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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:44 PM Original message |
Pentagon Briefing on Haiti Response MSNBC live now (est. death toll now at 500k) |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for keeping us without news access informed! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Go, Navy!!! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. That pic really does give me a swell of pride. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Nice |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. You can water ski behind these things, Mal. It will get there fast. Fingers crossed. nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. anyone hear the reporter ask why the u.s. response time has been so slow |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I didn't hear that, but am not surprised. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. the general answered that assessing the situation first is always best.....duh |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. People often forget that humans have needs..even would-be rescuers |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And "hours" isn't necessarily slow when moving carrier groups is involved. (nt) |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Exactly... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. MSNBC reported at least two hours ago Coast Guard vessels are off shore |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. @#*! should have to define 'slow'. nt |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The NAVY didn't tele-port there instantaneously--->slow. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Breaking on Fox News : "Obama to blame for not inventing transporter beam yet!" |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. good lord |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Obama has gotten resources quicker to Haiti |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I don't know about that... |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. FEMA is on the way? |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The good thing about the Repukes being out of power... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. I saw that the search dog teams are already there. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Try saying that number ...... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's only a hundred thousand less than everyone in my state. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. When I heard that number, I got sick to my stomach. I hope that it is not that high |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. yes, it is so hard to fathom |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. The number alone made me gasp. Sorry, Stinky, if I tried to, |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. 500,000. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. more than twice as many as the Christmas Tsunami. n/t |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. OMG |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Half a million seems hard to believe |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. I said minimum 100,000 last night |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Jesus Christ. 500K? that can't be right? |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Let's hope not. But it's what a Haiti official had been telling MSNBC. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. The rapid growth of Port au Prince contributes to the projected high death toll |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Apparently the main residential areas in the city were built to support 50k people. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. 500,000? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. a sombre history lesson |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. I hope our help will make a difference in their hour of need |
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