where is hollywood now

Prince Of Dorkness

keeponrockin wrote:

Because the citizens were responsible for the levees not being designed properly...

And let's face it... both were natural disasters but Katrina gave DAYS of warnings. There had been studies that said that one of the biggest natural disasters to hit America would be a category 5 hurricane hitting New Orleans. And virtually nothing was done but photo ops.

This time there was no warning at all so this wasn't a failure of FEMA. And the president didn't just fly over it and have his picture taken looking out the window.

With Katrina, they wasted no time to put together children's choirs to sing to the first lady about how Bush helped them. With this disaster, even with no warnings, the official reaction has been pretty good and yes... the people, along with the US government, have handled the problem very well. They don't NEED a telethon.

This time the people haven't been abandoned.

Now can you please stop whining about things and do something productive?

Like.. what have YOU done to help the people of Missouri?

polaris_x

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=157354&start=15#p3666999

Godfather.

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

keeponrockin wrote:

Because the citizens were responsible for the levees not being designed properly...

And let's face it... both were natural disasters but Katrina gave DAYS of warnings. There had been studies that said that one of the biggest natural disasters to hit America would be a category 5 hurricane hitting New Orleans. And virtually nothing was done but photo ops.

This time there was no warning at all so this wasn't a failure of FEMA. And the president didn't just fly over it and have his picture taken looking out the window.

With Katrina, they wasted no time to put together children's choirs to sing to the first lady about how Bush helped them. With this disaster, even with no warnings, the official reaction has been pretty good and yes... the people, along with the US government, have handled the problem very well. They don't NEED a telethon.

This time the people haven't been abandoned.

Now can you please stop whining about things and do something productive?

Like.. what have YOU done to help the people of Missouri?

what dose your sig. say ? "but I'm a.....what ?

Godfather.

SoonForgotten2

Godfather. wrote:

what dose your sig. say ? "but I'm a.....what ?

Godfather.

You do know The Godfather was a Hollywood production right? This topic is absurd. It's apples and oranges for reasons that are obvious to pretty much everyone else.

And I have to ask, what's with your gimmick of putting your user name at the end of every post? We know who you are. The layout of the board makes it clear who the poster for each message is.

AllNiteThing

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

keeponrockin wrote:

Because the citizens were responsible for the levees not being designed properly...

And let's face it... both were natural disasters but Katrina gave DAYS of warnings. There had been studies that said that one of the biggest natural disasters to hit America would be a category 5 hurricane hitting New Orleans. And virtually nothing was done but photo ops.

This time there was no warning at all so this wasn't a failure of FEMA. And the president didn't just fly over it and have his picture taken looking out the window.

With Katrina, they wasted no time to put together children's choirs to sing to the first lady about how Bush helped them. With this disaster, even with no warnings, the official reaction has been pretty good and yes... the people, along with the US government, have handled the problem very well. They don't NEED a telethon.

This time the people haven't been abandoned.

Now can you please stop whining about things and do something productive?

Like.. what have YOU done to help the people of Missouri?

Perfectly said.

Prince Of Dorkness

Godfather. wrote:

what dose your sig. say ? "but I'm a.....what ?

Godfather.

What dose?

My dose is 10mg every morning on an empty stomach.

Godfather.

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

what dose your sig. say ? "but I'm a.....what ?

Godfather.

You do know The Godfather was a Hollywood production right? This topic is absurd. It's apples and oranges for reasons that are obvious to pretty much everyone else.

And I have to ask, what's with your gimmick of putting your user name at the end of every post? We know who you are. The layout of the board makes it clear who the poster for each message is.

and you must be the lizzard king ? we all have "gimmicks" right ? I post my name after every post and others post their personal info on here (gay,dem, repub, greenie etc)...and Godfather is a hollywood production ????
well I'll be a son of a bitch ! nobody told me ! some of my close friends call me Godfather so I thought it was just a name given to me outa respect..one of affection, and now you're telling me it's a Hollywood production ...
my day has just been shot to hell I hope you're happy now !

Godfather.

Godfather.

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

what dose your sig. say ? "but I'm a.....what ?

Godfather.

What dose?

My dose is 10mg every morning on an empty stomach.

dose of what ? for what ?

Godfather.

Godfather.

and here we go ! this is cool.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/20 ... test=faces

Godfather.

Godfather.

Cosmo wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

a little self help maybe. other than that Cosmo we'll just have to wait and see how it works out.
has anything been done to help the people of Iowa,I mean as far as benefit programs ?
just curious and your right I can't compare the two.

Godfather.

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Ask yourself this, "What am I (Godfather) doing to help the people of Iowa?" "How much am I (Godfather) giving to the people of Iowa?"
...
Then, you don't have to worry about what other people are not doing.

that's a broad statement Cosmo"Then, you don't have to worry about what other people are not doing".
( if think about all the issue's posted on the train )

but anyway here ya go buddy, are you next. ...or for that matter anybody else on here ?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/26/he ... o-victims/

Godfather.

Boxes&Books

In Joplin, Looters Prowl For What Twister Didn't Take


The death toll from the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., rose to 132 on Friday as survivors tried to pick up the pieces of shattered lives and homes amid concerns about looting and fraud.

Two children who may have been related, one 17 months old and the other 5 years old, were among the newly confirmed dead. Some names have been added and others taken off a list of the missing, which stood at 156.

Officials said that while some people on the list were likely among the dead, many people may simply be unaccounted for, perhaps having fled the area or been taken to hospitals outside the city.

Joplin has borne the brunt of the severe weather that has pulverized parts of the nation's midsection in recent days. Powerful storms left three people dead in the Atlanta area on Thursday, while 16 people died earlier in the week during storms that raked Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas.

In Joplin, residents said looters have been picking through the rubble, hoping to grab what little is left from people who have lost nearly everything.

Compared with the staggering destruction wrought by the tornado — the deadliest to hit the U.S. in nearly 65 years — the losses due to looting have been small, police said. But they aggravate some people almost as much as the storm.

The night of the tornado, as emergency responders rushed from one shattered home to the next, Steve Dixon sat outside his father's destroyed house with a baseball bat.

"They wouldn't see me sitting here in my chair, I was in the dark," he told NPR. "I'd turn my bright spotlight on them and tell them they needed to move on. Then when the police came by, I'd tell them which way they went."

Dixon's is one of many similar stories.

The day after the twister — among the deadliest and most destructive in U.S. history —Claud McDowell said he was taking stock of what remained of his roofing business when he ran off someone stealing wire out of a house "to melt it down after for the copper."

"We were really furious about that," McDowell said. "He's lucky he got out of here in one piece."

Lori Grier was at the Joplin police station to report that her truck had been stolen. She said she went back to her destroyed house on Tuesday morning and insisted her truck was there when she left. Now it's gone.

"An act of God you can't control, but then to have somebody who is low enough — scum — come in an victimize us," she said, her voice barely containing her anger. "Some people lost family members, and for somebody to just coming in and take stuff, I mean, that's just wrong."

As of midday Thursday, Joplin police had arrested 16 people for looting and burglary and four for assault since the tornado hit. But they said crime has been relatively limited. There are hundreds of officers from four states patrolling the area as well as National Guard troops who have imposed a 9 p.m. curfew.

Thousands of volunteers from churches, schools and lodges from across several states were filling the streets of Joplin offering food, medical aid and clean up help. But not all of the offers are legitimate, according to Missouri's attorney general, Chris Koster.

"In the wake of the heart-wrenching devastation of the Joplin tornado and southeast Missouri flooding will come the scam artists," Koster said on his website. "They come to those who are experiencing anguish and shock because where most see cause for charity and sympathy, they see opportunity for financial gain."

The state said it is on the lookout for price gouging on gas and building materials, phony charities and contractors who offer to do work but demand pay up front.

Joplin's half-mile-wide twister took out the city's main hospital, the high school and possibly thousands of homes. The Wal-Mart was flattened, along with the Home Depot. Hundreds of businesses and industrial buildings were lost. And an untold number of vehicles — from cars to tractor-trailers, even the hospital helicopter — were mangled.

City Manager Mark Rohr said planners are already plotting a comeback, vowing that Joplin "will recover stronger than when we began."

Federal aid will help.

President Obama has declared disasters in Jasper and Newton counties, and a key House panel has approved a $1 billion aid package to make sure federal disaster-relief accounts don't run out before the end of the budget year in September.

Funding questions aside, former Joplin Mayor Ron Richard, now a state senator, was a bit more cautious than Rohr in his vision for the immediate future.

"I wouldn't consider this an economic-development opportunity. This is just survival," Richard said. "We're just going to have to get back to where we were — as close as we can would be the goal. I'm not sure how much time it's going to take."

NPR's Sonari Glinton and Frank Morris of member station KCUR reported from Joplin, Mo., for this story, which contains material from The Associated Press.

Cosmo

Godfather. wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

a little self help maybe. other than that Cosmo we'll just have to wait and see how it works out.
has anything been done to help the people of Iowa,I mean as far as benefit programs ?
just curious and your right I can't compare the two.

Godfather.

...
Ask yourself this, "What am I (Godfather) doing to help the people of Iowa?" "How much am I (Godfather) giving to the people of Iowa?"
...
Then, you don't have to worry about what other people are not doing.

that's a broad statement Cosmo"Then, you don't have to worry about what other people are not doing".
( if think about all the issue's posted on the train )

but anyway here ya go buddy, are you next. ...or for that matter anybody else on here ?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/26/he ... o-victims/

Godfather.

...
You were the one that was griping about no one caring about the people of Iowa. I'm just saying, instead of complaining about other people doing nothing... why don't YOU do something?