tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25204748.post114730014836223915..comments2023-06-23T01:03:47.981-07:00Comments on TRUTH-PAIN EMPORIUM: IS AMERICA GOOD OR WHAT?Dardin Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25204748.post-1147415533638307782006-05-11T23:32:00.000-07:002006-05-11T23:32:00.000-07:00oh yeah, the youngsters.... They reminded me of th...oh yeah, the youngsters.... They reminded me of the kids awaiting their Dad's coming back from western pacific cruises, back when I was a sailor boy. The look on a kid, anxious to see their dad, its a look that is priceless and unforgetable. It reminded me of my own daughter,...Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25204748.post-1147394437065092002006-05-11T17:40:00.000-07:002006-05-11T17:40:00.000-07:00Well, I clearly said complaints were to be handed ...Well, I clearly said complaints were to be handed in no earlier than "tomorrow"... but thats ok. I like a rebel every now and then.<BR/>Louisiana?... yep life does suck for those poor people. Just like it sucked for me in 89' when the Loma Prieta earthquake flattened a good part of my neighborhood in San Francisco, and when Andrew hit florida, and when Rita hit Texas, and when that 3 mile wide meteor flattened Costa Rica (oh wait, Im ahead of myself)... I did not blame that on America. I chose to live in a quake (pardon the pun) fault-line. Too bad most of the poor people of that disaster-in-waiting soup bowl were black and poor, and too bad the local and state Government (what party are they again?) did virtually nothing to prepare, nothing to administer evacuation education, nothing! They just used all the federal dollars earmarked for Leavy retrofitting into typical local pork projects. I would not be particularly pissed at the Feds (we all know the Feds are incompetent in most every endeavor they take except carpet bombing... but i digress...), you can blame Bush, Fema, Homeland Security, Mike Brown, Pope John Paul and God (for letting Katrina happen in the first place)... but at the end of the day, all first respondent responsibility is local first, state second and fed third... like 3 little pigs. Except these 3 little pigs were all porking themselves to death while the tax-paying folks were left to take a swim in mud water....<BR/>And oh yeah... America still Rocks in spite of that.Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25204748.post-1147377289535095762006-05-11T12:54:00.000-07:002006-05-11T12:54:00.000-07:00You might want to ask some folks from Louisiana ab...You might want to ask some folks from Louisiana about that hurricane part. The ones that just got kicked out of their housing?<BR/><BR/>And aren't those Navy recruits on the youngish side?QuakerDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727729821155579518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25204748.post-1147374407912002382006-05-11T12:06:00.000-07:002006-05-11T12:06:00.000-07:00Welcome, and thank you for your comment. I love Ne...Welcome, and thank you for your comment. I love New Zealand. As to health care?.... hmmm maybe my "best" comment was a bit nationalistic in its tone... I agree that there are many, many countries that I don't know of that have health care systems to be admired. Thanks for the perspective. You are always welcomed here.Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25204748.post-1147373976444276602006-05-11T11:59:00.000-07:002006-05-11T11:59:00.000-07:00I'd say our country beats your health system hands...I'd say our country beats your health system hands doown..... I have no issues getting to see my doctor, and even though I dont have health insurance it wont bankrupt me<BR/><BR/>Apart from that american is a cool countryWize_Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128207743771918921noreply@blogger.com