Mellotronists

> actually profit on the corporate level from this kind of event...
> 
> ... and refers to them as "looters."
> 
> 
> 
> > Unbelievable, the scale of this disaster.
> > Unbelievable also, the looting.

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From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of jonesalley
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:00 AM
To: Mellotronists
Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: OT: How big a story (overseas) is the hurricane/New Orleans flood?

Not trying to be argumentative, I can only say that watching cable news
coverage of ordinary people trying to cope somehow with the sudden
catastrophe that has befallen them, many of whom have lost everything they
owned with no hope of recoup, I have yet to see anyone carrying a computer
or a television set and I can't help but wonder about a media (I'm sorry,
that should be "liberal media") that films people trudging through
chest-deep water that is filled with agitated displaced wildlife, hidden
obstacles, assorted poisons, dead things, sewage, and who knows what else,
and who are carrying a gym bag packed with loaves of bread, bottled water,
and packages of Pampers, damaged goods which will only end up in a landfill
otherwise, stuff that they scavenged from a washed-out WalMart that they
made it to without dying, and which has enough insurance coverage to
actually profit on the corporate level from this kind of event...

... and refers to them as "looters."



> Unbelievable, the scale of this disaster.
> Unbelievable also, the looting.

> Saw a programme on BBC News 24 when some environmentalist
> guy was on saying "see, we told you so!!" and then all the viewers
> txt-ed in and were going "aw whatever, sure they're the richest country
> in the world, they can sort it out" and "bout time they got to see how
> the rest of the world live"; the environmentalist was all
> "b-b-but suffering is suffering, whereever it happens! you nasty heartless
> viewers" and then they had a 20 minute feature about the impact on the 
> Insurance Industry.
> I was feeling a bit nauseous by then so I changed channels.
>
> My own impression, for what its worth, was the the US authorities,
> despite knowing there was gonna be a big hurricane, didn't bother
> helping some of their poorest citizens to evacuate properly and so as
> usual, all the poorest people suffer the most, as they had no transport
> or means of getting out and safe till the storm was over.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
> To: "Mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:00 AM
> Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: OT: How big a story (overseas) is the 
> hurricane/New Orleans flood?
>
>
>> Not trying to be argumentative, I can only say that watching cable news
>> coverage of ordinary people trying to cope somehow with the sudden
>> catastrophe that has befallen them, many of whom have lost everything 
>> they
>> owned with no hope of recoup, I have yet to see anyone carrying a 
>> computer
>> or a television set and I can't help but wonder about a media (I'm sorry,
>> that should be "liberal media") that films people trudging through
>> chest-deep water that is filled with agitated displaced wildlife, hidden
>> obstacles, assorted poisons, dead things, sewage, and who knows what 
>> else,
>> and who are carrying a gym bag packed with loaves of bread, bottled 
>> water,
>> and packages of Pampers, damaged goods which will only end up in a 
>> landfill
>> otherwise, stuff that they scavenged from a washed-out WalMart that they
>> made it to without dying, and which has enough insurance coverage to
>> actually profit on the corporate level from this kind of event...
>>
>> ... and refers to them as "looters."
>>
>>
>>
>>> Unbelievable, the scale of this disaster.
>>> Unbelievable also, the looting.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

-----Original Message-----
From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of jonesalley
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:00 AM
To: Mellotronists
Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: OT: How big a story (overseas) is the hurricane/New Orleans flood?

Not trying to be argumentative, I can only say that watching cable news
coverage of ordinary people trying to cope somehow with the sudden
catastrophe that has befallen them, many of whom have lost everything they
owned with no hope of recoup, I have yet to see anyone carrying a computer
or a television set and I can't help but wonder about a media (I'm sorry,
that should be "liberal media") that films people trudging through
chest-deep water that is filled with agitated displaced wildlife, hidden
obstacles, assorted poisons, dead things, sewage, and who knows what else,
and who are carrying a gym bag packed with loaves of bread, bottled water,
and packages of Pampers, damaged goods which will only end up in a landfill
otherwise, stuff that they scavenged from a washed-out WalMart that they
made it to without dying, and which has enough insurance coverage to
actually profit on the corporate level from this kind of event...

... and refers to them as "looters."



> Unbelievable, the scale of this disaster.
> Unbelievable also, the looting.

----- Original Message -----

From: jonesalley

To: Mellotronists

Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:56 PM

Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: OT: How big a story (overseas) is the hurricane/New Orleans flood?

And I am in no way trying to say that a certain percentage of criminals and scumbags don't exist, but I do debate the "looter's holiday" line of crap that Faux News is pushing.

This was true at first, but since this initial "looting" they have graduated to electronics and jewelry. Some have also shot at police.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of jonesalley
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:00 AM
To: Mellotronists
Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: OT: How big a story (overseas) is the hurricane/New Orleans flood?

Not trying to be argumentative, I can only say that watching cable news
coverage of ordinary people trying to cope somehow with the sudden
catastrophe that has befallen them, many of whom have lost everything they
owned with no hope of recoup, I have yet to see anyone carrying a computer
or a television set and I can't help but wonder about a media (I'm sorry,
that should be "liberal media") that films people trudging through
chest-deep water that is filled with agitated displaced wildlife, hidden
obstacles, assorted poisons, dead things, sewage, and who knows what else,
and who are carrying a gym bag packed with loaves of bread, bottled water,
and packages of Pampers, damaged goods which will only end up in a landfill
otherwise, stuff that they scavenged from a washed-out WalMart that they
made it to without dying, and which has enough insurance coverage to
actually profit on the corporate level from this kind of event...

... and refers to them as "looters."



> Unbelievable, the scale of this disaster.
> Unbelievable also, the looting.