Comments on: Watch this, shut up, go back to bed America, here’s American Gladiators http://www.antinomian.com/2005/09/01/watch-this-shut-up-go-back-to-bed-america-heres-american-gladiators/ sound, fury, etc. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:45:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: broccoli http://www.antinomian.com/2005/09/01/watch-this-shut-up-go-back-to-bed-america-heres-american-gladiators/#comment-358 broccoli Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:36:44 +0000 http://www.antinomian.com/wp/?p=553#comment-358 oh when the saints/go marching in... over here there is a bit of incredulity re: the lack of a rapid evacuation. on the radio, after a hospital confirmed that they'd allowed the most ill to die due to lack of electricity, supplies, and so on, the brits reported that 40,000 national guard were needed to keep the peace, evacuate, sandbag, etc.... boy, wonder where those extra guards are? oh when the saints/go marching in…

over here there is a bit of incredulity re: the lack of a rapid evacuation. on the radio, after a hospital confirmed that they’d allowed the most ill to die due to lack of electricity, supplies, and so on, the brits reported that 40,000 national guard were needed to keep the peace, evacuate, sandbag, etc….
boy, wonder where those extra guards are?

]]> By: Eric http://www.antinomian.com/2005/09/01/watch-this-shut-up-go-back-to-bed-america-heres-american-gladiators/#comment-357 Eric Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:22:34 +0000 http://www.antinomian.com/wp/?p=553#comment-357 ...and of course by "decisive" I really meant "credible." Decisive leadership, we've got plenty of that. The hard part is making <i>good</i> decisions! …and of course by “decisive” I really meant “credible.” Decisive leadership, we’ve got plenty of that. The hard part is making good decisions!

]]> By: Eric http://www.antinomian.com/2005/09/01/watch-this-shut-up-go-back-to-bed-america-heres-american-gladiators/#comment-356 Eric Thu, 01 Sep 2005 23:40:48 +0000 http://www.antinomian.com/wp/?p=553#comment-356 I think we can assume the motives in sending people who couldn't evacuate to the Superdome were good, and there were warnings from the start that the conditions there might grow "uncomfortable" if people were confined for very long, but it's a shame that even with this foresight, the situation has been allowed to degrade so quickly. Again, I think it has to do with the lack of any decisive leadership in this crisis. Bush can tell people "help is coming" all he wants, but unless they really believe it, then what's to stop them from taking the law into their own hands? I think we can assume the motives in sending people who couldn’t evacuate to the Superdome were good, and there were warnings from the start that the conditions there might grow “uncomfortable” if people were confined for very long, but it’s a shame that even with this foresight, the situation has been allowed to degrade so quickly. Again, I think it has to do with the lack of any decisive leadership in this crisis. Bush can tell people “help is coming” all he wants, but unless they really believe it, then what’s to stop them from taking the law into their own hands?

]]> By: krpruschen http://www.antinomian.com/2005/09/01/watch-this-shut-up-go-back-to-bed-america-heres-american-gladiators/#comment-355 krpruschen Thu, 01 Sep 2005 23:10:31 +0000 http://www.antinomian.com/wp/?p=553#comment-355 Or how you are turning the Super Dome into your own personal concentration camp! Or how you are turning the Super Dome into your own personal concentration camp!

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