They really *are* shooting at the helicopters...

snip of great stuff

Unfortunately, some of those *******s are still somehow effected by all
that breeding and history. If they'd just grab their own bootstraps and
get on with it. What's the hell is the problem?

A well-written treatise, to be sure -- but I'd like to clarify something
he Are you implying that the problems of the underclass are due to
genetics?

If so, I would like to vehemently disagree. IMHO, this is a cultural --
not a racial -- problem.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

No. I just borrowed that abhorrent term "breeding". It's what kicked
of the treatise. Think 'cultural breeding' or just plain 'American
history' which is so easy to forget and ignore.

I constantly hear about the "values of our founding fathers" and I
think about those values that were specifically aimed and violently
enforced upon a very specific segment of our population by same
'fathers'. It's just history but so often ignored and minimized in
these sometimes thoughtless threads.

Why do I dislike off topic? Because too much of it is offensive to too
many. I can go to the local bar to debate this stuff. The airport bar
if I want to do it with pilots.

Jay Honeck wrote:
snip of great stuff

Unfortunately, some of those *******s are still somehow effected by all
that breeding and history. If they'd just grab their own bootstraps and
get on with it. What's the hell is the problem?


A well-written treatise, to be sure -- but I'd like to clarify something
he Are you implying that the problems of the underclass are due to
genetics?

If so, I would like to vehemently disagree. IMHO, this is a cultural --
not a racial -- problem.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:wsKRe.301427$x96.41584@attbi_s72...
This just in from the AP:
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But across the flooded-out city, the rescuers themselves came under attack
from storm victims.
"Hospitals are trying to evacuate," said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Cheri
Ben-Iesan, spokesman at the city emergency operations center. "At every
one
of them, there are reports that as the helicopters come in people are
shooting at them. There are people just taking potshots at police and at
helicopters, telling them, `You better come get my family.'"

Some Federal Emergency Management rescue operations were suspended in
areas
where gunfire has broken out, Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said
in Washington. "In areas where our employees have been determined to
potentially be in danger, we have pulled back," he said.

A National Guard military policeman was shot in the leg as the two
scuffled
for the MP's rifle, police Capt. Ernie Demmo said. The man was arrested.

*********************************************

Unbelievable.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


The going gets tough and the homeland security wimps bail. Osama is
laughing his ass off.

I'm a strong believer in Darwinism.

Helicopter flies near.

Idiot shoots at helicopter.

Helicopter flies away.

Idiot drowns.

If only the process were that swift.

"Mike W." wrote:

I'm a strong believer in Darwinism.

Me, too:

Idiot species attempts to re-engineer nature.

Idiot species over populates planet.

Idiot species pollutes only home it's got.

Idiot species perishes.

Dan Luke wrote:
Idiot species attempts to re-engineer nature.

Insert:

Idiot species elects incompetent leftists to re-engineer society that will
self-destruct when the going gets tough.


Idiot species over populates planet.

Idiot species pollutes only home it's got.

Idiot species perishes.

Mike W. wrote:
I'm a strong believer in Darwinism.

Helicopter flies near.

Idiot shoots at helicopter.

Helicopter flies away.

Idiot drowns.

If only the process were that swift.



That's fine as far as it goes. I'm just wondering about the
little old lady that the helicopter was actually trying to rescue.

Unfortunately you left out the first step:

Idiot spawns little idiots..

Helicopter flies near ...

"Mike W." wrote in message
...
I'm a strong believer in Darwinism.

Helicopter flies near.

Idiot shoots at helicopter.

Helicopter flies away.

Idiot drowns.

If only the process were that swift.

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:33:16 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

"Hospitals are trying to evacuate," said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Cheri
Ben-Iesan, spokesman at the city emergency operations center. "At every one
of them, there are reports that as the helicopters come in people are
shooting at them. There are people just taking potshots at police and at
helicopters, telling them, `You better come get my family.'"

What a way to persuade someone to rescue you!

My instinct tells me that this sort of rumor races around every
chaotic situation, and that very few if any holes will actually be
found in the helicopter fleet.

Still, I am a bit embarrassed by the reaction of American victims as
compared to the Thais, Indonesians, etc. at their recent catastrophe.
Perhaps it's only because the TV coverage is more intense, and the
language is English? I can't get out of my mind the image of the woman
who glares at the camera and says flatly: "I need my insulin." I might
be wrong, and I'm sorry for anyone who has to put up with diabetes,
but it seems to me that she has spent her life having her needs
delivered to her by government servants at taxpayer expense.



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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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[...]
Still, I am a bit embarrassed by the reaction of American victims as
compared to the Thais, Indonesians, etc. at their recent catastrophe.

I'm not sure what you mean here. There was significant reporting of similar
opportunism with respect to the tsunami aftermath and relief efforts. If
anything, it's interesting how such supposedly widely different cultures
revert to the same basic human flaws when stressed in similar ways.

If anything, there were even worse violations of basic human rights during
the tsunami crisis, most likely just because of the more wide-spread
disruption.

Pete