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New Orleans: Where Accountability Failed, Liability Follows

Commented Nov 22, 2009 at 08:02:24 in Politics

“The bottom line is a home should not be insurable unless it is built at least... at least but preferably a little higher than sea level. Thta means every house that flodded got what it deserved and this time build them on stilts or don;t build them at all. It would be the single biggest health benefit the state could bestow on the great state of Louisiana, make them climb a flight of stairs a few times a day.”

LCLA replied on Nov 23, 2009 at 00:57:56

“What would you say to the millions of people along the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri and other rivers which are known to flood pretty often. They are mostly above sea level.

It seems easy to come up with simple, black-and-white rules to fix everything... until you start to consider all the variables.

Next time you have a thought that--if they just do X, then this whole mess will be fixed--do yourself a favor and start thinking about all the exceptions you will find.

If you seek, you will find them.

Sorry if this is a repeat, but it hasn't shown here yet hours after original posting.”

LCLA replied on Nov 22, 2009 at 19:00:08

“What would you say to the millions of people along the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri and other rivers which are known to flood pretty often. They are mostly above sea level. It seems easy to come up with simple, black-and-white rules to fix everything... until you start to consider all the variables. Next time you have a thought that--if they just do X, then this whole mess will be fixed--do yourself a favor and start thinking about all the exceptions you will find. If you seek, you will find them.”

LCLA replied on Nov 22, 2009 at 17:00:11

“What would you say to the millions of people along the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri and other rivers which are known to flood pretty often. They are mostly above sea level.

It seems easy to come up with simple, black-and-white rules to fix everything...
until you start to consider all the variables.

Next time you have a thought that--if they just do X, then this whole mess will be fixed--do yourself a favor and start thinking about all the exceptions you will find.

If you seek, you will find them.”

Bienville replied on Nov 22, 2009 at 10:40:41

“FEMA spends a lot of your money producing Flood Insurance Rate Maps. It takes into account all sorts of factors like local variability of sea level, closed basins, storm frequency, storm intensity, etc. and establishes the elevations of various storm events and places a contour across the map that shows the location of the flooding producted by those events.

You're saying you have a better idea. "A little higher than sea level..." Certainly, yours is cheaper. I might have some trouble using your idea for a design standard.

There's a law named Americans with Disabilities Act. It addresses things like stairs. You might be surprised to learn that flights are prohibited as the single means of access for most structures.”

Harry Shearer replied on Nov 22, 2009 at 08:06:33

“Many of the houses flooded were at or above sea level. What do you say about them? Many of the areas flooded when the "protective structures" failed had never flooded before.”

Do We Want To Be The Generation That Destroyed Ourselves?

Commented Nov 22, 2009 at 07:30:39 in Green

“WTF. Kids ain't listening to you today?”

Do We Want To Be The Generation That Destroyed Ourselves?

Commented Nov 22, 2009 at 07:18:09 in Green

“At conservatism's roots is the inability to admit wrong. Treason doth not prosper. Why? Becasue if it did it would not be called treason. If a conservatism resists change it is becasue he is CERTAIN he is right or else why would he be camping out on the wrong beach. This puts conservatism at odds with every school of cognitive thought known to man for everyone knows if things just keep NOT working out, you're operating from a false premise and now it's just a question of scale how much you'll lose. Republicans are about to lose the whole world and they don;t care. As Don Corleone once famously remarkedd "That's my life I don't apologize for it."”

False Prophets, Big Bucks

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 06:52:39 in Business

“There's a famous story in Jesse Livermore's book. A couple of guys ala Charlie Sheen character in Wall Street try and get tips from a Gordie Ghekko type. He gives them one and naturally the stock tanks. They are furious and return to him. He apologizes and gives them another one. Again the stock tanks. This time he has left town and is in West Palm Beach. They get on the next train to go down and berate him. As they are getting off the train one of them grabs the other's arm and says "But wait. Maybe he won;t give us anymore tips".”

Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 06:43:16 in Politics

“Are you kidding me? It's not going into effect until 2013, after the next election which the Republicans figure on winning, like they always do. So they bitch and moan, and piss and groan for months to pass a watered down bill that will be repealed before it ever goes into effect. Ain;t life and governemnt grand! They are not even TRYING to hide it.”

Waste in Your Levee? Don't Blame the Corps

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 06:33:03 in Politics

“He could bring a dumptruck full of smoking guns and you still wouldn;t believe it and you know it.”

RepugsOut08 replied on Nov 18, 2009 at 07:39:53

“seawolf77's moon landing denial comment, though ridiculous, did not merit deletion, Huffpo.
You just became a part of the "conspiracy."”

RepugsOut08 replied on Nov 18, 2009 at 07:13:57

“Okay, I see the moon landing comment wasn't a joke. Have you found Big Foot yet, or is he hiding at Area 51?”

Imagine if the Today's Right-Wing Were Around for Nuremberg

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 06:23:19 in Politics

“Yes but you never take your eyes off who you are bowing to.”

BlackJAC replied on Nov 18, 2009 at 10:00:59

“And there's also a correlation between the depth of the bow and the social rank of the people involved.”

Women's Happiness Isn't A Dead Deer on the Dining Room Table

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 06:19:17 in Living

“I had a freind who got divorced and his wife being the main breadwinner got the lion's share of the assets. He moved in with his sister in Atlanta, unemployed and broke, and began online dating. He said he got more action than he knew what to do with. As soon as he got a job paying almost $100,000 a year and moved to Greenville he could not BUY a date. What you describe is adrogynous. The big green monster is neuter.”

Pyrrhic Victoria: Why Men Are Becoming More Like Women

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 15:42:21 in Living

“The problem as I see it is women want to be men but men don;t want to be women. Woman want careers,equality,rights,less housework etc. Men don;t want to bear children, don;t want to stay at home, don;t want to not work etc . So you see men had nothing to win and only things to lose while women could gain on many fronts. Now that she has it ain;t so rosy or desireable. Be careful what you wish for, you just might hate it.”

aspelling replied on Nov 17, 2009 at 16:17:38

“Why not? I'm willing to stay at home should my wife make enough living”

News Flash to Mika Brzezinski: Not All Women Get Your Breaks And Can Have It All

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 14:29:06 in Media

“Amen. When I read that dribble I thought the female Donald Trump. Hey Donald most people know you were born rich and have not created any wealth at all and yet you are regarded so highly in business they made a TV show for you. Trump is a complete fraud. Mika you don;t want to go there. I know you have the perfect life but as they say in "Network" when asked what to do when life exceeds your wildest expectations : keep it to yourself. I know cause I just found it out on a local level.”

Innovation in the 21st Century: Keeping the US Competitive

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 08:44:33 in Technology

“The only thing American companies are good at inventing anymore are ways of making their employees feel worthless.”

Earth to Lou: It Could Have Been Different

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 08:38:47 in Media

“Who would have thought the chain smoking Morgus the Magnificent looking Mort Downey Jr the father of the modern day journalism. But he is.”

Religion As A State Of Mind

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 08:30:36 in Living

“You are just getting older. You are having second thoughts the same reason the French go to church : to be on the safe side.”

Buffett, Bonuses and Executive Greed

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 07:55:58 in Business

“Paying himself $100,000 a year is about as disengenous as a Bret Favre retirement. And you are delusional if you believe that. Jesus Christ himself could not motivate these people to do the right thing becasue the right thing in their eyes is profit and profit only. .”

A Wake Up Call on Jobs

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 07:30:10 in Politics

“You are wrong on so many points it's breath taking. First of all the grand "miracle" that is the US economy was predicated on one thing : cheap energy. That is now gone. The only jobs worth creating right now are those that recognize that fact, embrace it. The so called green economy is the only economy left and the republicans are going ot fight it till thier last dying breath becasue that's what they do, defend the untenable until it collapses. The shock that brings high oil prices is right around the corner and this time they are not coming back down becasue China and India want their share. The mission that was accomplished in Iraq was the securing of oil supplies for the IMMEDIATE future.”

Thank You, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, For Educating Us On Oil Prices

Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 07:18:51 in Business

“Let me aks you this why are showing a bunch of tankers off the coast of Malta evidence of a supply glut? Why is it not evidence of hoarding?”

Why Aren't We All in This Together?

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 19:29:28 in Living

“I've said it before and I'll say it again. If 1% control 90% of the wealth they pay 90% of the taxes. Not 50% . Not 75%. Whatever % they control, that's what they pay in taxes.”

eddiesengola replied on Nov 17, 2009 at 00:33:31

“seawolf77 is the soucre of the problem and why the USA is going down! These Republicans almost destroyed our country!”

robadeaux replied on Nov 17, 2009 at 00:08:13

“So they owe 90% of the national debt?”

S- replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 21:52:56

“Your sources? Even if they did, does that justify 1% controlling that amount of wealth, and widening the gap further? A couple years ago Warren Buffet found out that he paid a lower tax rate than his secretary, as do many of his peers:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/tax/article1996735.ece”

Homosexuality and Nature

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 15:10:07 in Politics

“Only in America do we talk about homosexuality and abortion. If Americans only knew that the rest of the world is blissfully unaware of it's puritanical obsession with homosexuality. Who cares? If I was in a foxhole fighting for my life would I care if the guy next to me was gay? It reminds me of an old story I saw in a movie. A preist and a rabbi go to a boxing match and one the rabbi sees one fighter cross himself on his kness before the bell rings. The rabbi asks what does that mean. The preist replies not a goddamned thing if he can;t fight.”

Belichick Was Right

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 15:03:29 in Sports

“The best two minute QB in history please. Peyton Manning couldn;t touch Montana, Elway, Favre, Staubach or any number of other guys. Until he won a single super bowl he was widely regarded as the guy who could not win the big one. What stat do you have to back this up?”

Creeker11 replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 15:59:35

“What? Wasnt that exactly what they called Elway? Come on, are you serious? Staubach?? Really?”

VTL replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 15:28:07

“How about his QB rating for the past five years?

And do you actually think the players during the time Staubach and Montan compare to the players and defensive schemes of today?

Let me guess: You're a Pat's fan...right?”

Belichick Was Right

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 14:57:33 in Sports

“I worked for some of the most powerful corporations on earth and just about all of them were six sigma grounded. The whole idea of this statistical based science is let the numbers tell you what to do, a very errily similar argument to what you are using here. This is pure nonsense. I watched in horror as one bad decision after another came and went and wondered what company would WANT to do away with human judgement. It is insane. I see where you are coming from but what you ignore is the bone crushing effect on morale if it does not work. The Pats defense would have given anything to have those 38 yards extra to defend. It was an insane stupid decision and it shows that Belichick is so desperate to return his Pats to prior glory that he made this mistake.”

AJH replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 17:34:00

“We have yet to see how the Pat's defense responds to this moment of distrust. Will they roll over like sheep or will it inspire them to prove him wrong? I'm guessing Belichek knows them better than I do and thought about this.

Lets see how much passion that defense comes out with for the rest of the season before we make a blanket statement they are mental wimps who respond to adversity by rolling over. I'm sure they were insulted but does that demoralize them or light a fire. If they are champions it will light a fire.

As you note why would you want to remove human decision making capacity. Belichek knows his team I expect he believes he believes he knows how his players will respond.”

BoiseLib replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 15:41:38

“I agree with you completely about six sigma. From what I've seen this is used solely to comfort potential customers.”

VTL replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 15:28:53

“Ditto.”

Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 11:27:28 in Business

“Take away another republican stick? They'll never let it happen.”

Schmidt Calls Palin's Memoirs "Total Fiction"

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 11:25:27 in Politics

“One republican calling another's version of the facts fiction. Sir, have we reached ludicrous speed?”

gx5000 replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 12:32:04

“OMG, They've gone plaid !”

Liberal Elitism? No. Some People Are, Sadly, Stupid

Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 06:42:03 in Politics

“People don;t realize that in the south, the Ku Klux Klan morphed into the conservative movement. Gone with the Wind is not just a book to them. These people are still fighting the Civil War and they do it by oppossing change in any form. The teabaggers may not be educated, but their views are not that different from those that are.”

Common Sense for the Clean Energy and Climate Debate

Commented Nov 15, 2009 at 13:00:24 in Green

“If that is true why did America hit in 1971? Let me guess it was the tree hugging liberals that forced us to go buy it from the Saudis and we have plenty here if we just drill drill drill blah blah blah.”


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