |
Jan-16-10 02:16 PM |
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Yes |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 02:30 PM |
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Did you see the fights on the ground? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 02:32 PM |
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LOL...Let's dump pallet loads of bottled water at 120 knots.... |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 02:35 PM |
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No, no, drop a ready-to-go desalination plant. |
NYC_SKP |
Jan-16-10 05:37 PM |
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LET'S JUST DROP YOU, YA HOSER. |
cliffordu |
Jan-17-10 02:54 AM |
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*raises hand* |
NYC_SKP |
Jan-17-10 09:35 AM |
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Well... |
cliffordu |
Jan-17-10 12:42 PM |
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So |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 02:37 PM |
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Becuase those HELICOPTER AIR DROPS started yesterday per BBC |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 02:48 PM |
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+1 nt |
laughingliberal |
Jan-17-10 03:04 AM |
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lol. "it won't work, buy a clue, get educated!" |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 02:39 PM |
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aren't we all glad it's being done PROPERLY so there is no further damage done? |
KittyWampus |
Jan-16-10 02:34 PM |
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ya, sure, today it's done "properly", yesterday it couldn't be done. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 02:41 PM |
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Stop lying. it WAS being done yesterday. |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 04:34 PM |
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not according to our resident experts, it couldn't be done. people would riot. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:38 PM |
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There have been some fights breaking out in some of the areas over the supplies being dropped. |
laughingliberal |
Jan-17-10 03:07 AM |
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Yep where are the DU'er who argued last night with those of us |
RamboLiberal |
Jan-16-10 07:32 PM |
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I wasn't arguing against helicopter drops... |
PacerLJ35 |
Jan-17-10 02:14 AM |
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The helicopters and their fuel and crews had to be airlifted in |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 02:22 PM |
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of course there was. dominican republic (on the same island & not affected) |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 02:43 PM |
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So: they had the eight helicopters. Problem solved. |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 03:06 PM |
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They were MILITARY helicopters. DR has a military with the usual toys, & partly funded by the US. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 03:24 PM |
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Well....Nice of you to think so |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 04:10 PM |
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your ad hom has nothing to do with your erroneous contention that there wasn't a single adequate |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 04:42 PM |
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Nope it doesn't |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 04:45 PM |
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Not sure how the 'purity' snarks got in here. |
laughingliberal |
Jan-17-10 03:15 AM |
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Oh. |
TicketyBoo |
Jan-16-10 06:29 PM |
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Yep. Nothing is ever enough, nothing reaches the purithy that one needs. |
cliffordu |
Jan-17-10 02:51 AM |
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What model helicopters??? |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 04:20 PM |
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You mean these helicopters??? |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 04:40 PM |
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They're military helicopters & cargo helicopters. You're the one who said they don't exist. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:15 PM |
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Nope - I said I didn't know. You CAN read caintycha???? |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 05:31 PM |
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here's what you said: |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:34 PM |
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"Have to be airlifted in" |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 05:42 PM |
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They not only have helicopters, they have planes, both military & private. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:46 PM |
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OOPS, Had. RIght about that. |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 05:51 PM |
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Jet fuel didn't have to be airlifted in to start relief efforts; this is the point. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:56 PM |
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And yet you felt it necessary to misquote and distort what I said. |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 06:06 PM |
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whatever you're going on about, it has nothing to do with our conversation here. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 06:16 PM |
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I saw the 'expert' posters thread last night, what a laugh... |
here_is_to_hope |
Jan-16-10 03:17 PM |
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We were discussing fixed-wing air drops |
PacerLJ35 |
Jan-17-10 02:18 AM |
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Please don't confuse the posers and the purity cops with the facts. |
cliffordu |
Jan-17-10 02:52 AM |
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When the amphib ships (Navy troop ship) come in today/ tomorrow, they'll have access from the sea. |
haele |
Jan-16-10 02:56 PM |
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Now we're talking. |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 03:08 PM |
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there were always several functioning ports in dominican republic on the same island. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 03:45 PM |
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what's the terrain like between haiti and the dominican republic? |
dysfunctional press |
Jan-17-10 09:40 AM |
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Jan-16-10 02:23 PM |
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You are a pain |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 02:27 PM |
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Man, can you imagine the disaster if you were running the relief effort? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-16-10 02:41 PM |
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heh |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 02:45 PM |
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Only the implication that you're trying to take credit for it. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-16-10 02:46 PM |
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Bullshit |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 02:51 PM |
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It's your M.O. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jan-16-10 02:58 PM |
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heh |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 03:03 PM |
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. |
seabeyond |
Jan-16-10 03:01 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Jan-16-10 03:02 PM |
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Water trucks arrive!! |
BeFree |
Jan-16-10 03:38 PM |
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well isn't that just crazy, the people just patiently waiting |
happy_liberal |
Jan-16-10 03:49 PM |
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Well I guess those blue helmets are not troops |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 04:00 PM |
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They should break open the cartons and drop the MREs individually |
FarCenter |
Jan-16-10 03:46 PM |
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You mean like they did in Afghanistan?? |
cliffordu |
Jan-16-10 04:43 PM |
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Way to go. This is what military is supposed to do. |
Xenotime |
Jan-16-10 03:49 PM |
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I was sure this thread would be full of apologies |
happy_liberal |
Jan-16-10 03:58 PM |
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This needs to be said |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 04:04 PM |
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Umm they were doing them all yesterday too, were you napping? |
bettyellen |
Jan-16-10 04:26 PM |
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Were these people napping? They said it couldn't be done... |
happy_liberal |
Jan-16-10 04:39 PM |
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They did not clear anything |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 04:45 PM |
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these are NOT AIR DROPS. |
happy_liberal |
Jan-16-10 05:02 PM |
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I did not change the definition |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 05:06 PM |
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"Becuase those HELICOPTER AIR DROPS started yesterday per BBC" |
happy_liberal |
Jan-16-10 05:36 PM |
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Short hop drops |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 06:35 PM |
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The definition you link covers any kind of transport & "dropping" from an aircraft. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:48 PM |
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funny, that. dropping food & water from aircraft isn't an "airdrop". airdrops are something else. |
Hannah Bell |
Jan-16-10 05:31 PM |
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In military vernacular, this type of operation isn't really an "airdrop" |
PacerLJ35 |
Jan-17-10 02:21 AM |
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I'm pretty sure the definition of air drops I saw people explaining last night are unchanged |
laughingliberal |
Jan-17-10 03:26 AM |
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Umm they were doing them all yesterday too, were you napping? |
bettyellen |
Jan-16-10 04:26 PM |
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It was not on CNN |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 04:36 PM |
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BeFree is a he, not a she |
taterguy |
Jan-16-10 04:44 PM |
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Does it matter? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 04:47 PM |
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Hes don't dig being called shes |
taterguy |
Jan-16-10 04:48 PM |
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Ok ... I am sorry |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-16-10 04:50 PM |
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You do realize that |
Texasgal |
Jan-16-10 05:04 PM |
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Stop squabbling children |
Baclava |
Jan-16-10 05:15 PM |
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AMEN TO THAT! |
tkmorris |
Jan-16-10 05:32 PM |
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Civil discussion? Nah - chest-thumping and brow-beating are just the wave of the future. |
Baclava |
Jan-16-10 05:50 PM |
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Maybe what's wrong with me |
TicketyBoo |
Jan-16-10 06:40 PM |
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There's nothing wrong with you |
Baclava |
Jan-16-10 07:43 PM |
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K&R Gee, what's impossible is possible after all. |
Waiting For Everyman |
Jan-17-10 03:17 AM |
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Short haul helos are NOT airdrops |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-17-10 12:44 PM |
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