Comments on: Hey, Fuck You, Lady http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2005/09/03/hey-fuck-you-lady/ The dynamic new way to bore you with stories about what I watched on TV last night. Or stuff about Macs, libertarianism, prog rock, cockatiels, mountains, travel, science fiction, the Web, and what a totally awesome guy I would be if I were anything like I would like to think I am. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:59:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Sandy Smith http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2005/09/03/hey-fuck-you-lady/#comment-618 Sandy Smith Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:28:25 +0000 http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/?p=295#comment-618 If there had been lacklustre donations or no help from non-governmental aid groups, I'd be more sympathetic. But the point is, the majority of people in America have responded just fine; the minority who draw paychecks from taxpayers have failed miserably. If there had been lacklustre donations or no help from non-governmental aid groups, I’d be more sympathetic. But the point is, the majority of people in America have responded just fine; the minority who draw paychecks from taxpayers have failed miserably.

]]> By: Dave-O-Rama http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2005/09/03/hey-fuck-you-lady/#comment-617 Dave-O-Rama Sat, 03 Sep 2005 09:53:18 +0000 http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/?p=295#comment-617 Meh, this is small potatoes. A, like it or not we elected our government, so we're to blame for any actual failing of our portion of the government. Admittedly, much of the New Orleans disaster preparedness plan was the responsibility of the Louisiana and local city/parish governments, so I'm conveniently off the hook for that. But I was part of the electorate that voted a second term-of-office to the jackass that started a nebulously necessary and incompetently justified war, that strained the LA, MS, and AL National Guards such that they were not at full strength when responding to this crisis. Iraq cannot have done anything but reduced our capacity to respond to Katrina, and we validated Bush's decision by voting him a second term. I personally voted against him, but I'm just as much a part of the electorate that approved his second term as any poor bastard still treading water in New Orleans. More offensive was the lady from an anonymous EU country who was heard at a Dallas shopping mall to say, "God did this to America for electing George Bush." OK, Miss Omagh, if that's so, what exactly did Thailand do to deserve the Tsunami? And what has Saudi Arabia done to get off the celestial-smiting-hook for creating Salafism and Wahabism? (Hint for historians, the nation-of-origin for the author of the above quote was neutral in WWII). Meh, this is small potatoes. A, like it or not we elected our government, so we’re to blame for any actual failing of our portion of the government. Admittedly, much of the New Orleans disaster preparedness plan was the responsibility of the Louisiana and local city/parish governments, so I’m conveniently off the hook for that. But I was part of the electorate that voted a second term-of-office to the jackass that started a nebulously necessary and incompetently justified war, that strained the LA, MS, and AL National Guards such that they were not at full strength when responding to this crisis. Iraq cannot have done anything but reduced our capacity to respond to Katrina, and we validated Bush’s decision by voting him a second term. I personally voted against him, but I’m just as much a part of the electorate that approved his second term as any poor bastard still treading water in New Orleans.

More offensive was the lady from an anonymous EU country who was heard at a Dallas shopping mall to say, “God did this to America for electing George Bush.” OK, Miss Omagh, if that’s so, what exactly did Thailand do to deserve the Tsunami? And what has Saudi Arabia done to get off the celestial-smiting-hook for creating Salafism and Wahabism? (Hint for historians, the nation-of-origin for the author of the above quote was neutral in WWII).

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