The 10 scariest words in English

[chequita guevara]

Hello, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." -- Ronald Reagan

I imagine the people in New Orleans are quaking in their boots at the thought of the government coming to help them.

Speaking of which, why is New Orleans still flooding. Why has the Army Corps of Engineers started fixing the dikes? Why the hell is the government actins so ineptly on this? Why the hell weren't the walls reinforced after last year's near miss with Ivan? It's like Andrew all over again.

[Sava]

I suspect this thread is to be closed by Ming.


edit: fixed

[Pyrodrew]

Originally posted by Sava
I suspect this thread is to be closed.

That's only eight words, you will have to try again.

[Stefu]

"Sharks, tarantulas, piranhas, candirus and poisonous snakes attacking your crotch"

[chequita guevara]

Sava, Sava, Sava. That's a quote from teh Reagan, which conservatives love to bandy about about gub'mint interference. Yeah, I'm sure the people in NO are really worried about the government interfering. I think, most likely, is that they are worried the gub'mint won't interfere fast enough.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by Stefu
"Sharks, tarantulas, piranhas, candirus and poisonous snakes attacking your crotch"

[Sava]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Sava, Sava, Sava. That's a quote from teh Reagan, which conservatives love to bandy about about gub'mint interference. Yeah, I'm sure the people in NO are really worried about the government interfering. I think, most likely, is that they are worried the gub'mint won't interfere fast enough.

yeah I know who said that...

I just think that you could have posted this in one of the other threads, that's all.

Nothing really groundbreaking here. No articles, nothing really off-topic to the point that it wouldn't be relevant in the other threads.

I agree with what you are saying though.

[Last Conformist]

Consies would prefer to hear:

"We've got your daughter; one million dollars or she dies."

[Kontiki]

[libertarian]Screw FEMA, the National Guard, the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, etc. This is what private charities are for![/libertarian]

[Winston]

That's a blatant misuse of Reagan's statement, and of course chegitz guevara is well aware of this. It was meant to address situations where government interference hinders the self-reliance of people or businesses, not potential life-or-death situations where it really doesn't matter who provides the help, as long as it gets there in time.

And of course, capitalizing on natural disasters and people in despair and desperation to further one's own miserable political agenda.

[Winston]

And you couldn't even manage to quote him right out of context. There was no "and", it was nine words, not ten.

Talk about desperation.

[MarkG]

The truth is: you’re the Weak and I’m the Tyranny of Evil Men. But I’m trying, Ringo—I’m trying real hard to be the Shepherd

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Winston
That's a blatant misuse of Reagan's statement,

Hardly. Under Reagan and the first Bush, FEMA was cut to the bone. The only reason this Bush has anything to work with is cuz Clinton rebuilt the agency.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Winston
And you couldn't even manage to quote him right out of context. There was no "and", it was nine words, not ten.

Talk about desperation.

Oh and
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[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by Winston
That's a blatant misuse of Reagan's statement, and of course chegitz guevara is well aware of this. It was meant to address situations where government interference hinders the self-reliance of people or businesses, not potential life-or-death situations where it really doesn't matter who provides the help, as long as it gets there in time.

This is supposed to make me think Reagan's statement was less stupid? You make him sound like a total eejit who can't control his mouth.