Devastation in America

[James Deuce]

Why should he ?All the Republican voters had already evacuated.Democracy in action
BTW Clark offered NZ's assistance,Bush was unable to move for several hours,after falling down laughing

That's not as stupid as it sounds. A NZ relief or rcovery team would certainly save lives and get experience in a mammoth disaster first hand. Everyone benefits.

Anyone who turns down aid offered like that is a bigger fucktard than you are making Helen CLark out to be.

[James Deuce]

We need a smilie for sarcasm.

We could call it "Lou".

[ManDownUnder]

We need a smilie for sarcasm.

no Lou - YOU need a smilie for sarcasm!

... bugger so do I now...

[James Deuce]

Examine your own.

It's like a mental block or something , isn't it? I think a sarcasm smilie would still be wasted on the sarcasm impaired.

[mstriumph]

.... and he's right too.... bet not many people know that

Month/day is American,therefore wrong
Color is American,therefore wrong ( colour is old French WTF,we should refer to hue)
Most American spellings are archaic english spellings ( ie aluminum) or Ben Franklin's attempt to rationalise English.The American English of today is truer to the English of the 16th century,than the English we use.I bet that's a shock to the Anti American "traditionalists".

[SARGE]

BTW Sarge, if you think that the welfare state leads to brutish, uncivilised behaviour.
study 19th century laissez-faire capitalism.
The countries with proper welfare states are the most civilised in the world and used to include NZ.

i have no worries with a welfare state at all.. FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT WORK DUE TO HEALTH OR DISABILITY.. those people need our help and we owe it to them..

those capable of doing anything to earn even a meger living should be put to work.. suppliment thier income to bring them to a certain standard if need be but make them get out of bed and go to work..

when my family is starving.. stuff pride.. give me that toilet brush..

these fuckers (all over the world) that think that the world owes them a living and can sit on thier asses cuz they dont feel like doing an honest days work can just fucking starve.. save some air for someone productive

[ManDownUnder]

Month/day is American,therefore wrong
Color is American,therefore wrong ( colour is old French WTF,we should refer to hue)
Most American spellings are archaic english spellings ( ie aluminum) or Ben Franklin's attempt to rationalise English.The American English of today is truer to the English of the 16th century,than the English we use.I bet that's a shock to the Anti American "traditionalists".

How funny - I didn't know that (excepting the "Aluminum" bit... that stuff wasn't discovered till 1808 and I think the language wasn't exactly archaic at that point...

As a bit of a strange thought... how about we enjoy our differences instead of slapping each other with them> I love the 'mericans - they're mad... and I believe they have grounds to say the same of me...

All good then! - Now... let's go drink!
MDU

[ManDownUnder]

when my family is starving.. stuff pride.. give me that toilet brush..

Bling for that one chap. I'll never (EVER) be out of work for that reason alone... if I can't get what I want... I change what I want.

[Lou Girardin]

We could call it "Lou".

OK. How do you create smilies?

[Motu]

those capable of doing anything to earn even a meger living should be put to work.. suppliment thier income to bring them to a certain standard if need be but make them get out of bed and go to work..

We used to do that here....those on the dole got to work in parks,for the councils etc,those involved...and I knew quite a few (all my mates and rellies) enjoyed the work and got satisfaction from seeing something like say a sea wall they built being used by people.But then the PC crap moved in and if some guy damaged his big toe with a shovel - and he hadn't been trained by his supervisor in how to use a shovel correctly,then the Council was sued for a million dollars for loss of enjoyment of life etc,etc,etc.So it got killed by OSH regulations,like...we can't have people using shovels and picks if they haven't been trained in the proper use of said articles and hazzard awareness y'know....

[Wolf]

We used to do that here....those on the dole got to work in parks,for the councils etc,those involved...and I knew quite a few (all my mates and rellies) enjoyed the work and got satisfaction from seeing something like say a sea wall they built being used by people.But then the PC crap moved in and if some guy damaged his big toe with a shovel - and he hadn't been trained by his supervisor in how to use a shovel correctly,then the Council was sued for a million dollars for loss of enjoyment of life etc,etc,etc.So it got killed by OSH regulations,like...we can't have people using shovels and picks if they haven't been trained in the proper use of said articles and hazzard awareness y'know....

They'd have to be sent on an NZQA-accredited "Using a Shovel" course first.

I've done my stint weilding the shovel, mattock, wheelbarrow (and mixing concrete in a barrow because we were only a PEP gang and not worthy of a real mixer), slasher, and the concrete pavers - after all, I was on their books as a Computer Programmer so of course I got put on scrub-cutting and paving gangs.

[myvice]

I couldn’t list all the shitty jobs Iv had to do to earn a buck...
Back to the states thing...

Its not the devastation that saddens me as much as the total break down of society, I would like to think that most would help there neighbours in a crises like this but as the storeys come out of the affected areas it appears that this is not the case.
Dogs are only 2 meals away from wolves; people aren’t that different it seams.

Its should have been the White House it hit, might have signed the Kyoto Protocol then maybe? Always seems to be the little guy who suffers for the greed of the few who are deemed to be the ones in control but do little more than feather there own nest as the people who put them in that position (usually due to a lack of options) starve! (Rant Rant!)

I hope NZ can help out, we seem to be the best at it!

[Hitcher]

They'd have to be sent on an NZQA-accredited "Using a Shovel" course first.

And be unionised, paid a minimum wage, double-time on Sundays, receive a dirt allowance, wet weather allowance, wind allowance, sun allowance, blister allowance...

[SARGE]

We used to do that here....those on the dole got to work in parks,for the councils etc,those involved...and I knew quite a few (all my mates and rellies) enjoyed the work and got satisfaction from seeing something like say a sea wall they built being used by people.But then the PC crap moved in and if some guy damaged his big toe with a shovel - and he hadn't been trained by his supervisor in how to use a shovel correctly,then the Council was sued for a million dollars for loss of enjoyment of life etc,etc,etc.So it got killed by OSH regulations,like...we can't have people using shovels and picks if they haven't been trained in the proper use of said articles and hazzard awareness y'know....

back in the mid-late 1930's President Truman enacted a set of programs called the "new deal".. he had post depression americans working to build national parks, cleaning the streets, laying railroad tracks, building roads etc.. nothing glamorous but good clean honest work.. something a man could feel good about achieving at the end of the day. it gave my country a purpose.. a reason to get out of bed each morning.. and the pride to feel like a contributing member of society..
maybe we need to go back into that .. get all the able-bodied welfare recipients in Louisiana etc to build bigass dykes around New Orleans and clean that shitpile up..

"but my back hurts.."

(BANG!!)

"anyone elses back hurt?"

[Ixion]

back in the mid-late 1930's President Truman enacted a set of programs called the "new deal".. .."

Wasn't that Roosevelt ?