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September 14, 2013 06:42 PM UTC
16 Comments
Is anybody else not surprised that Jared's smartphone takes the best pics?
Sending good thoughts to my friends, colleagues and everyone in the flood zone. Its good to see them altogher, we need to pull together, there are a lot of folks out there in need.
Good to see our delegation together.
It's been weird hearing the helicopters flying regularly, in weather that I'm guessing civilian choppers are never allowed up in – really low ceiling at times. I wondered why we had them where vehicles could still get around, but it makes sense that it's the best way to get a rough damage assesment.
I'm glad they took them around – seeing the devastation up close gets across better the severity of the devastation. And how widespread it is.
ps – How does Senator Udall know that the dog & cat didn't care if they were Democrats or Republicans 🙂
Because the dog and cat told him, David.
Everyone knows cats are small government borderline anarchists (provided the resident cat butler keeps the bowl filled and is available to open and shut doors as needed).
And now can we agree that the smallest possible government supported by the stingiest possible taxes isn't the best because we each know how to spend our money better than the government does? There are needs that can only be addressed collectively through the elected government on every level that represents us and requires that we pool our resources through taxes because we can't get it done as individuals. A great country requires a robust, well funded government.
Sadly many disasters that would have caused less structural damage when our interstates, bridges and other infrastructure built during the Eisenhower administration were new and in great shape will be much worse now since we have allowed so much of it to deteriorate since then because or of our unwillingness to pay the upkeep, repeating that stupid anti-tax mantra.
And that mantra hasn't even made the majority more prosperous. Basically, since we entered the anti-tax era, no one has grown any richer except a tiny elite, while what was once the world's greatest infrastructure lags behind that of other modern industrialized nations. No wonder they sneer at all of our bragging about being so damn superior toal other nations. We have the biggest hammer in terms of our military and that's about it.
Today's massive fires, floods, super tornadoes, hurricanes and all the rest should be a wake up call. We need to spend what it takes to keep our infrastructure first rate, our long term emergency response and immediate emergency response personnel and resources first rate. Otherwise we can shout about American exceptionalism and yell "We're number one!" until we're blue in the face but what we'll really be is a floundering third rate behemoth with a pampered princely class.
I bet another thing you won't be hearing from those rescued will be, as per the old Reagan joke everyone enjoyed so much, that the most dreaded words you'll ever hear are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you". Morning in America my ass. It was the beginning of the greatest decline in our history.
There it goes again. Wish I knew what I do differently when the spacing goes wacky.
Something you or your browser is doing is inserting a wide line height, 1.6em, to your comments. We don't get it either. We fixed it for this one.
Thanks, guys. If it happened all the time maybe I'd have a clue but it happens only some of the time and, the way I have to copy to edit, I think it is my browser and maybe one of these days I'll figure it out. Until then I apologgize for taking up extra space and plead grumpy old technical cluelessness.
I should apologize with one g. It never happens when I don't copy to edit but other stuff does.
Well said, BC. I'm wondering if military drones with infrared cameras can help with locating victims and checking depth /speed of flooding waters – Yosemite Nat'l Park is using drones to locate hot spots in fighting the fire there.
Of course, if our local paranoids with drone-hunting licenses want to shoot them down, that would be some "big government" help that they wouldn't be getting.
If somebody does shoot one down I wonder what the government response will be. I have a feeling the feds would be a little less tolerant than they've been about pot.
Air National Guard photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/conationalguard/sets/72157635506962450/page2/
Rep. Gardner is damn lucky he didn't get thrown out of the helicopter while it's in the air to make room for one of the victims.
Rep. Gardner happens to be one of the most useless Congressman in Colorado and must be replaced by a progressive Congressman, but unfortunately none are present to challenge Gardner's ass. Time for redistricting when it comes to 2020, and remove the capabilities of any Republicans to win in the district ever again.
Wow. Up against a Congressman as useless as Lamborn that's saying a lot. You barlely have to be a sentient being to be more usefull than that.