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Offline slimm50

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« Reply #30 on: September 02, 2005, 11:43:05 AM »
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Ya know what...  Why do you allways look to government to solve every problem?  

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« Reply #31 on: September 02, 2005, 11:45:50 AM »
FWIW. a large convoy is now arriving in NO by the dome driving through streets that are underwater right now. They are showing live video on CNN  and have been for the last several minutes. Helo's have been landing on the roof of a submerged parking garage as well.
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« Reply #32 on: September 02, 2005, 12:18:47 PM »
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With respect I can only go on what I'm seeing on my TV screen.
 
Yes, that would be a problem.
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« Reply #33 on: September 02, 2005, 01:22:50 PM »
See Rule #4
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« Reply #34 on: September 02, 2005, 01:39:53 PM »
We may be seeing the tragic results of a populace that for what ever reason chose to depend on the government for too much.
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« Reply #35 on: September 02, 2005, 01:43:21 PM »
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...Troops have to be mobilized, minimum of 24 hours to just get the damn order authorized and cut to the relevent units. ...


A buddy of mine who is a reserve Seabee says naval reserve orders are cut out of the national reserve computer center.... located in New Orleans.
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« Reply #36 on: September 02, 2005, 01:45:58 PM »
See Rule #4
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« Reply #37 on: September 02, 2005, 01:49:36 PM »
there was an interesting discussion on the local political talk show about the federal government not being able to intervene in any state emergency resulting from a natural catastrophe without aid first being requested from the state governments.

I dont know about it and no one had any concrete answers.

One thing is for certain, as 9/11 changed the way the game is played with national security, so too will this disaster change the way the states and the federal government behave and communicate with each other in crises.
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« Reply #38 on: September 02, 2005, 01:57:02 PM »
Don't know about other branches but there's a whole bunch of Army units that can deploy faster than 24hrs.

Of course rallying on a drop zone, or rolling off of an airstrip and moving to an objective is a much simpler affair than evacuating a flooded metropolis I 'spose.
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« Reply #39 on: September 02, 2005, 02:01:34 PM »
See Rule #2
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« Reply #40 on: September 02, 2005, 02:04:23 PM »
damn skuzzy, you coulda just edited out the last sentence.
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« Reply #41 on: September 02, 2005, 02:05:57 PM »
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there was an interesting discussion on the local political talk show about the federal government not being able to intervene in any state emergency resulting from a natural catastrophe without aid first being requested from the state governments.

I dont know about it and no one had any concrete answers.

One thing is for certain, as 9/11 changed the way the game is played with national security, so too will this disaster change the way the states and the federal government behave and communicate with each other in crises.


Yeager,

The particular situation you are referring to is under the area of the Posse Comitatis (sp) act. It prohibits the use of Federal troops until certain conditions are met. I believe the declaration of a federal disaster situation would releasse several of the assets for use but still not for LE purposes. I think a federal declaration of marshal law would be needed for that but I may be mistaken. It's been too many years since my MP training.
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« Reply #42 on: September 02, 2005, 02:10:01 PM »
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damn skuzzy, you coulda just edited out the last sentence.
Not my responsibility.  You could have just as easily left it out before hitting the submit button.
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« Reply #43 on: September 02, 2005, 02:11:37 PM »
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Peter Pan complex is what a clinical psychologist would probably determine.

Aovids responsibilities, people tell them they are childish and need to grow up, would rather live in their head than the real world, wants success to just happen to them, focuses on fantasies more than reality, believes they deserve to have whatever they want, life lacks direction, never know what to do next, does dumb things frequently, inconsistent performance, lazy, slacker, does the minimum to get by, does things without thinking, does not feel they have any reason to accomplish anything, tend to ignore or put off problems, believes fun is the most important thing in life, most people think they are crazy, forgets scheduled appointments, more past than future, gets attention through negative behavior.


Damn you just described me. I mean you really nailed it. Except the part about the negative behavior.

Even Amazon didn't know I was peter pan.
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« Reply #44 on: September 02, 2005, 02:21:04 PM »
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Hang.

With respect I can only go on what I'm seeing on my TV screen.

 


And you base your beliefs & opinions on what you see on the TV screen?
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